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Elizabeth Sklar
Associate Professor
Computer and Information Science
Location: 5316 Ingersoll Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x1502
Fax: 718.951.4842
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Elizabeth Sklar is an associate professor and director of the multimedia computing program in the Computer and Information Science Department at Brooklyn College, and an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at the CUNY Graduate Center. She co-directs the Agents Lab, which focuses on agent-based and multiagent systems research. More information about Sklar is available at 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:
Human/multi-robot teams, agent-based behavior modeling, multiagent simulation, data mining and visualization, and educational robotics.
Books and Publications
Ozgelen, Arif T., Michael Constantino, Adiba Ishak, Moses Kingston, Diquan Moore, Samuel Sanchez, J. Pablo Munoz, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar. "Approaches to Multi-robot Exploration and Localization." Twentienth Edition of the AAAI Robotics Workshop and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, USA, August 2011. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Pablo Munoz, J., Arif T. Ozgelen and Elizabeth Sklar. "Learning from Demonstration in Spatial Exploration." Twentienth Edition of the AAAI Robotics Workshop and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, USA, August 2011. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Parsons, Simon, Elizabeth Sklar and Peter McBurney. "A Simple Logical Approach to Reasoning With and About Trust." Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Logical Formalizations of Commonsense Reasoning, San Francisco, March 2011. AAAI 2011 Spring Symposium. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Parsons, Simon, Elizabeth Sklar and Peter McBurney. "Using Argumentation to Reason With and About Trust." Proceedings of the Workshop on Argumentation in Multiagent Systems (ArgMAS) at Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2011. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Parsons, Simon, Peter McBurney, Elizabeth Sklar, Yuqing Tang and Kai Cai. "Argumentation-based Reasoning in Agents With Varying Degrees of Trust." Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2011. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Sklar, Elizabeth and M.Q. Azhar. "Toward the Application of Argumentation to Interactive Learning Systems." Proceedings of the Workshop on Argumentation in Multiagent Systems (ArgMAS) at Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2011. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Sklar, Elizabeth Chipp Jansen, Jonathan Chan and Michael Byrd. "Toward a Methodology for Agent-based Data Mining and Visualization." Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Agents and Data Mining Interaction (ADMI), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2011. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Sklar, Elizabeth, A. Tuna Ozgelen, J. Pablo Munoz, Joel Gonzalez, Mark Manashirov, Susan L. Epstein and Simon Parsons. "Designing the HRTeam Framework: Lessons Learned From a Rough-'n-Ready Human/Multi-Robot Team." Proceedings of the Workshop on Autonomous Robots and Multirobot Systems (ARMS) at Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2011. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Sklar, Elizabeth, Susan L. Epstein, Simon Parsons, Arif T. Ozgelen, J. Pablo Munoz and Joel Gonzalez. "A Framework in Which Robots and Humans Help Each Other. AAAI 2011 Spring Symposium: Help Me Help You: Bridging the Gaps in Human-Agent Collaboration, San Francisco, March 2011. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Tang, Yuqing, Kai Cai, Peter McBurney, Elizabeth Sklar and Simon Parsons. "Using Argumentation to Reason About Trust and Belief." Journal of Logic and Computation: Special Issue on Agreement Technologies. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Parsons, Simon, Peter McBurney and Elizabeth Sklar. "Reasoning About Trust Using Argumentation: A Position Paper. Proceedings of the Workshop on Argumentation in Multiagent Systems, Toronto, May 2010. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Salvit, Jordan and Elizabeth Sklar. "Toward a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Model of Agent Behavior." Proceedings of the Multi-agent Based Simulation (MABS) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Sklar, Elizabeth and Debbie Richards. "Using Agent-based Systems for Human Learners." Knowledge Engineering Review 25.2. