Edward Gilkison Jones (Gil)
School address:
| Home address:
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732 Yale Ave.
| 114 Highland Dr.
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Swarthmore, PA 19081
| Berea, KY 40403
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610-543-7425
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gil@sccs.swarthmore.edu
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Objective:
To find employment in research or product development related to robotics, artificial
intelligence, and neurobiology in Japan, Europe, or the United States.
Education:
Swarthmore College, 1997-present (B.A. expected June 2001)
- Honors special major computer science; minor biology
- Focuses: Artificial intelligence, robotics, and neurobiology
- Thesis title:
"HYSTE: A HYbrid System for Thorough Exploration"
- Relevant courses: Artifical Intelligence, Building Intelligent Robots, Algorithms,
Theory of Computation, UNIX Network Programming (senior seminar), Neurobiology, Learning and Memory (biology seminar)
- GPA 3.59. GPA in major 3.91
Berea Community High School, Berea, Kentucky, 1993-1997
- Valedictorian. 4.0 GPA, unweighted
- National Merit Scholar. Robert F. Byrd Scholarship
Work Experience:
Summer 2000: Member, Swarthmore College Robotics Team
- Developed speech module and central state controller module for agent entered in the "Hors
d'oeuvres Anyone?" competition, 2000 AAAI conference, Austin, Texas.
Summer 1999: Student Contractor, Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence
(Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC)
- Integrated a rule-based genetic algorithms program (SAMUEL) and a naval flight simulator
for development of autopilots and optimization of sonar configurations.
1998-1999: Student Employee, Swarthmore College, Computer Science Department
- Lab assistant for computer architecture class. Assisted students with projects using
Altera and VHDL.
- Grader for introductory C and UNIX class.
Publications, Honors, and Awards:
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B. A. Maxwell, L. A. Meeden, N. S. Addo, P. Dickson, N. Fairfield,
N. Johnson, E. G. Jones, S. Kim, P. Malla, M. Murphy, B. Rutter, E. Silk,
"REAPER: A Reflexive Architecture for Perceptive Agents", AI Magazine 22(1): Spring 2001, 53-66.
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Associate Member, Sigma Xi National Scientific Research Society
- 2000 AAAI conference, Austin, Texas:
Member, Swarthmore Robotics Team, which won first place in the "Hors d'oeuvres Anyone?" competition and the
Ben Weigbret Award for Integrative Artificial Intelligence Technologies.
Skills:
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Primary programming language: C
- 2000 hours programming experience in artificial intelligence and robotics applications.
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Secondary programming languages: Java, Scheme, Pascal, Interactive C, VHDL, HTML
- Operating Systems: UNIX Solaris, Redhat Linux, MacOS/OSX/Darwin, Windows 98/NT
- Robot Platforms (in order of experience): RWI Magellan Pro/Magellen 2, Nomad SuperScout, Applied AI Systems Khepera, ActivMedia AmigaBot, and MIT HandyBoard/Miniboard
- Laboratory experience: Conducted rodent experiments investigating pharmacological effects on learning
- Language: Chinese (2.5 years college coursework, basic functional fluency)
- Other interests: Classical and jazz saxaphone, modern and improvisational dance
References:
Lisa Meeden. Associate professor and program director, Computer Science, Swarthmore College
meeden@cs.swarthmore.edu
Bruce Maxwell, Assistant professor, Engineering, Swarthmore College
maxwell@swarthmore.edu
Kathleen Siwicki, Associate professor, Biology, Swarthmore College
ksiwick1@swarthmore.edu
Alan Schultz, Head, Intelligent Systems Section, Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence
schultz@aic.nrl.navy.mil