Workshops, Tutorials and Classes
Forthcoming
Referent Tracking.
UB Honors Seminar – Fall 2008.
Referent tracking (RT) is a new paradigm, based on unique identification, for representing and keeping track of particulars. It was first introduced to support the entry and retrieval of data in electronic health records (EHRs). Its purpose is to avoid the ambiguity that arises when statements in an EHR refer to lesions, disorders, and other entities on the side of the patient exclusively by means of compound descriptions utilizing general terms such as ‘pimple on nose’ or ‘small left breast tumor’.
In this seminar, we will first explain the theories underlying RT and then outline how the approach has allowed us to uncover inadequacies in less rigorous approaches to entity identification in domains such as electronic health record management, digital rights management, corporate memory systems and algorithmic treatment optimization.
UB Discovery Seminar Program – Fall 2008.
Referent Tracking (RT) is a new methodology to build digital copies of the parts of the world we are interested in. These copies, when running inside a computer, should mimic what is happening in reality. RT was originally designed to solve problems in healthcare, but has shown to be applicable to other fields. In this seminar, we will apply RT to reconstruct histories of criminal activities and demonstrate how the paradigm can cope with facts, beliefs, and mistakes, keeping track of information that is sometimes accurate, sometimes misleading, and often contradictory. We will look specifically at a well-known case in which a man was wrongly sentenced to death for a rape and murder he didn’t commit, although all evidence was against him.
Ongoing and past
Solving Crimes using Referent Tracking.
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UB Discovery Seminar Program – Spring 2008.
Referent Tracking (RT) is a new methodology to build digital copies of the parts of the world we are interested in. These copies, when running inside a computer, should mimic what is happening in reality. RT was originally designed to solve problems in healthcare, but has shown to be applicable to other fields. In this seminar, we will apply RT to reconstruct histories of criminal activities and demonstrate how the paradigm can cope with facts, beliefs, and mistakes, keeping track of information that is sometimes accurate, sometimes misleading, and often contradictory. We will look specifically at a well-known case in which a man was wrongly sentenced to death for a rape and murder he didn’t commit, although all evidence was against him. |
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UB Discovery Seminar Program – Fall 2007.
In laboratories throughout the world, researchers are making strides towards improving the way we live through amazing advances in biomedical science. From discovering cures for diseases to developing innovative new drugs, to testing safety and efficacy, biomedical research depends on computer technology to progress. But for this, all of the data produced, at all of the stages of discovery – including patient data collected in patient records - needs to be capable of being integrated and computer applications need to be able to understand each other. This seminar will uncover the role of Referent Tracking in Biomedicine, an innovative technique combining the distinct disciplines of biomedicine, philosophy, and informatics. It will be shown how common sense and logical thinking can lead to solutions that give software agents the capacity to know what natural language terms refer to. By allowing many different types of information resources to be exchanged, life-saving scientific research can be shared across disciplines. |
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