[Opencyc-announce] Upcoming Cyc course

[John De O. <jo...@cy...>]

======== Course Announcement =========

When: February 27 through March 1, 2006 (3 days)
Where: Cycorp headquarters in Austin, Texas
Total Cost (including lunches): $1,900

This Cyc course will introduce the tools used in Ontological Engineering 
and provide ample opportunity to use those tools to begin entering 
knowledge into Cyc.

Cyc 101 will be a three-day hands-on workshop with a combination of 
lecture and hands-on exercises. The instructors will give a brief 
explanation of some aspect of Cyc and then the students will be given 
time to apply that knowledge. Our aim is to have students spend as much 
time as possible interacting with Cyc. When students leave the class, 
they will feel comfortable with how to find and use the tools in 
Cyc/OpenCyc, they will have a strong basic understanding of how to find 
and make use of relevant KB content, and they will be able to enter 
simple facts and rules without assistance.

Even if you have read all of our online documentation, you will still be 
able to derive the following benefits from attending this class:

    * an opportunity to better understand issues of intent, or why 
things are done one way instead of another.
    * an opportunity to see the typical uses of the tools that accompany 
Cyc/OpenCyc
    * an opportunity to interact with full Cyc to get an idea of what 
will be appearing in OpenCyc/ResearchCyc in the future
    * an opportunity to better understand Cycorp as a company


Information on how to register can be found at: 
http://www.cyc.com/cyc/technology/training_dir/register

If you have any questions, please email tra...@cy....


We look forward to seeing you in class!