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Sklar, Elizabeth, Simon Parsons, Susan Epstein, Arif T. Ozgelen, George Rabanca, Sam Anzaroot, Joel Gonzalez, Jesse Lopez, Mitch Lustig, Linda Ma, Mark Manashirov, J. Pablo Munoz, S. Bruno Salazar and Miriam Schwartz. "Developing a Framework for Team-based Robotics Research." AAAI Robotics Workshop and Exhibition, 19th ed. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Tang, Yuqing, Kai Cai, Elizabeth Sklar, Peter McBurney and Simon Parsons. "A System of Argumentation for Reasoning About Trust. Proceedings of the 8th European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems, Paris, December 2010. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Icke, Ilknur and Elizabeth Sklar. "Visual Analytics: A Multi-faceted Overview." Technical Report, Department of Computer Science, CUNY Graduate Center. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009
Sklar, Elizabeth and Ilknur Icke. "Using Simulation to Evaluate Data-driven Agents. Multi-agent Based Simulation IX." Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 5269. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
Collins, John, Peyman Faratin, Simon Parsons, Juan A. Rodriguez-Aguilar, Norman M. Sadeh, Onn Shehory and Elizabeth Sklar. Agent-mediated Electronic Commerce and Trading Agent Design and Analysis. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing 13. Springer. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2008
Cummins, John, M.Q. Azhar and Elizabeth Sklar. "Using Surveyor SRV-1 Robots to Motivate CS1 Students." Proceedings of the AAAI 2008 AI Education Colloquium. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Icke, Ilknur and Elizabeth Sklar. "Using Simulation to Evaluate Data-driven Agent-based Learning Partners." Proceedings of the Multi-agent Based Simulation (MABS) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Phelps, Steve, Kai Cai, Peter McBurney, Jinzhong Niu, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar. "Auctions, Evolution and Multi-agent Learning." Adaptive Agents and Multi-agent Systems III. Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2007. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 4865. Springer. 188-210. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Scarlatos, Lori, Susan Lowes, Elizabeth Sklar, Samir Chopra, Simon Parsons, Ira Rudowsky and Heidi Holder. "Building Bridges: The 2006 Summer Institute." Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 23.3. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Sklar, Elizabeth, 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
Spoelstra, Maartje and Elizabeth Sklar. "Using Simulation to Model and Understand Group Learning, Agent-based Systems for Human Learning." International Transactions on Systems Science and Applications 4.1. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
"Software Review: Netlogo, a Multiagent Simulation Environment." Journal of Artificial Life 13.2. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007
Imberman, Susan, Aleksandr Barkan and Elizabeth Sklar. "Extra-curricular Robotics: Entry-level Soccer for Undergraduates." Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium on Robots and Robot Venues: Resources for AI Education. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Niu, Jinzhong, Kai Cai, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar. "Some Preliminary Results on the Dynamic Behavior of Traders in Multiple Markets." Proceedings of the Workshop on Trading Agent Design and Analysis. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Ozgelen, A. Tuna, Joel Kammet, Marek Marcinkiewicz, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar. "The 2007 MetroBots Four-legged League Team Description Paper." Proceedings of RoboCup-2007: Robot Soccer World Cup XI. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007
Ozgelen, A. Tuna, Joel Kammet, Marek Marcinkiewicz, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar. "The 2007 MetroBots Four-legged League Team Description Paper." RoboCup 2007: Robot Soccer World Cup XI. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007
