Students, Postdocs, Research Scientists - Dana Nau

Postdocs and research scientists

1. Héctor Muñoz-Avila
   Postdoctoral researcher and research scientist, 1998-2001
   Program manager at NSF, and Professor at Lehigh University
2. William Murdock
   Postdoctoral researcher, 2001-2003
   Researcher at IBM Research
3. Ugur Kuter
   Research scientist, 2006-2011
   Research Fellow at SIFT, LLC
4. Florent Teichteil-Königsbuch
   Visiting research scientist from ONERA, 2007-2008
   Senior Researcher at Airbus
5. Inon Zuckerman
   Postdoctoral researcher, 2009-2011
   Senior Lecturer, Dept of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ariel University, Israel
6. Patrick Roos
   Postdoctoral researcher, 2013-2014
   Principal Data Scientist at Miner & Kasch
7. Sunandita Patra
   Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020-2021
   Research Scientist at J.P. Morgan AI Research
   

Ph.D. students

1. Ping-Chung Chi
   Ph.D., Computer Science, 1988.
   Dissertation: In Search of Better Decision Making in Computer Game Playing
2. George Vanecek
   Ph.D., Computer Science, 1989.
   Dissertation: Set Operations on Polyhedra using Decomposition Methods
   Deceased (formerly VP and Chief Architect at FICO)
3. Qiang Yang
   Ph.D., Computer Science, 1989.
   Dissertation: Improving the Efficiency of Planning
   Chair Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
4. Raghu Karinthi
   Ph.D., Computer Science, 1990.
   Dissertation: An Algebraic Approach to Feature Interactions
   Technical Marketing and Product Management at Pluribus Networks
5. Subrata Ghosh
   Ph.D., Computer Science, 1994. Co-advisor: Ambuj Mahanti.
   Dissertation: Heuristic Search with Limited Resources
   Engineer at noHold, Inc.
6. Satyandra Gupta
   Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1994. Co-advisor: Guangming Zhang.
   Dissertation: Automated Manufacturability Analysis of Machined Parts
   Smith International Professor of Mechanical Engineering, U. of Southern California
7. William Regli
   Ph.D., Computer Science, 1995.
   Dissertation: Geometric Algorithms for the Recognition of Features from Solid Models
   Director, Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security, U. of Maryland
8. Kutluhan Erol
   Ph.D., Computer Science, 1995. Co-advisor: James Hendler.
   Dissertation: Hierarchical Task-Network Planning Systems: Formalization, Analysis, and Implementation
   Co-Founder at Mobikargo
9. Stephen J.J. Smith
   Ph.D., Computer Science, 1997.
   Dissertation: Task-Network Planning using Total-Order Forward Search, and Applications to Bridge and to Microwave-Module Manufacture
   Software Engineer, Lyft
10. Reiko Tsuneto (now Reiko Rager)
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 1999. Co-advisor: James Hendler.
    Dissertation: Efficient Refinement Strategies for HTN Planning
    Sr. Systems Software Engineer, Space Telescope Science Institute
11. Amnon Lotem
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2000.
    Dissertation: GraphHTN: Combining Planning Graphs and HTN Planning
    Head of Data Science at Radware
12. Mihai Ciocoiu
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2001.
    Dissertation: Ontology-Based Translation
13. Zhiyang Yao
    Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2003. Co-advisor: Satyandra K. Gupta.
    Dissertation: Geometric Algorithms for Operation Planning of Geometrically Complex Milling Features
    Lead Data Scientist at Electrify America
14. Ugur Kuter
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2006.
    Dissertation: Planning under Uncertainty: Moving Forward
    Research Fellow at SIFT, LLC
15. Fusun Yaman
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2006. Co-advisor: V.S. Subrahmanian.
    Dissertation: Declarative Reasoning about Moving Objects
    Lead Scientist at BBN Technologies
16. Tsz-Chiu Au
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2008.
    Dissertation: Synthesis of Strategies for Repeated Games in Noisy Environments
    Associate Professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
17. Austin Parker
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2008. Co-advisor: V.S. Subrahmanian.
    Dissertation: Spatial Probabilistic Temporal Databases
    
