John Platts
Senior Lecturer
Department: Computing and Multimedia Technology
Contact
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 8411 5879
- E-mail: j.platts@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
BA, MSc, AISB
Research Interests
- I am engaged in research into the computerised generation of fiction, and related areas. This involves knowledge representation, rhetorical structure, and natural language generation, among other issues.
- I also have some research interest in the application of knowledge-based systems to legal reasoning.
Teaching Interests
- CMT1111 - Undergraduate Development Skills
- CMT3991 - Computing Project Management
- CMT3992 - Undergraduate Computing Project
Biography
Positions:
- Senior Lecturer
- P/T PhD Student
Publications:
- Platts, J., Blandford, A., & Huyck, C. (2002) Awaiting The Sensation Of A Short, Sharp Shock: Twist-Centred Story Generation By Transformation, Proceedings of the AISB'02 Symposium on AI and Creativity in Arts and Science.
- Platts, J., (1999), The Recounter Project, Proceedings of the AISB'99 Symposium on Creative Language: Humour and Stories
- Platts, J., (1998), Penetrating into the Wrinkles of the Soul: Can you fake it? AISB Quarterly, Winter/Spring 98, Vol 99
- Platts, J., (1998), Aesop Automated: Some Thoughts on Story Generation, MUCORT Conference, Middlesex University
- Platts, J., (1997), Story Generation: Catching the TRAM, Writing and Computers 10 Conference, Brighton
