Dr. Arthur Williams

Assistant Professor

Department: Computer Science

Dr. Arthur Williams’ research focuses on artificial intelligence, cognitive modeling, and robotics.
He earned his Ph.D. in Computational Science from Middle Tennessee State University, where
his research combined cognitively inspired working memory models with reinforcement
learning to investigate how artificial agents can retain and use relevant information for learning
and decision-making.

His research has since expanded to multi-agent reinforcement learning, large language models
(LLMs), vision-language models (VLMs), and embodied AI. Prior to joining UT Tyler, Dr. Williams
conducted postdoctoral research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Center for
Applied Scientific Computing. His current research explores how principles of cognition,
memory, and reasoning can be integrated into AI systems to create more adaptive and capable
intelligent agents.