About Professor Sheila McIlraith
Sheila McIlraith is an Associate Professor in the faculty of the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. Prior to joining UofT she has spend 7 years at Stanford University where she was a senior research scientist in the Knowledge Systems Lab, Computer Science Department. Her research is in artificial intelligence, specifically knowledge representation and automated reasoning (KRR).Her areas of research include:
- knowledge representation and reasoning for the Semantic Web, including automated composition of Web Services
- diagnostic problem solving (diagnosis, testing and repair) of discrete and hybrid (discrete + continuous) dynamical systems
- model-based programming of next-generation web agents, and complex NASA space systems
- detecting and exploiting structure in logical theories to improve the efficiency of reasoning
- reasoning about action and change
- mathematical foundations of knowledge representation and reasoning
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