Edward Gilkison Jones (Gil)
School address: Home address:
732 Yale Ave. 114 Highland Dr.
Swarthmore, PA 19081 Berea, KY 40403
610-543-7425
gil@sccs.swarthmore.edu
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: "A Hybrid System for Mapping and Exploration of Unknown Environments"
  • Relevant courses: Artifical Intelligence, Building Intelligent Robots, Algorithms, Theory of Computation, Neurobiology, Learning and Memory (biology seminar)
  • GPA 3.51. GPA in major 3.85
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:
  • 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", in Proceedings of AAAI Mobile Robotics Workshop, August 2000
  • 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:
  • Primary programming language: C
    • 800 hours programming experience in artificial intelligence and robotics applications.
  • Secondary programming languages: Java, Scheme, Pascal, Interactive C, VHDL, HTML
  • Operating Systems: UNIX Solaris, Redhat Linux, MacOS, 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