SIFT employs a diverse group of creative professionals, exemplified
by our business and technical staff.
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Job Role
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Brief facts
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Chief Manager |
Amy Bromberg
Funk |
20+ years management and legal experience, Yale
Law '83 |
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President |
Andrea Bell
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Associate professor, Hamline University. More... |
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Chief Scientist |
Christopher
A. Miller |
Leading researcher in adaptive automation, 100+
refereed papers. More... |
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Vice-President, R&D |
Harry B. Funk |
Degrees in computer science and psychology, 15+
years technical project and program management experience. More... |
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Principal Researcher |
Robert Goldman |
Specializes in HTN planners, probabilistic reasoning
and computer security. |
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Principal Researcher |
Eric Engstrom |
Specializes in model based development and formal methods. |
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Principal Researcher |
Dave Musliner |
PhD in Computer Science/AI, specializes in real-time planning and control,intelligent autonomy, and agent-based systems.More... |
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Principal Researcher |
Kip Smith |
Specializes in cognitive systems engineering and decision making; design and analysis of empirical studies; cultural norms for team cohesion. |
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Principal Researcher |
Dan Thomsen |
MS in Computer Science; computer security expert specializing in policy management. |
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Senior Researcher |
John Maraist |
Specializes in software engineering, programming languages, scheduling
and planning. |
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Senior Researcher |
Peggy Wu |
Specializes in interaction design and implementation, with
particular emphasis on the health and elder care.More... |
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Senior Researcher |
John Phelps |
Specializes in applications of Artificial Intelligence methods to real-world problems.More... |
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Senior Researcher |
Michael Pelican |
Specializes in planning and control for autonomous systems in dynamic and uncertain environments. |
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Researcher |
Josh Hamell |
SW developer. Experienced in Java, database and test methodologies.
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Chief Research Pilot |
Howard Bell |
Lt. Colonel in USAF Reserve and Captain for Mesaba Airlines (Northwest affiliate). Has also served as an aircrew instructor, director
and creator of training programs and manager of international flight procedures for Northwest Airlines. M.S. Aeronautical Science. |
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Intern |
Tammy Ott |
MA in Human Factors Psychology. |
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Intern |
Kimberly Ferguson-Walter |
Specializes in autonomous agents, reinforcement, representation, & transfer learning; M.S. Computer Science. |
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Intern |
Vanessa Vakili |
Human factors design and experimental psychology; B.A.Sc. Industrial Engineering |