ISEM 710 - Knowledge Engineering

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Completion of all 500-level Breadth courses and ISEM 706, or permission of instructor
Description: This course concentrates on research and methods relevant to the analysis, critique, and creation of structures and formalisms for the acquisition, representation, distribution, and application of knowledge in intelligent and increasingly digitally and computationally driven organizations. Topics will include, but not limited to, ontologies and ontology engineering, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic and reasoning, knowledge-based systems, explainable AI, taxonomies, Web X.0 formalisms, hybrid AI-KBS approaches (e.g., neuro-symbolic AI), knowledge graph construction and general knowledge-driven computing for the solution of complex problems.