- Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering (2012; Chair: John E. Laird), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering (2008; GPA: 8.187/9), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- B.S. in Computer Science (2006; GPA: 4.000/4), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Current: Teaching Professor (since 2021), Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Associate Dean of the Global Campus (2024-2025), Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Associate Dean of Teaching Faculty (2022-2024), Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Technical Advisor (2019-2023), Center for Inclusive Computing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Assistant Dean for Teaching Faculty (2021-2022), Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Visiting Professor (2019-2020), Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA
- Director of Teaching Faculty (2018-2020), Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Associate Teaching Professor (2017-2021), Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Visiting Scholar (2015-2018), Computer Science Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
- Assistant Professor (2014-2017), Department of Computer Science and Networking, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Consultant (2015-2017), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Consultant (2014-2017), Disney Research, Glendale, CA, USA
- Postdoctoral Associate (2012-2014), Jonathan S. Yedidia, Disney Research, Glendale, CA, USA
- Research Fellow (2012), John E. Laird, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Visiting Research Associate (2012), Kerstin Dautenhahn, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom
- Graduate Student Research Assistant (2007-2012), John E. Laird, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Addressing Challenges in Teaching-Track Faculty PromotionProc. of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), 1685-1686. Pittsburgh, PA. (2025)
Christine Alvarado,
Nate Derbinsky,
Sarah Heckman,
Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones,
Harini Ramaprasad,
Mark Sherriff.
[abstract] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Alvarado2025Addre,
author="Christine Alvarado and Nate Derbinsky and Sarah Heckman and Manuel A Pérez-Quiñones and Harini Ramaprasad and Mark Sherriff",
title="{Addressing Challenges in Teaching-Track Faculty Promotion}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education",
month=feb,
year="2025",
pages="1685-1686",
address="Pittsburgh, PA, USA"
}
Interviewing the Teaching Faculty Hiring ProcessProc. of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), 1525-1526. Portland, OR. (2024)
Geoffrey Challen,
Victoria Dean,
Nate Derbinsky,
Matt X. Wang,
Jacqueline Smith.
[abstract] [gallery] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Challen2024Inter,
author="Geoffrey Challen and Victoria Dean and Nate Derbinsky and Matt X Wang and Jacqueline Smith",
title="{Interviewing the Teaching Faculty Hiring Process}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education",
month=mar,
year="2024",
pages="1525-1526",
address="Portland, OR, USA"
}
Using Domain Knowledge in Coevolution and Reinforcement Learning to Simulate a Logistics EnterpriseProc. of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (GECCO), 514-517. Boston, MA. (2022)
Ying Zhao,
Erik Hemberg,
Nate Derbinsky, Gabino Mata,
Una-May O'Reilly.
[paper] [poster] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Zhao2022Using,
author="Ying Zhao and Erik Hemberg and Nate Derbinsky and Gabino Mata and Una-May O'Reilly",
title="{Using Domain Knowledge in Coevolution and Reinforcement Learning to Simulate a Logistics Enterprise}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion",
month=jul,
year="2022",
pages="514-517",
address="Boston, MA, USA"
}
Simulating a Logistics Enterprise Using an Asymmetrical Wargame Simulation with Soar Reinforcement Learning and Coevolutionary AlgorithmsProc. of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (GECCO), 1907-1915. Online. (2021)
Ying Zhao,
Erik Hemberg,
Nate Derbinsky, Gabino Mata,
Una-May O'Reilly.
[paper] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Zhao2021Simul,
author="Ying Zhao and Erik Hemberg and Nate Derbinsky and Gabino Mata and Una-May O'Reilly",
title="{Simulating a Logistics Enterprise Using an Asymmetrical Wargame Simulation with Soar Reinforcement Learning and Coevolutionary Algorithms}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion",
month=jul,
year="2021",
pages="1907-1915",
address="Online"
}
Leverage Artificial Intelligence to Learn, Optimize, and Wargame (LAILOW) for Navy ShipsProc. of the 18th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium (ARS), 353-368. Online. (2021)
Ying Zhao, Gabino Mata,
Erik Hemberg,
Una-May O'Reilly,
Nate Derbinsky, Bruce Cormany, Joy Allen, Andrew Haley, Adam Hilliard.
[paper] [webinar] [dair]
[bib]@inproceedings{Zhao2021Lever,
author="Ying Zhao and Gabino Mata and Erik Hemberg and Una-May O'Reilly and Nate Derbinsky and Bruce Cormany and Joy Allen and Andrew Haley and Adam Hilliard",
title="{Leverage Artificial Intelligence to Learn, Optimize, and Wargame (LAILOW) for Navy Ships}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 18th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium",
month=may,
year="2021",
pages="353-368",
address="Online"
}
Model AI Assignments 2019Proc. of the Ninth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI), 9751-9753. Honolulu, HI. (2019)
Todd W. Neller,
Raja Sooriamurthi,
Michael Guerzhoy,
Lisa Zhang,
Paul Talaga,
Christopher Archibald,
Adam Summerville,
Joseph Osborn,
Cinjon Resnick,
Avital Oliver,
Surya Bhupatiraju,
Kumar A. Krishna,
Nate Derbinsky,
Laney Strange,
Marion Neumann,
Jonathan Chen,
Zac Christensen,
Michael Wollowski, Oscar Youngquist.
