abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is all over the news, with people
saying it will destroy the world, cure cancer, or both.  Please join us
for a free presentation by UNH Professor of Computer Science Wheeler
Ruml, who has been doing research in AI since 1992.  He'll talk about
the history of field, how it has evolved over time, and some of its
milestones and applications.  There will be lots of time for questions,
discussion, and speculations about the future.

presenter: Wheeler Ruml is a Professor of Computer Science at the
University of New Hampshire, co-founder of the International Symposium
on Combinatorial Search, a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors,
a Senior Member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial
Intelligence, and a former Associate Editor of the Journal of Artificial
Intelligence Research.  His research papers have been cited more than
7,000 times.  He received his PhD from Harvard in 2002 and the UNH
Outstanding Assistant Professor Award in 2012.  Before joining UNH, he
led a team at Xerox's PARC lab that used AI planning techniques to build
the world's fastest printer.