Kim Binsted

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Kim Binsted
Born
New Jersey, US
NationalityAmerican
TitleProfessor
Academic background
EducationMcGill University
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Academic work
DisciplineComputer science
Sub-disciplineArtificial Intelligence
InstitutionsUniversity of Hawaii
Main interestsHuman-computer interfaces,
Long-duration human space exploration
Notable worksHI-SEAS

Kim Binsted (born in New Jersey, US) is a professor in the Information and Computer Sciences Department at the University of Hawaii.[1] Binsted's work explores artificial intelligence, human-computer interfaces, and long-duration human space exploration.

Biography[]

Binsted completed her B.Sc. in Physics at McGill University in 1991. During her time at McGill she was a founding member of Montreal's On The Spot improv comedy troupe.[2]

Her Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence was received from the University of Edinburgh in 1996.[3] During her time at the University of Edinburgh she performed in what is now the Edinburgh Fringe's longest running improvised comedy troupe, The Improverts.[1]

Between 1997 and 1999, Binsted worked as an Associate Researcher at Sony's Computer Science Laboratories in Tokyo on human-computer interfaces.

During the summer of 2003 and 2004 Binsted was a NASA Summer Faculty Fellow at Ames Research Center in the Neuroengineering Lab where she the worked on sub-vocal speech recognition technology. She held the post of Chief Scientist on the FMARS 2007 Long Duration Mission, which entailed a four-month Mars exploration analogue on Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic. On sabbatical during 2009 Binsted visited scientists at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to work on the CSA's planetary analogues program. From 2002 to 2014 she was a team member at the UH-NASA Astrobiology Institute.

In 2017, she was one of seventy-two applicants to become a Canadian astronaut. She was unsuccessful.[4]

Binsted is the principal investigator on HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation).

References[]

  1. ^ a b Kizzia, Tom (12 April 2015). "Moving to Mars". The New Yorker. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. ^ "McGill Alumni - Life on (A simulated) Mars".
  3. ^ Binsted, Kim; Ritchie, Graeme (1994). "An implemented model of punning riddles". arXiv:cmp-lg/9406022. Bibcode:1994cmp.lg....6022B. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2015. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Astronaut candidate's profile". February 2017.

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