James Oswald

Computer Science PhD candidate at RPI

Troy, New York, United States

About

Doctoral Student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. My current research area is logic based AI, I'm interested in higher order modal logics, automated theorem provers, machine learning, and cognitive architectures. For more info, visit my website: https://jamesoswald.dev

Experience

  • Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, & Guest Lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Aug 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

    I've held various and sometimes overlapping appointments as an RA, TA, and Guest Lecturer during my time at RPI. My RA work primarily consists of integrating automated reasoning into cognitive architectures.

  • Research Intern at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
    Jun 2025 - Sep 2025 · 4 mos

    Integrated Cognitive Systems Section @ Navy Center For Applied Research In Artificial Intelligence

  • Research Intern at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
    Jul 2024 - Sep 2024 · 3 mos

    Integrated Cognitive Systems Section @ Navy Center For Applied Research In Artificial Intelligence

  • Research Intern at IBM
    May 2023 - Aug 2023 · 4 mos

    Worked with the AI planning group researching use of large language models (LLMs) for automated planning applications. Published results in top AI venues: AAAI and ICAPS.

  • Research Aide at The Research Foundation for SUNY
    Jan 2021 - Jun 2021 · 6 mos

    Worked for the UA Data Mining and Management Lab via SUNY RF on intelligent nanomaterial design using new types of variational autoencoders. Published results in a top data science venue: KDD.