interests= I've been obsessed with artificial intelligence ever since I can remember.I guess some of us want to create that controlled environment. :-) I have completed advanced studies in AI <a href="embodied.html" target="_blank"><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">(Embodied intelligence - [6.836] 1999)</font></a> at <a href="http://www.ai.mit.edu" target="_blank"><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">MIT</FONT></a> covering Humanoid Robotics, Cognitive Robotics and Embodied intelligence. I was fortunate to be a student of Rodney Brooks: Fujitsu Professor of Computer Science and Engineering (EECS Dept), and Director of the <a href="http://www.ai.mit.edu" target="_blank"><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">Artificial Intelligence Labratory</FONT></a> at the <a href="http://web.mit.edu" target="_blank"><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</FONT></a>. <br>Rodney has turned the fields of AI on its head by introducing the behavior-based approach to robotics. His new book (Cambrian Intelligence) published [1999] (MIT PRESS), so if you are a fan of AI, you should go and get yourself a copy. This section of my web-site is dedicated to <a href="http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/brooks/index.shtml" target="_blank"><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">Rodney Brooks.</font></a> To a great professor, a pioneer of AI, and a legend. Thanks Rodney! <br>Resources...<br><br> <a href="javascript:launchwin('http://www.kasra.com/clip.html' , 'newwindow' , 'height=400,width=400,scrollbar=0')"><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">a clip of Rodney from the movie "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control"</FONT></a> <a href="javascript:launchwin('http://www.kasra.com/proj.html' , 'newwindow', 'height=400,width=400,scrollbar=1')"><br><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">a list of some of his projects</FONT></a> <a href="javascript:launchwin('http://www.kasra.com/papers.html' , 'newwindow' , 'height=400,width=400,scrollbars=1')"><br><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">download and read some of his papers</FONT></a> <a href="javascript:launchwin('http://www.kasra.com/published.html' , 'newwindow' , 'height=400,width=400,scrollbars=1')"><br><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">a listing of his published papers</FONT></a><a href="javascript:launchwin('http://www.kasra.com/mit/slider.swf' , 'newwindow' , 'height=400,width=400,scrollbar=0')"><br><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">pictures at  MIT</FONT></a> (all links open up in a new floating window)<br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375420797/qid=1023357073/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-1288619-6415245" target="_blank"><br><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">Rodney Brooks' New Books (Flesh and Machines)</FONT></a><br>




