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Home: Our Faculty: Brooklyn College Faculty:

Elizabeth Sklar

  Assc Professor
  Department: Computer and Information Science
  Location: 1417 Ingersoll Hall
  Phone: 718-951-5000 x1502
  Fax: 718-951-4842
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Elizabeth Sklar is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Deputy Chair (CLAS) in the Computer and Information Science (CIS) Department at Brooklyn College and Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at the Graduate Center. She co-directs the Agents Lab, which focuses on agent-based and multiagent systems research.

Home page: http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~sklar

Education:
Ph.D., Brandeis University - 2000 (Computer Science)

M.A., Brandeis University - 1997 (Computer Science)

B.A., Columbia University - 1985 (Computer Science)


Areas of Expertise:
multiagent simulation of learning environments,
interaction mechanisms in multi-agent and multi-robot systems,
interactive agent-based learning,
educational data mining and data visualization,
educational robotics


Books and Publications
Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons, Sheila Tejada, Susan Lowes, M. Q. Azhar, Samir Chopra, Richard Jansen and Ira Rudowsky, Using artificial intelligence to help bridge students from high school to college, Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium on Using AI to motivate greater participation in Computer Science.


(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Lori Scarlatos, Susan Lowes, Elizabeth Sklar, Samir Chopra, Simon Parsons, Ira Rudowsky, Heidi Holder, Building Bridges: The 2006 Summer Institute, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 23 (3).

(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Maartje Spoelstra and Elizabeth Sklar, Using Simulation to Model and Understand Group Learning, Agent Based Systems for Human Learning, International Transactions on Systems Science and Applications 4(2).
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

A. Tuna Ozgelen, Joel Kammet, Marek Marcinkiewicz, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar, The 2007 MetroBots Four-legged League Team Description Paper, in RoboCup 2007: Robot Soccer World Cup XI.


(Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007

A. Tuna Ozgelen, Joel Kammet, Marek Marcinkiewicz, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar.
The 2007 MetroBots Four-legged League Team Description Paper.
In Proceedings of RoboCup-2007: Robot Soccer World Cup XI, 2007. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007

Elizabeth Sklar, Ilknur Icke, Christopher Camacho, William Liu, Jordan Salvit and Valerie Andrewlevich, Visualizing Academic Assessment Data, in Proceedings of the Assessment of Group and Individual Learning Through Intelligent Visualization (AGILeViz) Workshop at the Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference (CSCL).


(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Elizabeth Sklar, Jordan Salvit, Christopher Camacho, William Liu and Valerie Andrewlevich.
An agent-based methodology for analyzing and visualizing educational assessment.
In Sixth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2007.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons and M. Q. Azhar.
Robotics across the curriculum.
In AAAI Spring Symposium on Robots and Robot Venues: Resources for AI Education, 2007.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Elizabeth Sklar.
Software review: Netlogo, a multiagent simulation environment.
Journal of Artificial Life, 13(2), 2007.
(Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007

Jinzhong Niu, Kai Cai, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar, Some preliminary results on the dynamic behavior of traders in multiple markets, in Proceedings of the Workshop on Trading Agent Design and Analysis (TADA).

(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Maartje Spoelstra and Elizabeth Sklar.
Agent-based simulation of group learning.
In Multi-Agent Based Simulation (MABS) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2007.

(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Maartje Spoelstra and Elizabeth Sklar.
Using simulation to model and understand group learning.
In Agent-Based Systems for Human Learning and Entertainment (ABSHLE) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2007.

(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Simon Parsons, Peter McBurney, Elizabeth Sklar and Michael Wooldridge.
On the relevance of utterances in formal inter-agent dialogues.
In Sixth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2007.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Steve Phelps, Kai Cai, Peter McBurney, Jinzhong Niu, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar, Auctions, evolution, and multi-agent learning, in Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems III, Springer Verlag.

