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Christopher L. SimpkinsResearch Scientist, Ph.D. StudentEmail: chris dot simpkins at gatech dot edu |
Chris Simpkins has a shared appointment as a Research Scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute and College of Computing, and is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science under Dr. Charles Isbell. Mr. Simpkins completed his Master of Science in Computer Science in 2004 specializing in Artificial Intelligence. A 1990 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Mr. Simpkins's background includes teaching, flying, software engineering, and research. During his 13 years as a professional software engineer in private industry, the military, and applied research, he built and delivered dozens of successful enterprise-scale and single-user systems, mostly as chief architect or lead software engineer. As a researcher, Mr. Simpkins has applied machine learning to text analysis, radio emmiter identification, automated antenna design, and adaptive agent technology. Mr. Simpkins is currently focused on basic research to enable the engineering of robust, large-scale intelligent agent software. To this end he is creating a programming language that represents a new adaptive agent paradigm. His language -- AFABL (A Friendly Adaptive Behavior Language) -- will have broad implications for games, simulattions, and intelligent software in general.
Recent News
Teaching CS 4641 Machine Learning in Summer 2012 term.
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Programming Languages, Multi-agent Systems, Computer Science Education. Read more.
Education
Ph.D., College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, In
Progress
M.S., Computer Science, Southern Polytechnic State University, 2004
B.S., U.S. Air Force Academy, 1990
Personal
I have two wonderful kids, a magnificent German Shepherd, and two delightful cats. In addition to computer science, I enjoy chess, martial arts, mountain biking, scuba diving, I'm an assistant coach for my son's junior wrestling team, an active volunteer for Atlanta Ballet , and a volunteer webmaster for Simpson Middle School PTSA.
