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Kristian Hammond received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from
Yale University in May of 1986. From 1986 until September of 1998, he was the Director of
the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Chicago and guided the
development of intelligent agents in domains ranging from radiation treatment therapy to
geometry problem solving and real-time game playing. His focus has been on the development
of models of cognition based on episodic memory and the view of reasoning as reminding. Three years ago, Dr. Hammond formed The Chicago Intelligent Information Laboratory (InfoLab). The InfoLab's mission is focused on issues of information access and management that rise out of the high-speed computer connectivity of the modern world. Its charter is to invent and creatively exploit new information technologies in the development of systems that are responsive to and supportive of human goals and their achievement within complex computer environments. The InfoLab's mandate is to seize the opportunities of the information age and develop technologies that forward rather than impede human endeavors. In the Summer of 1998, Professor Hammond and the InfoLab moved to Northwestern University’s Computer Science Department and the Institute for Learning Sciences. |
