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Karen leads Charles River's Government Services business area, directing the research and development activities of our three technical divisions: Cognitive Systems, Decision Management Systems, and Computer Vision Systems. In her role as Principal Scientist, Karen leads projects focused on the simulation of human behavior, at both the individual and organizational levels, and the development of advanced human/computer interfaces (HCIs) for complex command and control systems. She is responsible for the continuing development and application of Charles River's agent-based model of human behavior, now known as AgentWorks. Karen received the B.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, in 1995, and the MS degree from the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Boston University in 1997. Her graduate research focused on robotics and control, specifically biologically-inspired robot locomotion. | 