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Richard Scherl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Monmouth University, where he has been teaching since 2002. His office is located in James and Marlene Howard Hall 222.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Illinois
- M.A. & Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Chicago
- Diploma in Tamil Research, Madurai University (India)
Research Interests: Professor Scherl's primary research focuses on logic-based knowledge representation and automated reasoning using formal frameworks like situation calculus. His work bridges Artificial Intelligence with Natural Language Processing, Cognitive Science, and Computational Social Sciences to model common sense knowledge, linguistic context, conversational actions, and socio-cultural phenomena. He investigates how reasoning systems integrate database structures with natural language semantics while addressing philosophical and anthropological dimensions of knowledge construction.
Publications: His scholarly output demonstrates a consistent trajectory in formalizing context-aware reasoning systems. Recent works (2022) develop situation calculus models for knowledge, belief, and conversation, while earlier research (2015-2010) explores socio-cultural inference from text, semantic classifiers for big data, and epistemic planning. The publications reveal an interdisciplinary methodology connecting AI with linguistics and social sciences, yielding applications in homeland security, social computing, and narrative analysis.
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