Melanie Mitchell

Professor
Computer Science Department
Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science
Portland State University

and

External Professor
Santa Fe Institute

Address

Department of Computer Science
P.O. Box 751
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207-0751 USA
Tel: (503) 725-2412
E-mail: mm-AT-cs-DOT-pdx-DOT-edu

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Biographical Sketch:

Melanie Mitchell received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan in 1990. Since then she has held faculty or professional positions at the University of Michigan, the Santa Fe Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the OGI School of Science and Engineering, and Portland State University.

Curriculum Vitae

Current Courses:

Recent Courses:

Spring 2008: CS 410/510 Nonstandard Computation
Fall, 2007: CS 441/541 Artificial Intelligence
Spring 2007: CS 410/510 Machine Learning
Fall 2006: CS 441/541 Artificial Intelligence
Winter 2006: CS 410/510 Machine Learning
Fall 2005: CS 410/510 Nonstandard Computation

Research

My research interests: Intelligent systems, machine learning, and complex systems. Evolutionary computation and artificial life. Understanding how natural systems perform computation, and how to use ideas from natural systems to develop new kinds of computational systems. Cognitive science, particularly computer modeling of perception and analogy-making, emergent computation and representation, and philosophical foundations of cognitive science.