Ashok K. Goel is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Cognitive Science in the
School of Interactive Computing at
Georgia Institute of Technology. He is Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in
the College of Computing, and a Co-Director of Georgia Tech's
Center for Biologically Inspired Design.
He conducts research in design AI and design cognition. His work investigates multi-modal knowledge-based techniques of reasoning and learning, including functional modeling, analogical reasoning, visual reasoning and meta-reasoning. Creative design of physical systems and design of self-adaptive software agents form the context for much of this research.
He received his Ph.D. in
Computer and Information Science
from
The Ohio State University,
where he was a member of the
Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Research.
At Georgia Tech, he teaches classes in
Artificial Intelligence,
Knowledge-Based AI,
Cognitive Science, and
Design Cognition and Computing.
He is affiliated with the
Intelligent Systems Group, the
Human Centered Computing Program, the
Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center,
and the
Southeastern Regional Visual Analytics Center.
Ashok is a member of the
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), and the
Cognitive Science Society.
He was
a Vice-Chair and the Local Chair of the
Third International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'08) held at Georgia Tech in June 2008,
and a member of the program committees of the
Seventh International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR-07),
and the Ninth European
Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ECCBR-08).
He serves on the editorial boards of
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AIEDAM), and
Advanced Engineering Informatics. He co-edited (with
Randall Davis &
John Gero ) a recent issue of AIEDAM on
Multimodal Design.
Contact Information
Ashok K. Goel
School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
Technology Square Research Building, 85 Fifth Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
Email: goel@cc.gatech.edu; Phone: (404) 894-4994; Fax: (404) 894-0673
Administrative Assistant: Ms. Cynthia Bryant; cebryant@cc.gatech.edu; 404-894-3807
Travel Information
3/25 - 3/31, 2008 - AAAI Spring Symposium, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
7/5-11, 2008 - St. Petersburg, Florida
7/12-14, 2008 - AAAI Workshop on Meta-Reasoning, Chicago
7/20-26, 2008 - Cognitive Science Conference, Washington DC
9/19-21, 2008 - Diagrams 2008, Munich, Germany
Personal Information
Ashok has two sons: Kunal (12 years old), who is in the Sixth Grade at the Kittredge Magnet
School for High Achievers, and Gautam (14 years old), who is in the Ninth Grade in the Magnet Program for
High Achievers at Chamblee Charter High School.