[paper] [talk] [materials] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Neller2019Model,
author="Todd William Neller and Raja Sooriamurthi and Michael Guerzhoy and Lisa Zhang and Paul Talaga and Christopher Archibald and Adam Summerville and Joseph Osborn and Cinjon Resnick and Avital Oliver and Surya Bhupatiraju and Kumar Agrawal Krishna and Nate Derbinsky and Laney Strange and Marion Neumann and Jonathan Chen and Zac Christensen and Michael Wollowski and Oscar Youngquist",
title="{Model AI Assignments 2019}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence",
month=jan,
year="2019",
pages="9751-9753",
address="Honolulu, HI, USA"
}
Continual and Real-time Learning for Modeling Combat Identification in a Tactical EnvironmentNeurIPS 2018 Workshop on Continual Learning. Montreal, Canada. (2018)
Ying Zhao,
Nate Derbinsky, Lydia Wong,
Jonah Sonnenshein,
Tony Kendall.
[paper] [poster]
[bib]@inproceedings{Zhao2018Conti,
author="Ying Zhao and Nate Derbinsky and Lydia Wong and Jonah Sonnenshein and Tony Kendall",
title="{Continual and Real-time Learning for Modeling Combat Identification in a Tactical Environment}",
booktitle="NeurIPS 2018 Workshop on Continual Learning",
month=dec,
year="2018",
pages="",
address="Montreal, Canada"
}
Model AI Assignments 2018Proc. of the Eighth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI), 7959-7960. New Orleans, LA. (2018)
Todd W. Neller,
Zack Buttler,
Nate Derbinsky,
Heidi Furey,
Fred Martin,
Michael Guerzhoy,
Ariel Anders,
Joshua Eckroth.
[paper] [talk] [materials]
[bib]@inproceedings{Neller2018Model,
author="Todd William Neller and Zack Buttler and Nate Derbinsky and Heidi Furey and Fred Martin and Michael Guerzhoy and Ariel Anders and Joshua Eckroth",
title="{Model AI Assignments 2018}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence",
month=feb,
year="2018",
pages="7959-7960",
address="New Orleans, LA, USA"
}
Reinforcement Learning for Modeling Large-Scale Cognitive ReasoningProc. of the 9th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Engineering and Management (KEOD), 233-238. Funchal, Portugal. (2017)
Ying Zhao, Emily Mooren,
Nate Derbinsky.
[paper] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Zhao2017Reinf,
author="Ying Zhao and Emily Mooren and Nate Derbinsky",
title="{Reinforcement Learning for Modeling Large-Scale Cognitive Reasoning}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Engineering and Management",
month=nov,
year="2017",
pages="233-238",
address="Funchal, Portugal"
}
Graduate School Preparation within an Undergraduate Program (Work in Progress)Proc. of the 124th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (ASEE). Columbus, OH. (2017)
Aaron Carpenter,
Nate Derbinsky,
Yugu Yang-Keathley,
Durga Suresh-Menon.
[paper] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Carpenter2017Gradu,
author="Aaron Carpenter and Nate Derbinsky and Yugu Yang-Keathley and Durga Suresh-Menon",
title="{Graduate School Preparation within an Undergraduate Program (Work in Progress)}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 124th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition",
month=jun,
year="2017",
pages="",
address="Columbus, OH, USA"
}
Sustainable Methods for Impactful Service Learning in Computer ScienceProc. of the 48th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), 723-723. Seattle, WA. (2017)
Nate Derbinsky,
Durga Suresh-Menon.
[proposal] [abstract] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2017Susta,
author="Nate Derbinsky and Durga Suresh-Menon",
title="{Sustainable Methods for Impactful Service Learning in Computer Science}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 48th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education",
month=mar,
year="2017",
pages="723-723",
address="Seattle, WA, USA"
}
Cornhole: A Widely-Accessible AI Robotics TaskProc. of the Seventh Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI), 4771-4774. San Francisco, CA. (2017)
Nate Derbinsky,
Tyler Frasca.
[paper] [talk] [doi] [repo]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2017Cornh,
author="Nate Derbinsky and Tyler Frasca",
title="{Cornhole: A Widely-Accessible AI Robotics Task}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence",
month=feb,
year="2017",
pages="4771-4774",
address="San Francisco, CA, USA"
}
Architectural Mechanisms for Mitigating Uncertainty during Long-Term Declarative Knowledge AccessProc. of the Fourth Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems (ACS). Evanston, IL. (2016)
Justin Li,
Steven Jones,
Shiwali Mohan,
Nate Derbinsky.
[paper] [poster] [conf]
[bib]@inproceedings{Li2016Archi,
author="Justin Li and Steven Jones and Shiwali Mohan and Nate Derbinsky",
title="{Architectural Mechanisms for Mitigating Uncertainty during Long-Term Declarative Knowledge Access}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems",
month=jun,
year="2016",
pages="",
address="Evanston, IL, USA"
}
Testing fine-grained parallelism for the ADMM on a factor-graphProc. of the 2016 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (PCO), 835-844. Chicago, IL. (2016)
Ning Hao,
AmirReza Oghbaee,
Mohammad Rostami,
Nate Derbinsky,
José Bento.
[paper] [talk] [arXiv] [doi] [repo]
[bib]@inproceedings{Hao2016Testi,
author="Ning Hao and AmirReza Oghbaee and Mohammad Rostami and Nate Derbinsky and José Bento",
title="{Testing fine-grained parallelism for the ADMM on a factor-graph}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops",
month=may,
year="2016",
pages="835-844",
address="Chicago, IL, USA"
}
Testing fine-grained parallelism for the ADMM on a factor-graphGPU Technology Conference (GTC). San Jose, CA. (2016)
Ning Hao,
AmirReza Oghbaee,
Mohammad Rostami,
Nate Derbinsky,
José Bento.
