Gary Borchardt is a Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His current research focuses on language-based representation of events. As a member of the InfoLab Group, he has also contributed to the design and development of new capabilities, applications and interfaces for the START information access system.

Representative publications:

• Borchardt, G. C., Thinking between the Lines: Computers and the Comprehension of Causal Descriptions, MIT Press, 1994.
• Borchardt, G. C., "Causal Reconstruction," A. I. Memo 1403, MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 1993. [pdf]
• Borchardt, G. C., "Understanding Causal Descriptions of Physical Systems," Proc. AAAI Tenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, San Jose, CA, 1992, 2-8. [pdf]
• Borchardt, G. C., "Event Calculus," Proc. Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Los Angeles, CA, 1985, 524-527. [pdf]