Lawrence A. Birnbaum Director, Intellectual Property Management Associate Professor, Computer Science 1890 Maple Room 3-280 Evanston, IL 60201-3159 Phone: (847) 491-3500

Larry Birnbaum completed his dissertation at Yale University in 1986 and began his career there as a lecturer and assistant professor in the Computer Science Department. In 1989, he was lured to Northwestern University where he has risen through the ranks from assistant to associate professor in the computer science department. Professor Birnbaum served as Chair of the CS department from 1998 to 2001. He is also an associate professor in Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy. Professor Birnbaum was instrumental in the establishment of the Intelligent Information Laboratory (InfoLab), convincing his colleague, Professor Kris Hammond, to come from University of Chicago to Northwestern with his students to start the lab. Subsequently, the two professors came up with a new concept for the commercialization of technology and were successful in getting Northwestern and Motorola Ventures to back the Information Technology Development Laboratory or DevLab. Professor Birnbaum is the Associate Director of DevLab. Throughout his career, Professor Birnbaum has been sought after to consult for companies such as Accenture, General Motors, Honeywell, Diamond Cluster International, and SBC Ameritech. Additionally, he has served as a scientific advisor for a start-up educational software firm, Cognitive Arts, Inc. Professor Birnbaum is active in professional associations such as the International Machine Learning Workshop, AAAI, and the International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces. He has published extensively in academic literature and presented papers at academic and corporate conferences such as Motorola’s Corporate Business Intelligence Forum in September 2002. Recently, he has been invited to participate in Mayor Daley’s Council of Technology Advisors. Professor Birnbaum lives in Evanston, Illinois with his wife and two children.

Year		Degree		Institution
1986		PhD		Yale University

Natural language understanding, opportunistic planning, machine learning.