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Intelligent Systems9 academic staff

4 research staff

~20 PhD students

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Two main subgroupsIntelligent Agents Group

Evolutionary Computation and Machine Learning Group

Lin JohnSebastian LawrenceFabio

Vic Xiaodong Andy

Sarah Dave Steven Wilson

Ken

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Interest Areas (Agents)LinSimulationAgent S.E.Agent Reasoning

JohnAgent S.E.Agent Reasoning

SebastianAgent ReasoningKnowledge Rep.Planning

FabioGames and A.I.Interactive simulationVirtual characters

LawrenceDialogue systemsKnowledge Rep.Virtual characters

SarahSimulationPlanning

DaveSimulation

StevenKnowledge Rep.Agent Reasoning

WilsonOntologiesDialogues systems

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Interest Areas (ECML)

XiaodongMulti-objective optimisationNeural networksEvolutionary computingVic

Evolutioinary ArtImage recognitionMachine Learning

AndyImage recognitionMachine Learning

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Funded Projects• Simulation framework for climate change adaptation:

– Framework supporting modular components

– Bushfire evacuation simulation

– CBD retrofitting for climate change adaptation

Cross disciplinary with social scientists

Discovery project; NCCARF project (Lin, Sarah, Dave, Fabio)

• Indicators for planning and monitoring sustainability

– Ontologies, indicator sets (James Thom, ISAR)

– Agent based system support (Lin …)

– Social science theory and practice (Global Cities Institute)

Cross disciplinary, led by social scientist;

Linkage project, multiple partners.

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Funded Projects (ctd)•

Reasoning about agent intentions:

–What should the agent do next

–Are there conflicts or synergies

– Do intentions need to be modified and how

Discovery project; (Lin, Sebastian, John, Steven)

•Intelligent Toy

– Dialogue interface with child

–Engagement and personality

Close industry collaboration; Linkage projects (1 ending, 1 starting, 1 to be submitted) (Lin, Lawrence, Fabio, John, Wilson)

•Automated Testing:

Linkage grant – may not go ahead

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Unfunded Projects • Evolutionary Art

– Vic

• Multi-Objective Optimisation

– Xiaodong

• Agent Programming competition

– Sebastian

• Prometheus Design Tool

– Lin and John

• Image recognition

– Andy and Vic

• Game development with AI support

– Fabio

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Courses● Artificial Intelligence (UG)● Selected Topics in AI● Intelligent Agents and Agent Systems● Agent Oriented Prog. And Design● Evolutionary Computing● Intelligent Web Systems● AI and Games