(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Susan Imberman, Aleksandr Barkan and Elizabeth Sklar.
Extra-curricular robotics: Entry-level soccer for undergraduates.
In AAAI Spring Symposium on Robots and Robot Venues: Resources for AI Education, 2007.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Yuqing Tang, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar.
An agent-based model that relates investment in education to economic prosperity.
In Multi-agent Based Simulation (MABS) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2007.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Yuqing Tang, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar.
An agent-based model that relates investment in education to economic prosperity.
In Sixth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2007.

(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

A. Tuna Ozgelen, Elizabeth Sklar and Simon Parsons.
Automatic acquisition of robot motion and sensor models.
In Proceedings of RoboCup-2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X, 2006.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Elizabeth Sklar and Debbie Richards.
The use of agents in human learning systems.
In Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2006.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Elizabeth Sklar, Martijn Schut, Konrad Diwold and Simon Parsons.
Exploring coordination properties within populations of distributed agents.
In AAAI Spring Symposium on Distributed Plan and Schedule Management, 2006.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons, M. Q. Azhar and Valerie Andrewlevich.
Educational Robotics in Brooklyn.
In Proceedings of the AAAI-06 Mobile Robot Workshop, 2006.

(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Gerhard Lakemeyer, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico Sorrenti and Tomoichi Takahashi, editors.
RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), Springer, 2006.
(Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2006

Joshua Reich and Elizabeth Sklar.
Robot-sensor networks for search and rescue.
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), 2006.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Joshua Reich and Elizabeth Sklar.
Toward automatic reconfiguration of robot-sensor networks for urban search and rescue.
In Agent Technology for Disaster Management (ATDM) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2006.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

M. Q. Azhar, Rachel Goldman and Elizabeth Sklar.
An agent-oriented behavior-based interface framework for educational robotics.
In Agent-Based Systems for Human Learning (ABSHL) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2006.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Marek Marcinkiewicz, Mikhail Kunin, Simon Parsons, Elizabeth Sklar and Theodore Raphan.
Towards a methodology for stabilizing the gaze of a quadrupedal robot.
In Proceedings of RoboCup-2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X, 2006.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Rachel Goldman, M. Q. Azhar and Elizabeth Sklar.
From RoboLab to Aibo: A Behavior-based Interface for Educational Robotics.
In Proceedings of RoboCup-2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X, 2006.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Simon Parsons, Jinzhong Niu, Kai Cai and Elizabeth Sklar.
Reducing price fluctuation in continuous double auctions through
pricing policy and shout improvement.
In Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2006.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Simon Parsons, Yuqing Tang and Elizabeth Sklar.
Agent-based modeling of human education data.
In Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2006.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Yuqing Tang, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar.
Modeling human education data: From equation-based modeling to agent-based modeling.
In Multi-Agent Based Simulation (MABS) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2006.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Elizabeth Sklar and Mathew Davies.
Multiagent simulation of learning environments.
In Fourth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2005.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005

Kar-Hai Chu, Rachel Goldman and Elizabeth Sklar.
Roboxap: an agent-based educational robotics simulator.
In Agent-based Systems for Human Learning Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2005.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005

Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar.
How agents alter their beliefs after an argumentation-based dialogue.
In Proceedings of the Workshop on Argumentation in Multiagent Systems (ArgMAS) at Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), 2005.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005

Elizabeth Sklar and Amy Eguchi.
RoboCupJunior - Four Years Later.
In Proceedings of the Eighth International RoboCup Symposium, 2004.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004

Elizabeth Sklar, Mathew Davies and Min San Tan Co.
SimEd: Simulating Education as a Multi-Agent System.
In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), pages 998-1005, 2004.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004

Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons and Peter Stone.
Using RoboCup in university-level computer science education.
Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC), Special Issue on robotics in undergraduate education, part I, 4(2), June 2004.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004

Elizabeth Sklar.
A long-term approach to improving human-robot interaction: RoboCupJunior Rescue.
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2004.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004

Jonah Benton and Elizabeth Sklar.
Evolving a Community for Evolving Learners.
Learning Technology newsletter, 6(1), 2004.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004

