Aaron Boo Boon Khoo
7649 N.
Eastlake Ter., #2E, Chicago,
IL 60626
Phone
: (847) 491-8931 Fax : (847) 491-5258
Email
: khoo@cs.northwestern.edu
Ph.D. Computer Science n June 2003
Northwestern University
Implementing Efficient Joint Beliefs on
Multi-Robot Teams
Professor Ian Horswill, advisor
M.S. Computer Science n December 2002
Northwestern
University
Professor Ian Horswill, advisor
Knox College , Galesburg, IL n June 1996
B.A. in
Computer Science & Mathematics.
Graduated magna cum laude.
·
A member of the winning team for the 2001 Nils Nilsson
Prize for Integrating AI Technologies.
·
Dissertation Year Henderson
Fellowship 2002-03.
Dissertation
- Aaron Khoo, Implementing Efficient Joint Beliefs on
Multi-Robot Teams, Ph.D. Dissertation. Northwestern University
Computer Science Department, June 2003 (Tech. Report NWU-CS-03-20).
Journal Papers
- Aaron Khoo and Ian Horswill, “Grounding Inference in Distributed
Multi-Robot Environments”, Journal
of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Special issue on perceptual
anchoring, 43(2-3):85-96, May 2003.
- Aaron Khoo and Robert Zubek, “Applying Inexpensive AI Techniques to
Computer Games”, IEEE Intelligent
Systems, Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence in Infotainment, 17(4),
July/August 2002.
Refereed Conference Papers
- Aaron Khoo and
Ian Horswill, “An Efficient Coordination
Architecture for Autonomous Robot Teams”, Proceedings of the IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2002, IEEE CS Press, Los Alamitos,
Calif., 2002, pp. 287-292.
Workshops
- Aaron Khoo and
Ian Horswill, “Efficient Inference Grounding for
Distributed Multi-Robot Teams”, Multi-Robot
Systems: From Swarms to Intelligent Automata Volume II, Proceedings
from the 2003 International Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems, Alan Schultz,
Lynne E. Parker, and Frank Schneider(eds.), Kluwer Publishing, 2003.
- Aaron Khoo, Greg Dunham, Nick Trienens, Sanjay Sood, “Efficient, Realistic NPC Control
Systems using Behavior-Based Techniques”, Proceedings of the AAAI 2002 Spring Symposium Series: Artificial
Intelligence and Interactive Entertainment, AAAI tech. report,
SS-02-01, AAAI Press, Menlo Park, Calif., 2002
- Robert Zubek and Aaron Khoo,
“Making the Human Care: On Building Engaging Bots”, Proceedings of the AAAI 2002 Spring Symposium Series: Artificial
Intelligence and Interactive Entertainment, AAAI tech. report,
SS-02-01, AAAI Press, Menlo Park, Calif., 2002
- Aaron Khoo and Ian Horswill , “HIVEMind :
Grounding Inference in Cooperative Activity”, Proceedings of the AAAI 2001 Fall Symposium Series: Anchoring
Symbols to Sensor Data in Single and Multiple Robot Systems, AAAI
tech. report, FS-01-01, AAAI Press, Menlo Park, Calif., 2002
- Ian Horswill, Robert Zubek, Aaron Khoo, Christopher Dac Le and Shawn Nicholson, “The Cerebus
Project”, Proceedings of the AAAI
2000 Fall Symposium Series : Parallel Cognition and Embodied Agents,
2000.
Other
- Aaron Khoo, Robin Hunicke, Greg Dunham, Nick Trienens and Muon Van,
“FlexBot, Groo, Patton
and Hamlet: Research using Computer Games as a Platform”, Technical
content paper for Intelligent Systems Demonstration, Proceedings of the Eighteenth National Conference on Artificial
Intelligence.
Invited Presentation
- Aaron Khoo , “HIVEMind: Highly Interconnected Verbose Mind” Poster
Multi-Robot Workshop at the Naval Research Laboratories, March 2002.
System Demonstration
- Aaron
Khoo, Greg
Dunham, Nick Trienens,
“FlexBot, Groo, Patton
and Hamlet: Research using Computer Games as a Platform”, Intelligent
Systems Demonstration at 2002 AAAI Conference in Edmonton.
Research Assistant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1998 – Present
Work on
autonomous robots; focus on teamwork models for agent teams.
·
Developed HIVEMind, an
architecture for coordination of cooperative robot teams.
·
Managed
undergraduate students during development of the FlexBot
project (http://flexbot.cs.northwestern.edu),
an API for creating agents in the Half-Life game.
Internet Consultant, Metamor
Technologies, Chicago, IL, 1996 – 1998
Worked on two
biggest client accounts : United Healthcare and
American Medical Association. Developed
database backend CGI-based Internet applications. Managed
small teams of 5-10 people.
Technical Lab Assistant, Knox College Computer Lab, Galesburg, IL, 1993 – 1996
Provided technical
support for students. Supported multiple platforms
include NeXT, WinTel, Apple Macs.
System Administrator for NeXT and Apple Mac
cluster, Computer Science and Math Dept,
Galesburg, IL, 1993-1995
Administrated the Mathematics Dept.
network. Managed 12 NeXT boxes running NeXTStep, 10 Apples running MacOS.
At Northwestern University, Evanston,
IL:
Teaching Assistant – to Professor
Brad Adelberg in “CS339 - Introduction to Database
Systems.” n Spring
1999
Met with students upon request, and graded all written
work, including final exam papers.
Teaching Assistant – to Professor Shashi Buluswar in “CS311 – Data
Structure and Data Management.” n Fall 1999
Collaborated on curriculum and exam development, met with students upon
request, and graded all written work, including final exam papers.
Teaching Assistant – to Professor Ian Horswill in “CS395 – Behavior-based
Robotics” n Fall 2000/01/02
Collaborated on assignment and exam development, met with students on request, assisted
in grading projects and assignments.
American Association of Artificial
Intelligence (AAAI)
Ian Horswill
Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, Northwestern University
1890 Maple Avenue, Evanston,
IL 60201
Email: ian@cs.northwestern.edu
Ken Forbus
Professor, Computer Science Department, Northwestern University
1890 Maple Avenue, Evanston,
IL 60201
Email: forbus@cs.northwestern.edu
Peter Dinda
Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, Northwestern University
1890 Maple Avenue, Evanston,
IL 60201
Email: pdinda@cs.northwestern.edu
Tucker Balch
Assistant Professor, College of Computing, Georgia
Institute of Technology
801 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
Email: tucker@cc.gatech.edu