Dr. Claude Frasson has started March 15th uMind, a company specializing in e-learning software. It will sell 2 products, uSim and uLearn, that are marketed as intelligent software.
The company is the result of 10 years in Research and Development. The goal was to produce a software that could adapt, understand, and respond to human behaviour, instead of the learner having to adapt to the software. For instance, Aimy, which is a virtual teacher, will guide and assist the learner during the learning phase. She is operated by Artifical Intelligence.
I have to admit I have no first-hand experience with Artifical Intelligence. The most I did was creating, studying and using neural networks. It was hard and arduous as you had to be a first-class mathematician, master computer science and have deep knowledge of neurology. We achieved to make a neural network that could recognize image patterns, and well that was it. Neural networks and HMMs are child’s play compared to Artifical Intelligence.
On the other hand, Dr. Claude Frasson is a world-renowned scientist in Artifical Intelligence and Learning. He founded the Intelligent Tutoring System Conference, is a special advisor for the United Nations and the World Bank, and teaches at Université de Montréal, where he also heads various hi-tech laboratories. Oh well, I just have to say it’s nice to see an academia entrepreneur of his stature. For those of you who think there is no world-class tech innovation in Montreal, this has just proven the contrary.
Comments
David March 20, 2007
Hey Heri,
Right on! There is no doubt that Montreal is full of talent; be it in multimedia dev, or neural engineering!
I love your blog, love the concept, makes me proud to be a Montrealer. Actually, I’m a first timer, I got here by doing some SEO monitoring and got quite a few hits from your domain. See, I actually work at uMind, and rather than just swing by, I thought I’d leave a note.
Be back soon,
Dave
uMind.
Heri March 21, 2007
Hi David,
Thanks for passing by and for writing , I appreciate it.
I hope we will get the chance to meet some day. I believe uMind is a great company
David March 21, 2007
dido on meeting some day.
In the mean time, I’ll give you a heads up when we have something simmering.
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Francisco Mendez October 12, 2009
Ya habíamos tenido un acercamiento con ustedes a través de Jean Pierre Ferone, pero desgraciadamente Jean Pierre tien objetivos diferentes a los de IMIAMEC y dejó de colaborar con nosotros.
Ha sido una lástima su partida, pero mas tristeza nos ha dado no poder trabajar con ustedes ya que la plataforma de eLearning que ustedes manejan, podría ayudar sustancialmente a mejorar nuestros contenidos y ofreces a nuestros clientes productos eficientes y modernos.
En IMIAMEC estamos muy interesados en trabajar junto con ustedes en la capacitación académica, hay varios proyectos que tenemos en puerta, que sería muy interesante presentarlos usando Inteligencia Artificial.
Si estan interesados en seguir con la relación aunque no sea con J.P. Ferone,,favor de comunicarse conmigo a mi correo o a los teléfonos 55544703 en la Ciudad de México o al Móvil 5529661960.
Agradezco de antemano sus ateciones.
F.Méndez