Yochan Research Group consists of Subbarao Kambhampati and his students at Arizona State University. The group's research interests fall broadly in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Databases.
Yochana means a plot or a plan in Sanskrit, and was the original source of the group's name. We have since found that Yochan also has meanings in Hebrew and Japanese. In Hebrew, Yochanan means "God is Gracious," and is apparently the root of such names as Johanna. We don't yet know what it means in Japanese.
Yochanites formed a strong contingent at the recently concluded International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS) held in Providence, RI.
From L to R, top row first: Menkes, Will, Terry, J., Sungwook, Dan, Minh, Rao, Kartik