Biographical sketch of authors
William Mark
SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, California 94025 (electronic mail: bill.mark@sri.com).
Dr. Mark is vice president of the Information and Computing Sciences Division of SRI International. This division creates new technology in information security, system design, speech and natural language, vision and perception, planning and reasoning, and formal methods. The group performs leading-edge research, with a strong interest in intellectual property creation and commercialization. Prior to joining SRI, Dr. Mark headed the System Technology Group at National Semiconductor. He was formerly Director of Information and Computing Sciences at the Lockheed Martin Palo Alto Research Laboratories, and was a cofounder of Savoir, a company developing software tools for flexible manufacturing. Previously, he held positions at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute and the General Motors Research Laboratories. He holds a Ph.D. degree in computer science from MIT. His personal research interests include system design and smart spaces.
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