Michael W. Floyd. Education

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1 Michael W. Floyd Education Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering (2013), Supervisor: Prof. Babak Esfandiari Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement (awarded to the top Ph.D. dissertations at Carleton University) M.A.Sc., Electrical Engineering (2008), Supervisor: Prof. Babak Esfandiari B.Eng., Computer Systems Engineering (2006) Research Experience Senior Computer Scientist - Artificial Intelligence, Knexus Research Corporation, National Harbor, Maryland, USA, November present. Research Assistant, Network Management and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Carleton University, September May Research Assistant, Integrated Reasoning Group, Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council Canada, September April Refereed Conference Publications [C1] Floyd, M.W., Drinkwater, M., and Aha, D.W. (2015). Improving Trust-Guided Behavior Adaptation Using Operator Feedback. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 28-30, in press. Springer. [C2] Auslander, B., Floyd, M.W., Apker, T., Johnson, B., Roberts, M., and Aha, D.W. (2015). Learning to Estimate: A Case-Based Approach to Task Execution Prediction. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 28-30, in press. Springer. [C3] Borck, H., Karneeb, J., Floyd, M.W., Alford, R., and Aha, D.W. (2015). Casebased Policy and Goal Recognition. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 28-30, in press. Springer. [C4] Floyd, M.W., Drinkwater, M., and Aha, D.W. (2015). Trust-Guided Behavior Adaptation Using Case-Based Reasoning. In Proceedings of the 24th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 25-31, in press. AAAI Press. [C5] Vattam, S.S., Aha, D.W., and Floyd, M.W. (2015). Error Tolerant Plan Recognition: An Empirical Investigation. In Proceedings of the 28th Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, Hollywood, Florida, USA, May 18-20, AAAI Press. [C6] Floyd, M.W., Drinkwater, M., and Aha, D.W. (2014). Adapting Autonomous Behavior Based on an Estimate of an Operator s Trust (extended abstract). In Proceedings of the AAAI Fall Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Human- Robot Interaction, Arlington, Virginia, USA, November 13-15, AAAI Press. 1 of 9

2 [C7] Floyd, M.W., Drinkwater, M., and Aha, D.W. (2014). How Much Do You Trust Me? Learning a Case-Based Model of Inverse Trust. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, Cork, Ireland, September 29 - October 1, Springer. [C8] Vattam, S.S., Aha, D.W., and Floyd, M.W. (2014). Case-Based Plan Recognition Using Action Sequence Graphs. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, Cork, Ireland, September 29 - October 1, Springer. [C9] Floyd, M.W., Drinkwater, M., and Aha, D.W. (2014). Adapting Autonomous Behavior Using an Inverse Trust Estimation. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, Guimaraes, Portugal, June 30 - July 3, Springer. [C10] Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2013). Analysis and Cleaning of User Traces Through Comparison of Multiple Traces. In Proceedings of the 26th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA, May 22-24, AAAI Press. [C11] Ontañón, S., and Floyd, M.W. (2013). A Comparison of Case Acquisition Strategies for Learning from Observations of State-based Experts. In Proceedings of the 26th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA, May 22-24, AAAI Press. [C12] Floyd, M.W., Bicakci, M.V. and Esfandiari, B. (2012). Case-Based Learning by Observation in Robotics Using a Dynamic Case Representation. In Proceedings of the 25th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, Marco Island, Florida, USA, May 23-25, AAAI Press. [C13] Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2011). A Case-Based Reasoning Framework for Developing Agents Using Learning by Observation. In Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, November 7-9, IEEE Computer Society Press. [C14] Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2011). Supplemental Case Acquisition using Mixed-Initiative Control. In Proceedings of the 24th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, Palm Beach, Florida, USA, May 18-20, AAAI Press. [C15] Floyd, M.W., and Wainer. G.A. (2010). Creation of DEVS Models Using Imitation Learning. In Proceedings of the 42nd Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Ottawa, Canada, July 11-14, SCS Press. [C16] Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2009). An Active Approach to Automatic Case Generation. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, Seattle, Washington, USA, July 20-23, Springer. [C17] Floyd, M.W., Davoust, A., and Esfandiari, B. (2008). Considerations for Real- Time Spatially-Aware Case-Based Reasoning: A Case Study in Robotic Soccer Imitation. In Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, Trier, Germany, September 1-4, Springer. [C18] Davoust, A., Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2008). Use of Fuzzy Histograms to Model the Spatial Distribution of Objects in Case-Based Reasoning. In Proceedings of the 21st Conference of the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, Windsor, Canada, May 28-30, Springer. 2 of 9

