
Owner of Swarmotics, LLC
Cheyenne, Wyoming Area

Owner of Swarmotics, LLC
Cheyenne, Wyoming Area
Research scientist with over 20 years of experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence. I have worked in the areas of expert systems, machine learning, evolutionary algorithms, viral epidemiology, and operations research. I am currently developing new algorithms and technologies for use in swarm intelligence and swarm robotics, with my company Swarmotics.com LLC.
swarm robotics, swarm intelligence, complex systems, evolutionary algorithms, machine learning, operations research, optimization, viral epidemiology
(Computer Software industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Swarmotics LLC is based in Laramie, Wyoming. We are Wyoming's experts in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Distributed Intelligence, Optimization, and Swarm Robotics.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Co-creator of the University of Wyoming Distributed Robotics Laboratory. I am now focusing my research efforts on swarm robotics, evolutionary algorithms, and distributed agents, with my company "Swarmotics, LLC".
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2001 — May 2008 (6 years 10 months)
Co-Director of the University of Wyoming Distributed Robotics Laboratory. I have invented a new technique for localization in swarms of robots and a new online real-time learning algorithm for swarms in dynamic environments. I have also extended my prior viral epidemiology model to predict the spread of the flu within the United States.
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
May 1985 — July 2001 (16 years 3 months)
Invented "artificial physics" for swarm robotics; developed a mathematical model for viral epidemiology; theoretically analyzed the behavior of genetic algorithms; created new algorithms for speciation in genetic algorithms, compression of Markov chains, optimization algorithms for problems in operations research and concept learning; and helped build an expert system for fault diagnosis.
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
December 1983 — May 1985 (1 year 6 months)
Helped start the AI group at NSWC.
Ph.D. , Computer Science , 1992 — 1998
M.S. , Computer Science , 1986 — 1990
B.A. , Mathematics , 1980 — 1984
Evolutionary Algorithm Community, Operations Research Community, Distributed Agents Community, Swarm Intelligence Community
UW Graduate Student Symposium award by my Ph.D. student Derek Green, 2008.
UW Outstanding Master's Thesis award by my M.S. student Lucas Shaw, 2008.
UW Graduate Student Symposium award by my Ph.D. students Paul Maxim and Suranga Hettiarachchi, 2007.
IEEE SMCals Best Paper Award with Suranga Hettiarachchi, 2006.
Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Faculty Award, 2006.
NRL Awards: 1987 -- 1991, 1993 -- 1997, 1999, 2000.
NRL Notable Achievement Award: 1999 (for ``Using Artificial Physics to control agents'' paper).
NRL Alan Berman Research Publication Award: 1994 (for ``Using genetic algorithms for concept learning'' paper).
Best Student Paper Award: 1995 Evolutionary Programming Conference.