Kuipers, Benjamin

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Benjamin Kuipers

Benjamin Kuipers

Professor and Chairman,
Department of Computer Sciences ,
The University of Texas at Austin .
  • B.A. in Mathematics, Swarthmore College, 1970.
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics, MIT, 1977. ( academic genealogy )

Research Interests

The representation of commonsense and expert knowledge, with particular emphasis on the effective use of incomplete knowledge. The Qualitative Reasoning Research Group home page describes these research topics, papers, students, and available software in considerable detail.

Research accomplishments include:

  • the TOUR model of spatial knowledge in the cognitive map,
  • the QSIM algorithm for qualitative simulation,
  • Access-Limited Logic for knowledge representation, and
  • a robot exploration and mapping strategy based on qualitative recognition of distinctive places.
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http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/qr/QR-book.html
  • B. J. Kuipers. 1994. Qualitative Reasoning: Modeling and Simulation with Incomplete Knowledge . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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    Teaching Plans

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    Contact Information

    Mail:
    Prof. Benjamin Kuipers
    Computer Science Department
    University of Texas at Austin
    Austin, Texas 78712
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    Email: kuipers@cs.utexas.edu
    Phone: (512) 471-9590
    Fax: (512) 471-8885
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