Liver Cancer Network Database: A Web Portal for Liver Cancer Research at the University of Kentucky

In the United States, particularly the state of Kentucky, the percentage of persons infected by hepatitis has been increasing. This has been causing a corresponding increase in liver cancer, which as of 2002 had climbed to be the 12th leading cause of death in the United States. This trend has raised concerns in the cancer research community regarding the awareness of hepatitis, liver cancer, and the connection these conditions share. To address these concerns, we have assisted the Liver Cancer Program at the University of Kentucky by developing the database for collecting liver cancer related data. The Liver Cancer Network (LCN) Database, a research effort sponsored by the Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (KBRIN), and involving both undergraduate and graduate students, will aid in helping break new ground in the fight against hepatitis and liver cancer. The database uses modern technologies, convenient user interfaces and its development addresses security issues

Factored MDP Elicitation and Plan Display

The software suite we will demonstrate at AAAI ’06 was designed around planning with factored Markov decision processes (MDPs). It is a user-friendly suite that facilitates domain elicitation, preference elicitation, planning, and MDP policy display. The demo will concentrate on user interactions for domain experts and those for whom plans are made