Parsons, Simon, Peter McBurney, Elizabeth Sklar and Michael Wooldridge. "On the Relevance of Utterances in Formal Inter-agent Dialogues." Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Phelps, Steve, Kai Cai, Peter McBurney, Jinzhong Niu, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar. "Auctions, Evolution and Multi-agent Learning." Adaptive Agents and Multi-agent Systems III. Springer Verlag. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Sklar, Elizabeth, Ilknur Icke, Christopher Camacho, William Liu, Jordan Salvit and Valerie Andrewlevich. "Visualizing Academic Assessment Data." Proceedings of the Assessment of Group and Individual Learning Through Intelligent Visualization (AGILeViz) Workshop at the Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Sklar, Elizabeth, Jordan Salvit, Christopher Camacho, William Liu and Valerie Andrewlevich. "An Agent-based Methodology for Analyzing and Visualizing Educational Assessment." Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Sklar, Elizabeth, Simon Parsons and M.Q. Azhar. "Robotics Across the Curriculum." Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium on Robots and Robot Venues: Resources for AI Education. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Spoelstra, Maartgje and Elizabeth Sklar. "Agent-based Simulation of Group Learning." Proceedings of the Multi-agent Based Simulation (MABS) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Spoelstra, Maartje and Elizabeth Sklar. "Using Simulation to Model and Understand Group Learning." Proceedings of the Agent-based Systems for Human Learning and Entertainment (ABSHLE) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Tang, Yuqing, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar. "An Agent-based Model That Relates Investment in Education to Economic Prosperity." Proceedings of the Multi-agent Based Simulation (MABS) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Tang, Yuqing, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar. "An Agent-based Model That Relates Investment in Education to Economic Prosperity." Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Azhar, M.Q., Rachel Goldman and Elizabeth Sklar. "An Agent-oriented Behavior-based Interface Framework for Educational Robotics." Proceedings of the Agent-based Systems for Human Learning (ABSHL) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Goldman, Rachel, M. Q. Azhar and Elizabeth Sklar. "From RoboLab to Aibo: A Behavior-based Interface for Educational Robotics." Proceedings of RoboCup-2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Lakemeyer, Gerhard, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico Sorrenti and Tomoichi Takahashi. RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Springer. (Books and Publications: Edited Book) 2006
Marcinkiewicz, Marek, Mikhail Kunin, Simon Parsons, Elizabeth Sklar and Theodore Raphan. "Towards a Methodology for Stabilizing the Gaze of a Quadrupedal Robot." Proceedings of RoboCup-2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Ozgelen, A. Tuna, Elizabeth Sklar and Simon Parsons. "Automatic Acquisition of Robot Motion and Sensor Models." Proceedings of RoboCup-2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Parsons, Simon, Yuqing Tang and Elizabeth Sklar. "Agent-based Modeling of Human Education Data." Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Parsons, Simons, Jinzhong Niu, Kai Cai and Elizabeth Sklar. "Reducing Price Fluctuation in Continuous Double Auctions Through Pricing Policy and Shout Improvement." Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Reich, Joshua and Elizabeth Sklar. "Robot-sensor Networks for Search and Rescue." Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Reich, Joshua and Elizabeth Sklar. "Toward Automatic Reconfiguration of Robot-sensor Networks for Urban Search and Rescue." Proceedings of the Agent Technology for Disaster Management (ATDM) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Sklar, Elizabeth and Debbie Richards. "The Use of Agents in Human Learning Systems." Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Sklar, Elizabeth, Martijn Schut, Konrad Diwold and Simon Parsons. "Exploring Coordination Properties Within Populations of Distributed Agents." Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium on Distributed Plan and Schedule Management.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Sklar, Elizabeth, Simon Parsons, M.Q. Azhar and Valerie Andrewlevich. "Educational Robotics in Brooklyn." Proceedings of the AAAI-06 Mobile Robot Workshop. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Tang, Yuqing, Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar. "Modeling Human Education Data: From Equation-based Modeling to Agent-based Modeling." Proceedings of the Multi-agent Based Simulation (MABS) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Chu, Kar-Hai, Rachel Goldman and Elizabeth Sklar. "Roboxap: An Agent-based Educational Robotics Simulator." Agent-based Systems for Human Learning Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Parsons, Simon and Elizabeth Sklar. "How Agents Alter Their Beliefs After an Argumentation-based Dialogue." Proceedings of the Workshop on Argumentation in Multiagent Systems (ArgMAS) at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Sklar, Elizabeth and Mathew Davies. "Multiagent Simulation of Learning Environments. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
