Research Seminar - October 17, 2003

An Introduction to Autonomy

Abstract:

Autonomy is a technology developed out of the University of Cambridge. The technology is capable of creating patterns out of text, voice, images and video. From these patterns Autonomy is unique in being able to a provide a wide variety of uses from: locating a piece of research or document through to measuring plagiarism in examination papers! As Autonomy builds up patterns on what users view the technology is then able to alert people to personalised information; to identify the expert in answering questions; to build and identify people with similar interests (communities); through to managing information flow and providing an auto-response mechanism for enquiries.

As a result of this breadth of use, the people who will find this technology to be useful are likely to encompass all at UWA. However those who may benefit even more include researchers, administrators, librarians, HR, lecturers and even the students....