3 [C19] Floyd, M. W., Esfandiari, B., and Lam, K. (2008). A Case-Based Reasoning Approach to Imitating RoboCup Players. In Proceedings of the 21st International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA, May 15-17, AAAI Press. Refereed Workshop Publications [W 1] Gillespie, K., Molineaux, M., Floyd, M.W., Vattam, S.S., and Aha, D.W. (2015). Goal Reasoning for an Autonomous Squad Member. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Goal Reasoning (held at the 3rd Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, May 28-31, [W 2] Andreeva, V., Beland, J., Gaudreau, S., Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2014). Creating Non-Player Characters in a First-Person Shooter Game Using Learning by Observation. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Case-Based Agents (held at the 22nd International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning), Cork, Ireland, September 29 - October 1, [W 3] Floyd, M.W., Drinkwater, M., and Aha, D.W. (2014). Case-Based Behavior Adaptation Using an Inverse Trust Metric. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (held at the 28th Conference on Artificial Intelligence), Quebec City, Canada, July 27-31, [W 4] Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2011). Learning State-Based Behaviour using Temporally Related Cases. In Proceedings of the 16th United Kingdom Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning (held at the 31st International Conference of the British Computer Society s Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence), Cambridge, England, UK, December 13-15, [W 5] Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2011). Building Learning by Observation Agents Using jloaf. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning for Computer Games (held at the 19th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning), Greenwich, England, UK, September 12-15, [W 6] Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2010). Toward a Domain-independent Case-based Reasoning Approach for Imitation: Three Case Studies in Gaming. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning for Computer Games (held at the 18th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning), Alessandria, Italy, July 19-22, [W 7] Acosta, E., Esfandiari, B., and Floyd, M.W. (2010). Feature Selection for CBR in Imitation of RoboCup Agents: A Comparative Study. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning for Computer Games (held at the 18th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning), Alessandria, Italy, July 19-22, [W 8] Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2009). Comparison of Classifiers for use in a Learning by Demonstration System for a Situated Agent. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning for Computer Games (held at the 8th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning), Seattle, Washington, USA, July 20-23, [W 9] Bellinger, C., Lalonde, J., Floyd, M.W., Mallur, V., Elkanzi, E., Ghazi, D., He, J., Mouttham, A., Scaiano, M., Wehbe, E., and Japkowicz, N. (2009). An Evaluation of the Value Added by Informative Metrics. In Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Evaluation Methods for Machine Learning (held at the 26th International Conference on Machine Learning), Montreal, Canada, June of 9

