Re: We have has NoSQL Summer and Functional Fall, it is time to start preparing for AI Winter!

[greg conant <greg.conant@gmail.com>]

i'm pretty excited for this idea too (and not just because of the cool name!).  it's been too long since i read anything about AI, so it'll be fun to get a refresher.

greg

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Jim Snavely <ludflu@gmail.com> wrote:

Seconded. This is a great idea. I've dabbled in a couple of the
stanford AI classes that have been going on recently.

But I think the reading group format is great, and more accessible for
folks with limited time.

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Corey Leigh Latislaw <colabug@gmail.com> wrote:

> Trevor,
>
> Sounds like a great idea!
>
> I'd also like to propose a beginners spring for next year. It'd be great to
> get a general intro for the functional curious! I didn't feel that I had a
> ton to contribute at Functional Fall last year because I had very little
> intro into the topic.
>
> Thanks,
> Corey
>
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> Let's connect!
> coreylatislaw.com
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>
>
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Lalish-Menagh, Trevor <trev@trevmex.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Winter is a ways off, but I thought I would kick start the discussion
>> on our next endeavor: AI Winter (named after
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter). Some of us were talking at
>> Philly ETE about this and I would like to make it an international
>> event like NoSQL Summer was.
>>
>> I'd like to start with getting a list of papers together, but I am
>> unsure where to start. The Journal for Artificial Intelligence
>> Research best papers might be a good place
>> (http://www.jair.org/bestpaper.html), but some intro papers would be
>> really good as well.
>>
>> Once we have some papers in mind, I am going to reach out to the NoSQL
>> Summer organizers for some promotional ideas.
>>
>> Looking forward to some good talks this winter!
>>
>> Yours,
>> Trevor
>> --
>> Trevor Lalish-Menagh
>> trev@trevmex.com
>> 484.868.6150 (mobile)
>> trevmex (AIM)
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>

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--Jim