Talib Hussain, Ph.D.

Researcher and Developer in AI, Serious Games and Educational Technology

Research Expertise

artificial general intelligence

computational intelligence

serious games

About

Computer science researcher with over 20 years of experience researching and developing cutting edge prototypes and deployed solutions across a diverse set of technical areas, including machine learning, artificial intelligence, instructional technology, logistics, decision support systems, and networking. Proven capability to generate innovative technical visions, gain funding, build interdisciplinary teams and lead teams to achieve the vision. Deep experience in all phases of software lifecycle from architecture/algorithm design to development and integration, and in all aspects of project and team management. Experienced in working in fast-paced, demanding and highly creative environments while working on multiple team efforts simultaneously. Adapts to evolving circumstances, advocates agile approaches for ensuring success, and encourages best practices on his teams. Enjoys working with diverse, interdisciplinary teams, and learning about new domains and technologies.

Publications

Tactical UGV navigation and logistics planning

Proceedings of the 7th annual workshop on Genetic and evolutionary computation

2005

Adaptive reconfiguration of data networks using genetic algorithms

Applied Soft Computing

2004

Synthetic Learning Environments: On Developing a Science of Simulation, Games, and Virtual Worlds for Training

Learning, Training, and Development in Organizations

2009

The use of Massive Multi-Player Gaming technology for military training: A preliminary evaluation

PsycEXTRA Dataset

2005

Learning from Observing: Vision and POIROT - Using Metareasoning for Self Adaptation

2010 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems Workshop

2010

Editorial Introduction

Evolutionary Computation

1998

Introduction

Design and Development of Training Games

2014

Adaptive Dynamic Radio Open-source Intelligent Team (ADROIT): Cognitively-controlled Collaboration among SDR Nodes

2006 1st IEEE Workshop on Networking Technologies for Software Defined Radio Networks

2006

Evolution-Based Deliberative Planning for Cooperating Unmanned Ground Vehicles in a Dynamic Environment

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

2004

The Use of Massive Multi-Player Gaming Technology for Military Training: A Preliminary Evaluation

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting

2005

Establishing a Science of Game Based Learning

Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies

2010

Flexible and Purposeful NPC Behaviors using Real-Time Genetic Control

2006 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation

Network generating attribute grammar encoding

1998 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks Proceedings. IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (Cat. No.98CH36227)

Evolving neural networks using attribute grammars

2000 IEEE Symposium on Combinations of Evolutionary Computation and Neural Networks. Proceedings of the First IEEE Symposium on Combinations of Evolutionary Computation and Neural Networks (Cat. No.00EX448)

An Abstraction Framework for Cooperation Among Agents and People in a Virtual World

Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment

2021

Large scale testing of pervasive computing systems using multi-agent simulation

Third International Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems, 2005.

Methods for Assessing and Debriefing Team and Multi-Team Performance in Distributed Simulation-Based Training

Attribute grammar encoding based upon a generic neural markup language: facilitating the design of theoretical neural network models

2004 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37541)

Opening Cinematics

Simulation & Gaming

2013

Incorporating Human Behavior in Healthcare Simulation Models

Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference

2006

Lithofacies prediction from wireline logs with genetic algorithms and neural networks

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft

1997

Effect of Induced Refractive Error and Nuclear Sclerotic Cataracts on Ishihara Colour Plate Testing

International Journal of Ophthalmology & Eye Science

2014

A divide-and-conquer methodology for modular supervised neural network design

Proceedings of 1994 IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN'94)

1994

Making Hard Fun in Crowdsourced Model Checking -- Balancing Crowd Engagement and Efficiency to Maximize Output in Proof by Games

2015 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Workshop on CrowdSourcing in Software Engineering

2015

Learning Game Disciplines

Design and Development of Training Games

2014

Enabling open-source cognitively-controlled collaboration among software-defined radio nodes

Computer Networks

2008

POIROT

Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Knowledge capture

2009

Impact of Individual Game-Based Training on Team Cognitive Readiness

Teaching and Measuring Cognitive Readiness

2013

Distributed Mission Monitoring & Operations

Space OPS 2004 Conference

2004

Training Asian Instructional Designers

Distance Education Technologies in Asia

2010

Cognitive Networks: Standardizing the Large Scale Wireless Systems

2008 5th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference

2008

Cognitive Adaptation for Teams in ADROIT

IEEE GLOBECOM 2007-2007 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

2007

Diophantine m-tuples with the property D(n)

Glasnik Matematicki

2019

The Effectiveness of Narrative Pre-Experiences for Creating Context in Military Training

Simulation & Gaming

2013

Considering User Knowledge in the Evaluation of Training System Usability

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

2009

Hierarchical, extensible search-based framework for airlift and sealift scheduling using discrete event simulation

2015 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)

2015

Infusing industry, community, and the Coast Guard into the Civil Engineering Program at the United States Coast Guard Academy

2009 39th IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference

2009

A Genetic-Algorithm-Based Reconfigurable Scheduler

Studies in Computational Intelligence

2007

A reconfigurable multiagent society for transportation scheduling and dynamic rescheduling

International Conference on Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems, 2005.

Robust and flexible air Mobility scheduling using stochastic simulation-based assessment

2015 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)

2015

Game-based Training of Listening Skills: The Effects of Degraded Communications

International Journal of Serious Games

2014

Military Operations Research Society (MORS) Oral History Project Interview of Dr. Joseph H. Engel

Military Operations Research

2014

Game Review Criteria

Design and Development of Training Games

2014

A Meta-Model Perspective and Attribute Grammar Approach to Facilitating the Development of Novel Neural Network Models

Studies in Computational Intelligence

2011

Advocates and critics for tactical behaviors in UGV navigation

SPIE Proceedings

2005

Bridging the Gap from Design to Implementation

Design and Development of Training Games

2014

MACHS: An authoring tool to create serious games for machine-tool operator training

2011 9th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA)

2011

Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning Workshop at IJCAI-05, Edinburgh, Scotland

Cognitive Systems Research

2005

<title>Using attribute grammars for the genetic selection of back-propagation networks for character recognition</title>

SPIE Proceedings

1999

Development Methods

Design and Development of Training Games

2014

Multidisciplinary Learning Game Development Method

Design and Development of Training Games

2014

Re-prioritizing Recruit Training

Unknown Venue

2009

Feasibility of a Meditation Video Game to Reduce Anxiety in College Students

OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine

2018

Human Behavior Models for Agents in Simulators and Games: Part II: Gamebot Engineering with PMFserv

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

2006

Special issue on knowledge management for education

Education for Information

2015

Education

Queen's University

Ph.D., Computer Science / August, 2003

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Experience

John Abbott College

Faculty / January, 2021 — Present

Raytheon BBN Technologies

Senior Scientist / November, 2000 — August, 2018

Principal investigator, lead and/or developer on 20+ projects, primarily in AI, serious games and logistics, with most projects using Agile development methods. Experienced in all aspects of project management and in leading multidisciplinary industry/academia teams.

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