Research Areas

Main research projects are listed below. There’s a lot more that isn’t covered here, but you can find by browsing the publications, by topic.

Computational Modeling of Human Social Cognition
Algorithms and Computer Models of Human Social Cognition.
Plan-, Goal-, and Intent- Recognition
Algorithms that allow one agent to understand what others are doing, intend to do, and want to achieve.
Rivendell: Project-Based Scientific Paper Search
A search engine for scientists, using machine learning to assist in searching for papers in a given topic.
ISF Smart Swarms Center
The ISF Smart Swarms Center investigates mixed robot and animal swarms.
Tolkien Project: Programming Molecular Robots (Nanobots)
The Tolkien Project seeks to develop programming infrastructure (programming languages, simulators, libraries) to revolutionize the development of nanobots (molecular robots) for medical applications.
Multi-robot formation maintenance
Multiple robots maintaining a geometric formation or localizing with respect to each other.
BITE: Bar Ilan Teamwork Engine
Distributed multi-robot teamwork control architecture. Whatever the task, the robots will act as a team.
Multi-Robot Teamwork in Coverage, Patrolling, and Formation Maintenance.
Multiple robots maintaining a geometric formation, covering an area, or patrolling.