"A Long-term Approach to Improving Human-robot Interaction: RoboCupJunior Rescue." Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Benton, Jonah and Elizabeth Sklar. "Evolving a Community for Evolving Learners." Learning Technology Newsletter 6.1. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Goldman, Rachel, Amy Eguchi and Elizabeth Sklar. "Using Educational Robotics to Engage Inner-city Students With Technology." Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Learning Sciences. 214-21. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Sklar, Elizabeth and Amy Eguchi. "RoboCupJunior - Four Years Later." Proceedings of the Eighth International RoboCup Symposium. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Sklar, Elizabeth, Mathew Davies and Min San Tan Co. "SimEd: Simulating Education as a Multi-agent System." Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 998-1005. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Sklar, Elizabeth, Simon Parsons and Peter Stone. "Using RoboCup in University-level Computer Science Education." Journal on Educational Resources in Computing: Special Issue on Robotics in Undergraduate Education, Part I 4.2, June. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Asada, Minoru, 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. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2003
Sklar, Elizabeth, Emi Amy Eguchi and Jeffrey Johnson. "Scientific Challenge Award: RoboCupJunior -- Learning With Educational Robotics." AI Magazine 24.2: 43-46. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
Sklar, Elizabeth, Simon Parsons and Peter Stone. "RoboCup in Higher Education: A Preliminary Report." Proceedings of RoboCup-2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2003
"RoboCupJunior 2002: The State of the League." Proceedings of RoboCup-2002: Robot Soccer World Cup VI. 489-95. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2002
Sklar, Elizabeth, Amy Eguchi and Jeffrey Johnson. "RoboCupJunior: Learning With Educational Robotics." Proceedings of RoboCup-2002: Robot Soccer World Cup VI. 238-53. Received Scientific Challenge Award. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
Sklar, Elizabeth, Jeffrey H. Johnson and Henrik Hautop Lund. "The Educational Value of Children's Team Robotics: A Case Study of RoboCup Junior." Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
Sklar, Elizabeth, Alan D. Blair and Jordan B. Pollack. "Chapter 8: Training Intelligent Agents Using Human Data Collected on the Internet." Agent Engineering. Singapore: World Scientific. 201-26. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2001
Sklar, Elizabeth and Jordan B. Pollack. "A Framework for Enabling an Internet Learning Community." Journal of International Forum of Educational Technology & Society: Special Issue on Online Collaborative Learning Environments 3.3, July: 393-408. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2000
Sklar, Elizabeth and Jordan B. Pollack. "An Evolutionary Approach to Guiding Students in an Educational Game." Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2000
Sklar, Elizabeth and Jordan Pollack. "Using an Evolutionary Algorithm to Guide Problem Selection in an Online Educational Game." Workshop on Evolutionary Computation and Cognitive Science. Received best student paper award. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2000
Blair, Alan D. and Elizabeth Sklar. "Exploring Evolutionary Learning in a Simulated Hockey Environment." Proceedings of the 1999 Congress on Evolutionary Computation. 197-203. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1999
Sklar, Elizabeth, Alan D. Blair, Pablo Funes and Jordan Pollack. "Training Intelligent Agents Using Human Internet Data." Proceedings of the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology. 354-63. Nominated for best paper award. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1999
Blair, Alan D., Elizabeth Sklar and Pablo Funes. "Co-evolution, Determinism and Robustness." Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Volume 1585. Springer-Verlag. 389-96.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1998
Funes, Pablo, Elizabeth Sklar, Hugues Juille and Jordan B. Pollack. "Animal-animat Coevolution: Using the Animal Population as Fitness Function." Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB). MIT Press. 525-33. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1998
Sklar, Elizabeth, Alan D. Blair and Jordan B. Pollack. "Co-evolutionary Learning: Machines and Humans Schooling Together." Proceedings of the Workshop on Current Trends and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Education at the Fourth World Congress on Expert Systems. 98-105. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1998
