Gerardo Ignacio Simari – Home Page


 

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Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland College Park

UMIACS

Laboratory for Computational Cultural Dynamics (LCCD) 

Conference links

3rd International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management (SUM 2009)

3rd International Conference on Computational Cultural Dynamics (ICCCD 2009)

25th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2009)

12th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR 2010)

24th AAAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2010)

XV Congreso Argentino de Ciencias de la Computación (CACIC 2009)

XI Workshop de Investigadores en Ciencias de la Computación (WICC 2009)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerardo I. Simari
e-mail: gisimari@cs.umd.edu
Department of Computer Science & UMIACS

University of Maryland
College Park, USA

 

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Curriculum Vitae (updated October 2009)

 

 

 

Studies

·        Ph.D. student in Computer Science, University of Maryland College Park,

under the supervision of Dr. V.S. Subrahmanian (August 2005 Present)

·        Master of Science, University of Maryland College Park (2007)

·        Master in Computer Science, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina (2004),

under the supervision of Dr. Simon Parsons

·         Licenciado in Computer Science, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina (2002)

(very short description of the Licenciatura degree according to Wikipedia)

Research Interests

·         Agent architectures and Multi-agent Systems

·         Logic Programming, Probabilistic Logic Programming, Answer Set Semantics

·         Reasoning under Uncertainty

·         Behavioral Modeling

·         Inconsistency Management in Databases

·         Game Theory and Decision Theory

·         Belief Revision

Publications

2009

·         Using Histograms to Better Answer Queries to Probabilistic Logic Programs

Matthias Broecheler, Gerardo I. Simari, and V.S. Subrahmanian

25th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP 2009),

Pasadena, CA, USA, July 14-17, 2009.

Selected by the ICLP 2009 Program Committee as the Best Student Paper.

·         Aggregate Query Answering under Uncertain Schema Mappings

Avigdor Gal, Maria Vanina Martinez, Gerardo I. Simari, and V.S. Subrahmanian

Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE 2009)

Shanghai, China, March 29-April 4, 2009.

2008

·         Scaling Most Probable World Computations in Probabilistic Logic Programs

Gerardo I. Simari, Maria Vanina Martinez, Amy Sliva, and V.S. Subrahmanian

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Scalable Uncertainy Management

(SUM 2008), pp. 372-385, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 5291, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.

·         Promises Kept, Promises Broken: An Axiomatic and Quantitative Treatment of Fulfillment

Gerardo I. Simari, Matthias Broecheler, Sarit Kraus, and V.S. Subrahmanian

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Knowledge Representation and

Reasoning (KR 2008), Sydney, Australia, September 16-19, 2008.

·         Inconsistency Management Policies

Maria Vanina Martinez, Francesco Parisi, Andrea Pugliese, Gerardo I. Simari, and V.S. Subrahmanian

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Knowledge Representation and

Reasoning (KR 2008), Sydney, Australia, September 16-19, 2008.

·         CONVEX: Similarity-based Algorithms for Forecasting Group Behavior

Vanina Martinez, Gerardo I. Simari, Amy Sliva, and V.S. Subrahmanian

IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 51-57, Jul/Aug 2008.

·         The SOMA Terror Organization Portal (STOP): Social Network and Analytic Tools

for the Real-time Analysis of Terror Groups

Vanina Martinez, Gerardo Simari, Amy Sliva, and V.S. Subrahmanian

Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Social Computing,

Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction, Phoenix, AZ, USA, April 1-2, 2008.

2007

·         Computing Most Probable Worlds of Action Probabilistic Logic Programs:

Scalable Estimation for 10^30,000 Worlds

Samir Khuller, Maria Vanina Martinez, Dana Nau, Gerardo Simari, Amy Sliva, and V.S. Subrahmanian

Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, vol. 51, no. 2-4, pp. 295-331, December 2007.

 

·         Finding Most Probable Worlds of Probabilistic Logic Programs

Samir Khuller, Maria Vanina Martinez, Dana Nau, Gerardo Simari, Amy Sliva, and V.S. Subrahmanian

            Proceedings of the First International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management (SUM 2007),

pp. 45-59, October 2007. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 4772, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg,

ISBN: 978-3-540-75407-7.

·         How Dirty is your Relational Database? An Axiomatic Approach

Maria Vanina Martinez, Andrea Pugliese, Gerardo I. Simari, V.S. Subrahmanian, & Henri Prade

Proceedings of the Ninth European Conference on Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with

Uncertainty (ECSQARU 2007), pp. 103-114, October-November, 2007. Lecture Notes in Artificial

Intelligence, vol. 4724, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-540-75255-4.

·         SOMA Models of the Behaviors of Stakeholders in the Afghan Drug Economy:

A Preliminary Report

Amy Sliva, Maria Vanina Martinez, Gerardo I. Simari, & V.S. Subrahmanian

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computational Cultural Dynamics (ICCCD 2007),

pp. 78-86, August 27-28, 2007, AAAI Press, ISBN: 978-1-57735-342-3.

