The mandatory, boring, mug shot.

Charles W. Anderson Professor Department of Computer Science Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA anderson@cs.colostate.edu or Chuck.Anderson@colostate.edu Office: 212A University Services Center, 601 S. Howes Street 970-491-7491

On Quandary Peak, CO, at 14,265 feet

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Pictures from my 2007 sabbatical leave in Switzerland and Ireland are at www.cs.colostate.edu/~anderson/euro07

Fall 2008

Research

Most of my research is directed towards improving existing, though inadequate, solutions to hard problems by adding a learning component. For me, this usually means adding artificial neural networks to model the existing solution or to discover new solutions via reinforcement learning. Follow the links below to learn more about each project and find links to publications. A diagram of my research threads is available in Adobe Acrobat. You may also read through a summary of the artificial intelligence program at Colorado State.

• Reinforcement Learning and Control, (also see Robust Reinforcement Learning Control)
• EEG Pattern Classification, for Brain-Machine Interfaces
• Modeling and Control of Algae Populations for Biodiesel Production
• Atmosphere Model Inversion with Neural Networks
• Computer Graphics (segmentation, NURBS, radiosity)
• Adaptive Training of Pilots
• Neural Modeling, as part of the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Neurosciences Program at CSU
• Software and Hardware Testing
• Computer Vision
• Parallel Implementations
• Public-domain software that I have developed is also available.

Here are some links to web sites and on-line papers that I have recently found interesting. Most are related to my research, but do not directly fit in one of the above topics.

Current Classes

• CS253: Problem-Solving with C++, Fall, 2008
• CS640: Advanced AI, Fall, 2008

Sample of Past Classes

• NSCC192: First Year Seminar, Spring, 2001
• CS200: Data Structures and Algorithms , Fall, 1998, Spring, 1999.
• CS201: Discrete Structures, Section 1, Spring, 1997.
• CS253: Problem Solving with C++ Spring, 2005, Spring, 2002, Fall, 2000.
• CS301: Foundations of Computer Science, Spring, 2006, Spring, 2002,
• CS410: Introduction to Computer Graphics, Spring, 2000.
• CS440: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Fall, 2004
• CS440: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Fall, 2001, Fall, 1996.
• CS510: Computer Graphics, Spring, 1997.
• CS540: Artificial Intelligence, Spring, 1998.
• CS545: Machine Learning, Fall, 2006
• CS612: Computer Graphics Seminar, Fall, 1997.
• CS640/641: Advanced Artificial Intelligence, Fall/Spring, 2002/2003.
• CS680: Neural Networks and Reinforcement Learning, Spring, 1996.
• CS681: Reinforcement Learning and Neural Networks, Spring, 1999.

For Students

• Here are some links to sites with advice on poster design.
• If you would like to ask me to serve on your Masters or Ph.D. graduate committee, please read this.
• Local ACM Chapter, a club for computer science students and professionals, Pictures from the 2000 Computer Science Club's Geek Olympics
• List of research topics that I would like to work on with local students.
• The Hitchhiker's guides to surviving computer science graduate school, by Ronald Azuma,
• Useful pointers for CS PhD Students, collected by Yolanda Gil at ISI.
• Information for graduate students and those considering graduate study in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering, maintained by Tim Finin at UMBC.
• A letter from Duane Bailey, Williams College, to research students in computer science.
• The Graduate School Survival Guide, from the Stanford University Medical School.

Miscellaneous

• Execution speed of simple matrix operations in several languages on several machines, including an HP xw9300,
• Linux installation notes
• Linguistics Links
• Pictures from CS picnic, September, 2001.
• Fort Collins Weather Radar Loop
• Fort Collins Webcams, Fort Collins Air Quality Webcam, 9News, Larimer County Courthouse Construction, downtown Fort Collins
• Northern Colorado Astronomical Society
• Lunar eclipse, November 8, 2003, taken with a 1-megapixel digital camera through the eyepiece of an 8" reflector. Taken by David Anderson.
• Astronomy Picture of the Day, from NASA
• Longs Peak Pictures
• David's Movie
• Poems, in the Yet Another Night Before Christmas theme: my poem titled Twas the Year Before Tenure.
• Wind Power in Fort Collins.

Biographical Information

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