Autonomous underwater robot in water

Research

Autonomous Systems & Multi-Agent Robotics

My research is driven by designing autonomous systems that improve quality of life, focusing on solving problems that occur in dynamic and complex tasks in unknown environments.

Research Areas

Multi-Agent Systems

Developing theories and algorithms for autonomous agents to collaborate effectively in prediction markets, belief aggregation, and distributed decision-making.

  • Prediction markets with strategic agents
  • Distributed information processing
  • Capability learning in ad-hoc environments
  • Belief aggregation across ensembles of language models

Autonomous Robotics

Designing robotic systems for environmental monitoring, humanitarian applications, and underwater exploration with sensing and autonomy capabilities.

  • Autonomous underwater vehicles
  • Multi-robot coordination
  • Environmental monitoring systems

Artificial Intelligence

Applying AI techniques to real-world problems including text mining and AI ethics in technology.

  • Text mining
  • AI bias and ethics
  • Language models and applications

Computer Science Education

Bridging the CS education gap through outreach programs, responsible computing initiatives, and K-6 computing education.

Selected Publications

Public Scholarship

Early Computer Science Education Sparks Interest (opens in a new tab)

IEEE Spectrum, July 3, 2025. On the gap in access to computer science in U.S. high schools.

Contributor, Tech Policy Press (opens in a new tab)

Commentary on technology policy and the societal impact of computing.

Conference Papers and Presentations

Am.I.: Investigating AI Bias, Expression, and Humanities Through GPT-Powered Robotics

Pallas-Athena Cain, Janyl Jumadinova, and Heather Brand. Proceedings of FLAIRS-38, 2025. Best Poster Award

Code with Chompers: Computing Outreach Program for K-6

Janyl Jumadinova, Hemani Alaparthi, Dyllan Mbane, and Pallas-Athena Cain. OCWiC: ACM Celebration of Women in Computing, 2025.

AquaGator: Autonomous Underwater Robot for Water Quality Measurement of Northwest Pennsylvania Lakes

Pallas-Athena Cain, Josephine Reiter, Benedek Kaibas, and Janyl Jumadinova. Regional Science Consortium Symposium, Erie, PA, 2025.

Autonomous Underwater Robot for Water Quality Measurement of Northwest Pennsylvania Lakes

Pallas-Athena Cain, Trang Hoang, and Janyl Jumadinova. Proceedings of FLAIRS-37, 2024.

Integrating ethics in teaching Artificial Intelligence

Janyl Jumadinova and Oliver Bonham-Carter. Proceedings of FLAIRS-33, 2020.

Journal Articles

A novel framework for biomedical text mining

Janyl Jumadinova, Oliver Bonham-Carter, Hanzhong Zheng, Michael Camara. Journal on Big Data 2.4 (2020): 145.

Automated Pricing in a Multi-agent Prediction Market using a Partially Observable Stochastic Game

Janyl Jumadinova and Prithviraj Dasgupta. ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, 2015.

Strategic Capability-Learning for Improved Multi-Agent Collaboration in Ad-hoc Environments

Janyl Jumadinova, Prithviraj Dasgupta, and Leen-Kiat Soh. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, Cybernetics: Part A, vol. 44, no. 8, 2014, pp. 1003-1014.

A Multi-Agent System for Analyzing the Effect of Information on Prediction Markets

Janyl Jumadinova and Prithviraj Dasgupta. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 26, No. 5. pp. 383-409, 2011.

For a complete list of publications and presentations, including refereed conference papers, workshop proceedings, and public scholarship, please refer to my professional record.