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Thomas D'Silva
Neural Networks Lab: Masters Alumni
Intelligent Robotics Lab: Masters Alumni
Thomas got his MS degree in the ECE department, with Risto Miikkulainen and Ben Kuipers as his supervisors. After graduating, he went to work with Language Computer Corporation in Dallas, TX.
Publications
Learning Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance for a Robot Arm Using Neuroevolution Thomas D'Silva, Risto Miikkulainen Neural Processing Letters, 2009. 2009
Autonomous Learning of Stable Quadruped Locomotion Manish Saggar and Thomas D'Silva and Nate Kohl and Peter Stone In Gerhard Lakemeyer and Elizabeth Sklar and Domenico Sorenti and Tomoichi Takahashi, editors, Ro... 2007
Integration and Evaluation of Exploration-Based Learning in Games Igor V. Karpov, Thomas D'Silva, Craig Varrichio, Kenneth O. Stanley, Risto Miikkulainen In Proceedings of the {IEEE} Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games, Reno, NV, 20... 2006
Evolving Robot Arm Controllers Using the NEAT Neuroevolution Method Thomas W. D'Silva Masters Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin... 2006
Retaining Learned Behavior During Real-Time Neuroevolution Thomas D'Silva, Roy Janik, Michael Chrien, Kenneth O. Stanley and Risto Miikkulainen Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, 2005. American Association for... 2005
Real-Time Learning in the NERO Video Game Kenneth O. Stanley, Ryan Cornelius, Risto Miikkulainen, Thomas D'Silva, and Aliza Gold In Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (A... 2005
Software/Data
NEAT C++ The NEAT package contains source code implementing the NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies method. The source code i... 2010
Areas of Interest
Evolutionary Computation Neuroevolution Robotics
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