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

 

 

education

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.

 

awards

·         A member of the winning team for the 2001 Nils Nilsson Prize for Integrating AI Technologies.

·         Dissertation Year Henderson Fellowship 2002-03.

 

Publications

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.

 

 

Work History

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.

 

teaching experience

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.

 

memberships

American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)

 

References

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