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Bart Selman

Professor of Computer Science
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About

Bart Selman is a professor of computer science at Cornell University. Previously, he was at AT&T Bell Laboratories. His research interests include computational sustainability, efficient reasoning procedures, planning, knowledge representation, and connections between computer science and statistical physics. He has (co-)authored more than 100 publications, including six best paper awards. His papers have appeared in venues spanning Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and a variety of conferences and journals in AI and computer science. He has received the Cornell Stephen Miles Excellence in Teaching Award, the Cornell Outstanding Educator Award, an NSF Career Award, and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. He is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Research Website
Selman's Website
Research areas
Computing and the Environment
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Contact
(607) 255-5643
selman@cs.cornell.edu
Location
Ithaca
Office
Computing and Information Science Building 479
Profile Type
Faculty (Department)
Computer Science

Awards

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Sloan Research Fellowship

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Bart Selman
  • Research
  • 1999

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NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER)

National Science Foundation
Bart Selman
  • Education
  • 1998

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ACM Fellow

Association for Computing Machinery
Bart Selman
  • Research
  • 2012

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An ACM Fellow is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) who has achieved outstanding accomplishments in the fields of computing and information technology or made exceptional...
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AAAS Fellow

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Bart Selman
  • Research
  • 2003

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AAAI Fellow

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Bart Selman
  • Research
  • 2001

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