[poster]
[bib]@inproceedings{Hao2016Testi,
author="Ning Hao and AmirReza Oghbaee and Mohammad Rostami and Nate Derbinsky and José Bento",
title="{Testing fine-grained parallelism for the ADMM on a factor-graph}",
booktitle="GPU Technology Conference",
month=apr,
year="2016",
pages="",
address="San Jose, CA, USA"
}
A Comparison of Supervised Learning Algorithms for Telerobotic Control using Electromyography SignalsProc. of the 30th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 4208-4209. Phoenix, AZ. (2016)
Tyler Frasca,
Antonio G. Sestito,
Craig Versek,
Douglas E. Dow, Barry C. Husowitz,
Nate Derbinsky.
[paper] [poster] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Frasca2016AComp,
author="Tyler Frasca and Antonio G Sestito and Craig Versek and Douglas E Dow and Barry C Husowitz and Nate Derbinsky",
title="{A Comparison of Supervised Learning Algorithms for Telerobotic Control using Electromyography Signals}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 30th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence",
month=feb,
year="2016",
pages="4208-4209",
address="Phoenix, AZ, USA"
}
Model AI Assignments 2016Proc. of the Sixth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI), 4139-4140. Phoenix, AZ. (2016)
Todd W. Neller,
Laura E. Brown,
James B. Marshall,
Lisa Torrey,
Nate Derbinsky, Andrew A. Ward,
Thomas E. Allen,
Judy Goldsmith, Nahom Muluneh.
[paper] [talk] [materials] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Neller2016Model,
author="Todd William Neller and Laura Elizabeth Brown and James B Marshall and Lisa Torrey and Nate Derbinsky and Andrew A Ward and Thomas E Allen and Judy Goldsmith and Nahom Muluneh",
title="{Model AI Assignments 2016}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence",
month=feb,
year="2016",
pages="4139-4140",
address="Phoenix, AZ, USA"
}
SPARTA: Fast Global Planning of Collision-Avoiding Robot TrajectoriesNIPS 2015 Workshop on Learning, Inference and Control of Multi-Agent Systems. Montreal, Canada. (2015)
Charles J. Mathy,
Felix Gonda,
Dan Shmidt,
Nate Derbinsky,
Alexander A. Alemi,
José Bento,
Francesco M. Delle Fave,
Jonathan S. Yedidia.
[paper] [poster]
[bib]@inproceedings{Mathy2015SPART,
author="Charles Jean-Marc Mathy and Felix Gonda and Dan Shmidt and Nate Derbinsky and Alexander Amir Alemi and José Bento and Francesco Maria Delle Fave and Jonathan Samuel Yedidia",
title="{SPARTA: Fast Global Planning of Collision-Avoiding Robot Trajectories}",
booktitle="NIPS 2015 Workshop on Learning, Inference and Control of Multi-Agent Systems",
month=dec,
year="2015",
pages="",
address="Montreal, Canada"
}
The Boundary Forest Algorithm for Online Supervised and Unsupervised LearningProc. of the 29th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2864-2870. Austin, TX. (2015)
Charles J. Mathy,
Nate Derbinsky,
José Bento,
Jonathan Rosenthal,
Jonathan S. Yedidia.
[paper] [talk] [arXiv] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Mathy2015TheBo,
author="Charles Jean-Marc Mathy and Nate Derbinsky and José Bento and Jonathan Rosenthal and Jonathan Samuel Yedidia",
title="{The Boundary Forest Algorithm for Online Supervised and Unsupervised Learning}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 29th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence",
month=jan,
year="2015",
pages="2864-2870",
address="Austin, TX, USA"
}
Proximal Operators for Multi-Agent Path PlanningProc. of the 29th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 3657-3663. Austin, TX. (2015)
José Bento,
Nate Derbinsky,
Charles J. Mathy,
Jonathan S. Yedidia.
[paper] [arXiv] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Bento2015Proxi,
author="José Bento and Nate Derbinsky and Charles Jean-Marc Mathy and Jonathan Samuel Yedidia",
title="{Proximal Operators for Multi-Agent Path Planning}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 29th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence",
month=jan,
year="2015",
pages="3657-3663",
address="Austin, TX, USA"
}
Scalable Methods to Integrate Task Knowledge with the Three-Weight Algorithm for Hybrid Cognitive Processing via OptimizationBiologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, 8, 107-117. (2014)
Nate Derbinsky,
José Bento,
Jonathan S. Yedidia.
[paper] [doi] [repo]
[bib]@article{Derbinsky2014Scala,
author="Nate Derbinsky and José Bento and Jonathan Samuel Yedidia",
title="{Scalable Methods to Integrate Task Knowledge with the Three-Weight Algorithm for Hybrid Cognitive Processing via Optimization}",
journal="Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures",
year="2014",
pages="107-117",
volume="8",
number=""
}
A Message-Passing Algorithm for Multi-Agent Trajectory PlanningAdvances in Neural Information Processing Systems 26 (NIPS), 521-529. Lake Tahoe, NV. (2013)
José Bento,
Nate Derbinsky,
Javier Alonso-Mora,
Jonathan S. Yedidia.
