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Karen Myers

Lab Director, Artificial Intelligence Center

Karen Myers, Ph.D., is the Lab Director for SRI International’s Artificial Intelligence Center.

Dr. Myers’ research focuses on intelligent systems that facilitate man-machine collaboration. Her expertise includes autonomy, multi-agent systems, automated planning and scheduling, and intelligent assistants. She has led the development of several AI technologies that have been successfully transitioned into operational use in areas that span collaboration tools, task management, and end-user automation.

Dr. Myers has served on the Executive Council for the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS). She was on the editorial boards for Artificial Intelligence and the Journal for AI Research and the advisory board for ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology. She is the conference chair for the Innovative Applications of AI conference for 2019. She was elected SRI Fellow in 2016.

Myers has a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University, a B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science from the University of Toronto, and a degree in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music.

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Learning Procedures by Augmenting Sequential Pattern Mining with Planning Knowledge (8/1/2020) - Procedure automation can relieve users of the burden of repetitive, time-consuming, or complex procedures and enable them to focus on…
Bridging the Gap: Converting Human Advice into Imagined Examples (8/3/2019) - Advice is a powerful tool for learning. But advice also presents the challenge of bridging the gap between the high-level…
Privacy-Aware Adaptive Scheduling for Coalition Operations (7/1/2019) - Coalition operations are essential for responding to the increasing number of world-wide incidents that require large-scale humanitarian assistance. Many nations…
Explanation to Avert Surprise (3/1/2018) - Most explanation schemes are reactive and informational: explanations are provided in response to specific user queries and focus on making…
Semantic Instrumentation of Virtual Environments for Training (4/1/2017) - Interactive virtual environments are useful tools for hands-on learning or rehearsing of procedural tasks. However, task training applications typically provide…
Demonstration-based Solution Authoring for Skill Assessment (1/1/2017) - The high cost of developing content has been a major impediment to the widespread deployment of intelligent training systems. To…

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