Email: laura.e.brown@vanderbilt.edu

Laura Brown completed her undergraduate education at Swarthmore College in May 2000 with a degree in Engineering and a concentration in Computer Science. She then went to the University of Michigan and received a Master's in Computer Science. At Michigan, her coursework and research was focused in the area of artificial intelligence. She worked on research projects dealing with planning and plan management. Her research interests here at Vanderbilt are in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Bioinformatics.

Education/Background

8/2002-Present	Vanderbilt University. Nashville, TN
8/2000-8/2002	University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI
5/2000	Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, PA
5/2001-8/2002	Graduate Student Research Assistant. University of Michigan, EECS Dept
8/2000-5/2001	Graduate Student Instructor. University of Michigan, EECS Dept
8/1999-5/2000	PC System Administrator. Swarthmore College, Engineering Dept
5/1999-8/1999	Summer Research Position. Swarthmore College, Prof. Bruce Maxwell
8/1998-5/2000	Academic Tutor and Grader. Swarthmore College, Engineering Dept
12/1998-1/1999	Engineering Intern. Mead Co., Publishing Paper Division
5/1998-8/1998	Engineering Intern. Mead Co., Publishing Paper Division

Publications

1. M.E. Pollack, S.Enberg, J.T. Matthews, S. Thrun, L. Brown, D. Colbry, C. Orosz, B. Peintner, S. Ramakrishnan, J. Dunbar-Jacob, C. McCarthy, M. Montenerlo, J. Pineau, N. Roy, “Pearl: A Mobile Robotic Assistant for the Elderly,” to appear in AAAI Workshop on Automation as Eldercare, Aug. 2002
2. M.E. Pollack, C.E. McCarthy, I. Tsamardinos, S. Ramakrishnan, L. Brown, S. Carrion, D. Colbry, C. Orosz, B. Peintner, “Autominder: A Planning, Monitoring and Reminding Assistive Agent,” 7th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-7), 2002
3. B.A. Maxwell, L.A. Meeden, N. Addo, L. Brown, P. Dickson, J. Ng, S. Olshfski, E. Silk, and J. Wales, “Alfred: The Robot Waiter Who Remembers You,” in Proceedings of AAAI Workshop on Robotics, July 1999

Professional and Leadership Activities

1. Society of Women Engineers, 96-00, Secretary 97-98, Co-President 98-00
2. IEEE, 98-00, Secretary 99-00
3. Sigma Xi, 99-00
4. Swarthmore Varsity Tennis Team, 96-00, Captain 98-00
5. Swarthmore College Social Affairs Council, 99-00
6. Phoenix (Swarthmore College paper) Staff Writer, 97-00