IMLS Grant / Smart Web Exhibits

Mind Models: Artificial Intelligence Discovery at Carnegie Mellon
For a half century, Carnegie Mellon University has been a leader in the research and design of artificial intelligence (AI) - the creation of "thinking machines." Many of Carnegie Mellon's achievements were the result of pioneering work by professors Herbert A. Simon and Allen Newell, who inspired advancements in cognitive theory and computer science at universities worldwide.

Smart Web Exhibits:Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Final report about the SWE project by Bernadette G. Callery, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, presented at Web-Wise 2002, Johns Hopkins University.

On Beyond Label Copy: Principal investigators explore museum-library collaboration in the development of a Smart Web Exhibit.

Thanks to a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon propose to develop, document and disseminate prototypes for a new form of collaboration between libraries, museums and other collection holders. This partnership will mitigate the problems caused by physical space constraints and result in a more effective educational outreach to the public in the form of "Smart Web Exhibits" (SWE) designed to deliver information online, on target and on time to a diverse user community.

People: Partnership across departments and institutions.

Narrative: Details.

Abstract: Overview.