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Bill Birmingham's Homepage
Bill Birmingham
Associate Professor
Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Michigan
Joint Appointment with
School of Information (SI)
Office Address:
128 ATL Building
1101 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2110
Email: wpb@umich.edu
Phone: (313) 936-1590
FAX: (313) 763-1260
Video (CU-See Me): 141.212.36.20
Lab Affiliations
A Brief bio is available.
Research Interests
The study of design is the study of intelligent behavior. Humans are unique
in their ability to design artifacts to change the environment around them, both physical and intellectual. Thus, the study of design is central to the study of
artificial intelligence.
The following projects blend research in agent-based systems (decentralized control, with opportunistic interaction to achieve design goals), optimization,
and knowledge systems.
I also am involved in
The University of Michigan's Digital Library Project , where I lead the development of the agent architecture.
Some research papers are available (more
on the way).
Graduates students in my research group:
Tim Darr
Joe D'Ambrosio
Frtiz Freiheit
Sun Park
Eric Glover
Susan McDaniel
My students and I meet once a week to discuss research papers that are related
to our work, or are just plain fun. Any student or faculty member
is welcome to these meetings. The schedule of topics is available.
Teaching Activities:
Associated activities
I'm on the editorial board of the following publications:
Other Stuff
My wife, Stacy
Bike , is a professor in the
Chemical Engineering Department.
Back by popular demand: See
who
engineered the greatest peacetime economic expansion.
Interested in digital libraries? Check out the
lastest research, news, and related activities.
Last Updated: 9/3/96