====== About Me ======

^**Stephen Cannon**                                                                                               ^^
|e-mail: <aiArtificer@SyntheticSapien.com>                                                                        ||
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|Software Engineer                                           |Master of Science Graduate                           |
|[[http://www.sharedspectrum.com/|Shared Spectrum Company]]  |[[http://ite.gmu.edu/|School of IT&E]]               |
|:::                                                         |[[http://www.gmu.edu/|George Mason University]]      |

==== Research Interests ====

Bayesian methods, machine learning, game theory, and artificial intelligence in general.


==== Resume ====

[[http://syntheticsapien.com/papers/Stephen_Cannon_Resume_June_2011_PUBLIC.pdf|Resume last updated April, 2011]]


==== Selected Publications ====

  * **"Analysis of the Relationship between Partially Dynamic Bayesian Network Architecture and Inference Algorithm Effectiveness,"** Stephen Cannon, A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science at George Mason University, 2007 [ [[http://syntheticsapien.com/papers/Thesis_Stephen_Cannon.pdf|pdf]] ]
  * **"Credibility Models,"** Charles Twardy, Edward Wright, Stephen Cannon, Masami Takikawa, UAI Applications Workshop 2007, 2007 [ [[http://syntheticsapien.com/papers/Credibility_Models.pdf|pdf]] ]
  * **"Is It Worth a Hoot? Qualms about OWL for Uncertainty Reasoning,"** Mike Pool, Francis Fung, Stephen Cannon, Jeffrey Aikin, W3: Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web, 2005 [ [[http://syntheticsapien.com/papers/URSW_Proceedings.pdf|pdf]] ]