·         CARA: A Cultural Adversarial Reasoning Architecture

V. S. Subrahmanian, Massimiliano Albanese, Maria Vanina Martinez, Dana Nau, Diego Recupero,

Gerardo I. Simari, Amy Sliva, Octavian Udrea, & Jonathan Wilkenfeld

IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 22, no. 2, pp 12-16, Mar/Apr 2007.

2006

·         A GPS-Based On-Demand Shuttle Bus System

Maria Vanina Martinez, Gerardo I. Simari, Carlos D. Castillo, and Nir Peer

Technical Report - Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland College Park, Dec. 2006.

·         A Stochastic Language for Modeling Opponent Agents

Gerardo I. Simari, Amy Sliva, V.S. Subrahmanian, & Dana Nau

Fifth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems

(AAMAS 2006), May 8 to 12, 2006, Future University, Hakodate, Japan.

·         On the Relationship between MDPs and the BDI Architecture

Gerardo I. Simari & Simon D. Parsons

            Fifth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems

(AAMAS 2006), May 8 to 12, 2006, Future University, Hakodate, Japan.

2004

·         Rational Decision Making in Autonomous Agents (Master’s Thesis)

Gerardo I. Simari

            Department of Computer Science and Engineering,

Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina (2004)

Thesis Advisors: Dr. Simon D. Parsons and Dr. Marcelo A. Falappa

Thesis Referees: Dr. Milind Tambe and Dr. Martijn Schut

·         On Approximating the Best Decision for an Autonomous Agent

Gerardo I. Simari & Simon D. Parsons

            Sixth Workshop on Game Theoretic and Decision Theoretic Agents

(GTDT 2004) at the Third Conference on Autonomous Agents and

Multi-agent Systems (AAMAS 2004). July 19 to 23, 2004,  Columbia

University, New York, USA. Pages 91-100.

·         Designing an Agent System for Controlling a Robotic Soccer Team

Alejandro J. García, Gerardo I. Simari, and Telma Delladio

X Argentine Conference on Computer Science (CACIC 2004),

La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

·         Non Prioritized Answer Set Revision

Gerardo I. Simari and Marcelo A. Falappa

X Argentine Conference on Computer Science (CACIC 2004),

La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

·         Cognitive Robotics in a Soccer Game Domain: A Proposal for the E-League Competition

Alejandro J. García, Gerardo I. Simari, Telma Delladio, Diego García,

Mariano Tucat, Nicolás D. Rotstein, Fernando A. Martín, & Sebastián Gottifredi

VI Workshop of Researchers in Computer Science (WICC 2004)

Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina.

·         Rational Decision Making in Autonomous Agents

Gerardo I. Simari & Simon D. Parsons

VI Workshop of Researchers in Computer Science (WICC 2004)

Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Provincia de Nequén, Argentina.

·         Non Prioritized Belief Revision with AnsProlog*

Gerardo I. Simari & Marcelo A. Falappa

VI Workshop of Researchers in Computer Science (WICC 2004)

Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina.

2003

·         On the Problem of Comparing Two Models for Rational Decision Making in Autonomous Agents

Simon D. Parsons & Gerardo I. Simari

IX Argentine Conference on Computer Science (CACIC 2003)

Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

·         Belief Dynamics and Explanations in AnsProlog*

Gerardo I. Simari & Marcelo A. Falappa

IX Argentine Conference on Computer Science (CACIC 2003)

Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

·         The Monkey and Bananas Problem Revisited: A Situation Calculus Approach

Gerardo I. Simari, Diego R. García, & Gabriel R. Filocamo

IX Argentine Conference on Computer Science (CACIC 2003)

Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

·         A General Approach to the Implementation of Action Theories

Gerardo I. Simari, Diego R. García, & Gabriel R. Filocamo

V Workshop of Researchers in Computer Science (WICC 2003)

Universidad Nacional del Centro, Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

·         Non Prioritized Reasoning in Intelligent Agents

Marcelo A. Falappa & Gerardo I. Simari

V Workshop of Researchers in Computer Science (WICC 2003)

Universidad Nacional del Centro, Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2002

·         A Primer on Zero Knowledge Protocols

Gerardo I. Simari

Technical Report – Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Buenos

Aires, Argentina, 2002.

 Other Links

·         Personal Stuff (pictures, videos, etc, some of it in Spanish)

·         Guillermo Ricardo Simari’s Home Page

·         Patricio Darío Simari’s Home Page

·         María Vanina Martinez’s Home Page

·         Universidad Nacional del Sur – Department of Computer Science and Engineering

·         Universidad Nacional del Sur – Artificial Intelligence R&D Laboratory (LIDIA)

·         RoboCup 2004 ELeague Team (MateBots Home Page)

·         Touristic information about Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, and Argentina in general


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