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September 2016: I published "Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030", the first Study Panel Report of the One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence.

July 2016: We won first place at the the international RoboCup 2016 competition in the 3D simulation league and second place in the Standard Platform League with our team UT Austin Villa. [details]

May 2016: I was very honored to receive the ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award.

September 2015: I co-Founded Cogitai, Inc. with Mark Ring and Satinder Singh.

March 2013: I spoke at TEDxYouth Austin on "Robot Soccer" (14 minute video).

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I am the founder and director of the Learning Agents Research Group (LARG) within the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin.

My main research interest in AI is understanding how we can best create complete intelligent agents. I consider adaptation, interaction, and embodiment to be essential capabilities of such agents. Thus, my research focuses mainly on machine learning, multiagent systems, and robotics. To me, the most exciting research topics are those inspired by challenging real-world problems. I believe that complete successful research includes both precise, novel algorithms and fully implemented and rigorously evaluated applications. My application domains have included robot soccer, autonomous bidding agents, autonomous vehicles, autonomic computing, and social agents.