Machine Learning...

"As complexity rises, precision statements lose meaning and meaningful statements lose precision."

...Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh

"Soft computing differs from conventional (hard) computing in that, unlike hard computing, it is tolerant of imprecision, uncertainty and partial truth. In effect, the role model for soft computing is the human mind. The guiding principle of soft computing is: Exploit the tolerance for imprecision, uncertainty and partial truth to achieve tractability, robustness and low solution cost. At this juncture, the principal constituents of soft computing (SC) are fuzzy logic (FL), neural network theory (NN) and probabilistic reasoning (PR), with the latter subsuming belief networks, genetic algorithms, chaos theory and parts of learning theory. What is important to note is that SC is not a melange of FL, NN and PR. Rather, it is a partnership in which each of the partners contributes a distinct methodology for addressing problems in its domain. In this perspective, the principal contributions of FL, NN and PR are complementary rather than competitive."

...Defination of soft computing by Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh

To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine,
and it was by learning the inner workings of nature
that man became a builder of machines.

...Eric Hoffer

1960 A.D.
Unimation, the first commercial robot company, is formed by inventor George Devol and engineer Joe Engelberger.

1950 A.D.
Isaac Asimov publishes "I, Robot."

1948 A.D.
"Cybernetics", an influence on artificial intelligence research, was published by Norbert Wiener.

The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Information Technology, University of Zurich is involve in a number of interseting projects. Check ot the link for more details.

The Code project is good website for free C++, C# and .NET articles, code snippets, discussions, news and the best bunch of developers on the net. You can share your codes and discuss the problems you are facing in your programs.

If you want to show your capabilities than work with someone who is not popular among group or someone who is not as good as you. And if you want to learn something than work with the one who know more than you. And if you really want to learn something than work with someone who know nothing but curious to learn something.

Venture Development Corporation is a technology market research company. There are a lot of white papers available in the field of Embedded Syetems, Telecom, Industrial Automation and Components & Semiconductors.

Automatic market surveillance
In this era of Enron, Martha Stewart, and a host of Wall Street scandals, there is a growing need for better tools to monitor the market for suspicious activity that warrants closer inspection. The clues contained in the millions of trades, wire stories, and SEC filings each day makes it impossible for humans alone to sift through all the data to perform surveillance. To mine these vast stores of data, NASD has harnessed computers to sweep through all the data, identify and link items of potential interest, then present them to human analysts for further review......
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1945 A.D.
Hungarian John Von Neumann participates in the creation of the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC), a computer capable of storing programs internally and using electronic speed. Von Neumann is often credited with the concept of storing programs.

The Evolutionary Robotics Homepage. This page links to research labs and researchers involved in Evolutionary Robotics. It also include links to relevant journals and resources and a selected bibliography.