Stephens

Professor Stephens's research interests include knowledge representation, ontologies, distributed problem solving, and expert system technology. He collaborated with the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation a large-scale knowledge representation system. His recent research involves the reconciliation of separately developed ontologies, agent-based supply chain management, classification of semantic relations for large knowledge bases, multiagent robotic systems, mediators for information agents in healthcare systems, and coordination parameters for interacting systems of multiagent teams. Dr. Stephens is a senior member of IEEE, and member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Beta Kappa, and AAAI.

Education

• Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University (1977)
• M. S., Johns Hopkins University (1974)
• B. S., University of South Carolina (1968)

Selected Publications

• M. N. Huhns and Larry M. Stephens, "Multiagent Systems for Internet Applications," in The Practical Handbook for Internet Computing, M. P. Singh, editor, CRC Press, 2005, pp. 17-1 to 17-19.
• Larry M. Stephens, A. K. Gangum, and Michael N, Huhns, "Constructing Consensus Ontologies for the Semantic Web: A Conceptual Approach," World Wide Web Journal, Kluwer Academic Publishers, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 421-442, December 2004.
• Michael N. Huhns and Larry M. Stephens, "Semantic Bridging of Independent Enterprise Ontologies, in Enterprise Inter- and Intra-Organizational Integration: Building International Consensus, Kurt Kosanke et al., editors, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA, pp. 83-90, 2002.
• Michael N. Huhns, Larry M. Stephens, John W. Keele, Jim E.Wray, Warren M. Snelling, Greg P.Harhay, and Randy R. Bradley, "Weaving a Computing Fabric," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 92-95, September/October 2002.
• Michael N. Huhns and Larry M. Stephens, "Consensus Ontologies: Reconciling the Semantics of Web Pages and Agents," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 5, no. 5, September-October 2001, pp. 92-95.