Shlomo Zilberstein | |
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Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Tel Aviv, Israel |
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Known for |
Anytime Algorithms Decentralized Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes |
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Institutions | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
Thesis | Operational Rationality Through Compilation of Anytime Algorithms (1993) |
Doctoral advisor | Stuart J. Russell |
Website |
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Shlomo Zilberstein (Hebrew: שלמה זילברשטיין; born 1960) is an Israeli-American computer scientist. He is a Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Research and Engagement in the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. [1] He graduated with a B.A. in Computer Science summa cum laude from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 1982, and received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California at Berkeley in 1993, advised by Stuart J. Russell. [2] [3] He is known for his contributions to artificial intelligence, anytime algorithms, multi-agent systems, and automated planning and scheduling algorithms, notably within the context of Markov decision processes (MDPs), Partially Observable MDPs (POMDPs), and Decentralized POMDPs (Dec-POMDPs).
His research is in the area of artificial intelligence, specifically automated planning, in addition to decision theory, reasoning under uncertainty, heuristic search, automated coordination and communication, and reinforcement learning. [4]
He directs the Resource-Bounded Reasoning Laboratory [5] at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. [6] In 2002, Daniel S. Bernstein, Robert Givan, Neil Immerman, and Shlomo Zilberstein introduced the Decentralized POMDP which extends the widely used single-agent POMDP model to a multi-agent scenario ( Dec-POMDP). [7] He has also developed AI algorithms for semi-autonomous systems with potential applications to semi-autonomous cars. [8] [9] [10] [11]
He served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research and associate editor of the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. [12] Additionally, he served as chair of the conference committee for both the Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. [13] [14] The National Science Foundation awarded Dr. Zilberstein with the RIA, CAREER, and ITR awards. [15] He was elected as a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence [16] in 2011 and of the Association for Computing Machinery [17] in 2021.