Announcing a new advanced info technology course at MIT Sloan in fall 2002 taught by Prof. Benjamin Grosof (http://ebusiness.mit.edu/bgrosof). The majority of the focus will be on AI knowledge representation, including the Semantic Web, and how to use them for e-business. Students will do a term paper which can be original research or literature survey. It will meet Wednesdays 2:30-5:30 in E51 (the main Sloan classroom building). Here's the new official MIT catalog entry. 15.574 Research Seminar in Information Systems: Technology Perspectives -------------------------------------------- Prereq.: Permission of instructor G (Fall) 3-0-6 H-LEVEL Grad credit Examines important topics in e-business technology such as integrating information from heterogeneous sources, automating business processes, and Web e-commerce. Extensive reading and discussion of research literature aimed at exploring techniques, applications, and challenges. Presents relevant background theory and techniques drawn from artificial intelligence, Internet communications, databases, software engineering, and combinatorics. Primarily for doctoral students and advanced master's students. Offered every third year. B. Grosof -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teaching format: Approximately 33% lecture and 67% discussion. Deliverables: Approximately: - five biweekly assignments (40% of final grade), - participation in discussion (20% of final grade), - final paper (40% of final grade). No midterm or final exam. Materials: Articles and book chapters from coursepack, reserve, and Web. ------------------------------------------------------------