Curriculum Vitae. Personal Data. Professional Experience

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1 Curriculum Vitae Personal Data Name: Dr. Klaus Fischer Address: Lüderitzstraße 1, D Saarbrücken Phone: (office) (mobile) Fax: URL: kuf/ Date of Birth: 14. June 1958 Place of Birth: Konstanz Citizenship: German Marital Status: married Languages: German (native), English, French Professional Experience Current Position since 06/2003 since 06/2003 since 11/1993 since 01/1992 Research Fellow at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH in Saarbrücken Department Deduction and Multiagent Systems since 7/2007 Department Agents and Simulated Reality Deputy Head of Department Head of Multiagent Systems Group Researcher at DFKI Project Management at DFKI since 01/2008 Enterprise Collaboration & Interoperability (COIN, EU FP7) since 01/2007 Vital Assistance for the Elderly (VITAL, EU FP6) since 05/2003 MAS Technologies for Steel Production (MATS, Saarstahl AG) 12/ /2010 Semantically-enabled Heterogeneous service Architecture (SHAPE, FP7) 01/ /2008 Agent-based Supply Chain Management in Steel Production (AgentSteel, Saarland) 02/ /2007 Advanced Technologies for Interoperability of Heterogenous Enterprise Networks and their Applications (ATHENA, EU FP6) 01/ /2003 Security in (mobile) MAS (SEMAS,BMBF) 11/ /2003 Modelling of Social Organisational Forms in DAI and Sociology (DFG) 01/ /2003 Social Aid Interactive Developments (SAID, EU FP5) 03/ /2003 MAS Technologies for SAP Retail Solutions (SAP AG) 11/ /2000 Agents for E-Commerce and dynamic Pricing in SAP-R/3 (SAP AG) 10/ /2000 Agent-supported Version Management (AUVM, Dresdner Bank) 01/ /2000 Cooperative Man/Machine Architectures: A Cognitive Architecture for Social Agents (CoMMA-COGs, BMBF) 09/ /1999 Scalability of MAS (Siemens AG) 10/ /1999 Train Coupling and Sharing (TCS, Deutsche Bahn) 10/ /1998 Intelligent Flexible Manufacturing (IFMS, DaimlerChrysler AG)

2 02/ /1997 Field Study for the Development of an Online Order Dispatching System (TeleTruck-FM,Saarland) 07/ /1997 Agents in Traffic (AiV, Siemens AG) 07/ /1997 Cooperative Man/Machine Architectures: Multiagent Planning and Scheduling (CoMMA-MAPS, BMBF) 10/ /1995 Decision Theory and Coordination in MAS (DaimlerChrysler AG) 03/ /1994 MAS Approach to Order Dispatching in Shipping Companies Implementation in DASDIS (CoMOVES, DaimlerChrysler AG) 11/ /1995 Modelling of Autonomous Cooperating Agents (AKA-MOD,BMBF) Important Recent Results I would like to highlight two major results achieved in recent projects: 1. Agent-based shop floor control system for steel production (DISPO): The development of the agent-based shop floor control system DISPO for steel production in the steelworks of Saarstahl AG in Völklingen proved that the conceptual results of investigating a model driven approach to the design of agent-based systems in the context of service oriented architectures could be successfully applied to an industrial use case scenario. DISPO allows a human user to develop his plans for which steel will be produced in the next couple of hours. DISPO displays the interactively developed plan and controls its execution. An SQL database that hides behind a service interface is used to connect the agent system with the low-level control of the productive system. For Saarstahl DISPO is mission critical. After the system was first successfully installed in 2006 Saarstahl could produce new records on specific bottleneck aggregate that is essential for producing high quality steel. High quality steel brings higher earnings given a fixed turn over. Since its installation in the steel work in 2006 DISPO is running for 24 hours a day 7 days a week. DISPO was assigned with an award of the Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 2. Domain Specific Modelling Language for Multiagent Systems (DSML4MAS): DSML4MAS is a metamodel (Platform-Independent Metamodel for Agent-based Systems PIM4Agents) together with a modelling tool based on the Eclipse Modelling Framework (EMF/GMF). Together with model transformations that operate on the Ecore representations of EMF, models designed in the graphical DSML4MAS model editor can be transformed to different execution platforms like Jack Intelligent Agents(TM) or JADE. The PIM4Agents metamodel allows extensions for the seamless integration of the agent models with service-oriented architectures. The DSML4MAS framework was developed in the EU projects ATHENA, SHAPE, and COIN as well as the project MODEST that was funded by BMBF (i.e. German government). At AAMAS 2009 selected DSML4MAS for the best academic software award. Former Position Researcher at Institute for Informatics at TU München Department for Real-Time Systems and Robotics, Prof. Dr. H.-J. Siegert Project Task-oriented Programming Research Program Information Processing in autonomous mobile Robot Systems (SFB 331) Other Professional Experiences since 06/2004 Founding shareholder of startup company X-aitment GmbH 04/ /2001 Vice head of the advisory board of AgroLogic AG (Zweibrücken)

