Ashok Goel

Ashok K. Goel is a Professor of Computer Science in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Ashok Goel
Born
New Delhi, India
Alma materThe Ohio State University
Scientific career
FieldsArtificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Computational Design, Online Education
InstitutionsThe Ohio State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Biomimicry Institute, Center for Biologically Inspired Design, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
ThesisIntegrating Case-Based Reasoning and Model-Based Reasoning for Adaptive Design Problem Solving (1989)
Doctoral advisorBalakrishnan Chandrasekaran
Doctoral studentsJim Davies, Eleni Stroulia
Websitehttp://dilab.gatech.edu/ashok-k-goel/

Goel is the Editor-in-Chief of AI Magazine and an Associate Editor of Design Science Journal published by the Design Research Society. He was the Co-Chair of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society in Montreal, Canada. He serves on the Steering Committees of the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Creativity & Cognition and the ACC Conference on Computational Creativity.

Research

Goel conducts research into artificial intelligence, cognitive science and human-centered computing with a focus on computational design and creativity. In 2016, his Design & Intelligence Laboratory developed Jill Watson, a virtual teaching assistant for answering questions in online education.[1]

Goel's research has appeared in Artificial Intelligence,[2] Computer-Aided Design,[3] Design Studies,[4] and Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders[5])

Goel's research has been covered by The Wall Street Journal[6] and National Public Radio[7]).

Teaching

Goel teaches an online course on knowledge-based artificial intelligence as part of Georgia Tech's Online Master of Science in Computer Science program.[8]

Selected works

Edited Volumes
  • Ashok K. Goel, Daniel McAdams & Robert Stone (2014) Biologically Inspired Design: Computational Methods and Tools. London, UK: Springer-Verlag.

Edited Journal Special Issues
  • D. Brown. A. Duffy & A. Goel. Special Issue on Machine Learning in Design, AI for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, July 1998.
  • A. Goel, R. Davis & J. Gero. Special Issue on Multimodal Design, AI for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, April 2008.
  • A. Goel & E. Do. Special Issue on Design Computing and Cognition, AI for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 24(1), February 2010.
  • A. Goel & A. Gomez. Special Issue on Knowledge-Based Design, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, September 2010.
  • C.S. Lee, J. Kolodner & A. Goel. Special Issue on Creative Design, International Journal of Educational Technology and Society, February 2011.
  • A. Goel, D. McAdams & R. Stone. Special Issue on Biologically Inspired Design, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 136(11), November 2014.
  • L.H. Shu & A. Goel. Special Issue on Analogical Thinking, AI for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, May 2015.
  • B. Díaz-Agudo & A. Goel. Special Issue on Case Based Reasoning. AI Communications, 30(3-4): 191–192, 2017.

References
  1. TEDx Talks (2016-11-01), A teaching assistant named Jill Watson | Ashok Goel | TEDxSanFrancisco
  2. Fractals and Ravens | Keith McGreggor, Maithilee Kunda & Ashok Goel | Artificial Intelligence 215, 1-23, 2014
  3. Cognitive, collaborative, conceptual and creative—four characteristics of the next generation of knowledge-based CAD systems: a study in biologically inspired design | Ashok Goel, Swaroop Vattam, Bryan Wilten & Michael Helms | Computer-Aided Design 44 (10), 879-900, 2012
  4. Biologically inspired design: process and products | Michael Helms, Swaroop Vattam & Ashok Goel | Design Studies 30 (5), 606-622, 2009
  5. Thinking in pictures as a cognitive account of autism | Maithilee Kunda & Ashok Goel | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 41 (9), 1157-1177), 2011
  6. Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot | Melissa Korn, 2016-05-06
  7. When You're Not Quite Sure If Your Teacher Is Human | Tasnim Shamma, 2017-05-08
  8. "CS 7637: Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence: Cognitive Systems | OMSCS | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA". www.omscs.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
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