David Andre 

I am many things, including a designer, a researcher of machine learning and artificial intelligence, a creator and player of weekend-long "games" (treasure hunts), and a (very) amateur soccer player, but what I'm doing and enjoying most often is my job as:

Director of Informatics
BodyMedia, Inc
4 Smithfield St, 12th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Office phone: 412-288-9901 x1002
Cell phone: 412-559-4426
Slightly Obfuscated Email: dandre at bodymedia.com

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This web page is under construction. 

 Somewhat random things about me as of July 2003:

  • I'm presently working at BodyMedia after just having moved to Pittsburgh in August 2002.
  • I've graduated from UC Berkeley with a PhD in Computer Science with a focus on Artificial Intelligence. 
  • My dissertation is titled Programmable Reinforcement Learning Agents, and is available!
  • My out-of-date UC Berkeley web site is here.
  • Informatics covers both data mining and machine learning.
  • I helped start and worked part time for six years at Blue Pumpkin Software, a company that makes workforce management software.
  • I am a part-time member of Just Passing Through, LLC, and we design (and play in) games like this and this.
  • I've published many academic articles, hold several patents, and am the author of a book on Genetic Programming.
  • I like to play bridge, go, chess, and rock-climb when I can find the time.
  • The picture above was taken by Peter DaSilva for the New York Times for this article .
  • I now sport a goatee.
  • I now own a house! 
  • My dad's department at ISU has some new web addresses: Click here or here to get to the same place.