[paper] [arXiv] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Bento2013AMess,
author="José Bento and Nate Derbinsky and Javier Alonso-Mora and Jonathan Samuel Yedidia",
title="{A Message-Passing Algorithm for Multi-Agent Trajectory Planning}",
booktitle="Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 26",
month=dec,
year="2013",
pages="521-529",
address="Lake Tahoe, NV, USA"
}
Methods for Integrating Knowledge with the Three-Weight Optimization Algorithm for Hybrid Cognitive ProcessingPapers from the 2013 AAAI Fall Symposium Series: Integrated Cognition, 17-24. Arlington, VA. (2013)
Nate Derbinsky,
José Bento,
Jonathan S. Yedidia.
[paper] [talk] [arXiv]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2013Metho,
author="Nate Derbinsky and José Bento and Jonathan Samuel Yedidia",
title="{Methods for Integrating Knowledge with the Three-Weight Optimization Algorithm for Hybrid Cognitive Processing}",
booktitle="Papers from the 2013 AAAI Fall Symposium Series: Integrated Cognition",
month=nov,
year="2013",
pages="17-24",
address="Arlington, VA, USA"
}
Effective and Efficient Forgetting of Learned Knowledge in Soar's Working and Procedural MemoriesCognitive Systems Research, 24, 104-113. (2013)
Nate Derbinsky,
John E. Laird.
[paper] [doi]
[bib]@article{Derbinsky2013Effec,
author="Nate Derbinsky and John Edwin Laird",
title="{Effective and Efficient Forgetting of Learned Knowledge in Soar's Working and Procedural Memories}",
journal="Cognitive Systems Research",
year="2013",
pages="104-113",
volume="24",
number=""
}
Resource-Efficient Methods for Feasibility Studies of Scenarios for Long-Term HRI StudiesProc. of the 6th International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI), 95-100. Nice, France. (2013)
Nate Derbinsky,
Wan C. Ho,
Ismael Duque,
Joe Saunders,
Kerstin Dautenhahn.
[paper]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2013Resou,
author="Nate Derbinsky and Wan Ching Ho and Ismael Duque and Joe Saunders and Kerstin Dautenhahn",
title="{Resource-Efficient Methods for Feasibility Studies of Scenarios for Long-Term HRI Studies}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions",
month=feb,
year="2013",
pages="95-100",
address="Nice, France"
}
Online Determination of Value-Function Structure and Action-value Estimates for Reinforcement Learning in a Cognitive ArchitectureAdvances in Cognitive Systems, 2, 221-238. (2012)
John E. Laird,
Nate Derbinsky,
Miller Tinkerhess.
[paper]
[bib]@article{Laird2012Onlin,
author="John Edwin Laird and Nate Derbinsky and Miller Tinkerhess",
title="{Online Determination of Value-Function Structure and Action-value Estimates for Reinforcement Learning in a Cognitive Architecture}",
journal="Advances in Cognitive Systems",
year="2012",
pages="221-238",
volume="2",
number=""
}
A Multi-Domain Evaluation of Scaling in a General Episodic MemoryProc. of the 26th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 193-199. Toronto, Canada. (2012)
Nate Derbinsky,
Justin Li,
John E. Laird.
[paper] [talk] [poster] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2012AMult,
author="Nate Derbinsky and Justin Li and John Edwin Laird",
title="{A Multi-Domain Evaluation of Scaling in a General Episodic Memory}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 26th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence",
month=jul,
year="2012",
pages="193-199",
address="Toronto, Canada"
}
Functional Interactions between Memory and Recognition JudgmentsProc. of the 26th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 228-234. Toronto, Canada. (2012)
Justin Li,
Nate Derbinsky,
John E. Laird.
[paper] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Li2012Funct,
author="Justin Li and Nate Derbinsky and John Edwin Laird",
title="{Functional Interactions between Memory and Recognition Judgments}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 26th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence",
month=jul,
year="2012",
pages="228-234",
address="Toronto, Canada"
}
Exploring Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Percussive CollaborationProc. of the 12th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), 70-75. Ann Arbor, MI. (2012)
Nate Derbinsky,
Georg Essl.
[paper] [talk]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2012Explo,
author="Nate Derbinsky and Georg Essl",
title="{Exploring Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Percussive Collaboration}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression",
month=may,
year="2012",
pages="70-75",
address="Ann Arbor, MI, USA"
}
Demonstrations of Multiple Architectural CapabilitiesThe Soar Cognitive Architecture, pp. 287-306, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (2012)
John E. Laird,
Nate Derbinsky,
Nicholas A. Gorski,
Samuel Wintermute,
Joseph Xu.
[publisher] [amazon]
[bib]@incollection{Laird2012Demon,
author="John Edwin Laird and Nate Derbinsky and Nicholas Andrew Gorski and Samuel Wintermute and Joseph Xu",
title="{Demonstrations of Multiple Architectural Capabilities}",
booktitle="The Soar Cognitive Architecture",
year="2012",
pages="287-306",
address="Cambridge, MA, USA",
publisher="MIT Press"
}
Episodic MemoryThe Soar Cognitive Architecture, pp. 225-246, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (2012)
John E. Laird,
Andrew Nuxoll,
Nate Derbinsky.
[publisher] [amazon]
[bib]@incollection{Laird2012Episo,
author="John Edwin Laird and Andrew Nuxoll and Nate Derbinsky",
title="{Episodic Memory}",
booktitle="The Soar Cognitive Architecture",
year="2012",
pages="225-246",
address="Cambridge, MA, USA",
publisher="MIT Press"
}
Semantic MemoryThe Soar Cognitive Architecture, pp. 203-224, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (2012)
John E. Laird,
Yongjia Wang,
Nate Derbinsky.
