Education

• B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1977.
• M.S. in Computer Science, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, 1980.
• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, 1983.

Research

• Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems 
  (Modeling, Simulation, Model-based Design, Diagnostics & Prognostics)
• Open Ended Learning Environments
  (Betty's Brain SimSelf, CTSiM, C3STEM,
  Metacognition and Learning, Learning Analytics & Educational Data Mining)
• Intelligent Learning Environments and Cognitive Science (old)
• Knowledge Discovery from Databases (old)
• Intelligent Manufacturing (old)

Teaching

• Embedded and Hybrid Systems -- CS 376 (Fall 2010, 2011, 2012)
  
• Modeling and Simulation -- CS 274 (Spring 2012)
  (Taught in alternate Spring semesters)
• Intelligent Learning Environments -- CS 364 (Spring 2013)
  (Taught in alternate Spring semesters)
• Model-Based Diagnosis -- CS 386 (Spring 2013)
  (Taught every 2-3 years)
• Advanced Artificial Intelligence -- CS 360 (last taught: Fall 2009)
  

Recent Awards

• NASA 2011 Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Technology and Innovation Group Award for Vehicle Level Reasoning System (VLRS) -- jointly  with Honeywell Tech Center Researchers
  
  Vanderbilt Team Contributions: Data Mining approaches to Augment Diagnostics Reference Models
  
  
• Best Paper Award: 5th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, 2012 Chania, Greece: Identifying Learning Behaviors by Contextualizing Differential Sequence Mining with Action Features and Performance Evolution.
• Best Student Paper Award:  20^th International Conference on Computers in Education, Singapore, 2012: A Science Learning Environment using a Computational Thinking Approach.
• Best Paper Award: Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society (PHM 2012), Minneapolis, MN: Bayesian Framework Approach for Prognostic Studies in Electrolytic Capacitor under Thermal Overstress Conditions.
• Best Student Paper Award: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference 2012, Garden Grove, CA: Prognostics Health Management and Physics based failure Models for Electrolytic Capacitors.
• Best Paper Award:Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society(PHM 2011) Montreal, Canada: A Model-based Prognostics Methodology for Electrolytic Capacitors Based on Electrical Overstress Accelerated Aging.
• Best Student Paper Award: IEEE AUTOTESTCON 2010, Orlando, FL: Integrated Diagnostic/Prognostic Experimental Setup for Capacitor Degradation and Health Monitoring.

Resume

• Complete Vita (.pdf file)

Personal

Office

Voice: (615) 343-6204

Fax: (615) 343-7440

Email: gautam.biswas AT vanderbilt.edu