Rachel Goldman, Amy Eguchi and Elizabeth Sklar.
Using Educational Robotics to Engage Inner-City Students with Technology.
In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), pages 214-221, 2004.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004

Elizabeth Sklar, Emi Amy Eguchi and Jeffrey Johnson.
Scientific Challenge Award: RoboCupJunior -- Learning with Educational Robotics.
AI Magazine, 24(2):43-46, 2003.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003

Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons and Peter Stone.
RoboCup in Higher Education: A Preliminary Report.
In Proceedings of RoboCup-2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII, 2003.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003

Minoru Asada, Oliver Obst, Daniel Polani, Brett Browning, Andrea Bonarini, Masahiro Fujita, Thomas Christaller, Tomoichi Takahashi, Satoshi Tadokoro, Elizabeth Sklar and Gal A. Kaminka.
An Overview of RoboCup-2002 Fukuoka/Busan.
AI Magazine, 24(2):21-40, 2003.
(Books and Publications: Other Article) 2003

Elizabeth Sklar, Amy Eguchi and Jeffrey Johnson.
RoboCupJunior: learning with educational robotics.
In Proceedings of RoboCup-2002: Robot Soccer World Cup VI, pages 238-253, 2002.
Received Scientific Challenge Award.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002

Elizabeth Sklar, Emi Amy Eguchi and Jeffrey Johnson.
Examining Team Robotics through RoboCupJunior.
In Annual conference of Japan Society for Educational Technology, Nagaoka, Japan, 2002.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002

Elizabeth Sklar, Jeffrey H. Johnson and Henrik Hautop Lund.
The Educational Value of Children's Team Robotics: A Case Study of RoboCup Junior.
In Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB), 2002.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002

Elizabeth Sklar.
RoboCupJunior 2002: The state of the league.
In Proceedings of RoboCup-2002: Robot Soccer World Cup VI, pages 489-495, 2002.

(Books and Publications: Other Article) 2002

Elizabeth Sklar, Alan D. Blair and Jordan B. Pollack.
Chapter 8: Training Intelligent Agents Using Human Data Collected on the Internet.
In Agent Engineering, pages 201-226. World Scientific, Singapore, 2001.
(Books and Publications: Chapter) 2001

Elizabeth Sklar and Jordan B. Pollack.
A Framework for Enabling an Internet Learning Community.
Journal of International Forum of Educational Technology & Society, Special Issue on On-line Collaborative Learning Environments, 3(3):393-408, July 2000.

(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2000

Elizabeth Sklar and Jordan B. Pollack.
An evolutionary approach to guiding students in an educational game.
In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB), 2000.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2000

Elizabeth Sklar and Jordan Pollack.
Using an evolutionary algorithm to guide problem selection in an online educational game.
In Workshop on Evolutionary Computation and Cognitive Science (ECCS), 2000.
Received best student paper award.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2000

Alan D. Blair and Elizabeth Sklar.
Exploring evolutionary learning in a simulated hockey environment.
In Proceedings of the 1999 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), pages 197-203, 1999.

(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1999

Elizabeth Sklar, Alan D. Blair, Pablo Funes and Jordan Pollack.
Training Intelligent Agents Using Human Internet Data.
In Proceedings of the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT), pages 354-363, 1999.
Nominated for best paper award.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1999

Alan D. Blair, Elizabeth Sklar and Pablo Funes.
Co-evolution, Determinism and Robustness.
In Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, volume 1585, pages 389-396. Springer-Verlag, 1998.

(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1998

Elizabeth Sklar, Alan D. Blair and Jordan B. Pollack.
Co-Evolutionary Learning: Machines and Humans Schooling Together.
In Proceedings of the Workshop on Current Trends and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Education at the Fourth World Congress on Expert Systems, pages 98-105, 1998.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1998

Pablo Funes, Elizabeth Sklar, Hugues Juille and Jordan B. Pollack.
Animal-Animat Coevolution: Using the Animal Population as Fitness Function.
In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB), pages 525-533. MIT Press, 1998.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1998

Awards, Honors and Fellowships
STTR Phase I-B: Academic Assessment within a Community of Evolving Learners, with Chris Camacho, Children's Progress Inc., Small Business Technology Transfer Program, NSF IIP #06-37713, $50,000, 1/2008--6/2008.

