Slide 1: TAPANA GUPTA
1126 W 37th Pl, Apt 3, Los Angeles, CA 90007 EDUCATION Dec. 2007 M.S., Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles Relevant Coursework: Machine Learning, Advanced Artificial Intelligence, Software Multiagent Systems, Computer Vision, Database Systems B.S., Computer Science and Engineering (Minor in Economics), Magna cum Laude The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Relevant Coursework: Knowledge-Based Systems, Computer Networking, System Software, Object-Oriented Systems Analysis, Computer Architecture (213) 235-6955 tapanagu@usc.edu
Jun. 2005
ACADEMIC PROJECTS Machine Learning: Predicted Stock Market trends/volatility using Support Vector Machines with Bagging/Boosting Multiagent Systems: Demonstrated teamwork in Personal Assistant domains using a hybrid teamwork architecture Object Oriented Systems: Created a requirements specification document for the pricing system of Progressive Medical, Inc.; Generated detailed use cases and modeled the system using UML System Software: Developed a Simulator for the memory and registers of a computing machine of given specifications; Also implemented the Assembler and Linker/Loader for the machine’s assembly language Engineering Graphics: Built and programmed an autonomous robot using Interactive C, to simulate an apple-picking process COMPUTER SKILLS Languages: Platforms: Applications:
Java, C, C++, C#, Scheme, XML, HTML & SQL UNIX, Linux, Windows 9x/NT/2K/XP, Macintosh OS 9/X MATLAB, Visual Studio.NET, WEKA, Rational Rose, CADKEY, Xilinx ISE, MS Office
WORK EXPERIENCE Aug. 2005 – Dec. 2007 Research Assistant, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California • Developed a novel algorithm to scale up the number of agents in distributed sensor networks, modeled using distributed Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDPs) • Implemented a teamwork architecture based Multiagent Adjustable Autonomy Framework in Java, to support multi-robot, multi-human teams in performing military tactical maneuvers • Carried out extensive experiments to evaluate approximate algorithms for POMDPs Jun. 2004 – Sep. 2004 Software Design Engineer in Test, Microsoft Game Studios, Redmond, Washington • Worked on an asset management system for production of games - Programmed in C# to automate testing of features and reproduce bugs through code - Created test cases, performed intensive black-box testing and created bug reports Jun. 2003 – Sep. 2003 Research Assistant, Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Research, The Ohio State University • Programmed in C++ for Computational Geometry applications HONORS AND ACTIVITIES 2003 – Present Member of Tau Beta Pi 2001 – 2005 National Buckeye Plus Scholarship, Prestigious Scholarship, Tradition Scholarship and Engineering Dean’s Award at The Ohio State University 2001 – 2005 Dean’s List, each quarter at The Ohio State University 2000 – 2001 Deputy Head Boy of High School (organized school activities and helped maintain discipline) PUBLICATIONS J. Marecki, T. Gupta, P. Varakantham, M. Tambe and M. Yokoo, “Not All Agents are Equal: Scaling up Distributed POMDPs for Agent Networks”, 7th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), May 2008. T. Gupta, P. Varakantham, T. Rauenbusch and M. Tambe, “Demonstration of Teamwork in Uncertain Domains using Hybrid BDIPOMDP Systems”, 6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (Demo Track), May 2007. P. Varakantham, R. Maheswaran, T. Gupta and M. Tambe, “Towards Efficient Computation of Quality Bounded Solutions in POMDPs”, Proc. 20th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), January 2007. CITIZENSHIP Citizen of the United States of America