[publisher] [amazon]
[bib]@incollection{Laird2012Seman,
author="John Edwin Laird and Yongjia Wang and Nate Derbinsky",
title="{Semantic Memory}",
booktitle="The Soar Cognitive Architecture",
year="2012",
pages="203-224",
address="Cambridge, MA, USA",
publisher="MIT Press"
}
Competence-Preserving Retention of Learned Knowledge in Soar's Working and Procedural MemoriesProc. of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM), 205-210. Berlin, Germany. (2012)
Nate Derbinsky,
John E. Laird.
[paper] [talk]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2012Compe,
author="Nate Derbinsky and John Edwin Laird",
title="{Competence-Preserving Retention of Learned Knowledge in Soar's Working and Procedural Memories}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling",
month=apr,
year="2012",
pages="205-210",
address="Berlin, Germany"
}
Computationally Efficient Forgetting via Base-Level ActivationProc. of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM), 109-110. Berlin, Germany. (2012)
Nate Derbinsky,
John E. Laird.
[paper] [poster]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2012Compu,
author="Nate Derbinsky and John Edwin Laird",
title="{Computationally Efficient Forgetting via Base-Level Activation}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling",
month=apr,
year="2012",
pages="109-110",
address="Berlin, Germany"
}
Algorithms for Scaling in a General Episodic Memory (Extended Abstract)Proc. of the 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), 1387-1388. Valencia, Spain. (2012)
Nate Derbinsky,
Justin Li,
John E. Laird.
[paper] [poster]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2012Algor,
author="Nate Derbinsky and Justin Li and John Edwin Laird",
title="{Algorithms for Scaling in a General Episodic Memory (Extended Abstract)}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems",
month=jun,
year="2012",
pages="1387-1388",
address="Valencia, Spain"
}
Effective and Efficient Management of Soar's Working Memory via Base-Level ActivationPapers from the 2011 AAAI Fall Symposium Series: Advances in Cognitive Systems (ACS), 82-89. Arlington, VA. (2011)
Nate Derbinsky,
John E. Laird.
[paper] [talk]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2011Effec,
author="Nate Derbinsky and John Edwin Laird",
title="{Effective and Efficient Management of Soar's Working Memory via Base-Level Activation}",
booktitle="Papers from the 2011 AAAI Fall Symposium Series: Advances in Cognitive Systems",
month=nov,
year="2011",
pages="82-89",
address="Arlington, VA, USA"
}
A Case Study in Integrating Probabilistic Decision Making and Learning in a Symbolic Cognitive Architecture: Soar Plays DicePapers from the 2011 AAAI Fall Symposium Series: Advances in Cognitive Systems (ACS), 162-169. Arlington, VA. (2011)
John E. Laird,
Nate Derbinsky,
Miller Tinkerhess.
[paper]
[bib]@inproceedings{Laird2011ACase,
author="John Edwin Laird and Nate Derbinsky and Miller Tinkerhess",
title="{A Case Study in Integrating Probabilistic Decision Making and Learning in a Symbolic Cognitive Architecture: Soar Plays Dice}",
booktitle="Papers from the 2011 AAAI Fall Symposium Series: Advances in Cognitive Systems",
month=nov,
year="2011",
pages="162-169",
address="Arlington, VA, USA"
}
A Functional Analysis of Historical Memory Retrieval Bias in the Word Sense Disambiguation TaskProc. of the 25th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 663-668. San Francisco, CA. (2011)
Nate Derbinsky,
John E. Laird.
[paper] [talk] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2011AFunc,
author="Nate Derbinsky and John Edwin Laird",
title="{A Functional Analysis of Historical Memory Retrieval Bias in the Word Sense Disambiguation Task}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 25th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence",
month=aug,
year="2011",
pages="663-668",
address="San Francisco, CA, USA"
}
Cognitive Architecture in Mobile Music InteractionsProc. of the 11th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), 104-107. Oslo, Norway. (2011)
Nate Derbinsky,
Georg Essl.
[paper] [poster]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2011Cogni,
author="Nate Derbinsky and Georg Essl",
title="{Cognitive Architecture in Mobile Music Interactions}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression",
month=may,
year="2011",
pages="104-107",
address="Oslo, Norway"
}
A Preliminary Functional Analysis of Memory in the Word Sense Disambiguation TaskProc. of the 2nd Symposium on Human Memory for Artificial Agents (AISB), 25-29. York, United Kingdom. (2011)
Nate Derbinsky,
John E. Laird.
[paper] [talk]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2011APrel,
author="Nate Derbinsky and John Edwin Laird",
title="{A Preliminary Functional Analysis of Memory in the Word Sense Disambiguation Task}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Human Memory for Artificial Agents",
month=apr,
year="2011",
pages="25-29",
address="York, United Kingdom"
}
Performance Evaluation of Declarative Memory Systems in SoarProc. of the 20th Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation Conference (BRIMS), 33-40. Sundance, UT. (2011)
John E. Laird,
Nate Derbinsky,
Jonathan Voigt.
[paper]
[bib]@inproceedings{Laird2011Perfo,
author="John Edwin Laird and Nate Derbinsky and Jonathan Voigt",
title="{Performance Evaluation of Declarative Memory Systems in Soar}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 20th Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation Conference",
month=mar,
year="2011",
pages="33-40",
address="Sundance, UT, USA"
}
Towards Efficiently Supporting Large Symbolic Declarative MemoriesProc. of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM), 49-54. Philadelphia, PA. (2010)
Nate Derbinsky,
John E. Laird,
Bryan Smith.
