Last updated Feb 20, 2008

Dana Nau's Current and Former Students and Advisees

Postdocs and research scientists

Héctor Muñoz-Avila
Ph.D., Computer Science, Univ. of Kaiserslautern, 1998
Postdoctoral researcher and assistant research scientist, U. of Maryland and NRL, 1998-2001
William Murdock
Ph.D., College of Computing, Georgia Tech, 2001
Postdoctoral researcher,, NRL and U. of Maryland, 2001-2003
Ugur Kuter
Ph.D., Computer Science, U. of Maryland, 2006
Research associate, U. of Maryland, 2006-present

Ph.D. students

Ping-Chung Chi
Ph.D., Computer Science, 1988
Dissertation: In Search of Better Decision Making in Computer Game Playing
George Vanecek
Ph.D., Computer Science, 1989
Dissertation: Set Operations on Polyhedra using Decomposition Methods
Qiang Yang
Ph.D., Computer Science, 1989
Dissertation: Improving the Efficiency of Planning
Awards: NSERC Industry Chair, Simon Fraser University
Raghu Karinthi
Ph.D., Computer Science, 1990
Dissertation: An Algebraic Approach to Feature Interactions
Subrata Ghosh
Ph.D., Computer Science, 1994
Dissertation: Heuristic Search with Limited Resources
Co-advisor: A. Mahanti (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta)
Satyandra Gupta
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1994
Dissertation: Automated Manufacturability Analysis of Machined Parts
Co-advisor: G. Zhang
Awards: University Fellow, ISR Fellow, 1994 Outstanding Systems Engineering Graduate Student, NSF CAREER award, ONR Young Investigator award, Presidental Early Career (PECASE) award
William Regli
Ph.D., Computer Science, 1995
1995 Outstanding Systems Engineering Graduate Student
Dissertation: Geometric Algorithms for the Recognition of Features from Solid Models
Awards: NSF CAREER award
Kutluhan Erol
Ph.D., Computer Science, 1995
Dissertation: Hierarchical Task-Network Planning Systems: Formalization, Analysis, and Implementation
Co-advisor: J. Hendler
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
Awards: AT&T fellow
Reiko Tsuneto
Ph.D., Computer Science, 1999
Dissertation: Efficient Refinement Strategies for HTN Planning
Co-advisor: J. Hendler
Amnon Lotem
Ph.D., Computer Science, 2000
Dissertation: GraphHTN: Combining Planning Graphs and HTN Planning
Mihai Ciocoiu
Ph.D., Computer Science, 2001
Dissertation: Ontology-Based Translation
Zhiyang Yao
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2003
Dissertation: Geometric Algorithms for Operation Planning of Geometrically Complex Milling Features
Ugur Kuter
Ph.D., Computer Science, 2006
Dissertation: Planning under Uncertainty: Moving Forward
Fusun Yaman
Ph.D., Computer Science, 2006
Dissertation: Declarative Reasoning about Moving Objects
Tsz-Chiu Au
Ph.D., Computer Science, pending
Austin Parker
Ph.D., Computer Science, pending
Amy Sliva
Ph.D., Computer Science, pending
J. Ryan Carr
Ph.D., Computer Science, pending
Eric Raboin
Ph.D., Computer Science, pending

M.S. students

Deborah Jones
M.S., Computer Science, 1985. Research area: solid modeling
Allen Teague
M.S., Computer Science, 1985. Research area: game-tree search
David Freides
M.S., Computer Science, 1986. Research area: knowledge representation
Michael Gray
M.S., Computer Science, 1986. Research area: process planning
Nicholas Ide
M.S., Computer Science, 1987. Research area: process planning
Qiang Yang
M.S., Computer Science, 1987. Research area: AI planning
Paul Konigsburg
M.S., Computer Science, 1988. Research area: game-tree search
Scott Thompson
M.S., Computer Science, 1989. Research area: process planning
Naresh Gupta
M.S., Computer Science, 1991. Research area: AI planning
Stephen J. Smith
M.S., Computer Science, 1991. Research area: computer games
Kiran Hebbar
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1996. Research area: Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.
Co-advisor: I. Minis
Yue (Jason) Cao
M.S., Computer Science, 2000. Research area: AI planning.
Tsz-Chiu Au
M.S., Computer Science, 2002. Research area: AI planning.
Okhtay Ilghami
M.S., Computer Science, 2002. Research area: AI planning.
Dan Wu
M.S., Computer Science. Research area: AI planning.
Fusun Yaman
M.S., Computer Science, 2004. Research area: AI planning.
Lingling Zhang
M.S., Computer Science. Research area: AI planning and multi-agent systems.

Undergraduate honors students

Daniel Levine
B.S., Computer Science, 1992. Research area: search algorithms
Nirupama Chandrasekaran
B.S., Computer Science, 1994. Research area: computer-aided design
CMPS Outstanding Senior.
Yew Kung
B.S., Computer Science, 1994. Research area: solid modeling.
CMPS Outstanding Senior.
Sze Yuen Wong
B.S., Computer Science, 1997. Research area: AI planning.
Adam Bargteil
B.S., Computer Science, 2000. Research area: computer bridge.
 
Adam Beytin
B.S., Computer Science, 2006. Research area: atom planning.
John Youngshik Shin
B.S., Computer Science, 2006. Research area: AI planning.
CMPS Outstanding Senior