about us

our mission statement

ai-cbr provides a comprehensive information resource to Case-Based Reasoning academics and commercial developers. Through the dissemination of information a stronger world-wide community of people interested in Case-Based Reasoning will be fostered and the commercial use of Case-Based Reasoning will increase.

our history 

ai-cbr was formed in 1994 as an electronic mail forum. Membership of the mailing list rapidly grew to 400 people world-wide and the web site followed one year later. ai-cbr's activities are wholly supported supported by our sponsors. 

ai-cbr is run from the Dept. of Computer Science at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

the university of auckland

 

our people

director: Dr. Ian Watson
In addition to running ai-cbr, I'm a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland. Obviously my prime research interest is CBR but I try to keep involved with AI in general, and have a specific interest of applying AI to web applications. Outside of work I enjoy fly fishing and exploring the beautiful scenery of New Zealand.
webmaster: Damien S. Trebuchet
I'm rather pleased Microsoft has named a font after me -- but since I don't get any royalties from them, I'm not overly excited. I attended Cooper Union, where I majored in electrical engineering. I left university in my third year to tour as lead singer with the metal band "Darkened Souls." After 18 months on the road, I left the band and decided to move back home to Canandaigua, New York, where my mother owns a small vineyard, to pursue a career as a master vintner. When I'm not working online or in wine I like to hunt, shoot craps and hang out in clubs.
Damien S Trebuchet
information officer: Sue Franklin
I was born in Saigon, Vietnam, but was brought to the US when still a baby. I went to college at UCLA and spent a postgrad year in Paris. I tried modeling and was in an ad for Calvin Klein, then settled down and took a real job. I enjoy martial arts and roller-blading and play the violin in a string quartet.
Sue Franklin - AI-CBR Information Officer
research volunteer: Prabhakar Bhogaraju
I work as a Research Associate in the Ag. and Natural Resources Information Systems Lab of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech. I have a B.Sc in Agriculture from Agricultural College, Baptala (AP, India), and a MS in Entomology from Virginia Tech (1996). My current research interests include application of AI and Information systems methodologies for decision support in agriculture. I helped ai-cbr prepare a database of CBR references that can be searched online.

Note: there are always jobs to be done at ai-cbr. If you have some time and enjoy web work just contact us and we can find you useful (unpaid) work.