[paper] [talk]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2010Towar,
author="Nate Derbinsky and John Edwin Laird and Bryan Smith",
title="{Towards Efficiently Supporting Large Symbolic Declarative Memories}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling",
month=aug,
year="2010",
pages="49-54",
address="Philadelphia, PA, USA"
}
Extending Soar with Dissociated Symbolic MemoriesProc. of the 1st Symposium on Human Memory for Artificial Agents (AISB), 31-37. Leicester, United Kingdom. (2010)
Nate Derbinsky,
John E. Laird.
[paper] [talk]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2010Exten,
author="Nate Derbinsky and John Edwin Laird",
title="{Extending Soar with Dissociated Symbolic Memories}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 1st Symposium on Human Memory for Artificial Agents",
month=mar,
year="2010",
pages="31-37",
address="Leicester, United Kingdom"
}
Exploring the Space of Computational Memory ModelsProc. of the 1st Symposium on Human Memory for Artificial Agents (AISB), 38-41. Leicester, United Kingdom. (2010)
Nate Derbinsky,
Nicholas A. Gorski.
[paper] [talk]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2010Explo,
author="Nate Derbinsky and Nicholas Andrew Gorski",
title="{Exploring the Space of Computational Memory Models}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 1st Symposium on Human Memory for Artificial Agents",
month=mar,
year="2010",
pages="38-41",
address="Leicester, United Kingdom"
}
Efficiently Implementing Episodic MemoryProc. of the 8th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR), 403-417. Seattle, WA. (2009)
Nate Derbinsky,
John E. Laird.
[paper] [talk] [doi]
[bib]@inproceedings{Derbinsky2009Effic,
author="Nate Derbinsky and John Edwin Laird",
title="{Efficiently Implementing Episodic Memory}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning",
month=jul,
year="2009",
pages="403-417",
address="Seattle, WA, USA"
}
A Year of Episodic MemoryProc. of the Workshop on Grand Challenges for Reasoning from Experiences (IJCAI), 7-10. Pasadena, CA. (2009)
John E. Laird,
Nate Derbinsky.
[paper] [talk]
[bib]@inproceedings{Laird2009AYear,
author="John Edwin Laird and Nate Derbinsky",
title="{A Year of Episodic Memory}",
booktitle="Proceedings of the Workshop on Grand Challenges for Reasoning from Experiences",
month=jul,
year="2009",
pages="7-10",
address="Pasadena, CA, USA"
}
- Jonathan S. Yedidia, José Bento, Nate Derbinsky, Charles J. Mathy. Method and Device for Multi-Agent Path Planning.
United States Patent 10,579,926, granted March 3, 2020. - Jonathan S. Yedidia, Nate Derbinsky, José Bento, Dan Shmidt, Charles J. Mathy. Method and Device for Three-Weight Message-Passing Optimization Scheme Using Splines.
United States Patent 10,572,807, granted February 25, 2020. - Jonathan S. Yedidia, Nate Derbinsky, José Bento, Veit Elser. Method and Device For Three-Weight Message-Passing Optimization Scheme.
United States Patent 9,639,813, granted May 2, 2017.
- Nate Derbinsky. Supporting Inclusive Participation in the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence.
NSF Division of Undergraduate Education, January 2019, $27,254.00. - Michael Wollowski, Nate Derbinsky, Carol Hamilton. EAAI: Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence.
The Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ), November 2018, $10,231.45. - Nate Derbinsky. Methods for Efficient Parallelization of the ADMM on Diverse Platforms.
AWS Cloud Credits for Research, July 2018, $49,000. - Nate Derbinsky. Research Support for the Reinforcement Learning for Modeling Large-Scale Cognitive Reasoning utilizing SOAR.
Naval Postgraduate School, June 2018, $88,772. - Nate Derbinsky. Modeling Combat Identification Within the Soar Cognitive Architecture and Naval Simulation System.
Metron, December 2017, $32,534. - Nate Derbinsky. GPU Grant (Tesla K40 {active}).
NVIDIA Corporation, August 2016, $1,044.
