# Katia Sycara
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** agent-based
- **Microsimmability score:** 32/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Agents` (population size)
- `Interaction radius` (neighbourhood each agent senses)
- `Coupling` (0–1, strength of the local rule)
### What animates
Many agents follow a simple local rule on the canvas while a global pattern emerges; the pattern reorganizes as agent count and [[Coupling|coupling]] change.
### Learning objective
See how simple local rules produce emergent [[System|system]]-level behaviour.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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`AAAI_Fellow` · `Applied_mathematics` · [[Artificial_intelligence]] · `Association_for_Computing_Machinery` · `Atlanta` · `Autonomous_Agents_and_Multi-Agent_Systems` · `Autonomous_agent` · `Beijing` · `Brown_University` · `Carnegie_Mellon_School_of_Computer_Science` · `Carnegie_Mellon_University` · `Case-based_reasoning` · `China` · [[Computer_science]] · `DARPA` · `Doctoral_advisor` · `E-commerce` · [[Electrical_engineering]] · `Google_Scholar` · `Greece` · `Greek_language` · `Human–computer_interaction` · `Institute_for_Operations_Research_and_the_Management_Sciences` · `Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers` · `Janet_L._Kolodner` · [[Manufacturing]] · `NASA` · `National_Science_Foundation` · `Negotiation` · `Office_of_Naval_Research` · `ProQuest` · [[Robotics]] · `Robotics_Institute` · `Semantic_Web` · `Springer_Science+Business_Media` · `Tepper_School_of_Business` · `Thesis` · `University_of_Wisconsin–Milwaukee` · `University_of_the_Aegean`
## From the Real GENERATIVE library (beauty pass)
*Katia Sycara — image hotlinked from Wikimedia Commons (via the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library, Engineering room). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg).*
> Ekaterini Panagiotou Sycara (Greek: Κάτια Συκαρά) is a Greek computer scientist. She is an Edward Fredkin Research Professor of Robotics in the Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University internationally known for her research in artificial intelligence, particularly in the fields of negotiation, autonomous agents and multi-agent systems.[1] She directs the Advanced Agent-Robotics Technology Lab at Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katia_Sycara))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katia_Sycara)
> Relation: subfield of systems engineering.
## Concept summary
Ekaterini Panagiotou Sycara (Greek: Κάτια Συκαρά) is a Greek computer scientist. She is an Edward Fredkin Research Professor of [[Robotics]] in the Robotics Institute, School of [[Computer_science|Computer Science]] at Carnegie Mellon University internationally known for her research in [[Artificial_intelligence|artificial intelligence]], particula...
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Katia Sycara
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render agent-based; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katia_Sycara) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Katia_Sycara)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Control_theory]] · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Operations_research]] · [[Reliability_engineering]] · [[System_dynamics]] · [[Systems_engineering]] · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]].
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