Alumni

Mike Cox, PhD (Computer Science, graduating Winter 1996). Thesis: Introspective multistrategy learning: Learning-strategy construction under failure. Awards:1994 SAIC Best Georgia Tech Student Paper Award. Advisor: Ashwin Ram. Joining: Postdoctoral fellow, Carnegie-Mellon University.

Justin Peterson, PhD (Computer Science, graduating Winter 1996). Thesis: Making novelty normal: A theory of sentence processing. Advisor: Dorrit Billman. Currently: CitiBank.

Sambasiva Bhatta, PhD (Computer Science, 1995). Thesis: Model-based analogies in innovative device design. Advisor: Ashok Goel. Currently: NYNEX R&D.

Alan Kersten, PhD (Psychology, 1995). Thesis: Frames of reference in noun and verb meaning. Advisor: Dorrit Billman. Currently: Postdoc, University of Indiana.

Angel Cabrera, PhD (Psychology, 1994). Thesis: A functional analysis of categorization. Advisor: Dorrit Billman. Currently: Andersen Consulting, Madrid.

Eleni Stroulia, PhD (Computer Science, 1994). Thesis: Failure-driven learning as device redesign: A model-based approach. Advisor: Ashok Goel. Currently: Research Scientist, Federal Center for Applied Knowledge Processing, University of Ulm, Munich, Germany.

Kavi Mahesh, PhD (Computer Science, 1994). Thesis: A theory of interaction and independence in sentence understanding. Advisor: Kurt Eiselt. Currently: Research Scientist, Computing Research Lab, New Mexico State

Nathalie Grue, MS (Computer Science, 1994). Thesis: Illustration, explanation and navigation of physical devices and design processes. Advisor: Ashok Goel. Currently: Research Programmer, Institute of the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University.

K. Srinivasan, PhD (Textile Engineering, 1994). Thesis: Design and development of a knowledge representation and modelling system for the modelling of large-scale enterprises. Advisor: Sundaresan Jayaraman.

Anna Zacherl, MS (Computer Science, 1993). Advisor: Janet Kolodner. Currently: ISX Corporation.

Chris Hale, PhD (Psychology, 1992). Thesis: Effects of background knowledge on associative learning in causal domains. Advisor: Larry Barsalou. Currently: Intel.

Joel Martin, PhD (Computer Science, 1992). Thesis: Transfer of predictive structure: Improving concept formation. Advisor: Dorrit Billman and Janet Kolodner. Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo.

S. Narayanan, PhD (Industrial & Systems Engineering, 1992). Thesis: Design and development of an object-oriented architecture for modeling and simulation of discrete-part manufacturing systems. Advisors: T. Govindaraj and Christine M. Mitchell. Currently: Assistant Professor, Wright State University.

Robin Murphy, PhD (Computer Science, 1992). Thesis: An architecture for intelligent sensor fusion. Awards: 1992 SAIC Best Georgia Tech Student Paper Award. Advisor: Ron Arkin. Currently: Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines.

Mike Redmond, PhD (Computer Science, 1992). Thesis: Learning by observing and understanding expert problem solving. Advisor: Janet Kolodner. Currently: Assistant Professor, Rutgers University.

Erika Rogers, PhD (Computer Science, 1992). Thesis: Visual interaction: A link between perception and problem-solving. Awards:1992 Best College of Computing PhD Student Award. Thesis won 1993 Sigma XI Doctoral Dissertation Award. Won 1995 NSF Early Career Award. Advisor: Ron Arkin. Currently: Assistant Professor, Clark-Atlanta University.

Tom Hinrichs, PhD (Computer Science, 1991). Thesis:Problem solving in open worlds: A case study in design. Advisor: Janet Kolodner. Currently: Research Scientist, Institute of the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University.

Roy Turner, PhD (Computer Science, 1989). Thesis: A schema-based approach to adaptive problem solving. Advisor: Janet Kolodner. Currently: Research Faculty, University of New Hampshire.

Hong Shinn, PhD (Computer Science, 1989). Thesis: A computational model of analogical reasoning. Advisor: Janet Kolodner. Currently: Director, Development Laboratory, Korea.

Katia Sycara, PhD (Computer Science, 1987). Thesis: Resolving adversarial conflicts: An approach integrating case-based and analytic methods. Advisor: Janet Kolodner. Currently: Senior research scientist, CMU Robotics Institute.

Stefan Wrobel, MS (Computer Science, 1986). Thesis: A flexible framework for automatic program understanding. Advisor: Janet Kolodner.

Bob Simpson, PhD (Computer Science, 1985). Thesis: A computer model of case-based reasoning in problem-solving: An investigation in the domain of dispute mediation. Advisor: Janet Kolodner. Currently: Director, ATT Global Communications, Human Interface Technology Center.