3 Education Doctoral degree in Informatics at Technische Universität (TU) München Title of Thesis: Distributed and Cooperative Planning in a Flexible Manufacturing Environment Diploma in Informatics at TU München, Title of Thesis: Uniform Specification and Implementation of a Class of Syntactical Error Recovery Procedures in Compiler Compliers 10/ /1985 Study of Informatics with special emphasis on Economics at TU München Secondary School (Gymnasium) of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Marktoberdorf, Germany Primary School, Kanton Thurgau, Switzerland Military Service 07/ /1986 Military Service at Technical School of the Air Force, Lagerlechfeld, Germany Further Training DFKI Professional Training: Project Management DFKI Professional Training: English Rhetoric International Summer School Logic, Algebra and Computation in Marktoberdorf DEC Training VAX/VMS System Administrator CCG Training: Computer-based kinematics and dynamics for vehicles, robots, and mechanisms. Research Visits Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Computer Science Department group of Lin Padgham, Melbourne, Australia 08/05 06/06/2000 Melbourne University, Computer Science Department, Director Prof. Leon Sterling, Melbourne, Australia 01/04 30/04/1996 Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII), Director Mike Georgeff, PhD, Melbourne, Australia 30/06 18/08/1995 Yale University, group of Prof. Drew McDermott New Haven, USA 15/02 26/03/1993 Carnegie Mellon University, group of Prof. Tom Mitchel Pittsburgh, USA Professional Organisations 09/ /2000 Spokesman of the German DAI-SIG within GI 04/ /2000 Founding Member of the Organising Committee of the German DAI-SIG within GI since 1984 Member of German Informatics Society (GI)

4 Teaching Experience My teaching responsibilities at DFKI include advanced courses on DAI/MAS and software engineering aspects of MAS design as well as introductory courses in other areas. I have always enjoyed transforming research results into lectures which explain the contents in an intelligible way. Teaching students on undergraduate and graduate level has always been and still is an important part of my work. In my position at DFKI I have tought the following courses at Universität des Saarlandes: Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, 2 hrs ST 2006 Introduction to Computer Science, 2 hrs ST 2004 Introduction to Unix ST 1998 Modelling Autonomous Systems, 2 hrs WT 1997/98 Introduction to Unix, WT 1997/98 Multi-Agent Systems, 4 hrs WT 1996/97 (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. J. H. Siekmann) Distributed Artificial Intelligence, 2 hrs ST 1996 Modelling Autonomous Systems, 2 hrs WT 1995/96 Multi-Agent Planning and Decision Theory, 2 hrs WT 1994/95 Distributed Artificial Intelligence, 2 hrs WT 1993/94 Modelling Autonomous Systems, 2 hrs ST 1993 Additionally: seminars, practical courses, supervision of exercises, talks as deputy in lectures. Currently, 5 researchers are working on a doctoral thesis in the group. In the past the following doctoral theses were successfully completed: Dr. Michael Schillo: Multiagent Robustness Autonomy vs. Organisation, ; Dr. Petra Funk: Intermodal Transport Chains: A Multiagent Systems Approach, ; Dr. Jürgen Lind, MASSIVE: Software Engineering for Multiagent Systems, ; Gero Vierke: TeleTruck A Holonic Multiagent System for Telematics, ; Dr. Christoph G. Jung, Theory and Practice of Hybrid Agents, ; Dr. Christian Gerber, Self-Adaptation and Scalability in Multiagent Societies, Additionally I have supervised a significant number of bachelor, master, and diploma theses as well as more practical work at Universität des Saarlandes and TU Müchen. Research Experience For about 20 years I have been active in the research areas of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) at international level. Since 1992 I have been working as a research scientist at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH) in Saarbrücken. DFKI runs application-oriented and basic research projects funded by public authorities (BMBF, Saarland/Rheinland-Pfalz, EU) and/or industrial partners (DaimlerChrysler AG, Deutsche Bahn AG, SAP AG, Saarstahl AG, Siemens AG), with the aim of transferring basic AI technologies to industrial application scenarios. Since autumn 1993 I have led the MAS research group (currently 10 researchers) in the department of Deduction and Multi-Agent Systems. Research in this group is focused on agent architectures and distributed problem solving in a MAS context with the aim of further developing basic MAS technologies and applying these technologies to industrial application scenarios, especially in business management. For example we dealt with online order dispatching in cooperating haulage companies and supply chain management in virtual enterprises. In the German AI research community I am active in the German special interest group on DAI within the German Informatics Society (GI) since its very beginning. This involves intensive contacts to almost all German DAI research groups.

5 At international level I actively contribute to the promotion of scientific exchange in the DAI/MAS community through the organisation of international events (e.g., workshops and most recently the European Agent Systems Summer School), presentations at international conferences, participation in program committees of international workshops and conferences and my work as an author and as a referee for articles in international journals. The contacts thus established have also led to research visits to Carnegie-Mellon University, Yale University, the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII), and Melbourne University. Administrative and Management Experience As head of the MAS group and since 1/1996 as deputy head of our department, it has been my main task to define new research directions. The design and implementation of the complex distributed systems described in my research contributions required by their very nature the successful cooperation within a team of scientists and assisting students. This demonstrates that I am not only able to define the scientific concepts but also that I am able to supply the necessary technical know-how and to delegate and supervise relevant sub-tasks. In this position I have also proven my ability to carry out extensive administrative tasks and to assume broad responsibilities. Further Scientific Achievements Organisation of international conferences and workshops: Among others Multiagent System Technologies (MATES) 2006, AAMAS (senior PC and PC memberships); AAMAS Workshops on Agent-based Technologies and applications for enterprise interoperability (ATOP) 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2005; AAMAS Workshop on Secure Mobile Multi-Agent Systems 2001 and 2002; International European Agent System Summer School 2000, IJCAI-Workshop Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages, 19./20 August Member of the program committee of international conferences and workshops: among others Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT), Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents (PRIMA), and Multiagent System Technologies (MATES). Member of the editorial board of international journals: Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems and Applied Intelligence Peer reviewer of international journals: among others Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Applied Intelligence, Journal of Logic and Computation, Knowledge-Based Systems Saarbrücken, den 13. Juni 2010 Dr. K. Fischer