Proposed focus for PhD degree in Computer Science

by Forrest Sheng Bao http://fsbao.net

After joining KRLab of CS department, Texas Tech University, I feel that my interest is on the improvement to Answer Set Programming (ASP) solvers. I dislike the knowledge representation field. Just dislike. I can't have any clue or any inspiration on it. When the professor assigns a homework on building a domain, I just feel unpleasant coz I think it's a bit hard for me to build a complete and consistent world. It is always lack of some rules. So, I surrender.

Some previous works of PhD students in my lab are about combining ASP with other programming methods. It's attractive to me. I like providing a solution to a bunch of problems rather than just a tiny realm. I have done some survey on programming methods when I was an undergraduates, hope I can do a good job on it.

May God bless me to finish this job in four years. (Actually, I am more ambitious to finish it in three years. A bit arrogant, right? :P )