Hi Ted, and welcome to the list. Okay, I'll be the first to admit that
I don't know what CAS is. Computer Aided Simulation perhaps? I assumed
that it was just me, but a trip to the disambiguation page for
en.wikipedia.org didn't turn up anything promising, nor did a generic
Google search (I assume it isn't Chemical Abstracts Service, nor
Children's Aid Society, nor Casualty Actuarial Society...).
Reminds me of an old joke from the AI heyday of the 1980s, about two
guys sitting in adjacent seats on the airplane, and through casual
conversation they learn that they are each going to a different AI
conference in the same city. They talked in such broad generalities
about their work that it was nearly an hour before they realized that
one was a computer scientist going to an Artificial Intelligence
conference, while the other was a rancher going to an Artificial
Insemination conference.
;; Gary
On Jan 28, 2009, at 5:19 PM, Ted Carmichael wrote:
Hi, all.
The FRIAM list welcome email said I should introduce myself, so here
it is. My name's Ted Carmichael; I'm a PhD candidate in the College
of Computing and Informatics, at the University of North Carolina in
Charlotte. I've been interested in CAS for the last 3 or 4 years;
ever since I took an introductory course in it, I've been hooked.
I think what I enjoy most is how applicable CAS is to many different
fields. I'm computer science, but I enjoy learning a little bit
about a lot of subjects. So this field is perfect for me.
The professor who taught the intro course is now my thesis advisor.
Last year we formed a research group here, with faculty from
economics, biology, sociology, political science, theater, and
philosophy. So that's a lot of fun. Some of us are also trying to
create a symposium for next fall, through AAAI. I'll send a
seperate email out about that, so you all can look at it, see if you
might be interested.
Thanks a lot!
Cheers,
Ted
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