[FM-India]World Logic Day talk by Prof. Moshe Vardi

================== Talk announcement ================== On the occasion of World Logic Day, January 14, 2025, the DLMPST Commission on Logic Education invites you to a webinar by Professor Moshe Vardi.   Date: January 14, 2025   Time: 0700 CST, 1300 GMT, 1400 CET, 1830 IST, 2100 (Beijing)   Zoom Link: URL: https://cmi-ac-in.zoom.us/j/89055168551?pwd=7SeShMDEKSLw1wy6ZaZj4JEa0hiuqE.1 Meeting ID: 890 5516 8551 Passcode: gangesha   Talk details:         Machine Learning and Logic: Fast and Slow Thinking         Moshe Y. Vardi       Rice University         Computer science seems to be undergoing a paradigm shift. Much       of earlier research was conducted in the framework of       well-understood formal models. In contrast, some of the hottest       trends today shun formal models and rely on massive data sets       and machine learning. A cannonical example of this change is the       shift in AI from logic programming to deep learning.         I will argue that the correct metaphore for this development is       not paradigm shift, but paradigm expansion. Just as General       Relativity augments Newtonian Mechanics, rather than replace it       -- we went to the moon, after all, using Newtonian Mechanics --       data-driven computing augments model-driven computing. In the       context of Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and logic       correspond to the two modes of human thinking: fast thinking and       slow thinking. The challenge today is to integrate the       model-driven and data-driven paradigms. I will describe one       approach to such an integration -- making logic more       quantitative.         I will conclude by discussing implications for computer-science       education.     Speaker Bio:       Moshe Y. Vardi is a University Professor, and the George       Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering at       Rice University.  He is the author and co-author of close to 800       papers, as well as two books.  He is the recipient of several       scientific awards, is a fellow of several societies, and a       member of several honorary academies. He holds ten honorary       titles.  He is a Senior Editor of Communications of the ACM, the       premier publication in computing, focusing on societal impact of       information technology.