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USC News: Computer Science Thesis Helps Train Firefighters

May 25, 2007

Viterbi AI project under CREATE auspices speeds simulations

 

A former Viterbi School computer science graduate student now has his PhD, and this thesis project continues in development as a way to train firefighters and other responders to fight conflagrations.

Viterbi School artificial intelligence expert Milind Tambe and Nathan Schurr (PhD 2007) brought the complex system into being; working directly with the L.A. County Fire Department as it evolved, making sure that it remained relevant and useful. 

 

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Computer Science Thesis Helps Train Firefighters

May 25, 2007

Viterbi AI project under CREATE auspices speeds simulations

A former Viterbi School computer science graduate student now has his PhD, and this thesis project continues in development as a way to train firefighters and other responders to fight conflagrations.

Viterbi School artificial intelligence expert Milind Tambe and Nathan Schurr (PhD 2007) brought the complex system into being; working directly with the L.A. County Fire Department as it evolved, making sure that it remained relevant and useful.

The idea was to speed up and make more useful a training...

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