Marie desJardins
Official Word of the 2011 UMBC Google CS4HS
Workshop:
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University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Department of Computer Science and Electrical
Engineering
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
(410) 455-3967
Fax: (410) 455-3969
Office: ITE 337
mariedj @ cs.umbc.edu
Also affiliated with the University
of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computing Studies (UMIACS), UMBC's Bioinformatics Research Center,
Women in Science and Engineering, and the Center for Women in Information Technology
This page has been translated into German!
(I make no guarantees as to accuracy or currency.)
My Opinion
"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest."
--Thomas Jefferson, "Rights of British America"
I've moved my opinion to my blog
(yes, that's right, I've decided to join the 21st century..but slowly!)
You may be able to infer some of my opinions from my "Quotidian
Quotes" (upper right of the page).
Peace.
Clearly, I need to visit more (any) countries below the Equator...
Create your
own visited countries map!
Office Hours
Fall 2011 office hours: Tuesdays 3:45-4:45pm; Thursdays 10:30-11:20
Any time my door is open, you should feel free to interrupt me. If my door
is ajar, you should knock if it's important. If my door is closed, please
knock only for urgent matters. I am also happy to meet with students
by appointment, and I try to respond to e-mail within 24 hours.
Curriculum Vita
Here's my current c.v. in PDF format.
Research: MAPLE
My research is in artificial intelligence. My current research interests
are in planning, learning, and multiagent systems. My research group is called
MAPLE (Multi-Agent Planning and LEarning). You can find more information
about MAPLE, including research areas, students, and publications, at the
MAPLE web page.
Teaching
Spring 2012 -
CMSC 601 (Research Skills for Computer Scientists)
Spring 2012 -
HONR 300/CMSC
491H (Computation, Complexity, and Emergence)
Fall 2011 - CMSC
471 (Introduction to Artificial Intelligence)
Fall 2011 -
CMSC
100H
(Introduction to Computers and Programming - Honors Discussion Section)
Spring 2011 - HONR 300/CMSC
491H (Computation, Complexity, and Emergence)
Fall 2010 -
CMSC
100H
(Introduction to Computers and Programming - Honors Discussion Section)
Fall 2010 -
CMSC 671 (Introduction to Artificial Intelligence)
Fall 2009 - CMSC
100/100H (Introduction to Computers and Programming)
Fall 2009 - CMSC
471 (Introduction to Artificial Intelligence)
Spring 2009 -
CMSC 601 (Research Skills for Computer Scientists)
Spring 2009 - CMSC 691P (Teaching Computer Science I in Python)
Fall 2008 - CMSC
100/100H (Introduction to Computers and Programming)
Fall 2007 / Spring 2008 - On sabbatical
Spring 2007 - CMSC
477/677 (Agent Architectures and Multi-Agent Systems)
Fall 2006 -
CMSC 201 (Computer Science I for Majors)
Spring 2006 - CMSC 691B (Basic Research Skills)
Fall 2005 - CMSC 671
(Introduction to Artificial Intelligence)
Spring 2005 - CMSC
477/677 (Agent Architectures and Multi-Agent Systems)
Fall 2004 - CMSC 471
(Introduction to Artificial Intelligence)
Spring 2004 - CMSC 691B (Basic Research Skills)
Fall 2003 - CMSC 671 (Introduction
to Artificial Intelligence); CMSC 691E (Emergence;
enrollment by permission only)
Spring 2003 - CMSC 491M/691M
(Agent Architectures and Multi-Agent Systems).
Fall 2002 - CMSC
203 (Discrete Structures), CMSC 471
(Introduction to Artificial Intelligence)
Spring 2002 - CMSC 691M,
(Agent Architectures and Multi-Agent Systems)
Fall 2001 - CMSC 671 (Introduction
to Artificial Intelligence)
Other Stuff
I've been involved wih the AAAI/SIGART Doctoral Consortium
since 2000. It's a great event for grad students midway
in their careers to present their proposed dissertation
research to established researchers, receive feedback,
and network with each other. Kiri Wagstaff and I have
put together a brief history of the students and mentors
who have been involevd with the program.
Writing Tips
Here's a document that I put
together, with standard editing symbols, my own cryptic editing
abbreviations, and my list of "pet writing peeves." If you
write anything for me, please read these first -- and consider
yourself forewarned!
I wrote a paper full of advice for graduate students and advisors, and I
hope you find it interesting! I've also written a short document with some
advice on how to
organize a workshop that you might find useful.
(You can also view
a Romanian translation, courtesy of azoft.)
A few years ago, I gave a short
talk to the MAPLE research group on Presenting your research: Papers, talks and
chats.
The slides that I presented at the Fall 2003 UMBC CS&EE graduate student
orientation are here.
The complete (including hidden) slides from my July 2005
presentation on "Presenting Your
Research:Papers, Presentations, and People" at the AAAI/SIGART
Doctoral Consortium are here.
Here are some really useful tips
for new teachers (aimed at TAs, but useful for new faculty too!).
A collection of links about jobs, fellowships, internships, and
generally useful advice. Not particularly up to date, but you
may find something worthwhile.
Rob Holte, Rob Schapire, and I gave a mini-tutorial at ICML-03 on "The Three
R's of Publishing Machine Learning Papers: Research, 'Riting, and Reviews."
Here are links to my slides, Rob Holte's
slides on reviewing and experimental methodologies, and Rob
Schapire's slides on writing and
formal methods.
AI & Nature
Fall 2006 Honors Forum
talk on AI & Nature
School Redistricting
IAAI-2006
talk on school redistricting
Some funny
and serious
stuff I've collected over the years. (I didn't write most of these items.
I take no responsibility for their content, but full responsibility for my
sense of humor and political leanings.) There are also a few favorite recipes here.
Marie desJardins,
mariedj @ cs.umbc.edu