Avi Pfeffer Assistant Professor of Computer Science Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University

Courses

Fall 2002   CS282: Probabilistic Reasoning

Spring 2002   CS181: Intelligent Machines - Perception, Learning and Uncertainty

Fall 2001       CS281r: Computational Game Theory

Research

My research focuses on the design of intelligent systems that perform well in the real world. The world is a challenging place - it is large and complex, and it keeps on changing, often in unpredictable ways. I am particularly interested in systems that can deal effectively with uncertainty. Some current projects:

IBAL: A general representation language for probabilistic reasoning and decision-theoretic agents

Probabilistic Reasoning for Complex Systems

Learning Rich Probabilistic Models

Effective Algorithms for Game-Theoretic Problems

Publications

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