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| name              = Munindar P. Singh
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| field             = Computer Science<br>Multiagent systems<br>Artificial Intelligence
| work_institution  = [[Organization:North Carolina State University|North Carolina State University]] <br>[[Company:Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation|Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation]]
| alma_mater        = [[Organization:University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas at Austin]]<br>Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
| doctoral_advisor  = Professors [[Biography:E. Allen Emerson|E. Allen Emerson]] (coadvisor) and Nicholas M. Asher (coadvisor)
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| thesis_title      = A Theory of Actions, Intentions, and Communications for Multiagent Systems
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| awards            = [[ACM Fellow]] (2021) <br/> AAAS Fellow (2020) <br/> [[Organization:Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]] [[Organization:SIGAI|SIGAI]] Autonomous Agents Research Award (2020) <br/> AAAI Fellow (2017) <br />  IEEE Fellow (2009)
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'''Munindar P. Singh''' is a SAS institute distinguished professor<ref>{{cite web|title=Singh named SAS Institute Distinguished Professor of Computer Science|url=https://www.csc.ncsu.edu/news/2535}}</ref> and a full professor in the Department of Computer Science at [[Organization:North Carolina State University|North Carolina State University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NC Computer Science: Full Professors Directory|url=http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/directories/professors.php}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NC State Computer Science: Munindar P. Singh|url=http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/people/mpsingh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Munindar Singh's homepage|url=http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/mpsingh/|accessdate=24 April 2013}}</ref>  Singh is an IEEE Fellow, a AAAI Fellow, a AAAS Fellow, an [[ACM Fellow]], a Member of [[Organization:Academia Europaea|Academia Europaea]], and a ACM SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award recipient.
<ref>{{cite web|title=IEEE - Fellow Class of 2009|website=[[Organization:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE) |url=http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/chronology/fellows_2009.html}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Elected AAAI Fellows|url=http://www.aaai.org/Awards/fellows-list.php}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|title=AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows {{!}} American Association for the Advancement of Science|url=https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-announces-leading-scientists-elected-2020-fellows|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.aaas.org|language=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Munindar P. Singh|url=https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/singh_4715637|access-date=2022-02-05|website=awards.acm.org|language=en}}</ref>

==Education==
Singh received his B.Tech. in computer science & engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1986. He obtained a Ph.D. in computer science from the [[Organization:University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas at Austin]] in 1993 under the supervision of [[Biography:E. Allen Emerson|E. Allen Emerson]] and Nicholas M. Asher.<ref>{{mathgenealogy|name=Munindar Paul Singh|id=30288}}</ref>

==Research==
Singh's research interests include multiagent systems, service-oriented computing, [[Software engineering|software engineering]], [[Artificial intelligence|artificial intelligence]], and social networks. He has made several important contributions to the understanding of interaction and norms in multiagent systems.  He introduced to artificial intelligence the distinction between social commitment (a norm) and psychological commitment (a mental attitude).<ref>{{cite web|title=Social and Psychological Commitments in Multiagent Systems|url=http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/mpsingh/papers/mas/fall-symp-91-longer.pdf|accessdate=24 April 2013}}</ref> Singh also introduced the idea that interaction among autonomous social principals (e.g., between two or more organizations) must have a social semantics. This idea has proved to be highly influential within multiagent systems research.  In recognition of Singh's contribution, the paper<ref>{{cite web|title=Agent Communication Languages: Rethinking the Principles|url=http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/mpsingh/papers/mas/computer-acl-98.pdf|accessdate=24 April 2013}}</ref> in which he introduced this idea was awarded the IFAAMAS 2016 Influential Paper Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=IFAAMAS 2016 Influential Paper Award|url=http://www.ifaamas.org/award-influential.html|accessdate=7 June 2016}}</ref> Taking this line of thinking further, Singh, in joint work with his Ph.D. student pInar Yolum, introduced the abstraction of commitment protocols.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flexible Protocol Specification and Execution: Applying Event Calculus Planning using Commitments|url=http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/mpsingh/papers/mas/aamas-02-protocols.pdf|accessdate=24 April 2013}}</ref>

Singh has also made important contributions to social networks, trust, and distributed computing. His Blindingly Simple Protocol Language (BSPL) introduces the idea that message ordering in interaction protocols fall out automatically from information flow requirements.<ref>{{cite web|title= Information-Driven Interaction-Oriented Programming: BSPL, the Blindingly Simple Protocol Language|url=http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/mpsingh/papers/mas/AAMAS-11-IBIOP.pdf|accessdate=24 April 2013}}</ref> Therefore, one need not model specify control flow at all in interaction protocols.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/mpsingh/ Munindar P. Singh's home page]
* [http://research.csc.ncsu.edu/mas/ Multiagent Systems and Service-Oriented Computing Laboratory]


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