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I am a Senior Technical Staff Member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center where I lead the Agent Building and Learning Environment project. I've worked at IBM in Rochester, MN since 1988. For the first 11 years, I led several product development teams in the general area of data mining and business intelligence. Since 1999, I have worked at IBM Research applying machine learning and reasoning techniques to IBM products and services. My research interests include:

• Intelligent agents, multi-agent systems, agent-based modeling and simulation, and applications
• Soft computing techniques such as neural networks, fuzzy rule systems, and genetic algorithms
• Applied artificial intelligence in almost any domain

My publications include "Constructing Intelligent Agents using Java", now in its second edition. I was elected to membership in the IBM Academy of Technology in 1996 for my work on the commercialization of neural network technology. I am also an IBM Master Inventor which means I have spent a lot of time writing and reviewing patent applications. I have an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Villanova University, Villanova, PA.

Experience

I've worked in research and product development on a variety of projects.

• Project leader for the Agent Building and Learning Environment  (since 1999)
• Architect and development team leader for IBM Intelligent Miner for Data (1995-98)
• Architect and project leader for the IBM Neural Network Utility (1988-1995).
• Adjunct faculty member at Winona State University, Rochester, MN.
• Software engineer for high-speed semiconductor manufacturing equipment (1982-88)

Joseph P. Bigus
IBM Corporation
3605 Highway 52 North
Rochester, MN 55901, USA
bigus@us.ibm.com