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
AAAI/SIGART 2011 Doctoral Consortium, with Bradley Clement (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA), NSF IIS #11-25978, $20,340. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
PSC-CUNY Award #64630-00-42, for "Experimentation in Human/Multi-robot Teamwork." $5,997.26; 2011-12. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
RI: Small: Collaborative Research: Learning to perform consistently in human/multi-robot teams, with Susan L. Epstein (Hunter College (CUNY)) and Simon Parsons (Brooklyn College), NSF IIS #11-17000, $489,799 (Brooklyn College award, $298,387), Aug 2011-July 2014. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
TC: Small: Collaborative Research: An Argumentation-based Framework for Security Management, with Karl N. Levitt (University of California-Davis), Jeffery Rowe (University of California-Davis) and Simon Parsons (Brooklyn College), NSF CNS #11-17761, $498,618 (CUNY Brooklyn College award $249,596), August 2011-July 2014. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
CUNY Collaborative Incentive Research Grants Award #1642, for "Shared Decision Making for Collaborative Exploration." Elizabeth Sklar and Susan Epstein, co-recipients. $57,340; September 2009-August 2011. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
National Science Foundation CNS #08-51901, for "REU Site: MetroBotics: Undergraduate Robot Research at an Urban Public College." Elizabeth Sklar and Simon Parsons, co-recipients. $345,000; July 2009-June 2012. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
National Science Foundation REU Supplement, CNS #09-39599. $12,500. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
PSC-CUNY Award #62358-00 40, for "Mechanism Design for Educational Interactivities." $1,980; July 2009-July 2010. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Institute for Personal Robotics (IPRE) / Georgia Institute of Technology, for "Robots in the Classroom." $8,000; June 2008-June 2009. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
National Science Foundation REU Supplement, CNS #08-32295. $12,500. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
Small Business Technology Transfer Program, National Science Foundation IIP #06-37713, for "Phase I-B: Academic Assessment Within a Community of Evolving Learners." Elizabeth Sklar and Chris Camacho, co-recipients. $50,000; January-June. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
National Science Foundation CCLI #06-33497, for "Developing a STEM Curriculum for Early College Programs: A High School to College Continuum." Elizabeth Sklar, Chaya Gurwitz, Jennifer Basil, Sophia Perdikaris and Theodore Raphan, co-recipients. $149,966; May 2007-April 2009. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
National Science Foundation CPATH #07-22177, for "Extending Contextualized Computing in Multiple Institutions Using Threads." Elizabeth Sklar, Charles Isbell, Jill Auerbach, Maureen S Biggers, Merrick L Furst, Ju A Wang, Patrick O. Bobbie, Chih Cheng Hung, Ira Rudowsky, Gerald Weiss, Ashraf Saad, Pamila Dembla and Jose M. Garrido, co-recipients. $889,580; October 2007-September 2010. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
National Science Foundation REU Supplement, CNS #07-33496. $12,500. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Small Business Technology Transfer Program, National Science Foundation IIP #06-37713, for "STTR Phase I: Academic Assessment Within a Community of Evolving Learners." Elizabeth Sklar and Chris Camacho, co-recipients. $149,680; January-December. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
U.S. Department of Education SBIR #ED-07-R-0006, for "Phase II: Early Childhood Assessment and Intervention Within a Community." Elizabeth Sklar and Chris Chamacho, co-recipients. $750,000; May 2007-April 2009.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Department of Education GEAR-UP #P334A050232 subcontract, for "Educational Robotics Program: Introduction to LEGO Robotics." Elizabeth Sklar and Joshua Koen, co-recipients. $11,255. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
Department of Education SBIR #ED-06-PO-0895, for "Development of Assessment Technologies for Early Childhood: Phase I." Elizabeth Sklar and Christopher Camacho, co-recipients. $100,000; June-December. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
National Science Foundation BPC #05-40549, for "Building a Bridge in Brooklyn." Elizabeth Sklar, Lori Scarlatos, Ira Rudowsky, Samir Chopra and Simon Parsons, co-recipients. $500,000; March 2006-February 2009.
