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<title>Dave Moriarty</title>

<h1>Dave Moriarty</h1>

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<b> PhD Student <br>
 Department of Computer Sciences <br>
 The University of Texas at Austin </b>
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<h2>Research</h2>

Sequential decision tasks appear in many practical real-world problems
including control, resource allocation, and routing.  Such tasks can
be characterized by the following scenario: An agent observes a state
of a dynamic system and selects from a finite set of actions.  The
system then enters a new state upon which the agent must select
another action.  The system may return a payoff for each decision made
or for a sequence of decisions.  The objective is to select the
sequence of actions that return the highest total or cumulative
payoff.  In my research, I evolve Neural Networks with Genetic
Algorithms to learn and perform sequential decision tasks.  I am
particularly interested in tasks where problem-specific knowledge is
currently unavailable or costly to obtain.  Some domains that I have
studied include game playing, intelligent control, and constraint
satisfaction.  For more information, see my <!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><a
href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moriarty/moriarty-papers.html"> list of publications</a>. <p>

<h2>Education</h2>

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  <!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><IMG SRC="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moriarty/orange-ball.gif"> M.S. in Computer Science, The University
of Texas at Austin, 1994. <br>
  <!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><IMG SRC="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moriarty/orange-ball.gif"> B.S. in Computer Science, <!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><a
href="http://www.tulane.edu/"> Tulane University</a>, 1992.
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<h2>Contact Information</h2>

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<dt> <b> Office: </b><br> 	
<dd> Taylor Hall 5.142 <br> 	
<dd> Phone: [phone] <br>
<dt> <b> Email address: </b> 
<dd> [e-mail] 
<dt> <b> Postal address: </b> <br>
<dd> The University of Texas at Austin <br>
<dd> Department of Computer Sciences, TAY 2.124 <br>
<dd> Austin, TX  78712-1188 <br>
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<h2>Local Links</h2>
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<!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><IMG SRC="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moriarty/orange-ball.gif"> 
<!WA5><!WA5><!WA5><!WA5><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/nn"> UTCS Neural Networks home
page </a> <br>
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<!WA7><!WA7><!WA7><!WA7><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu:80/users/ai-lab/"> AI lab home page
</a> <br>
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<!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/"> UTCS home page </a> <br>
<!WA10><!WA10><!WA10><!WA10><IMG SRC="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moriarty/orange-ball.gif"> 
<!WA11><!WA11><!WA11><!WA11><a href="http://wwwhost.cc.utexas.edu/"> UT Austin home page </a> <br>
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<h2>Other Useful Links</h2>
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<!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moriarty/research-links.html">
Research Links </a> <br>

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<!WA15><!WA15><!WA15><!WA15><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moriarty/sports-links.html">
Sports Links </a> <br>

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<!WA17><!WA17><!WA17><!WA17><a href="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moriarty/misc-links.html">
Misc. Links </a> <br>
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