Coordinated collaboration between Adaptive Systems Group and Memory Management group in optimization of Harlequin's memory management system, used in first release of DylanWorks. Led design and implementation of adaptive memory management components to be used in future release. Core architect on EP2000, an adaptive workflow optimization project for digital pre-press industry. Led design of scheduling and resource estimation components. Coordinated project involvement of 5 Ph.D.-level members of the Adaptive Systems Group.
System uses machine learning and real-time adaptive scheduling.
Taught basics of machine learning, automatic exploration, optimization and experiment design. Collaborated with Gerald Tesauro to empirically demonstrate the dichotomy in difficulty of machine learning problems between those which adhere to roughly polynomial sample bounds and those which converge exponentially in sample size. Disproved a standing theory which attempted to explain the dichotomy. Visiting Researcher, Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Tokyo. Developed an algorithm which learns to accurately parse complex noun phrases based on structural matches to the knowledge base.