(Grants and Fellowships) 2008

CPATH EAE: Extending contextualized computing in multiple institutions using Threads, with Charles Isbell, Jill Auerbach, Maureen S Biggers and Merrick L Furst (Georgia Institute of Technology); Ju A Wang, Patrick O Bobbie and Chih Cheng Hung (Southern Polytechnic State University); Ira Rudowsky and Gerald Weiss (CUNY Brooklyn College); Ashraf Saad (Armstrong Atlantic State University); and Pamila Dembla and Jose M Garrido (Kennesaw State University); NSF CPATH #07-22177, $889,580, 10/2007--9/2010.

(Grants and Fellowships) 2007

Developing a STEM Curriculum for Early College Programs: A High School to College Continuum, with Chaya Gurwitz, Jennifer Basil, Sophia Perdikaris, Theodore Raphan, all of Brooklyn College. NSF CCLI #06-33497, $149,966, 5/2007--4/2009.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2007

SBIR Phase II: Early Childhood Assessment and Intervention within a Community, with Chris Chamacho, Children's Progress Inc., Small Business Innovation Research Program, US Dept of Education SBIR #ED-07-R-0006, $750,000, 5/2007--4/2009.

(Grants and Fellowships) 2007

STTR Phase I: Academic Assessment within a Community of Evolving
Learners, with Chris Camacho, Children's Progress Inc. Small Business
Technology Transfer Program, NSF IIP #06-37713, $149,680,
1/2007-12/2007. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007

BPC-DP: Building a Bridge in Brooklyn; with Lori Scarlatos, Ira Rudowsky, Samir Chopra and Simon Parsons, all of Brooklyn College, City University of New York NSF BPC #05-40549, $500,000, 3/2006-2/2009.

(Grants and Fellowships) 2006

Development of Assessment Technologies for Early Childhood: Phase I with Christopher Camacho, Children's Progress Inc. Small Business Innovation Research Program, Dept of Education SBIR #ED-06-PO-0895, $100,000, 6/2006-12/2006.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2006

Educational Robotics Program: Introduction to LEGO Robotics, with Joshua Koen, Passaic School District, Passaic, New Jersey Dept of Education GEAR-UP #P334A050232, subcontract $11,255, 2006.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2006

ITR: Evaluating education - what are we measuring and how?
NSF REU Supplement, #05-52294, $12,500, 2006.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2006

Studies in Interaction-based Learning. PSC-CUNY Award #68525-00-37, $3,175, 7/2006-12/2006.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2006

Technical Innovation Award, AAAI Robot Competition & Exhibition. For integration of research and education as demonstrated by the Brooklyn College Educational Robotics exhibition, by Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons, M. Q. Azhar and Valerie Andrewlevich. (Awards and Honors) 2006

A Multiagent Simulation Approach to Educational Assessment.
CISDD NSF-PFI NSF #PFI-03-32596 (sub-award), $14,514, 2005-2006.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2005

RoboCupJunior and the ACM: A partnership for technology education;
Association for Computing Machinery, $30,000, 2004.

(Grants and Fellowships) 2004

Track 2, GK12: Technology Integration Partnerships: Bringing Emerging
STEM Research into Grades 5-12 enabled by New Technologies;
with Jack McGourty, Columbia University and Susan Lowes, Teachers College;
NSF GK-12 #03-38329, $1,699,219, 2004-2009.

(Grants and Fellowships) 2004

ITR: Evaluating education - what are we measuring and how? NSF REU Supplement, #03-31744, $13,825, 2003.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2003

Special Projects: Bridging the Gap; with Lillian Israel, Association for Computing Machinery and Diane Souvaine, Tufts University; NSF CISE Special Projects #03-14231, $32,300, 2003-2004.


