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Dean Hougen

Education
PhD, Computer Science
    University of Minnesota
    (Graduate minor in Cognitive Science)
BS, Computer Science
    Iowa State University

Experience
Associate Professor
    University of Oklahoma
Associate Director
    Center for Distributed Robotics
    University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor
    University of Minnesota

CONTACT

E-mail: hougen@ou.edu
Web: www.cs.ou.edu/~hougen/
Phone: (405) 325-3150
Office: EL 128

 

 

Dean Hougen

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, multi-agent systems, and knowledge-based systems.

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Dean F. Hougen received his BS in Computer Science from Iowa State University in 1988, with minors in Philosophy and Mathematics, and his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota in 1998, with a graduate minor in Cognitive Science. With over a decade of experience in all areas of artificial intelligence, his primary research involves robotics and machine learning, focusing on distributed heterogeneous robotic systems and situated learning in real robotic systems, including reinforcement learning, connectionist learning, and evolutionary computation. He has also worked in the areas of expert systems, decision support systems, geographic information systems, and user interfaces, developing several fielded systems in these areas. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma and founded the Robotic Intelligence and Learning Laboratory there. He is also a founding member of the Oklahoma Center for the Study of Adaptive Systems at the University of Oklahoma. Before coming to Oklahoma, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Associate Director of the Center for Distributed Robotics, both at the University of Minnesota.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 Pedro A. Diaz-Gomez and Dean F. Hougen. "A Genetic Algorithm Approach for Doing Misuse Detection in Audit Trail Files." IEEE International Conference on Computing, November 2006.

Brent E. Eskridge and Dean F. Hougen. "An Analysis of Memetic Crossover's Impact on a Population." IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, pages 6844-6850, July 2006.

Brent E. Eskridge and Dean F. Hougen.  "Prioritizing Fuzzy Behaviors in Multi-Robot Pursuit Teams." IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, pages 6039-6045, July 2006.

Pedro A. Diaz-Gomez and Dean F. Hougen. "The Snake in the Box Problem: Mathematical
Conjecture and a Genetic Algorithm Approach." Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
Conference, pages 1409-1410, July 2006.

Pedro A. Diaz-Gomez and Dean F. Hougen.  "Genetic Algorithms for Hunting Snakes in
Hypercubes: Fitness Function Analysis and Open Questions." Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE/Association for Computer and Information Science International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, and Parallel/Distributed Computing, pages 389-394, June 2006.

Pedro A. Diaz-Gomez and Dean F. Hougen. "Three Approaches to Intrusion Detection: Analysis and Enhancements." Asociación Colombiana de Ingenieros de Sistemas Sixth National Computer and Information Security Conference, unnumbered, June 2006.

Sreedevi Chandrasekaran and Dean F. Hougen.  "Trade-Offs in Cooperative Goal Seek using Nano-Devices." Nano Science and Technology Institute Ninth Annual Nanotechnology Conference, unnumbered, May 2006.

Sreedevi Chandrasekaran and Dean F. Hougen.  "Swarm Intelligence for Cooperation of Bio-Nano Robots using Quorum Sensing." Second American Society for  Microbiology/IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference on Bio, Micro and Nanosystems, unnumbered, January 2006.

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