Eugene Fink's research

I am a senior systems scientist in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. I have a joined appointment in the Language Technologies Institute and Computer Science Department, which are both within the School of Computer Science. I am presently working on two research projects, called RADAR and RAPID.

I completed my Ph.D. in 1999, at Carnegie Mellon University, under supervision of Herbert A. Simon and Jaime G. Carbonell. For my dissertation, I worked on machine learning and automated problem solving in the Prodigy research project (which has nothing to do with the Prodigy on-line service). From 1999 to 2003, I was an assistant professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of South Florida. In December 2003, I became a systems scientist at Carnegie Mellon University.

My research interests are in various aspects of artificial intelligence, including machine learning, planning, problem solving, automated problem reformulation, and theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence, as well as applications of artifiical intelligence to medical care, e-commerce, security, and e-science. My interests also include computational geometry, algorithm theory, and distributed computing.

Publications

• Primary effects in planning
• Problem reformulation in AI
• Formalizing AI planning algorithms
• Electronic commerce
• Medical applications of AI
• Time series
• Scheduling under uncertainty
• Analysis of uncertain data
• Astronomy applications
• Cybersecurity
• Restricted-orientation convexity
• Everything else
• Also see a list of all publications

Talks

Current projects

• Astro-DISC: Astronomy applications of supercomputing
• SmartNotes: Web security assistant

Past projects

• ARGUS (2004-2006)
• RADAR (2004-2008)
• RAPID (2007-2009)
• FIRE Algorithms and Linguistics: Educational materials for school students (2010)

Current students (Carnegie Mellon University)

• Bin Fu (Ph.D.)
• Mehrbod Sharifi (Ph.D.)

Past students (Carnegie Mellon University)

• Ulas Bardak (Ph.D. in 2007); see thesis abstract, PostScript thesis, PDF thesis, or defense talk
• Konstantin Salomatin (M.S. in 2007)
• Steve Gardiner (M.S. in 2008)
• Mehrbod Sharifi (M.S. in 2009)

Past students (University of South Florida)

• Kevin Pratt (M.S. in 2001); see thesis abstract, PDF thesis, or defense talk
• Josh Johnson (M.S. in 2001); see thesis abstract, PostScript thesis, PDF thesis, or defense talk
• Savvas Nikiforou (M.S. in 2002, with University Best M.S. Thesis Award); see thesis abstract, PostScript thesis, PDF thesis, or defense talk
• Jenny Hu (M.S. in 2002); see thesis abstract, PostScript thesis, PDF thesis, or defense talk
• Jianli Gong (M.S. in 2002); see thesis abstract, PostScript thesis, PDF thesis, or defense talk
• Hong Tang (M.S. in 2003); see thesis abstract, PostScript thesis, PDF thesis, or defense talk
• John Hershberger (M.S. in 2003); see thesis abstract, PostScript thesis, PDF thesis, or defense talk
• Rohan V. Malkhare (M.S. in 2004); see thesis abstract, PostScript thesis, PDF thesis, or defense talk
• Harith Suman Gandhi (M.S. in 2004); see thesis abstract, PostScript thesis, PDF thesis, or defense talk

Research collaborators

•  Jim Blythe
•  Jaime G. Carbonell
•  Manuela M. Veloso
•  Derick Wood
•  Qiang Yang

Glorious past

•  Experience
•  Funding
•  Honors
•  Resume in PDF and Word (nine pages)
•  Bio sketch (one paragraph)

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