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SUMMARY:Programming by Imitation and AGM
DESCRIPTION:Dr Edmund Furse\, Managing Director\, Imitation Ltd\nAllowing n
 ovices to control their computer has been a long standing goal of computer
  science. One way of doing this is programming by imitation\, The Imitate 
 system provides an interactive environment for the user to build a project
  like many other systems. It also provides tools to draw graphics\, animat
 ion and browse the web. In addition it provides a wealth of procedures tha
 t allow the user to manipulate text\, graphics and other objects. In this 
 manner Imitate provides a rich environment to process data\, rather like a
  glorified calculator. Every action that the user performs can be recorded
 \, and with an AI model of human imitation learning\, this provides the ab
 ility to synthesise a procedure from a sequence of actions. Imitate can th
 en build an app to directly run on the user’s computer. Imitate allows n
 ovices to program a computer with no knowledge of programming and provides
  a rich environment for others to be more productive\, imitate can also co
 mbine different examples to synthesise a conditional\, and automatically r
 ecognise loops\, and is thus able to synthesise a Turing machine. However 
 modern development systems provide a much richer environment than just the
  ability to do pencil and paper calculations\, and the talk will consider 
 what is required in a modern “complete” development system\, and the t
 rade-off between simplicity and power. Imitate aims to be easier to use th
 an MIT”s Scratch\, and much more general purpose.\n\nEdmund has worked i
 n AI and Cognitive Science for over 30 years in the Universities of Warwic
 k\, Sheffield and Glamorgan. He developed the Mathematics Understander (MU
 ) system which was capable of understanding university level mathematics t
 exts. Out of this work came research into learning by imitation\, first in
  a study of long division and matrix manipulation\, and finally a general 
 computational model of human imitation learning.\nAGM Agenda\n\n 	Welcome\
 n 	Apologies for Absence\n 	Minutes of the Last AGM (see below)\n 	Chairma
 n’s Report\n 	Treasurer’s Report\n\n 	review of income &amp\; expendit
 ure against Budget\n 	explanation of next year’s Budget\n\n\n 	Election 
 of the Committee\n 	AOB\n\n 	items for inclusion in AOB should be notified
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