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Free Lecture on Artificial Intelligence for Virtual Humans

Professor Marc Cavazza will be delivering the next free public lecture of the University of 海角直播鈥檚 2001/2002 lecture season on the subject of Artificial Intelligence for Virtual Humans, in the University鈥檚 Europa Building, Woodlands Road, Middlesbrough on Wednesday 6 February. It begins at 6.30pm, with refreshments available from 6pm.

French-born Professor Cavazza, who is the University of 海角直播鈥檚 Professor of Intelligent Virtual Environments, is an expert advisor to the European Union on Information Society Technology Programmes. He said: 鈥淭he past decade has seen important developments in the field of Virtual Humans, the computerised representations of human beings. These Virtual Humans have found applications in simulation, computer games and the media and their increasingly realistic appearance has created great expectations, such as the emergence of artificial actors for the films of tomorrow, or personalised virtual assistants guiding the user through information-rich cyberspace. However, progress has been much slower in developing a sophisticated, working level of Artificial Intelligence, the 鈥楬oly Grail鈥� of the computer programmer. 鈥淚 will illustrate the most common problems encountered in the development of Artificial Intelligence, such as the understanding of human language and the concept of 鈥榙oing the right thing鈥� in any given situation, and recent progress in addressing them. The potential for future applications of intelligent virtual humans will also be debated, perhaps offering a brief look into a future where real and artificial persons work 鈥榮ide by side鈥�.鈥�

For further information, contact Mark White at the University鈥檚 Vice Chancellor鈥檚 office on 01642 342002.

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