Biography and Interests

Past Projects

	Bootstrapped Learning Currently, fielded software systems can only be modified by sending them "back to the shop" for expensive, time-consuming reprogramming. The goal of Bootstrapped Learning is to let end users rapidly modify system by instructing them in correct behavior, similar to how they would teach a person.
	RADAR RADAR helps relieve email overload by identifying and helping to carry out tasks implied by received messages.
	Usable Autonomous System Development Tools Apex is a NASA Open Source Software toolkit designed to reduce the time, cost and risk of developing reliable autonomous software agents. It has been used for applications ranging from control of autonomous aircraft to simulation of human machine operators.

Publications

The following are in reverse chronological order of publication.
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• RADAR: A Personal Assistant that Learns to Reduce Email Overload, Association for the Advancement of Articifical Intelligence, July 2008.  [PDF, Details]