Dr. Lina Khatib

abgfpu@r.postjobfree.com 415-***-**** (M) San Francisco, CA.

Objective Leveraging my diverse expertise in AI,

CS, Math, Statistics, OR, and DA for tackling interesting

problems with significant impact.

Education

|Academic Degrees

|Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science, Florida Institute of Technology

|B.S. in Mathematics, Damascus University

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|Continued Education

|Web Analytics, SEO and e-Marketing, the Challenge-2010 online course

|Statistical Data Mining and Machine Learning, Google/Stanford online courses

Experience

Jan10-present Founder and Consultant at Figgy LLC, specialized in

Imports and eTail solutions

. Product Manager and Technology Lead for an innovative fashion

line of Custom-made Linen Pants for Men. (soon to be

launched)

. Led the Product Management, Artistic Design, and eCommerce

solution for launching a new line of Exotic Artwear.

1999-Dec09 Senior Research Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center,

Intelligent Systems Division, Autonomy and Robotics Area,

Intelligent Planning and Scheduling group

. Developed a search algorithm for generating the Global Land

Survey that handles 10,000,000 satellite images and improves

map quality by at least 30% over older methods (such as those

used for Google Earth). The algorithm, integrated with

sophisticated GUI, continues to be used for newest images,

see http://mdgls.umd.edu/lassi.html.

. Developed the front end and algorithms to automatically

process and execute requests from Earth scientists. Used CMap

tools for modeling requests as concept maps and built a

translator from the XML representation into labeled

transition automata in LTSA format.

. Participated in the integrated technologies demo of inter-

satellite communication system. Designed and built the

schedule revision component which receives dynamic updates of

environment and, accordingly, adjusts the existing schedule

for better science return.

. Modeled, for verification, the conflict avoidance algorithm

of the en-route descent advisor for automating air traffic

control, using the UPPAAL model checking tools.

. Collaborated on other projects in automation, game theory,

data analysis, and real-time optimization.

1994-1999 Assistant Professor, Computer Science Dept, Florida Institute

of Technology

. Led NASA Kennedy Space Center funded projects:

- Enhancing the Ground Processing Scheduling System by

applying heuristic techniques

- Building Web-based HTML Editing and Annotation Tools

(WHEAT) for collaborative authoring

. Received the College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher of

the Year, 1998-1999

. Received the Kerry Bruce Clark Award, Excellence in Teaching,

Florida Tech, 1999

. Taught courses in Data Structures, Analysis of Algorithms,

Compilers, Programming Languages

. Developed and managed a course on Advanced Topics in

Artificial Intelligence (constraint-based reasoning).

|Citizenship: |Languages: |Interests: |

| |Fluent in English |Outdoor Sports, Travel, Culture, |

|United States|and Arabic |Argentine Tango |

Personal

Areas of Expertise

. Artificial Intelligence, Constraint-based Reasoning,

Heuristic Search

. Intelligent Planning and Scheduling, Temporal Reasoning and

Preferences

. Algorithms, Problem Solving, Operation Research, Modeling,

Model Checking, Automation

. Interests in Data Mining, Information Retrieval, Machine

Learning, Natural Language Processing

. Web Applications: eCommerce, eMarketing, Search, SEO/SEM, Web

Analytics, Data Analysis

Systems/Languages

Unix (Linux, Solaris), Macintosh, C/C++, R, Python, SQL, PHP,

Octave, Perl, GLPK, LP_Solve, XML, UPPAAL, Lisp, Prolog, GLPK,

LP_Solve, LTSA, ADA, Pascal, CMap, Java, Lex /YACC, FoxPro DBMS

Selected Publications

Refereed Journals

Morris, R., Gasch, J., and Khatib, L., Local Search for Optimal Global Map

Generation Using Mid-Decadal Landsat Images, AI Magazine, AAAI, Volume 30,

Number 2, Summer Issue, (2009)

Khatib, L., Morris, P., Morris, R., Rossi, F., Sperduti, A., and Venable,

K. B., Solving and learning a tractable class of soft temporal constraints:

Theoretical and experimental results, AI Communications, 20, (2007)

Morris, R. and Khatib, L., General Temporal Knowledge for Planning and Data

Mining, Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AMAI), (2000)

Morris, R. and Khatib, L., Constraint Reasoning about Repeating Events:

Satisfaction and Optimization, Computational Intelligence, Volume 16,

Number 2, (2000)

Wetprasit, R., Sattar, A., and Khatib, L., Representation and Reasoning

with Multi-Point Events, CONSTRAINTS, An International Journal, Volume 5,

Number 3, (2000)

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Votava, P., Morris, R., Dungan, J., and Khatib, L., Science Workflow

Management System For The Terrestrial Observation And Prediction System

(TOPS), IEEE /IGARSS, Honolulu, HI. (2010)

Morris, R., Gasch, J., Khatib, L., and S. Covington, Local Search for

Optimal Global Map Generation using Mid-Decadal Landsat Images, The

Twentieth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence

(IAAI), Chicago, IL. (2008)

Khatib, L., Gasch, J., Morris, R., and Covington, S., Local Search for

Optimal Global Map Generation Using Mid-Decadal Landsat Images, AAAI

Workshop on Preference Handling for Artificial Intelligence, Vancouver, BC.

(2007)

Frank, J., Crawford, J., Khatib, L., and Brafman, R., Tractable Optimal

Competitive Scheduling, The International Conference on Automated Planning

and Scheduling (ICAPS), Cambria, UK. (2006)

Bresina, J. L., Khatib, L., and McGann, C., Mission Operations Planning

with Preferences: An Empirical Study, IWPSS, The 5th International Workshop

on Planning and Scheduling for Space, Baltimore, MD. (2006)

Khatib, L., Morris, R., Slywczak, R., and Luu, T., Integration of On-board

EOS Schedule Revision with Space Communication Emulation System, Earth

Science Technology Conference (ESTC), Palo Alto, CA. (2004)

Khatib, L., Frank, J., Smith, D., Morris, R., and Dungan, J., An Integrated

Architecture for Science Observation Scheduling for Fleets of Earth

Observing Spacecraft, Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology

(SMC-IT), Pasadena, CA. (2003)

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