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Marcello Peixoto Bax
Doutor em Ciência da Computação
Universidade de Montpellier
Professor Adjunto
Escola de Ciênca da Informação (ECI) da UFMG

My research subjects are:


(see also my wiki pages, most of the content is in portuguese)

Information Science

Here are some Internet resources and locations which may be of interest to students in Information Science.

Information Science and Library


Information Retrieval & Artificial Intelligence

I am collecting here some research links that associates the two areas (IR & AI):


Information Retrieval on Internet and Intranets


Digital Libraries
Links


Expert Systems

I have been working with the design of Expert Systems since 1990.
A practical result of this work was the development of  a tool for realizing expert systems. It's name in portuguese is FACSE "Ferramenta de Apoio à Concepção de Sistemas Especialistas".
You can obtain more information about FACSE by following the link below (in portuguese).


Distance Learning

I am interested in using computer techniques and tools aiming to facilitate the elaboration and deployment of distance courses. I think these techniques and tools could help in two directions: allowing the realization of courses totally at distance or merely helping the communication between participants in classical courses.

Relating the second issue above, I have been trying some experiences using the Internet in my post-graduate courses. Digital Library course held first semester 1997. That experience showed us the potential of the Internet as a tool to foster the communication between teacher and students and between students themselves.

Follows some references to sites on distance learning:

In Brazil:

Some software environments for distance learning:

 


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