This is the first presidential address of AAAI, the American Association for Artificial Intelligence. In the grand scheme of history, even the history of artificial intelligence (AI), this is surely a minor event. The field this scientific society represents has been thriving for quite some time. No doubt the society itself will make solid contributions to the health of our field But it is too ...

This newsletter is the latest development in a trend that has been evident for some time now: qualitative methods are undergoing a renaissance unlike anything seen for the last 25 years. This resurgence has been demonstrated in a number of ways. Over one thousand members of the American Political Science Association, including twenty eight APSA Presidents and seven APSR Editors, signed the peti...

President A. R. Brubaclier will preside at the first international debate in which a State college team has ever participated when the men's varsity squad meets the representatives of Victoria university of New Zealand tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock in the auditorium of Page hall. The debate will be a non-decision contest, according to the New Zealand style of debating. The subject under discus...

1. Call to Order President Laura Landweber called the council meeting to order at 8:30 AM, Sunday, July 2, 2017. In attendance were President Laura Landweber, Past-President George Zhang, President-Elect Bill Martin, Councilors Emma Teeling, Kateryna Makova, Maud Tenaillon, Adam Eyre-Walker, Joanna Masel, Jay Storz, Secretary David Pollock, Treasurer Juliette de Meaux, and MBE Editor-in-Chief S...

*Vice President Manufacturing Science and Technology, Cytovance Biologics, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, **Senior Vice President Operations, Cytovance Biologics Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ***Vice President Quality Systems, Cytovance Biologics Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, †Senior Vice President Regulatory Affairs, Cytovance Biologics Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ††Executive Director Qua...

The representatives ©f William and Mary were Fritz Zepht, president of the student body; Tommy Smith, president of the Honor Council; Greg. Mann, vice-president of the Honor Council; and Harry Stinson, junior member of the Honor Council. The .representatives of the University of Richmond were Gordon Conklin, president Of the student government; Mosley . Powell, treasurer of the student governme...

Priming with race-typed names and religious concepts have been shown to activate stereotypes and increase prejudice towards out-groups. We examined the effects of name and religious word priming on views of a specific and well-known person, President Barack Obama. We predicted that politically conservative participants primed with President Obama's middle name (Hussein) would rate him more nega...

Dr. J. Bernard “Bernie” Machen is President of the University of Florida in Gainesville. He previously served as President of the University of Utah, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan, Dean of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Associate Dean of the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, and President of the American ...