Planning Computer Science

J. Benton

Department of Comp. Sci. & Engineering Phone: 480-***-****

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Arizona State University http://www.public.asu.edu/~vidar

Tempe, Arizona 85281 USA

Education

Ph.D

. Computer Science, Arizona State University, 2012 (Expected).

M.S

. Computer Science, Arizona State University, August 2005.

B.S

. Computer Science, Arizona State University, May 2001.

Research Experience

Research Assistant

2005{Present

advised by Subbarao Kambhampati Arizona State University

Working on finding high-quality solutions for over-subscribed planning problems where

limited re-

sources are available to solve for all goals. Also working on grant-funded projects on

automated

planning in real-world rescue scenarios. Providing supplemental teaching assistance for

graduate-

level course on automated planning.

Visiting Researcher

September 2010

working with Patrick Eyerich and Robert Mattm uller University of Freiburg

; Freiburg,

Germany

Worked on planning in the presence of time dependent goal reward. That is, goals with

rewards

that vary based on achievement time.

Visiting Researcher

August 2006{August 2008

supervised by Minh Do and Wheeler Ruml Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

Working on a domain-independent on-line planning simulator that simulates the arrival of

goals

during the planning and execution process; connecting the simulator to planners for

testing planning

techniques in such conditions.

Intern

Summer 2006

supervised by Minh Do and Wheeler Ruml Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

Produced on-line planning simulator for a manufacturing domain where goals arrive during

the

planning and execution process.

Teaching Experience

Auxiliary Teaching Assistant,Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Arizona State

University,

Fall 2004

.

Auxiliary Teaching Assistant, Automated Planning & Learning, Arizona State University,

Spring 2008

.

Other Employment

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

Scottsdale, Arizona

Programmer II

1999{2005

Developed web-based software for tracking government oversight of land management, tribal

enroll-

ment, economic development, sales tax collection, and other operations.

J. Benton

Journal Articles

Kartik Talamadupula, J. Benton, Subbarao Kambhampati, Paul Schermerhorn, Matthias

Scheutz;

Planning for Human-Robot Teaming in Open Worlds; ACM Transactions on Intelligent

Systems and Technology (TIST), 1 (2): 14:1-14:2, November 2010.

J. Benton, Minh Do, Subbarao Kambhampati; Anytime Heuristic Search for Partial Satis-

faction Planning;Artificial Intelligence (AIJ), 173 (5-6):562-592, April 2009.

national Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS); Workshop on Bridging

the

Gap Between Action and Motion Planning, 2009.

Sophia Kelly, J. Benton, Lorie Sinclair;Refining the Phoenix Basin Sand Petrofacies Model

for Identification Using a Binocular Microscope; Conference of the Arizona Archaeological

Council, Fall 2009.

Allen Hubbe, Wheeler Ruml, Sungwook Yoon, J. Benton, Minh Do;On-line Anticipatory Plan-

ning; International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS);Workshop on A

Reality Check for Planning and Scheduling Under Uncertainty, 2008.

J. Benton, Menkes van den Briel, Subbarao Kambhampati; Finding Admissible Bounds for

Over-subscription Planning Problems; International Conference on Automated Planning and

Scheduling (ICAPS); Workshop on Heuristics for Domain Independent Planning: Progress,

Ideas,

Limitations and Challenges, 2007.

J. Benton, Minh B. Do, Wheeler Ruml;A Simple Testbed for On-line Planning;International

Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS); Workshop on Moving Planning and

Scheduling Systems into the Real World, 2007.

Minh Do, J. Benton, Subbarao Kambhampati;Planning with Goal Utility Dependencies;In-

ternational Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS);Workshop on

Preferences

and Soft Constraints in Planning, 2006.

Systems

Honors and Awards

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Fellowship, 2009-2010.

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Distinguished Performance Award at the 5 International Planning Competition, 2006.

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