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Senior Member, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (2025)
- Senior Member, Association for Computing Machinery (2024)
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Khoury Best Teacher Award, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University (2019)
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President's Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Wentworth Institute of Technology (2017)
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Disney Inventor Award, The Walt Disney Company (2013)
- Best Poster Award, 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (2012)
- Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan (2011)
- Distinguished Leadership Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan (2010)
- Senior Award for Leadership, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University (2006)
- Park Scholarship, North Carolina State University (2002)
- Thomas J. Watson Scholarship, IBM Corp (2002)
2026
2025
2023
2022
2021
- Coordinator (>1000 students, 100 instructional staff) + Instructor (Synchronous on-ground & Asynchronous online), CS 2500 (Fundamentals of Computer Science 1), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor (Synchronous Hybrid-flexible), CS 2510 (Fundamentals of Computer Science 2), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2020
- Instructor + Developer (Asynchronous online), CS 2500 (Fundamentals of Computer Science 1), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor (Synchronous hybrid-flexible), CS 3200 (Database Design), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor (Synchronous hybrid), DS 2000 (Programming with Data), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2019
- Research Advisor, Ramzi Talhouk & James Medlin (knowledge representation and reasoning)
- Coordinator (>600 students, 60 instructional staff) + Instructor, CS 2500 (Fundamentals of Computer Science 1), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor (Synchronous hybrid), DS 2000 (Programming with Data), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2018
- Research Advisor, Emily Dutile (information retrieval)
- Instructor, CS 2500 (Fundamentals of Computer Science 1), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor + Developer, DS 2000 (Programming with Data), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor + Developer, DS 2001 (Data Science Programming Practicum), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, CS 2500 (Fundamentals of Computer Science 1), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, CS 3200 (Database Design), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, CS 4500 (Software Development), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2017
- Research Advisor, Emily Mooren (reinforcement learning)
- Instructor, CS 5200 (Database Management Systems), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, CS 6220 (Data Mining Techniques), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, DS 5230 (Unsupervised Machine Learning and Data Mining), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, COMP 3770 (Introduction to Artificial Intelligence), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, COMP 1050 (Computer Science II), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
2016
- Project Advisor, Brock Germinara & Tologon Eshimkanov (robotics, computer vision)
- Research Advisor, Tyler Frasca (machine learning, robotics)
- Instructor, COMP 1000 (Computer Science I), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, COMP 3770 (Introduction to Artificial Intelligence), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, COMP 2650 (Databases), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
2015
- Project Advisor, Alex Stokes (e-commerce web application)
- Project Advisor, Jay Ricco (artificial intelligence)
- Project Advisor, Tyler Gauch (web application, chemical inventory tracking)
- Project Advisor, Tyler Frasca (machine learning, robotics)
- Learning Lab Advisor, Computer Science I (The Learning Center), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Advisor, RAMP: Pre-College Bridge (Community + Learning Partnerships), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, COMP 4050 (Machine Learning), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, COMP 1000 (Computer Science I), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, COMP 355 (Databases Management Systems), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, COMP 201 (Computer Science II), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, COMP 370 (Independent Study, Object Oriented Programming), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
2014
- Project Advisor, Mozart Louis (Android game development)
- Project Advisor, Jack Manning (computer vision)
- Project Advisor, Jon Corbett (Android game development)
- Project Advisor, Jared Conroy (Android game development)
- Project Advisor, Jay Ricco (network communication, artificial intelligence)
- Instructor, COMP 570 (Databases Applications), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Instructor, COMP 128 (Computer Science I), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
2013
2011
- Program Instructor, CSE Department (LEAD Engineering), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Supplemental Instruction Leader, Engineering Learning Center (Engin. 101), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2010
- Lead Instructor, CSE Department (LEAD Engineering), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2009
- Volunteer Teacher, The Technology Tent (Powering Potential), Banjika Secondary School, Tanzania
2008
- Graduate Student Instructor, EECS 280 (Programming and Introductory Data Structures), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Graduate Student Instructor, EECS 376 (Foundations of Computer Science), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Student, ENGR 580 (Teaching Engineering), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2005
- Teaching Assistant, CSC 540 (Database Management Concepts and Systems), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Teaching Assistant, BUS 495 (Leadership Seminar), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
2026
- Member, Advisory Board, LEVEL UP AI, National Science Foundation
- Member, Steering Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Plurality Committee, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
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Panelist, Professional Development Workshop for Teaching-Track Faculty, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, Teaching Faculty Merit Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Teaching Faculty Promotion Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2025
- Member, Advisory Board, LEVEL UP AI, National Science Foundation
- Member, Organizing Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Plurality Committee, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, By-laws Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Teaching Faculty Research Reduction Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2024
- Member, Organizing Committee, Spring Symposium on Increasing Diversity in AI Education and Research, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Organizing Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Contributor, Computer Science Curricula 2023, Association for Computing Machinery
- Member, Program Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Merit Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Promotion Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Research Reduction Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, By-laws Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2023
- Member, Organizing Committee, Spring Symposium on Increasing Diversity in AI Education and Research, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Organizing Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, Program Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Assessment Leadership Team, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Merit Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Promotion Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Research Reduction Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Assessment Director, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Undergraduate Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, By-laws Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Speaker, Break into Tech, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2022
- Member, Organizing Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Organizing Committee, AAAI Undergraduate Consortium, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, Program Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Assessment Leadership Team, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Hiring Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Merit Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Promotion Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Research Reduction Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Assessment Director, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging (DEIAB) Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Undergraduate Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, By-laws Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Teaching Awards Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Faculty Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) Award Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Teaching Assistant Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2021
- Invited Speaker, Summer Teaching Workshop (iCSTWS), Computer Science Department, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
- Panelist, Workshop on Emerging Trends in Computer Science Education (CS Faculty of Instruction), Department of Computer Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- Panelist, Professional Development Workshop for Teaching-Track Faculty, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, Organizing Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Organizing Committee, AAAI Undergraduate Consortium, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, Program Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Academic Reviewer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Academic Reviewer, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
- Member, School of Education Task Force, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Assessment Leadership Team, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Hiring Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Merit Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Research Reduction Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Academic Coordinator Hiring Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Assessment Director, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging (DEIAB) Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Undergraduate Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, By-laws Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Badges Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Teaching Evaluation Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Teaching Awards Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Teaching Assistant Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2020
