AI research activities at Saint Joseph´s University

Research activities in artificial intelligence at Saint Joseph´s University are described. There has been significant progress in both basic research and system implementation in the last few years. The software developed pertains to search pruning for problem solving, learning from examples (similarity-based learning as it is often called), and explanation-based generalization and self-improving game-playing programs. The work on similarity-based learning can support the automatic formation of expert rules. All of this work is based on the basic research. Activities in the areas of the theory of problem solving, learning algorithms, and software development are described