  I grew up in the 60's and 70's in the small town of <a href="http://www.w3biz.com/ofallon_il/OFHOME.HTM">O'Fallon Illinois</a> where starting in 1975 I attended <a href="http://www.apci.net/~oths/"> O'Fallon Township Highschool</a>. Starting in the fall of 1979, I went to the <a href="http://www.uiuc.edu/">University of Illinois</a> in <a href="http://www.city.net/countries/united_states/illinois/champaign_urbana/">Champaign-Urbana</a> to obtain all of the degrees listed above. In December 1987, I completed my Ph.D. thesis in the <a href="http://www.ai.uiuc.edu/~ebl/#General">Explanation-Based Learning Group</a> under the direction of <a href="http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/CS_INFO_SERVER/DEPT_INFO/CS_FACULTY/FAC_HTMLS/dejong.html">Prof. Gerald Dejong</a> and then began my position here in <a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/">The Department of Computer Sciences</a> at the <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/"> The University of Texas at Austin</a>.  <h2>