18. J. Ryan Carr
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2012.
    Dissertation: Generation and Analysis of Strategies in an Evolutionary Social Learning Game
    Director of Engineering at Enveil
19. Patrick Roos
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2012.
    Dissertation: Evolutionary Modeling of Decision Making and Culture
    Principal Data Scientist at Miner & Kasch
20. Ron Alford
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2013.
    Dissertation: Search Complexities for HTN Planning
    Senior Autonomous Systems Engineer at MITRE
21. Kan-Leung Cheng
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2014.
    Dissertation: Agent Modeling in Repeated Stochastic Games
    Software Engineer at Google
22. Vikas Shivashankar
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2014.
    Dissertation: Hierarchical Goal Networks: Formalisms and Algorithms for Planning and Acting
    Staff Software Engineer at Aescape
23. Eric Raboin
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2015.
    Dissertation: Model-Predictive Strategy Generation for Multi-Agent Pursuit-Evasion Games
    Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies
24. Soham De
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2018. Co-advisor: Tom Goldstein.
    Dissertation: Fast Optimization Methods for Machine Learning, and Game-Theoretic Models of Cultural Evolution
    Research Scientist at DeepMind
25. Sunandita Patra
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2020.
    Dissertation: Acting, Planning, and Learning Using Hierarchical Operational Models
    Research Scientist at J.P. Morgan AI Research
    
26. Xinyue Pan
    Ph.D., Psychology, 2023. Co-advisor: Michele Gelfand.
    Dissertation: The Emergence of Symbolic Norms
    Assistant Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
27. Vincent Hsiao
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2023. Co-advisor: Rina Dechter.
    Dissertation: An Approximation Framework for Large-Scale Spatial Games
    Research scientist at the US Naval Research Laboratory
    
28. Ruoxi Li
    Ph.D., Computer Science, 2024. Co-advisor: Mark Roberts.
    Dissertation: Automating Hierarchical Task Network Learning
    
29. Paul Zaidins
    Ph.D., Computer Science, pending. Co-advisor: Mark Roberts.
    Research area: AI planning
    
30. David Chan
    Ph.D., Computer Science, pending. Co-advisor: Mark Roberts.
    Research area: AI planning
    

M.S. students

1. Deborah Jones
   M.S., Computer Science, 1985. Research area: solid modeling
2. Alan Teague
   M.S., Computer Science, 1985. Research area: game-tree search
3. David Freides
   M.S., Computer Science, 1986. Research area: knowledge representation
4. Michael Gray
   M.S., Computer Science, 1986. Research area: process planning
5. Nicholas Ide
   M.S., Computer Science, 1987. Research area: process planning
6. Qiang Yang
   M.S., Computer Science, 1987. Research area: AI planning
7. Paul Konigsburg
   M.S., Computer Science, 1988. Research area: game-tree search
8. Scott Thompson
   M.S., Computer Science, 1989. Research area: process planning
9. Naresh Gupta
   M.S., Computer Science, 1991. Research area: AI planning
10. Stephen J.J. Smith
    M.S., Computer Science, 1991. Research area: computer games
11. Kiran Hebbar
    M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1996. Co-advisor: Ioannis Minis.
    Research area: computer-integrated manufacturing
    
12. Sashidhar Narahari
    M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1998. Research area: computer-integrated manufacturing
    
13. Yue (Jason) Cao
    M.S., Computer Science, 2000. Research area: AI planning
14. Tsz-Chiu Au
    M.S., Computer Science, 2002. Research area: AI planning
15. Okhtay Ilghami
    M.S., Computer Science, 2002. Research area: AI planning
16. Dan Wu
    M.S., Computer Science. Research area: AI planning
17. Lingling Zhang
    M.S., Computer Science. Research area: AI planning and multi-agent systems
18. Fusun Yaman
    M.S., Computer Science, 2004. Research area: AI planning
19. Nathaniel Waisbrot
    M.S., Computer Science, 2008. Research area: AI planning
20. Ken Knudsen
    M.S., Computer Science, 2011. Research area: game theory
21. Yash Bansod
    M.S., Systems Engineering, 2021. Research area: AI planning
22. Xinyue Pan
    M.S., Psychology, 2021. Co-advisor: Michele Gelfand.
    Research area: Social Psychology
    
23. Onur Kulaksizoglu
    M.S., Computer Science, 2023. Research area: reinforcement learning
24. Paul Zaidins
    M.S., Computer Science, 2023. Research area: AI planning

Undergraduate honors students

1. Daniel Levine
   B.S., Computer Science, 1992. Research area: search algorithms
2. Nirupama Chandrasekaran
   B.S., Computer Science, 1994. CMPS Outstanding Senior.
   Research area: computer-aided design
3. Yew Kung
   B.S., Computer Science, 1994. CMPS Outstanding Senior.
   Research area: solid modeling
4. Sze Yuen Wong
   B.S., Computer Science, 1997. Research area: AI planning
5. Adam Bargteil
   B.S., Computer Science, 2000. Research area: computer bridge
6. Adam Beytin
   B.S., Computer Science, 2006. Research area: atom planning
7. John Youngshik Shin
   B.S., Computer Science, 2006. CMPS Outstanding Senior.
   Research area: AI planning
8. James Mason
   B.S., Computer Science, 2019. Research area: AI planning
9. Kyle Hassold
   B.S., Computer Science, 2022. Research area: learning in games