K. Suzanne Barber, Ph.D. Profile.PDF
      
      Director, The Laboratory for Intelligent          Processes and Systems, The University of          Texas at Austin
      Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer          Engineering Department, The University of          Texas at Austin

      Office Phone: (512) 471-6152
       barber@mail.utexas.edu

Education:

        Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1992.
        M.S.  Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1988.
        B.S.   Engineering Science, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1985.

Professional History and Research Interests:

        Dr. Barber is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer         Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin and         Director of The Laboratory for Intelligent Processes and Systems, where         on-going research projects address: (1) formal software engineering         methods and tools, and (2) distributed, autonomous agent-based systems.         Numerous state and federal government agencies, as well as industrial         partners, have collaborated with Dr. Barber and supported her Laboratory         staff of 15 graduate students, 5 graduate students, and 3 professional staff         members. Dr. Barber currently holds the Temple Foundation Teaching         Fellowship in Engineering No. 1. Dr. Barber has published over 110         articles in refereed conference proceedings and journals, 4 book chapters,         and holds copyrights for innovated software and knowledge engineering          development environments [©2000 Requirements and Integration         Verification Tool (RIVT); ©1998 Reference Architecture Representation         Enviroment (RARE); ©2000 Hybrid Domain Representation Archive         (HyDRA)], as well as an agent-based development and simulation         environment [©2000 Sensible Agent Testbed]. Dr. Barber began her         career at The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University as a         researcher working on symbolic languages and user interfaces for         automated robotic assembly systems. She later joined Automation and         Robotics Research Institute (ARRI), where her research addressed         knowledge-based representations and planning systems for manufacturing         applications. She received her B.S. in Engineering at Trinity University in         San Antonio, Texas, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The         University of Texas at Arlington in 1992.

        1998, 1999-present     Instructor, Applied Research Laboratory.

        1997-present     Instructor, Electrical and Computer Engineering         Department, The University of Texas at Austin.

        1997     Consultant, Tracor.

        1996-present     Chair of Board, Systems and Software Engineering         Institute.

        1996-present     Director, Executive M.S. Degree Program in Software         Engineering.

        1995-1997     Instructor, Automation Engineering, Dallas, Texas.

        1995     Consultant, Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas.

        1994-present     Instructor, Engineering and Technology Institute, Austin,         Texas.

        1993     Instructor, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia.

        1993     Consultant, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Ann         Arbor, Michigan.

        1992-present     Director, The Laboratory for Intelligent Processes and         Systems, The University of Texas at Austin.

        1992-1997     Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering         Department, The University of Texas at Austin.

        1986-1992     Faculty Associate, Automation and Robotics Research         Institute, The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas.

        1985-1986     Research Associate, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie-
        Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Awards and Honors:

•  Dad's Teaching Fellowship, Excellence in Freshmen Engineering Teaching, 1999-2000
• Citation of Excellence, Highest Quality Rating for "An Object-Oriented Modeling and Simulation Environment for Reactive Systems Development," International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing, vol. 9, no. 1, awarded by Anbar Electronic Intelligence, January 1997
• Dean's Research Fellowship, The University of Texas, Fall 1997
• Temple Foundation Teaching Fellowship in Engineering No. 1, September 1997-present
• Halliburton Foundation Research and Teaching Award, 1995
• The University of Texas Engineering Foundation Advisory Award, 1995
• TRW Faculty Assistantship, 1993-1996

Memberships in Professional and Honorary Societies:

• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (Computer Society, Robotics & Automation Society, and Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society)
• American Association for Artificial Intelligence
• Society of Computer Simulation
• Association for Computing Machinery
• SME North American Manufacturing Research Institute
• International Society of Applied Intelligence
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• American Society of Engineering Educators
• Society of Women Engineers
• Sigma Xi
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Scho-Lea Mortar Board

Recent Publications:

        Barber, K.S., Goel, A., Han, D.C., Kim, J., Lam, D.N., Liu, T.H.,         MacMahon, M., McKay, R., and Martin, C.E., "Infrastructure for         Design, Deployment and Experimentation of Distributed Agent-based         Systems: The Requirements, the Technologies and an Example,"         submitted to Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems,         Special Issue on Infrastructure and Requirements for Building Research         Grade Multi-Agent Sytems, October 2000.

        Barber, K.S., McKay, R., Goel, A., Han, D., Kim, J., Liu, T.H., and         Martin, C.E., "Sensible Agents: The Distributed Architecture and         Testbed," Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and The         Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers         Joint Special Issue on Autonomous Decentralized Systems, vol. E83-B,         no. 5, pp. 951-960.

        Barber, K.S., Goel, A., and Martin, C.E., "Dynamic Adaptive Autonomy         in Multi-Agent Systems," Journal of Experimental & Theoretical         Artificial Intelligence, Special Issue on Autonomy Control Software, vol.         12, no. 2, pp. 129-147, 2000.

        Barber, K.S., Grisham, P.S., Jernigan, S.R., and Graser, T.J.,         "Requirements, Evolution and Reuse Using the Systems Engineering         Process Activities (SEPA)," The Australian Journal of Information         Systems Special Issue on Requirements Engineering, vol. 7, no. 1, pp.         75-97, 1999.

        Barber, K.S., Goel, A., Han, D., Kim, J., Liu, T.H., Martin, C.E., and         McKay, R.M., "Simulation Testbed for Sensible Agent-based Systems in         Dynamic and Uncertain Environments," Transaction: Quarterly Journal         of the Society of Computer Simulation International, Special Issue on         Modeling and Simulation of Manufacturing Systems, vol. 16, no. 4, pp.         186-203, 1999.