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Dr. Pragnesh Jay Modi Computer Science Department Carnegie Mellon University Faculty Candidate, Department of Computer Science Date : Monday, March 14, 2005 Time : 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Location : Science & Tech II, Room 320 Abstract: Many applications of intelligent systems, such as planning, scheduling and resource allocation, can be viewed as distributed in nature. The paradigm of multiple communicating autonomous agents, known broadly as Multiagent Systems, is a good fit for such applications. However, a key outstanding challenge in Multiagent Systems is coordinating agent decisions. Distributed Constraint Reasoning has recently emerged as a promising approach to addressing this challenge. Interdependencies between agents are modeled and reasoned about explicitly as constraints between variables assigned to different agents. In this talk, I will discuss my recent contributions to this field. Topics I will cover include a) Asynchronous Distributed Optimization (ADOPT), the first asynchronous complete algorithm for distributed constraint optimization, b) provably correct automated problem modeling techniques, and c) heuristic solution strategies for distributed private incremental scheduling problems. I will discuss in particular two distributed multirobot and multiagent domains: distributed resource allocation in sensor networks and distributed meeting scheduling for personal assistant agents. Bio: Pragnesh Jay Modi has a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California (2003) and is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. He is very active in the emerging field of distributed constraint reasoning. He has served as chair of the Americas School on Agents and Multiagent Systems, chair of the Distributed Constraint Reasoning workshop, and program committee member for the Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems conference. He envisions a future world where it is easy to get multiple agents to coordinate and achieve effective global performance.
Seminar Point of Contact: Prof. Jana Kosecka
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