Biography: David W. Aha

Research Interests

• Case-based reasoning (CBR)
• Knowledge extraction (e.g., from text documents)
• Machine learning (e.g., statistical relational learning, instance-based learning)
• Knowledge management (e.g., intelligent lessons learned systems)
• AI and simulation (e.g., complex games, training simulators)
• Bioinformatics
• Mixed-initiative and multi-modal systems
• Plan authoring

Education

• 1992-93 NSERC International Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Ottawa, Canada
• 1991-92 APL/Johns Hopkins University Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Laurel, MD
• 1990-91 SERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Turing Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
• 1990 Ph.D. (Computer Science), University of California, Irvine
• 1985 M.S. in Computer Science, Syracuse University
• 1983 B.S. in Computer Science, Syracuse University, Magna Cum Laude with Honors, University Scholar (the highest undergraduate honor bestowed by SU)
• 1979 Walt Whitman High School; South Huntington, New York

Employment (other than educational affiliations)

• (1993-) Current affiliation information withheld
• (1982) PAR Technology Corporation, Summer
• (1981) Fairchild Republic Company, Summer

Activities

• Councilor of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) (2006-2009)
• Guest Editor for special journal issues
  • Lazy Learning (AI Review, 1997, 11(1-5))
  • Interactive Case-Based Reasoning (Applied Intelligence, 2001, 14(1); with Hector Muñoz-Avila)
• Journal Editorial Board Member
  • Machine Learning (1996-2003?) (Action Editor: 1998-2001)
  • Applied Intelligence (1995-2001) (Review Board: 2001-)
  • Journal of AI Research (1995-98)
• AI Research for Environmental Sciences (AIRIES): Committee Member (1995-2000)
• Dissertation committee member (7 students previously)
• Program committee member, several conferences/meetings annually
• Maintainer, ML/CBR Home Pages (1994-)
• Maintainer, UCI Repository (1986-1990)

Meetings/Events chaired, co-chaired, or co-organized

1. AAAI-94 Workshop: Case-Based Reasoning
2. ICML-95 Workshop: Applying ML in Practice (w/ Pat Riddle)
3. AAAI-95 Fall Symposium: Adaptation of Knowledge for Reuse (w/ Ashwin Ram)
4. ECML-97 Workshop: Case-Based Learning: Beyond Classification of Feature Vectors (w/ Dietrich Wettschereck)
5. AAAI-98 Workshop: Case-Based Reasoning Integrations (w/ Jody Daniels)
6. AAAI-98/ICML-98 Workshop: The Methodology of Applying Machine Learning (Chair: R. Engels)
7. AAAI-99 Workshop: Exploring Synergies of Knowledge Management and Case-Based Reasoning (w/ Irma Becerra-Fernandez, Frank Maurer, and Hector Muñoz-Avila)
8. IJCAI-99 Workshop on Automating the Construction of Case-Based Reasoners (w/ Chair Sarab Anand and Agnar Aamodt)
9. AAAI-00 Workshop: Intelligent Lessons Learned Systems (w/ Rosina Weber)
10. ICCBR-01 (Program Co-Chair, w/ Ian Watson; Chair Qiang Yang)
11. Semantic Web for the Military User Workshop (11/01)
12. ECCBR-02 Workshop on Mixed-Initiative CBR
13. ICCBR-03 Workshop on Mixed-Initiative CBR
14. IJCAI-05 Workshop on Reasoning, Representation, and Learning in Computer Games (w/ Hector Munoz-Avila & Michael van Lent)
15. ICCBR-05 Workshop on Computer Games and Simulation Environments (w/ Dave Wilson)
16. FLAIRS-07 Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning (w/ Luc Lamontagne)
17. AAAI-07 AI Video Competition (w/ Sebastian Thrun)
18. AAAI-08 AI Video Competition (w/ Sebastian Thrun)

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