Kurt Dresner

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Education

• The University of Texas at Austin — Austin, TX
  PhD Candidate. June 2006–present.
  PhD Student. August 2002–June 2006.
• Harvey Mudd College — Claremont, CA
  Bachelor of Science with Distinction, Computer Science and Mathematics. May 2002.

Appointments

• University of Texas at Austin
  Assistant Instructor. August 2006–Present.
  CS 105: Programming in Ruby.
• University of Texas at Austin, AI Laboratory
  Graduate Research Assistant. January 2004–August 2006.
  Professor Peter Stone. Autonomous Intersection Management.
• Harvey Mudd College
  Undergraduate Research Assistant. June–September 2001, June–September 2002.
  Professor Ran Libeskind-Hadas. Routing algorithms for optical networks with wavelength-division multiplexing and tap-and-continue switches.

Awards

• MCD Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2002–August 2006
• Harvey Mudd College
  • Harvey S. Mudd Merit Award
  • Dean's List every eligible semester
• National Merit Finalist
• AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, AP Scholar with Distinction
• Canon Envirothon Scholarship (for placing first in the 1998 National Envirothon Competition)

Professional Activities

• Conference Program Committee Member
  • Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). July 2008.
  • Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS). May 2006, May 2007.
• Workshop Program Committee Member
  • AAMAS workshop on Agents in Traffic and Transportation (ATT). May 2006, May 2008.
  • IFAC workshop on Multivehicle Systems (MVS). October 2006.

Invited Talks

• "Robot Dogs, Intelligent Intersections, and Connect Four: Toward a PhD in Computer Science"
  Harvey Mudd College, Computer Science Colloquium. Claremont, CA. October 2005.
• "Robot Dogs, Intelligent Intersections, and Connect Four: One Student's AI Research Experience"
  University of Texas at Austin, Science Undergraduate Research Group (UT SURGe). Austin, TX. December, 2005.