Loebner Finalists Biography and contact details
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Contestant Name(s) |
Biography
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Contact details |
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Peter Neuendorffer |
Peter is largely self
taught as as a programmer. He also is a folk piano performer. |
petern@greenlinesoftware.com ,petern1234@netzero.net |
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Laurence Matishak |
Laurence has been working
at solving the Turing Test since 1964.
He is currently a Computer Consultant living in Canada and holds
degrees in English Literature, Computer Technology, and Fine Art (Pending). |
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Kevin L Copple |
Kevin Copple
conducts chemicals trade between Oklahoma, U.S.A. and Tianjin, China. His background includes being a
chemical engineer for the nuclear and petroleum industries, as well as a few
years work as an intellectual property attorney. |
kevin@copples.com |
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Chris S Johnson |
Chris works in the
Department of Information Systems Faculty of Information
Technology University of Technology,
Sydney |
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Richard Wallace |
Dr. Richard S. Wallace is
the Chairman and co-founder of the A.L.I.C.E. Artificial Intelligence
Foundation, and the author of AIML, the Artificial Intelligence Markup
Language. The A.L.I.C.E. program
won the Loebner Prize in 2000.
He lives in San Francisco. |
Web site: Www.AliceBot.Org email: drwallace@alicebot.org |
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Luke Pellen |
I work as a free-lance
programmer, graphic & web designer. I have always been interested in AI, and have
programmed neural network chess playing software. My interests include writing,
directing and acting for amateur theatre, playing piano & guitar, and
sketching & painting. |
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Eugene Demchenko |
Vladimir Veselov, Ph.D. -
Founder of Mangoost, Inc. Born in 1969 in St.
Petersburg, Russia. Graduated
from Mozhaisky Military Space Engineering Institute, in St. Petersburg,
Russia. Specialist in artificial
intelligence and automated control systems for space vehicles. Eugene Demchenko - Senior
Researcher, Mangoost, Inc. Born in 1972 in Zhdanov,
Ukraine. Graduated from St.Petersburg State Electrotechnical University in
Microelectronics and solid state physics.. Specialist in Artificial Intelligence.
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Vladimir_Veselov@mangoostdevelopment.com |
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James O'Byrne et al |
James O'Byrne: I am a Computer
Specailist, working for BCE - Bell Nexxia, supporting an array of Unix
Internet Applications. I am an
avid C programmer, both in my professional position and as a hobbyist. Amir Louati: I am a student of
computational chemistry at Carleton University and have a great interest in
AI research with which I've been engaged at the hobbyist level for the last
four years. Stephen Meszlenyi: As a mathematician and a
physicist, I've had the opportunity to import my scientific training to
enhance our team's AI research as well as augment the programming environment
with a structured yet informal architectural approach. I am currently
pursuing a degree in philosophy, with attention to AI, and I am also working
towards a graduate degree in mathematics. |