(Grants and Fellowships) 2003

Tools and techniques for automated mechanism design; with Simon Parsons, City University of New York; NSF IIS #03-29037, $532,453, 2003-2006.

(Grants and Fellowships) 2003

ITR: Evaluating education -- what are we measuring and how? NSF ITR, #02-19347, $370,377, 2002-2007.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2002

Scientific Challenge Award, RoboCup 2002. For paper: RoboCupJunior: learning with educational robotics, by Elizabeth Sklar, Amy Eguchi and Jeffrey Johnson, in Proceedings of RoboCup-2002: Robot Soccer World Cup VI.

(Awards and Honors) 2002

ITR: Creating One to One Learning Opportunities Across the Internet; with Jordan Pollack and Ann Marion, Brandeis University; NSF ITR #01-13317, subcontract $57,000, 2001-2003.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2001

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Micha Tomkiewicz, Maxim Titley, Alison Cichowski, Vinit Parmar, Elizabeth Sklar, Philip Gallagher and Mary Gallagher.
Toward management of an energy feeding transtion.
In CUNY Sustainability Conference on Energy and Environmental Sustainability: Science, Engineering and Public Policy, City University of New York, December 8 2006.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Professional Leadership
Program Committee Member, Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems Workshop (ArgMAS) at Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2008).

(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Program Committee Member, Global Conference on Educational Robotics (GCER).


(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Program Committee Member, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT).

(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Program Committee Member, Multi-Agent-Based Simulation Workshop (MABS) at Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2008).



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Reviewer, RoboCup 2008 Simulation League, Mixed Reality competition.

(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Senior Program Committee Member and Senior Robotics Program Committee Member; International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS).

(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Advisory Board Member, Institute for Personal Robotics (IPRE), 2007--2010.

(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007

Advisory Board Member, LEGOEngineering.com.



(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007

Co-Chair, Agent-based Systems for Human Learning and Entertainment Workshop (ABSHLE) at Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2007).



(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007

Organizing Committee Member, Workshop on Agent Mediated Electronic Commerce IX (AMEC) at Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2007).



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Program Committee Member, Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems Workshop (ArgMAS) at Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2007).



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Program Committee Member, First International Workshop on Human Apects in Ambient Intelligence, Workshop at the European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (AmI'07).



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Program Committee Member, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT).



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Program Committee Member, Multi-Agent-Based Simulation Workshop (MABS) at Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2007).




(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Workshops Chair, International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS).

(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007

Co-Chair, RoboCup International Symposium.



(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006

Co-Chair, Second Agent-based Systems for Human Learning Workshop (ABSHL) at Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2006).


(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006

Program Committee Member, Ibero-American Artificial Intelligence Conference (Iberamia).



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Program Committee Member, National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-2006).


(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Senior Program Committee Member, Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2006).



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006

Co-Chair, First Agent-based Systems for Human Learning Workshop (ABSHL) at Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2005).



(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2005

Program Committee Member, Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2005).



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005

Local Organization Co-Chair, International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2004).




(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2004

Member of Board of Trustees, RoboCup Federation. 2004--present (2008).

(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2004

Program Committee Member, AAAI Spring 2004 Symposium on AI Education with Low-cost Robotic Platforms.



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004

Program Committee Member, National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-2004).



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004

Program Committee Member, Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2003) Workshop on Humans and Multi Agent Systems.



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2003

Program Committee Member, RoboCup International Symposium.

(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2003

Reviewer, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-2003).



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2003

ACM Java Engagement for Teacher Training (JETT): National Co-Chair of Pilot Program (2002--2003); Steering Committee Member (2003--2004).


(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2002

Program Committee Member, RoboCup International Symposium.

(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2002

Program Committee Member, RoboCup International Symposium.

(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2001

Robot Program Committee Member, Autonomous Agents.



(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2001

Other Professional Activities
RoboCupJunior international, founding co-chair (2000); international league chair (2001, 2002, 2007); organizing committee member (2003, 2004).

2000