 <hr> <b>Research Interests:</b> Weld's current research interests are in  <a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/projects/ai/www/ai.html"> Artificial intelligence</a>, specifically <a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/projects/softbots/www/softbots.html"> software agents</a> and  <A HREF="http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/research-samples/planning.html">planning</A>. As one example, Weld's group supports the <a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/projects/ai/www/ucpop.html"> UCPOP</a> planner, which is being used at almost one hundred sites worldwide. Many of Weld's papers are available electronically; here are his current favorites:   <ul>
