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Massey Artificial Intelligence Researcher gets Top Hounour
Monday, 19 September 2011
Professor Hans Guesgen has been made a senior member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Professor Guesgen holds a chair in Computer Science in Massey University's School of Engineering and Advanced Technology.
He is one of only nine members worldwide to be given the honour. Senior Member status was established to recognise members of the association who have achieved significant accomplishments within the field of artificial intelligence.
The presentation was made at the 25th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in San Francisco, California.
Professor Guesgen’s research focuses on smart homes. He is part of the Massey University Smart Environments research group, which hopes to equip houses with sensors and software that is able to read and react to what happens there.
“We want to be able to detect what is going on within the house and react intelligently,” Professor Guesgen says. “The main reasons for this are to ensure the inhabitants are safe – for example a smart house could sense if the inhabitant was behaving in a way that could lead to a dangerous situation, like the gas being left on unintentionally or medication not being taken.”
With the general population aging rapidly this kind of technology would help alleviate the pressures put on humans to provide support.
“It is a vibrant research area worldwide – people are getting older and relying on the support of others is not feasible, so living for longer independently requires some cognitive crutches, and artificial intelligence can provide that,” Professor Guesgen says.
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