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James Gips
John R. and Pamela Egan Professor of Computer Science, Computer Science
Department
Carroll School of Management
B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Stanford University
New technologies that expand the computer-human interface; new methods of interaction between the computer and the user; future trends in computers; challenges posed by "automated ethical reasoning": how to program robots to behave ethically, questions involved in developing computer systems for ethical reasoning and in trying to create ethical robots; interactive television/interactive multimedia; robotic wheelchairs; computer-assisted learning for the disabled; computer control through eye movement via a series of electrodes attached around the eyes: "EagleEyes"– a process designed by Gips in collaboration with two BC faculty colleagues. In 1994, "EagleEyes" was selected as a finalist in Discover magazine's annual Awards for Technological Innovation. Author of books, including Mastering Excel: A Problem-Solving Approach; Mastering Lotus 1-2-3: A Problem-Solving Approach; and numerous other publications.Courses include: "Robotics" (Gips directs Boston College's Robotics Laboratory); "Computer Organization and Assembly Language"; "Computers and Management."
617.552.3981
james.gips.1@bc.edu
http://www.cs.bc.edu/~gips/
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Peter Kugel
Associate Professor, Computer Science Department
Carroll School of Management
B.A., Colgate University
Ph.D., Harvard University
Artificial intelligence; human memory; learning in people and machines; educational policy. Among his numerous publications are "Implicit Memory from a Computer-Science Point of View"; "How Professors Develop as Teachers"; and "Improving Learning Without Improving Teaching." Co-developer of several educational games, including "Bugs and Loops–The Computer Game." Courses include: "Artificial Intelligence"; "Introductory Topics in Computer Science."
617.552.3979
peter.kugel.1@bc.edu
http://www.cs.bc.edu/~kugel/
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