4 Book Chapters [B1] Floyd, M.W., Drinkwater, M., and Aha, D.W. (2015 (in press)). Learning Trustworthy Behaviors Using an Inverse Trust Metric. In Lawless, W. (Eds.) The Intersection of Robust Intelligence (RI) and Trust in Autonomous Systems. Springer. Non-Refereed Conference and Workshop Publications [N 1] Floyd, M.W., and Rubin, J. (2013). Preface - ICCBR 2013 Workshops. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning Workshops, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, July 8-11, i-iii. [N 2] Floyd, M.W., and Ontañón, S. (2013). Preface - Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning. In Proceedings of the 26th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA, May 22-24, 356. AAAI Press. [N 3] Floyd, M.W., Fuchs, B., González-Calero, P.A., Leake, D., Ontañón, S., Plaza, E., and Rubin, J. (2012). Preface - Workshop on TRUE: Traces for Reusing Users Experiences - Cases, Episodes, and Stories. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning Workshops, Lyon, France, September 3-6, [N 4] Floyd, M.W., and Sánchez-Ruiz, A.A. (2012). Preface - Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning. In Proceedings of the 25th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, Marco Island, Florida, USA, May 23-25, 322. AAAI Press. [N 5] Floyd, M.W., and Sánchez-Ruiz, A.A. (2011). Preface - Workshop on Case- Based Reasoning for Computer Games. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning Workshops, Greenwich, England, UK, September 12-15, Refereed Research Videos [V 1] Floyd, M.W., Bicakci, M.V., and Esfandiari, B. (2013). Task-independent Learning by Observation. 7th Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (held at the 27th Conference on Artificial Intelligence), Bellevue, Washington, USA. [V 2] Floyd, M.W. (2011). Case-Based Reasoning in Games. 5th Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (held at the 25th Conference on Artificial Intelligence), San Francisco, California, USA. [V 3] Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2010). Case-Based Imitation: A Sequel. 4th Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (held at the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. [V 4] Floyd, M.W., and Esfandiari, B. (2008). Imitating a RoboCup Soccer Player Using Case-Based Reasoning. 2nd Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (held at the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence), Chicago, Illinois, USA. Edited Volumes [E1] Floyd, M.W., and Rubin, J. (Eds.) (2013). Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning Workshops, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, July [E2] Floyd, M.W., and Ontañón, S. (Eds.) (2013). Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning. In Boonthum-Denecke, C., and Youngblood, G.M. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 26th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA, May 22-24, AAAI Press. 4 of 9

5 [E3] Floyd, M.W., Fuchs, B., González-Calero, P.A., Leake, D., Ontañón, S., Plaza, E., and Rubin, J. (Eds.) (2012). Workshop on TRUE: Traces for Reusing Users Experiences - Cases, Episodes, and Stories. In Lamontagne, L., and Recio Garcia, J.A. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning Workshops, Lyon, France, September 3-6. [E4] Floyd, M.W., and Sánchez-Ruiz, A.A. (Eds.) (2012). Special Track on Case- Based Reasoning. In Youngblood, G.M., and McCarthy, P.M. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 25th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, Marco Island, Florida, USA, May 23-25, AAAI Press. [E5] Floyd, M.W., and Sánchez-Ruiz, A.A. (Eds.) (2011). Workshop on Case- Based Reasoning for Computer Games. In Cordier, A., and Diaz Agudo, B. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning Workshops, Greenwich, England, UK, September Awards Best Paper Award - 22nd International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (for paper How Much Do You Trust Me? Learning a Case-Based Model of Inverse Trust) Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement - Carleton University (nominated by my thesis committee and awarded to the top Ph.D. dissertations at Carleton University) Best Video Award AAAI Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (for video Case-Based Imitation: A Sequel) Best Educational Video Award AAAI Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (for video Imitating a RoboCup Soccer Player Using Case-Based Reasoning) 2007/2008 Teaching Assistant Excellence Award - Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University. Award Nominations 2012 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - Carleton University Most Innovative Video AAAI Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (for video Case-Based Reasoning in Games) Best Demonstration Video AAAI Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (for video Imitating a RoboCup Soccer Player Using Case-Based Reasoning) Organization Co-chair, 2nd Workshop on Case-Based Agents (held at the 23rd International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning), Frankfurt, Germany, Organizer - Workshops Co-chair, 21st International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, Co-chair, 13th Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning (held at the 26th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference), St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA, Co-chair, Workshop on TRUE: Traces for Reusing Users Experience (held at the 20th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning), Lyon, France, of 9

