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:

• Katz, B., Borchardt, G., Felshin, S. and Mora, F., "A Natural Language Interface for Mobile Devices," in Norman, K. L. and Kirakowski, J. (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of Human Computer Interaction, Volume 2, First Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2018, 539-559. [pdf]
• Borchardt, G. C., "A Suite of Techniques for Describing Activity in Terms of Events," Technical Report MIT-CSAIL-TR-2015-009, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 2015. [pdf]
• Borchardt, G., Katz, B., Nguyen, H.-L., Felshin, S., Senne, K. and Wang, A., "An Analyst's Assistant for the Interpretation of Vehicle Track Data," Technical Report MIT-CSAIL-TR-2014-022, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 2014. [pdf]
• Borchardt, G. C., "Moebius Language Reference, Version 1.2," Technical Report MIT-CSAIL-TR-2014-005, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, 2014. [pdf]
• 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]