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 reasoning and learning in design, including functional modeling and reasoning, analogical reasoning, visual reasoning and meta-reasoning. Creative design of physical systems (e.g., biologically inspired design) and design of self-adaptive software agents (e.g., game-playing agents) form the context for much of this research.
Ashok received his Ph.D. in
Computer and Information Science
from
The Ohio State University,
where he was a member of
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), the
Cognitive Science Society, and the
Design Society's Special Interest Group on Design Creativity.
He was 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 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;
the conference proceedings, edited by
J. Gero & A. Goel, are available from Springer.
Ashok serves on the editorial boards of
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (JETAI, published by Taylor & Francis),
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AIEDAM, Cambridge University Press), and
Advanced Engineering Informatics (Elsevier). He co-edited (with
R. Davis &
J. 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
8/25-27, 2008 - NSF ALT PI Meeting, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
9/19-21, 2008 - Diagrams 2008, Munich, Germany
9/22-24, 2008 - AIIDE 2008, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Personal Information
Ashok has two sons: Kunal (12 years old), who is in the Sventh Grade in the Magnet Program
for High Achievers at Chamblee Middle School, and Gautam (14 years old), who is in the Tenth Grade in the Magnet Program for
High Achievers at Chamblee Charter High School.
