Education

Ph.D., Intelligent Systems, 1999
Dissertation Title: "Assessing the Relevance of Cases and Principles Using Operationalization Techniques" University of Pittsburgh, Intelligent Systems Program
Ph.D. Committee:   
    Prof. Kevin Ashley (chair): Professor of Intelligent Systems;  Senior Scientist at the University of Pittsburgh.
    Prof. Manuela Veloso: Past President of AAAI; Herbert  A. Simon Prof. of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.
    Prof. Bruce Buchanan: Past President of AAAI; Inventor of the Mycin program; Former prof. at the U. of Pgh and Stanford; Retired
    Pres. Martha Pollack: Past President of AAAI; Current President of Cornell University
    (Note: All committee members are elected members of the prestigious AAAI Fellows)     

M.S., Intelligent Systems, 1994
University of Pittsburgh, Intelligent Systems Program (QPA: 3.8 out of 4.0)

M.S., Computer Science, 1984
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Computer Science (QPA: 3.5 out of 4.0)

B.S., Computer Science, Cum Laude, 1981
Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Department of Computer Science