Using AI to Enable Knowledge Management ES 99 Peterhouse College Cambridge Monday 13th December 1999 Workshop Report This report was prepared by the workshop facilitators and is therefore subjective. If you attended the workshop and would like to add your comments to this report please email Ian Watson ian@ai-cbr.org. The original call for participation is here. Organisers John Gordon, NWAIAG Ann Macintosh - International Teledemocracy Centre, Napier University Ian Watson, University of Salford Agenda The following agenda was tabled and discussed by the participants - it was agreed to bring forward the SWOT analysis and to break at 4.00 PM to attend the panel discussion of the Smart Software meeting. Position Papers The following position papers were submitted and briefly presented by their authors and discussed by the participants. Alun Preece, University of Aberdeen, AI for Knowledge Management: Walk, Don't Run Gary Iain Lambley, John Moores University Liverpool, How Can Artificial Intelligence Techniques be Extended to Support Knowledge Management? Graeme West, Strathclyde University, Using AI to Enable Knowledge Management Benjamin Adesola, Cranfield University, "How can Artificial Intelligence techniques be extended to support Knowledge Management?" Knowledge Modelling Technology is the Answer. John Kingston, AIAI, Edinburgh University, Knowledge management is... Discussion on Position Papers A discussion was had by the group, prompted by the issues raised in the position papers. Brief notes can be read here. Identification of KM activities No attempt was made to "define" knowledge or management, but the group felt it useful to identify the tasks or activities involved in KM. Specific AI techniques, methods or technologies could then be linked to these KM tasks. The identification can be seen here. SWOT Analysis A SWOT analysis was performed by the group to see what strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats AI had in relation to KM. The results of the analysis can be seen here. KM links A catagorised bibliography of KM publications can be seen here. NWAIAG's KM resource © 2000 SGES Last updated February 19th 2000