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Stefan Trausan-Matu. Computer Science Department, Bucharest "Politehnica" University, Human-Computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing, Introduction to Cognitive Science, Algorithm analysis Romanian Academy Institute for Artificial Intelligence ROMANIA.
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Stefan Trausan-Matu Computer Science Department,Bucharest "Politehnica" University, Human-Computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing, Introduction to Cognitive Science, Algorithm analysis Romanian Academy Institute for Artificial IntelligenceROMANIA VMT Workshop, Philadelphia, June, 9-11, 2004
Research & softwaredevelopment • Computational Geometry for CAD of IC Layouts • Knowledge-Based Systems • Expert Systems 1985-1990, Intelligent Reverse Engineering 1992-1994, Intelligent Tutoring Systems 1994-2003, Ontologies and Semantic Web 1998-2004 • Computational (Statistical) Linguistics • Metaphor Understanding 2000-2004 • Text mining 2002-2003 • Discourse processing 2003-2004 • HCI and e-Learning • Learner modeling – cognitive and emotional profiles • Experiments with students at CS Dept. at Algorithms Course • Log (web browsing behavior) analysis VMT Workshop, Philadelphia, June, 9-11, 2004
Current Research • Developing SINTEC, an intelligent and collaborative e-Learning environment • Language Understanding • Metaphors • Discourse Analysis • Philosophy and CS (Cognitive Science, Hermeneutic Computer Science) VMT Workshop, Philadelphia, June, 9-11, 2004
Metaphor and discourse processing • Metaphors are beyond ontologies (“stocks are very sensitive creatures”) • The role of metaphors in understanding • Identification (acquisition) of metaphors and metonymies in texts and XML mark-up • Personalized usage of the metaphors • Metaphors – imagery – discourse – dialog • Speech acts identification • Rhetorical schemas identification VMT Workshop, Philadelphia, June, 9-11, 2004
SINTEC (2001-2004) • INFOSOC National Program Project • Collaborative tools for distance and distributed e-Learning at Bucharest “Politehnica” University • Web services technology • Content creation according to metadata standards for e-Learning like IMS, ARIADNE, SCORM, AICC • ITS technology (ontologies, rules, student modeling and inference) • Psychological (cognitive and emotional) and social aspects • Natural language processing VMT Workshop, Philadelphia, June, 9-11, 2004