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Karzita Zabaleta
| Dr. Karen Zita Haigh's (Karzita Zabaleta) research is in machine learning for physical systems—she builds brains for robots. Karen has a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. She has worked in a variety of domains, including networking, cyber security, oil refineries, jet engines, and—far and away the most fun—the homes of elders. She was one of the analysts who looked at Space Shuttle Colombia's data after the explosion. Computer gaming in general never particularly interested her, but Second Life was different; it had just the right mix of elements—the ability to create content, stretch the limits of reality, and have fun without shooting everything she encountered. She was born in Kenya, lived in six countries, and holds citizenships in Canada, Great Britain, and the USA. Karen speaks fluent French and Mandarin Chinese. She lives in Minnesota with her husband and two daughters.
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ElectricSheep Expedition
| Dana Moore is a division scientist with BBN Technologies and is an acknowledged expert in the fields of peer-to-peer and collaborative computing, software agent frameworks, and sensor-imbued environments. Prior to joining BBN, Dana was Chief Scientist for Roku Technologies, and a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories. Dana is a popular conference speaker and a university lecturer. He has written articles for numerous computing publications and published several books on topics ranging from peer-to-peer computing to rich Internet applications. Although not a gamer, Dana finds enormous value in the potential transformative value of Second Life. Dana holds a Master of Science degree in ngineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial design from the University of Maryland. He lives in the Annapolis, Maryland area with his family and also in a Tudor village in Second Life.
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Vex Streeter
| Michael Thome (Vex Streeter) has been a computer scientist with BBN Technologies for over 20 years, and currently specializes in scalable computing technologies including parallel, distributed, and agent-based computing. Michael has degrees in cognitive science from the University of Rochester and Boston University, with specialties in computational models of human neurological systems. His interest in gaming started while he was in high school, building cellular automata systems to create terrains for the PSL Empire computer game, writing video games, and collaborating on one of the very first open source computer games, LSRHS Hack (the antecedent to the now-venerable NetHack). His first Second Life avatar was rezzed in late 2006, but he’s been a true active Second Life resident as Vex since only mid 2007. He currently lives in the Boston area with his real-life family, and also on a small desert island in Camembert.
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