Tad Hogg

I lived in Blacker while an undergrad at 'Tech, majoring in physics. My graduate work at Stanford investigated chaos in quantum mechanics and parallel computer systems.

Currently I'm at HP Labs. Previously I was in the Internet Ecologies and Dynamics of Computation groups at Xerox PARC.

My research includes

• large multi-agent computer and social systems, and their coordination through markets
• NP-hard search problems and cooperative problem solving
• quantum computing algorithms

A nontechnical review of heuristic quantum algorithms for combinatorial search is my essay Quantum Search Heuristics in A Quantum Leap for AI which appeared in the July/August 1999 issue of Intelligent Systems.

For obscure historical reasons, "Hogg" rhymes with "rogue" rather than "fog".

Other Interests

• Alaska, where this cat is from.
• amateur radio
• developments in medical technology for longevity such as the use of nanoscale technology and cryonics organizations. For an early perspective on the possibility of atomic scale engineering see Feynman's talk There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom.
• activities including bicycling, dancing, hiking and cross-country skiing
• public policy discussions, such as those from
  • alternative institution proposals
  • The Cato Institute
  • The Fully Informed Jury Association
• social and philosophical issues raised by rapid technological progress, such as
  • the extropian ideas
  • Foresight Institute discussions
• vegetarianism for health, ethical and environmental reasons

Visitor number since Feb. 8, 1996.