(Grants and Fellowships) 2006
National Science Foundation REU Supplement, #05-52294, for "Evaluating Education -- What Are We Measuring and How?" $12,500. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
PSC-CUNY Award #68525-00-37, for "Studies in Interaction-based Learning." $3,175; July-December. (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
CISDD National Science Foundation #PFI-03-32596 (sub-award), for "A Multiagent Simulation Approach to Educational Assessment." $14,514; 2005-06. (Grants and Fellowships) 2005
Association for Computing Machinery, for "RoboCupJunior and the ACM: A Partnership for Technology Education." $30,000. (Grants and Fellowships) 2004
National Science Foundation Track 2, GK-12 #03-38329, for "Technology Integration Partnerships: Bringing Emerging STEM Research Into Grades 5-12 Enabled by New Technologies." Elizabeth Sklar, Jack McGourty and Susan Lowes, co-recipients. $1,699,219; 2004-09. (Grants and Fellowships) 2004
National Science Foundation CISE Special Projects #03-14231, for "Bridging the Gap." Elizabeth Sklar, Lillian Israel and Diane Souvaine, co-recipients. $32,300; 2003-04. (Grants and Fellowships) 2003
National Science Foundation IIS #03-29037, for "Tools and Techniques for Automated Mechanism Design." Elizabeth Sklar and Simon Parsons, co-recipients. $532,453; 2003-06. (Grants and Fellowships) 2003
National Science Foundation REU Supplement, #03-31744, for "Evaluating Education -- What Are We Measuring and How?" $13,825. (Grants and Fellowships) 2003
National Science Foundation ITR #02-19347, for "Evaluating Education -- What Are We Measuring and How?" $370,377; 2002-07. (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
National Science Foundation ITR #01-13317, for "Creating One to One Learning Opportunities Across the Internet." Elizabeth Sklar, Jordan Pollack and Ann Marion, co-recipients. Subcontract $57,000; 2001-03. (Grants and Fellowships) 2001
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
King's College London Informatics Colloquium, London, February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
Meyer, Matthew and Elizabeth Sklar. "When Robots Aren't for Everyone: A Smorgasbord of Exploratory Computing Experiences." Computer Science & Information Technology Symposium. New York, July. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
CUNY Statistics Seminar. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
Computer Science and Math Scholarship Talk. Lehman College (CUNY). New York, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
Computational Synthesis Lab, departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Computer & Information Science, Cornell University. Itaca, N.Y., February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University. Washington, D.C., October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California. Los Angeles, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006
Tomkiewicz, Micha, Maxim Titley, Alison Cichowski, Vinit Parmar, Elizabeth Sklar, Philip Gallagher and Mary Gallagher. "Toward Management of an Energy Feeding Transtion." CUNY Sustainability Conference on Energy and Environmental Sustainability: Science, Engineering and Public Policy. City University of New York, Dec. 8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005
Department of Computer Science, Vassar College. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005
AI Seminar Series. Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004
Computer Science & Information Technology Symposium. Norfolk, Va., March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004
RoboCup American Open Symposium. Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2003
Sklar, Elizabeth, Emi Amy Eguchi and Jeffrey Johnson. "Examining Team Robotics Through RoboCupJunior." Annual Conference of Japan Society for Educational Technology. Nagaoka, Japan. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2002
Professional Leadership
Co-chair, RoboCupJunior @ NY/NJ. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Founder and trustee, RoboCup Federation, RoboCupJunior, 2010-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Member, Program Committee, ABModSim Workshop, 20th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Program Committee, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Program Committee, Multi-Agent-Based Simulation Workshop (MABS), Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Mentor, doctoral consortium, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2010
Co-chair, RoboCupJunior @ NY/NJ. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009
Member, Program Committee, ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2009), Special Track on Agreement Technologies. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Program Committee, Argumentation in Multi-agent SystemsWorkshop (ArgMAS) at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Program Committee, Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Program Committee, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Program Committee, Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS) Workshop at Autonomous Agents and Multia-gent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Program Committee, Workshop on Social Simulation at IJCAI. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
