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Refereed Publications:

• G. Fay, M. Olsen, J. Gran, O. Carja, J. Granka, A. Johnson, V. Weinberger. Agent-based model of Tasmanian Devils examines spread of Devil Facial Tumor Disease due to road construction. To appear: International Conference on Complex Systems. 2011.
• M. Olsen, K. Harrington, H. Siegelmann. Computational Emotions in a Population Dynamics Cellular Automata Encourage Collective Behavior. To appear: International Conference on Complex Systems. 2011.
• K. Tu, M. Olsen, H. Siegelmann. CIM for Improved Language Understanding. Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Logical Formalization on Commonsense Reasoning. 2011.
• M. Olsen*, K. Harrington*, H. Siegelmann. Conspecific emotional cooperation biases population dynamics: a cellular automata approach. International Journal of Natural Computing Research. 1(3):51-65. 2010. *joint first authors
• M. Olsen. Multi-Agent Fault Tolerance Inspired by a Computational Analysis of Cancer. Proceedings of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (PhD Forum). October 2010. [PDF]
• M. Olsen. Multi-Agent Fault Tolerance Inspired by a Computational Analysis of Cancer. Proceeings of AAAI Doctoral Consortium. July 2010.[PDF].
• M.M. Olsen, N. Siegelmann-Danieli, H.T. Siegelmann. Dynamic Computational Model Suggests that Cellular Citizenship is Fundamental for Selective Tumor Apoptosis. PLoS One. 5(5):e10637. May 2010. [Web]
• M. Olsen, R. Sitaraman, N. Siegelmann-Danieli, H. Siegelmann. Mathematical and computational models for cellular space in cancer growth. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research. April 2010.
• M. Olsen, K. Harrington, H. Siegelmann. Emotions for Strategic Real-Time Systems. AAAI Emotion, Personality, and Social Behavior Technical Report (SS-08-04), pp. 104-110. March 2008. [PDF]
• M. Olsen, N. Siegelmann-Danieli, H. Siegelmann. Robust Artificial Life via Artificial Programmed Death. Artificial Intelligence 172 (2008) 884-898. [PDF]
• M. Olsen, H. Siegelmann. Multi-Agent System that Attains Longevity via Death. Proceedings of the Twentieth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI). Jan 2007. [PDF]
• M. Olsen, H. Siegelmann. Artifical Death for Attaining System Longevity. Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence Summit. pp. 217-218. July 2006. [PDF]
• D. Guo, E.E. Santos, L. Fraser, M. Olsen. A Light-Weight Message Transport Framework for Multi-Agent based Simulation. Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (IASTED). Nov 2005

Presentations

• M. Olsen. Multi-Agent Fault Tolerance Inspired by a Computational Analysis of Cancer. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing PhD Forum. October 2010. Talk
• M. Olsen. Multi-Agent Fault Tolerance Inspired by a Computational Analysis of Cancer. AAAI Doctoral Consortium. July 2010. Talk
• M. Olsen, N. Foti. Introduction to Bayesian Inference. Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School Tutorial. June 2010. Talk
• M. Olsen. An Agent-based Approach to Modeling Cancer Biology. Research Talk for REU Students. June 2010. Talk
• M. Olsen, R. Sitaraman, N. Siegelmann-Danieli, H. Siegelmann. Mathematical and computational models for cellular space in cancer growth. Annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). April 2010. Poster
• M. Olsen, N. Siegelmann-Danieli, H. Siegelmann. Computational Modeling Reveals the Crucial Role of Cellular Citizenship in Selective Tumor Apoptosis. Systems Biology of Human Disease. June 2009. Poster
• M. Olsen, H.T. Siegelmann. HADES - Utilizing artificial death for fault tolerance. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. October 2008. ACM Poster Competition
• M. Olsen, K. Harrington, H.T. Siegelmann. Utilizing Emotions in Strategic Real-Time Systems. Research Talk for REU Students. July 2008. Talk
• M. Olsen, K. Harrington, H. Siegelmann. Utilizing Emotions in Strategic Real-Time Artificial Intelligence. Third New England Student Conference on Artificial Intelligence (NESCAI). May 2008. Poster
• M. Olsen, K. Harrington, H. Siegelmann. Emotions for Strategic Real-Time Systems. AAAI Spring Symposium on Emotion, Personality and Social Behavior. March 2008. Talk.
• M. Olsen, H. Siegelmann. A Multi-Agent System that Attains Longevity via Death. Second North East Student Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence (NESCAI). April 2007. Poster.
• M. Olsen, H. Siegelmann. Multi-Agent System that Attains Longevity via Death. Twentieth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI). Jan 2007. Poster.
• M. Olsen, H. Siegelmann. Artificial Death for Attaining System Longevity. UMass Computer Science Homecoming Poster Session & UMass Computer Science Saturday. October 2006. Poster.
• M. Olsen, L. Fraser, D. Guo, E.E. Santos. A Light-Weight Message Transport Framework for Multi-Agent based Simulation. Virginia Tech Undergraduate Research in Computer Science Spring Symposium. April 2005. Poster.
• M. Olsen, L. Fraser, D. Guo, E.E. Santos. A Light-Weight Message Transport Framework for Multi-Agent based Simulation. Virginia Tech Undergraduate Research Symposium. April 2005. Talk.