Current Research Topics

• Functional Modeling
• Analogical Reasoning
• Visual Reasoning
• Meta Reasoning
• Creativity

Ashok Goel is an Associate Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science in the School of Interactive Computing, and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Psychology. He is also Director of the Design Intelligence Laboratory.

Ashok conducts research in artificial intelligence, cognitive science and design computing, focusing on functional modeling, analogical reasoning, visual reasoning and meta-reasoning. Creative design of physical systems and design of self-adaptive software agents form the context of much of this research. Ashok's external affiliations include Southeastern Regional Visual Analytics Center.

He received his Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from the Ohio State University. At Georgia Tech, he teaches courses on artificial intelligence, knowledge-based AI, cognitive science and design computing.