Peter Stone
I am
the founder and director of the
Learning Agents Research Group (LARG) within the
Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory in the
Department of
Computer Science at
The University of
Texas at Austin, as well as associate department chair and
chair of Texas Robotics.
I was a co-founder of Cogitai, Inc.
and am now Executive Director of Sony AI America.
My main research interest in AI is understanding how we can best
create complete intelligent agents. I consider adaptation,
interaction, and embodiment to be essential capabilities of such
agents. Thus, my research focuses mainly on machine learning,
multiagent systems, and robotics. To me, the most exciting research
topics are those inspired by challenging real-world problems. I
believe that complete successful research includes both precise, novel
algorithms and fully implemented and rigorously evaluated
applications. My application domains have included robot soccer,
autonomous bidding agents, autonomous vehicles, and human-interactive agents