Amol Mali

Associate Professor, Computer Science

On Sabbatical, Spring 2025 semester

Education

PhD, Computer Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, May 1999
MS, Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Robotics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, June 1994
BS, Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute (VJTI), University of Bombay, India, July 1991

Research Interests

Data Science
Internet of Things (IoT)
Artificial Intelligence Planning
Autonomous Agents
Computer Game Design
Robot Motion Planning
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Ethics, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity
Higher Education

Publications

Amol D. Mali, Machine learning for computer games,

Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, 2023
Amol D. Mali and Kompalli Jwala Seethal Chandra,

Domain-specific choices affecting design effort in gamification,

Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, 2023
Amol D. Mali and Kompalli Jwala Seethal Chandra,

On computer games about cooking, Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, 2023
Amol D. Mali, Computer games for people with disability, Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, 2023
Amol D. Mali, Recent domain-specific applications of artificial intelligence using IoT, International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT), 28(7), 2019
Amol D. Mali, Motion planning in computer games, Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, 2019
Amol D. Mali, Public health education via computer games, Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, 2019
Amol D. Mali, Symbolic planning in computer games, Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, 2019
Amol D. Mali and Nan Yang, On automated generation of keyboard layout to reduce finger-travel distance, International Journal of Monitoring and Surveillance Technologies Research (IJMSTR), 5(2), 2017, pp. 29-43
Amol D. Mali, Recent advances in minimally-obtrusive monitoring of people’s health, International Journal of Monitoring and Surveillance Technologies Research (IJMSTR), 5(2), 2017, pp. 44-56
Nan yang and Amol D. Mali, Modifying keyboard layout to reduce finger-travel distance, Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), 2016, pp. 165-168
Amol D. Mali, Expressing user intent in planning by instance rewriting, Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), 2016, pp. 130-133
Amol D. Mali, An approach to planning multi-phase projects, Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), 2016, pp. 460-463
Amol D. Mali, Probabilistic roadmaps with higher expressive power, International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT), 25(4), Aug. 2016, 16 pages
Amol D. Mali and Minh Tang, Path-cost bounds for parameterized centralized variants of A* for static and certain environments, International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT), 25(4), Aug. 2016, 18 pages
Amol D. Mali, Evaluation criteria for transformative computer games, ACM Computers in Entertainment, Feb. 2016
Amol D. Mali, On computer games promoting green living, ACM Computers in Entertainment, Jan. 2016
Amol D. Mali, New player-centered choices in computer game design, ACM Computers in Entertainment, Dec. 2013
Amol D. Mali and Ravi Puthiyattil, Fully-automated instance decomposition and subplan synthesis for parallel execution, Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), 2013, pp. 322-329
Brandon Ellenberger and Amol D. Mali, Motion-driven action-based planning, Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), 2013. pp. 841-848
Amol D. Mali, New directions in enhancing computer games, ACM Computers in Entertainment, Oct. 2013
Amol D. Mali, New choices in opponent design in computer games, ACM Computers in Entertainment, Dec. 2012