MAS applications

I found this journal Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems and their list of publications and conference proceedings here.  They look like a very neat conference.  I took a look at their most recent proceedings and found to my delight that they have some cool applications that I’m interested in and make me think that some… Continue reading MAS applications

Exercise and eat healthy

Well I was working out every-other-day and really eating healthy for about two weeks.  As a result I had a lot of energy and felt good, other than the muscle soreness.  This past week I couldn’t go to the gym at all and I started eating pretty bad.  By the end of the week (today)… Continue reading Exercise and eat healthy

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Botball 2015

A bunch of us from GMU were Botball mentors for middle schools in the DC area.  I helped out at Fred Lynn middle school with Kevin, David, Joseph and Anna.  Our school was big enough that we had two teams that entered the competition.  Thanks to David who interpreted the results pdf, last Saturday’s Botball… Continue reading Botball 2015

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Power grid for shipping containers

Shocks in shipping containers that would charge batteries that would allow for gps tracking of all of the containers.  Also, when stacked they could essentially distribute the electricity.  Harvesting the energy from the force of tons of pressure would be interesting.  Also, they could be very safe batteries!! You could use Lightsail storage.  Then it would be… Continue reading Power grid for shipping containers

Tom Bihn Robot Soccer Jerseys

Today was eventful.  Sean, my professor, comes in this morning and tells us this story about how he had discovered that the company that makes his backpack had been hacked.  He notified the company and told them about it and the company gave him a $250 gift certificate.  Which was nice for him because he… Continue reading Tom Bihn Robot Soccer Jerseys

Travel

Oh man this seems like this is the year I get to travel!  I’m presenting a paper I’m first author of and giving a workshop presentation of another paper at AAMAS in Istanbul, going to Heifei China for Robocup, and most likely going to Hamburg Germany to present a paper at IROS!  That is amazing,… Continue reading Travel

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Decision Theory Paradoxes

I’ve been researching decision theory paradoxes because in my Bounty’s task allocation system I am considering the benefits of giving the bondsman the decision to allocate particular tasks through an auction (ie exclusive) or through its normal bounty (non-exclusive) method.  This brings with it a potentially multi-criteria decision which has me interested about the theoretical ramifications… Continue reading Decision Theory Paradoxes