▐ Intelligent Agents and Multiagent Systems (IAMAS) Group Computer Science and Engineering University of Nebraska 122E Avery Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0115 TEL: (402) 472-6738 FAX: (402) 472-7767 E-mail: lksoh@cse.unl.edu or iamas@cse.unl.edu
	▐ INTRODUCTION The group is led by Professor Leen-Kiat Soh with a team of students (undergraduate, M.S. and Ph.D.) who are interested in intelligent agents and multiagent systems. This group was founded in 2002 and has graduated thus far 2 Ph.D. student, 14 M.S. students, and several undergraduate students. Our research foci in this area include coalition formation, negotiation, human scaffolding, machine learning, and resource sharing. Our work has its primary application in computer-aided education.
	▐ Publications
	▐ Current Members
	Professor Leen-Kiat Soh
	Lee Dee Miller (Ph.D. candidate)
	Adam Eck (Ph.D. candidate)
	Derrick Lam (M.S. candidate)
	Vlad Chiriacescu (M.S. candidate)
	▐ Current Projects
	Computational Unified Learning Model (with Duane Shell) (2010 -- ) (Multiagent-based cognition and simulation)
	Ad Hoc Team Challenge (with R. Dasgupta) (200 -- ) (Multiagent ad hoc team formation and learning)
	Nebraska Census Research Network (NCeRN) (with A. MtCutcheon, R. Belli, and other PIs) (2010 -- ) (Intelligent Agent for Self-Administered Interviews)
	Intelligent Learning Object Guide (iLOG) (with Ashok Samal, Gwen Nugent) (2007 – ) (Self-Adaptation and Meta-Cognitive Agents)
	Renaissance Computing (with Samal, Scott, and other 7 PIs) (2008 - ) (Multiagent Coalition Formation for Collaborative Learning)
	Semantic Cyberinfrastructure for Investigation and Discovery (with Stephen Scott, and other PIs) (2008 - ) (Intelligent User Interface, Resource-Aware Multiagent Reasoning)
	▐ Past Members
Multiagent Coalition Formation in Uncertain Environments with Type-Changing Influences and Its Application Towards Forming Human Coalitions	Nobel Khandaker (Ph.D., May 2011)
Improving Multi-Agent Coalition Formation in Complex Environments	Xin Li (Ph.D., May 2007)
A Flexible Framework for Knowledge Engineering and Automation of An Adaptive Conversational Case-Retrieval System	Jared Kite (M.S., June 2007)
ILMDA: An Intelligent Tutoring System with Integrated Learning	Todd Blank (M.S., November 2005)
Language Boundaries and Excess Programming Complexity	Eric Moss (M.S., August 2005)
I-MINDS: An Intelligent Multiagent System Supported Teaching and Cooperative Learning Environment	XueSong Zhang (M.S. December 2004)
Predator/Prey Domains: Analyzing Multiagent Communication in a Noisy Environment	Kye Halsted (M.S. December 2004)
An Intelligence Module for I-MINDS	Suresh Kumar Namala (M.S. November 2004)
A Multiagent Approach Using Ontology and Operational Learning to Improve Distributed Information Retrieval	Chao Chen (M.S. November 2004)
Relaxed Database Retrieval	Ashok Kumar Thirunavukkaras (M.S. May 2004)
Using Adaptive Agents to Create a Continuous Challenge in Computer Games	Jeremy Glasser (M.S. May 2004)
Operational Distributed Ontology Learning in a Multi-Agent System	JingFei Xu (M.S. July 2003)
Case-Based Learning Behavior in a Real Time Multi-Agent System	Juan Luo (M.S. May 2003)
Virtual Bluejay – A Data Mining Approach	Guanshan Yu (UCARE student)
Distribution Fitting and Outlier Detection in the Intelligent Learning Material Delivery Agent	Akira Endo (UCARE student)
Authoritative Citation KNN Learning with Noisy Data Sets	Joseph J. Bernadt (UCARE student)
	▐ Inactive Projects
	ClassroomWiki (2008-2011)
	Intelligent Learning Materials Delivery Agent (ILMDA) (2003 – 2006)
	The Affinity Learning Project (with Dave Fowler) (2004 – 2006)
	I-MINDS (with Hong Jiang) (2002 – 2007) I-MINDS, LLC (with Hong Jiang, Art Zygielbaum) (2004 – 2007) Conference XP-Powered I-MINDS (with Hong Jiang) (2005 – 2007)
	▐ Past Projects
Multiagent coalition formation in complex environments; negotiations; distributed sensor networks	DARPA ANTS PROGRAM: The Case-Based Reflective Negotiation Model Project (with Costas Tsatsoulis) (1999-2002) (with Xin Li, Juan Luo) (2001-2007)
Intelligent online assistant for conducting interviews; conversational CBR	UNL Gallup Center ISASA (with Bob Belli, Jared Kite) (2004-2007)
Data mining; computer vision; machine learning	UNL Center for Avian Cognition Bluejay (with Alan Bond, Guanshan Yu) (2003-2006)
Strategic Cooperation in a Fox-and-Hounds Game; Large Team Playing	Multiagent Systems and Computer Games (with Kye Halsted, Jeremy Glasser) (2003-2004)
Multiagent Collaborative Conceptual Learning and Distributed Ontology	UNL Layman CUDO (ICHOIR) (with JingFei Xu, Chao Chen) (2002-2004)
	The Multi-Agent Graphical Environment (MAGE) Project (with Costas Tsatsoulis, Huseyin Sevay) (1998)