6 Co-chair, 12th Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning (held at the 25th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference), Marco Island, Florida, USA, Co-chair, 4th Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning for Computer Games (held at the 19th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning), Greenwich, England, United Kingdom, Program Committees 29th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, Key Largo, Florida, USA, rd International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR 2015), Frankfurt, Germany, th Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (held at the 29th Conference on Artificial Intelligence), Austin, Texas, USA, th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, Hollywood, Florida, USA, th Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning (held at the 28th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference), Hollywood, Florida, USA, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Spring Symposium on Foundations of Autonomy, Palo Alto, California, USA, nd International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR 2014), Cork, Ireland, Workshop on Case-Based Agents (held at the 22nd International Conference on Case- Based Reasoning), Cork, Ireland, th Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (held at the 28th Conference on Artificial Intelligence), Quebec City, Canada, th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference, Pensacola Beach, Florida, USA, th Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning (held at the 27th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference), Pensacola Beach, Florida, USA, st International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR 2013), Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, th Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (held at the 27th Conference on Artificial Intelligence), Bellevue, Washington, USA, Reviewer AI Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, 2014, th Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2014), Quebec City, Canada, ACM Computing Surveys Journal, Computational Intelligence Journal, 2012, of 9

7 The 10th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC 2013), Vietri sul Mare, Italy, th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR 2012), Lyon, France, st Workshop on Incentives and Trust in E-Commerce (held at 13th ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce), Valencia, Spain, th Artificial Intelligence Video Competition (held at the 25th Conference on Artificial Intelligence), San Francisco, California, USA, rd Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning for Computer Games (held at the 18th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning), Alessandria, Italy, nd International Conference on Computer Science and its Applications (CSA 2009), Jeju, Korea, Invited Talks Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Palo Alto, California, USA. March 26, Teaching Assistant SYSC2100: Algorithms and Data Structures, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Winter (January - April) Evaluation: 4.88/5.00 SYSC3110: Software Development Project, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Fall (September to December) Evaluation: 4.87/5.00 SYSC2004: Object-Oriented Software Development, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Winter (January to April) Evaluation: 4.78/5.00 SYSC3001: Operating Systems and Databases, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Fall (September to December) Evaluation: 4.68/5.00 SYSC2101: Software Development Project, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Winter (January to April) Evaluation: 4.88/5.00 SYSC2100: Algorithms and Data Structures, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Fall (September - December) Evaluation: 4.48/5.00 SYSC2101: Software Development Project, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Winter (January to April) Evaluation: 4.82/5.00 SYSC2100: Algorithms and Data Structures, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Fall (September - December) Evaluation: 4.68/5.00 SYSC3601: Microprocessor Systems, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Summer (May - August) Evaluation: 4.91/ of 9

8 SYSC2101: Software Development Project, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Winter (January to April) Evaluation: 4.61/5.00 SYSC2101: Software Development Project, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Winter (January to April) Evaluation: not performed SYSC2101: Software Development Project, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Winter (January to April) Evaluation: not performed SYSC2101: Software Development Project, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Winter (January to April) Evaluation: not performed Guest Lecturer Introduction to RoboCup, SYSC Software Agents, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, February 28, Introduction to RoboCup, SYSC Software Agents, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University,, March 1, Embedded Systems: Where Hardware and Software Meet, Saturday Engineering and Design Session (SEDS), Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, November 26, Uniprocessor Scheduling, SYSC Operating Systems and Databases, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, November 22, Android Application Development, SYSC Software Development Project, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, March 9, Embedded Systems: Where Hardware and Software Meet, Saturday Engineering and Design Session (SEDS), Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, November 27, Introduction to RoboCup, SYSC Software Agents, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, November 3, Embedded Systems: Where Hardware and Software Meet, Saturday Engineering and Design Session (SEDS), Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, November 28, Agent Communication, SYSC Software Agents, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, November 13, Introduction To RoboCup and Agent Imitation, SYSC Software Agents, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, October 21, Introduction To RoboCup, SYSC Software Agents, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, February 28, of 9

9 Student Supervision Adviser - 4th Year Undergraduate Project (3 students), Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Undergraduate Interns (11 students), Network Management and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Carleton University, University Service Saturday Engineering and Design Sessions (SEDS) (lecture/lab for perspective Carleton University engineering students), once per year, Research Demonstrations (to perspective Carleton University engineering students), approximately three times per year, of 9