Member, Program Committee, Argumentation in Multi-agent Systems Workshop (ArgMAS) at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Member, Program Committee, Global Conference on Educational Robotics. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Member, Program Committee, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Member, Program Committee, Multi-agent-based Simulation Workshop (MABS) at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Member, Program Committee, Workshop on Teaching With Robotics: Didactic Approaches and Experiences, European Comenius Project TERECoP (Teacher Education on Robotics-enhanced Constructivist Pedagogical Methods), Simulation, Modeling and Programming for Autonomous Robots Conference. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Reviewer, RoboCup 2008 Simulation League, Mixed Reality competition. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Senior member, Program Committee, and Senior member, Robotics Program Committee, International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008
Chairwoman, RoboCupJunior @ NYC. (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. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
League chairwoman, RoboCupJunior International. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Member, advisory board, Institute for Personal Robotics, 2007-10. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Member, advisory board, LEGOEngineering.com. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Member, Organizing Committee, Workshop on Agent Mediated Electronic Commerce IX (AMEC) at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Member, Program Committee, Argumentation in Multi-agent Systems Workshop (ArgMAS) at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Member, Program Committee, First International Workshop on Human Apects in Ambient Intelligence, European Conference on Ambient Intelligence. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Member, Program Committee, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Member, Program Committee, Multi-agent-based Simulation Workshop (MABS) at Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007
Workshops chairwoman, International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Chairwoman, RoboCupJunior @ NYC. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006
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. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2006
Member, Program Committee, Ibero-American Artificial Intelligence Conference (Iberamia). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Member, Program Committee, National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Mentor, Doctoral Mentoring Symposium, Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Senior member, Program Committee, Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2006
Co-chair, First Agent-based Systems for Human Learning Workshop (ABSHL) at Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2005
Member, Program Committee, Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2005
Local organization co-chair, International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2004
Member, board of trustees, RoboCup Federation, 2004-09. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2004
Member, Organizing Committee, RoboCupJunior International. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Program Committee, AAAI Spring 2004 Symposium on AI Education With Low-cost Robotic Platforms. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Program Committee, National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2004
Member, Organizing Committee, RoboCup American Open. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2003
Member, Program Committee, Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems, Workshop on Humans and Multi-agent Systems. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2003
Member, Program Committee, RoboCup International Symposium. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2003
Member, Steering Committee, ACM Java Engagement for Teacher Training, 2003-04. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2003
Reviewer, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2003
League chairwoman, RoboCupJunior International. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2002
Member, Program Committee, RoboCup International Symposium. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2002
National co-chair of pilot program, ACM Java Engagement for Teacher Training, 2002-03. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2002
League chairwoman, RoboCupJunior International. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2001
Member, Executive Committee, RoboCup Federation, 2001-09. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2001
Member, Program Committee, RoboCup International Symposium. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2001
Member, Program Committee, RoboFesta International Forum. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2001
Member, Robot Program Committee, Autonomous Agents. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2001
Founding co-chair, RoboCupJunior International. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2000
Community Activities
Demonstrations chairwoman, senior program committee member and doctoral mentoring symposium mentor, Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) conference. 2011
Doctoral consortium co-chair, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. 2011
Member, Change Agents Council, The Computer Science Collaboration Project. 2011
Member, Program Committee, Autonomous Robots and Multirobot Systems Workshop (ARMS) at Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS). 2011
Member, Program Committee, Multi-Agent-Based Simulation Workshop (MABS) at Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS). 2011