- Co-Chair, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Fundraising Chair, Advances in Cognitive Systems
- Organizer, Research is for Everyone! (Technical Workshop), CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference
- Chair, Academia Panel (How to Prepare the Next Generation of Cognitive Systems Researchers?), Advances in Cognitive Systems
- Panelist, Professional Development Workshop for Teaching-Track Faculty, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Presenter, New Educators Wednesday Roundtable, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Organizing Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Organizing Committee, AAAI Undergraduate Consortium, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Advances in Cognitive Systems
- Member, Program Committee, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, Program Committee, AAAI Doctoral Consortium, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Faculty Senate, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Faculty Development Committee, Faculty Senate, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Hiring Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Merit Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Assessment Coordinator, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging (DEIAB) Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Undergraduate Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, By-laws Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Teaching Evaluation Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Teaching Awards Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2019
- Co-Chair, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Organizer, Research is for Everyone! (Technical Workshop), CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference
- Member, Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Organizing Committee, AAAI Undergraduate Consortium, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, AAAI Undergraduate Consortium, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, Program Committee, AAAI Doctoral Consortium, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Mentor, AAAI Doctoral Consortium, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Panelist, National Science Foundation
- Panelist, Expert Panel on Exploring the Feasibility of Machine Learning-Assisted Operational Planning, The RAND Corporation
- Panelist, Envisioning the Future of Computing in Undergraduate Education, CUE.NEXT
- Member, University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Faculty Senate, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Faculty Development Committee, Faculty Senate, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Hiring Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Co-Chair, Teaching Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Assessment Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Undergraduate Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Systems Advisory Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, By-laws Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Student Awards Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Teaching Faculty Merit Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2018
- Co-Chair, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, Program Committee, AAAI Doctoral Consortium, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
- Member, University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Faculty Senate, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, University Academic Appeal Resolution Committee, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- NU Talk Presenter, JumpStart, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Teaching Faculty Hiring Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Co-Chair, Teaching Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Assessment Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Undergraduate Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Systems Advisory Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, By-laws Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
2017
- Organizer, Deep Models and Artificial Intelligence for Military Applications: Potentials, Theories, Practices, Tools and Risks, AAAI Fall Symposium Series
- Member, Program Committee, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, AAAI Doctoral Consortium, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, Program Committee, Advances in Cognitive Systems
- Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
- Reviewer, International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence
- Faculty Ambassador, Accelerate, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Service Learning Committee, Community + Learning Partnerships, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Instructional Committee (MultiPurpose Academic Building Steering Committee), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, Facilities and Equipment Committee (Faculty Senate), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Co-Chair, Research Coordination Committee, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Innovation + Experiential Learning (IEL) Council, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, BCOS Curriculum Committee, Department of Computer Science and Networking, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Search Committee, Department of Computer Science and Networking, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Undergraduate Committee, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- Co-Chair, Computer Science I/II Development Committee, Department of Computer Science and Networking, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
2016
- Member, Program Committee, Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education
- Member, Program Committee, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Advances in Cognitive Systems
- Reviewer, Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers
- Chair, Instructional Committee (MultiPurpose Academic Building Steering Committee), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Co-Chair, Academic Plan 2016 Committee (E+I), Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Co-Chair, Research Coordination Committee, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Faculty Ambassador, Accelerate, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Advisory Committee, Office of Learning, Innovation & Technology, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Service Learning Committee, Community + Learning Partnerships, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Study Abroad Faculty Committee, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Student Experience Diversity Committee, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, O-5: Diversity as a business practice, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Innovation + Experiential Learning (IEL) Council, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Chair, BCOS Curriculum Committee, Department of Computer Science and Networking, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Masters in Applied Computer Science Curriculum Committee, Department of Computer Science and Networking, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Search Committee, Department of Computer Science and Networking, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Search Committee, Department of Applied Mathematics, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Physics Search Committee, Department of Sciences, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
2015
- Member, Program Committee, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Program Committee, Advances in Cognitive Systems
- Member, Program Committee, EuroAsianPacific Joint Conference on Cognitive Science
- Mentor, Students of Cognitive Systems Workshop (SOCS), Advances in Cognitive Systems
- Co-Chair, FutureME, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Faculty Ambassador, Accelerate, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Ad Hoc Committee on General Education Outcomes, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Advisory Committee, Office of Learning, Innovation & Technology, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Service Learning Committee, Community + Learning Partnerships, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Student Experience Diversity Committee, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, O-5: Diversity as a business practice, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Physics Search Committee, Department of Sciences, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, BCOS Curriculum Committee, Department of Computer Science and Networking, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
2014
- Reviewer, Springer Computer Science
- Reviewer, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
- Member, Program Committee, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Member, Masters in Applied Computer Science Curriculum Committee, Department of Computer Science and Networking, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, BCOS Curriculum Committee, Department of Computer Science and Networking, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Member, Advisory Committee, Office of Learning, Innovation & Technology, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
- Volunteer, 19th Annual Kick Butts Day, The 84 Movement, Boston, MA, USA
- Certified Tax Preparer, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, Boston, MA, USA
2013
2012
2011
2010
- Project Leader, CSE Department, LEAD Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Outreach Chair, Computer Science and Engineering Graduate student organization, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2009
- Volunteer Consultant, Technology Tent (Karatu, Tanzania), Powering Potential
- President, Computer Science and Engineering Graduate student organization, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Graduate Student Representative, CS Curriculum Committee, Computer Science and Engineering Graduate student organization, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2008
2006
2005
- President, BitX Solutions, Inc. (1998-2010; Cary, NC, USA)
- Secured and executed contracts with corporate, university, government, and non-profit clients
- Hired, led, and subcontracted software development teams
- Managed system architecture, database schema, coding, testing, and product development
- Developed, deployed, and supported commercial desktop-, web-, and mobile-applications
- macOS, Linux, Windows
- MS Office, Google Workspace, LaTeX
- Teams, Slack
- Zoom, Panopto, Loom
- Canvas, Gradescope, Blackboard
- MySQL/MariaDB, SQLite, PostgreSQL
- Python, Java, C++, PHP, Swift, Kotlin
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Git, Mercurial, Subversion
- Soar, ADMM, Weka
- Arduino, RPi