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2024:
| Jul 2024: | KR paper on argumentation-based dialectical explanations accepted. |
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| Jun 2024: | CP papers on incomplete DCOPs and communication-aware DCOPs accepted. |
| Apr 2024: | IJCAI paper on multi-objective search accepted. |
2023:
| Dec 2023: | AAMAS paper on polarization in social networks accepted. |
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| Aug 2023: | Received a BSF grant with Roie Zivan to work on explainable DCOPs! |
| Jul 2023: | ECAI papers on explainable scheduling and personalized explanations accepted. |
| Jul 2023: | Received an NSF training grant for AI and environmental social science! Read more about it in this WashU news article. |
| May 2023: | Served as a program co-chair of AAMAS 2023. Submit your autonomous agent and multiagent papers! |
| Apr 2023: | IJCAI paper on multi-objective search accepted. |
| Mar 2023: | Received an NSF grant to work on fair and explainable scheduling! Read more about it in this WashU news article. |
| Feb 2023: | ICAPS paper on fairness in ridesharing accepted. |
2022:
| Nov 2022: | Received a J.P. Morgan Chase faculty research award to work on goal recognition and explainable AI! Read more about it in this WashU news article. |
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| Nov 2022: | Awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award by Emerson! Read more about it in this WashU news article. |
| Oct 2022: | AIJ paper on simple and efficient bi-objective search accepted. |
| Sep 2022: | JAIR paper on communication-aware DCOPs accepted. |
| Aug 2022: | Khoi Hoang successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation and will be joining the Google as a software engineer. Congratulations Khoi! |
| Jun 2022: | Served as a program co-chair of ICAPS 2022. Submit your planning and scheduling papers! |
| May 2022: | JAIR paper on proactive dynamic DCOPs accepted. |
| Apr 2022: | JAIR paper on logic-based framework for explainable planning accepted. |
| Feb 2022: | ICAPS paper on visualization systems for explainable planning accepted. |
2021:
| Dec 2021: | ICAPS paper on visualization systems for explainable planning accepted. |
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| Jul 2021: | Athena Tabakhi successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation and will be joining WashU’s CSE department as a lecturer. Congratulations Athena! |
| Jul 2021: | CP paper on latency-aware DCOPs accepted. |
| Apr 2021: | Christabel Wayllace successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation and will be joining Matt Taylor’s group as a postdoc. Congratulations Chris! |
| Feb 2021: | Elected as a AAAI senior member! Read more about it in this WashU news article. |
| Feb 2021: | JELIA paper on explainability through model reconciliation using logic programming accepted. |
2020:
| Dec 2020: | AAAI paper on explainability through model reconciliation using hitting sets accepted. |
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| Dec 2020: | AAMAS paper on latency-aware DCOPs accepted. |
| Jun 2020: | IROS paper on preference elicitation with robots accepted. |
| Feb 2020: | Gave a tutorial on multi-agent distributed constrained optimization at AAAI 2020. Slides available here. |
| Jan 2020: | ICAPS papers on bi-objective search and traffic signal control accepted. |
| Jan 2020: | AAMAS paper on continuous DCOPs accepted. |
| Jan 2020: | ECAI paper on partially-observable stochastic GRD (with Harry Potter examples!) accepted. |
2019:
| Oct 2019: | AAAI demo paper on goal recognition of airplanes at airports accepted. |
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| Aug 2019: | Received a BSF grant with Roie Zivan to work on communication sensitive DCOPs! |
| Jul 2019: | Gave a tutorial on goal recognition design at ICAPS 2019. Slides available here. |
| Mar 2019: | JAIR article on Distributed Gibbs for DCOPs accepted. |
| Jan 2019: | Received a Boeing grant with Alvitta Ottley to work on goal recognition! |
| Jan 2019: | AAMAS paper on preference elicitation for weighted CSPs accepted. |
2018:
| Aug 2018: | Received an NSF grant to work on smart home automation! Read more about it in this WashU news article. |
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| Jul 2018: | Honored to be invited to give an early career spotlight presentation at IJCAI-ECAI 2018. Paper accompanying the presentation here. |
| Jun 2018: | CP paper on a new DCOP algorithm based on large neighborhood search accepted. |
| May 2018: | UAI paper on decentralized allocation and planning accepted. |
| Apr 2018: | IJCAI paper on periodic double auctions accepted. |
| Apr 2018: | JAIR survey article on DCOP models and algorithms accepted. |
| Feb 2018: | Gave a tutorial on multi-agent distributed constrained optimization at AAAI 2018. Slides available here. |
| Jan 2018: | AAMAS papers on preference elicitation and node-to-agent mapping for DCOPs accepted. |
2017:
| Jul 2017: | Joined Washington University in St. Louis as an assistant professor in computer science and engineering. |
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| Jun 2017: | CP paper on preference elicitation for DCOPs accepted. |
| May 2017: | Co-organized the OptMAS workshop at AAMAS 2017. |
| Apr 2017: | Received a DARPA grant to work on edge and cloud computing applications! |
| Apr 2017: | Ping Hou successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation and will be joining Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group as a software engineer. Congratulations Ping! |
| Apr 2017: | IJCAI papers on stochastic GRD and solving MAPF with ASP accepted. |
| Feb 2017: | Co-organized a job fair at AAAI 2017. |
| Jan 2017: | AAMAS papers on proactive DCOPs, smart homes, and smart grids accepted. |
2016:
| Dec 2016: | Awarded the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award in Mentoring by the CS Graduate Student Organization, NMSU. |
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| Jun 2016: | CP paper on speeding up DCOP algorithms with GPUs accepted. |
| May 2016: | Co-organized the OptMAS workshop at AAMAS 2016. |
| Apr 2016: | IJCAI papers on stochastic GRDs and multi-agent planning accepted. |
| Mar 2016: | Extremely fortunate to receive an NSF CAREER award! |
| Jan 2016: | Honored to be included in the 2015 list of AI’s 10 to Watch by IEEE Intelligent Systems! Read more about it in this NMSU news article. |
2015:
| Nov 2015: | AAAI papers on risk-sensitive POMDPs, DCOP pre-processing algorithms, and solving GRD with ASP accepted. |
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| Jul 2015: | Received an NSF grant to work on dynamic DCOPs! |
| Jun 2015: | CP paper on speeding up DCOP algorithms with GPUs accepted. |
| May 2015: | Co-organized the OptMAS workshop at AAMAS 2015. |
| Apr 2015: | Awarded the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award in Mentoring by the CS Graduate Student Organization, NMSU. |
2014:
| Dec 2014: | AAAI paper on solving DCOPs with ASP accepted. |
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| May 2014: | Co-organized the joint OptMAS-DCR workshop at AAMAS 2014. |
| May 2014: | CP paper on branch consistency for DCOPs accepted. |
| Apr 2014: | AAAI papers on uncertain MDPs, multi-agent RL, and CRC constraints accepted. |
| Jan 2014: | ICAPS paper on risk-sensitive MDPs accepted. |
| Jan 2014: | Received an NSF grant to work on smart grids! |