Education:

• Ph.D., Computer Science, 1994 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
• M.S., Biomedical Engineering, 1993 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
• M.S., Computer Science, 1988 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
• B.A. (Highest Honors), Computer Science, 1986 University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

Teaching:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Software Engineering
• Mobile Robotics
• Computer Systems Design

Service:

Research:

• Autonomous Mobile Robots for Harsh Environments
• Biomedical Robotics
• Distributed Robotics
• Multi-Agent Systems
• Software Engineering

Affiliations:

Memberships:

• Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Honors:

• Celebration of Teaching Award, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, 2004
• School of Engineering Miller Scholar, 2001
• Engineering Expo Educator Award, 2001
• Henry E. Gould Teaching Award, 2000

Selected Publications:

• Davide Brugali, Arvin Agah, Issa A.D. Nesnas, and William D. Smart. (2005). Research directions in software development for robotics. In Davide Brugali (Ed.) Software Engineering for Experimental Robotics, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR), Heidelberg, Germany, in print.
• Richard S. Stansbury, Eric L. Akers, Hans P. Harmon, and Arvin Agah. (2005). A software architecture for autonomous mobile robots in harsh environments. In Davide Brugali (Ed.) Software Engineering for Experimental Robotics, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR), Heidelberg, Germany, in print.
• Prasanna G. Ramasubramanian, Arvin Agah, and Susan E. Gauch. (2005). An intelligent information retrieval system using automatic word sense disambiguation. Journal of Intelligent Systems, in print.
• Khashayar Razpoush Baghaei and Arvin Agah. (2005). Multi-agent task allocation for robot soccer. Journal of Intelligent Systems, in print.
• Richard S. Stansbury, Eric L. Akers, Hans P. Harmon, and Arvin Agah. (2004). Survivability, mobility, and functionality of a rover for radars in polar regions. International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, Vol. 2, Number 3, 343-353.
• Eimei Oyama, Taro Maeda, Susumu Tachi, Karl F. MacDorman, and Arvin Agah. (2002). On the use of forward kinematic models in visually guided hand position control–analysis based on ISLES model. In James M. Bower (Ed.) Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research 2002, Elsevier Science Ltd., New York, New York, 965-972.
• Mara Elizabeth Jones and Arvin Agah. (2002). Evolution of Digital Images. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics–Part C: Applications and Reviews, August 2002, Vol. 32, No. 3, 261-271.
• Daniel James Collins and Arvin Agah. (2002). Control of distributed micro air vehicles for varying topologies and teams sizes. The Transactions on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering, June 2002, Vol. 4, No. 2, 176-187.
• Fei He and Arvin Agah. (2001). Multi-modal human interactions with an intelligent interface utilizing images, sounds, and force feedback. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, Vol. 32, No. 2, 171-190.
• Arvin Agah. (2001). Personal Robotics. In Rojas, Raul (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, ISBN: 1-57958-235-4.
• John Travis Butler and Arvin Agah. (2001). Psychological effects of behavior patterns of a mobile personal robot. Autonomous Robots Journal, Special Issue on Personal Robotics, Vol. 10, No. 2, 185-202.
• Arvin Agah (2001). Human interactions with intelligent systems: research taxonomy and survey. Computers and Electrical Engineering, An International Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1, January 2001, 71- 107.

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