31 October 2016: Michal Pěchouček, Czech Technical University Current world is driven by data and superb analytical capability provided by state-of-the-art machine learning research. We assume that there exist classes of important prediction problems related to interaction among autonomous rational entities, for which statistical data analysis is not sufficient enough (such as understanding of future operation of drones in urban environment or massive deployment of autonomous vehicles in existing car traffic). We propose to complement modern data analysis with state-of-the-art procedural and decentralised computational modelling methods referred to as agent-based simulation. We argue that agent-based simulation can help us to understand and to solve the problems of near future for which there are no empirical data yet available. During the research and technology talk we will discuss concepts, results as much as deployment visions and open problems and challenges of agent-based simulation. Professor Michal Pechoucek is a visiting member of AIAI and 1996 alumni of Department of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. Besides this affiliation, Michal is a full professor of computer science at Czech Technical University in Prague, founder and director of the university Artificial Intelligence Centre and at present the head of the Computer Science Department there. Michal Pechoucek has been a Principal Investigator (PI) on more than 30 research contracts and grants provided by US Air Force, US Army CERDEC and Office for Naval Research. He has been a PI on two projects funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GACR). He has been running several research contracts funded by the FAA and has collaborated on two additional research grants funded by NASA. His research has been also funded by industry including Google, Rockwell Automation, FOXCON, Denso AUTOMOTIVE, CADANCE Design Systems, Procter Gamble, HPE, SAAB and others. Michal Pěchouček is the author of more than 250 papers, 47 WoS impact-factor journals, his H-index is 11/29 (WoS/Google Scholar) and number of citations is 427/3113 (WoS/Google Scholar). In 2015 he has been put on the New Europe 100, the list of outstanding challengers who are leading world-class innovation from Central and Eastern Europe. He has been jointly with his colleagues a recepient of many awards for technical excellence including the Czech Mind (Česká Hlava) for Invention in 2010, Google research award in 2009, and Czech Engineering Academy Award 2007 or AAMAS 2006 DARPA Best Industrial and Applied Paper Award. He served as the chairman of the board of directors of European Association for Multiagent Systems (EUMAS) and is a member of the board of directors of International Foundation of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS). He is a honorary member of Artificial Intelligence Application Institute at University of Edinburgh and a member of advisory board of the Center for Advanced Information Technology, University of Binghamton. He is a member of scientific council of Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University and is a member of the Czech Science Foundation panel on informatics (202). He is the co-founder of Cognitive Security (acquired by CISCO Systems in 2013). As a result of the acquisition, Michal Pěchouček have build and directed CISCO Systems R&D Center (until 2015), specialized in machine learning analytics for cyber security. Besides, he also co-founded AgentFly Technologies and BlindSpot Solutions. He is member of the venture partner with Credo Ventures. Oct 31 2016 14.00 - 14.00 31 October 2016: Michal Pěchouček, Czech Technical University Understanding future technologies through agent-based simulation IF 4.31/4.33
31 October 2016: Michal Pěchouček, Czech Technical University Current world is driven by data and superb analytical capability provided by state-of-the-art machine learning research. We assume that there exist classes of important prediction problems related to interaction among autonomous rational entities, for which statistical data analysis is not sufficient enough (such as understanding of future operation of drones in urban environment or massive deployment of autonomous vehicles in existing car traffic). We propose to complement modern data analysis with state-of-the-art procedural and decentralised computational modelling methods referred to as agent-based simulation. We argue that agent-based simulation can help us to understand and to solve the problems of near future for which there are no empirical data yet available. During the research and technology talk we will discuss concepts, results as much as deployment visions and open problems and challenges of agent-based simulation. Professor Michal Pechoucek is a visiting member of AIAI and 1996 alumni of Department of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. Besides this affiliation, Michal is a full professor of computer science at Czech Technical University in Prague, founder and director of the university Artificial Intelligence Centre and at present the head of the Computer Science Department there. Michal Pechoucek has been a Principal Investigator (PI) on more than 30 research contracts and grants provided by US Air Force, US Army CERDEC and Office for Naval Research. He has been a PI on two projects funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GACR). He has been running several research contracts funded by the FAA and has collaborated on two additional research grants funded by NASA. His research has been also funded by industry including Google, Rockwell Automation, FOXCON, Denso AUTOMOTIVE, CADANCE Design Systems, Procter Gamble, HPE, SAAB and others. Michal Pěchouček is the author of more than 250 papers, 47 WoS impact-factor journals, his H-index is 11/29 (WoS/Google Scholar) and number of citations is 427/3113 (WoS/Google Scholar). In 2015 he has been put on the New Europe 100, the list of outstanding challengers who are leading world-class innovation from Central and Eastern Europe. He has been jointly with his colleagues a recepient of many awards for technical excellence including the Czech Mind (Česká Hlava) for Invention in 2010, Google research award in 2009, and Czech Engineering Academy Award 2007 or AAMAS 2006 DARPA Best Industrial and Applied Paper Award. He served as the chairman of the board of directors of European Association for Multiagent Systems (EUMAS) and is a member of the board of directors of International Foundation of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS). He is a honorary member of Artificial Intelligence Application Institute at University of Edinburgh and a member of advisory board of the Center for Advanced Information Technology, University of Binghamton. He is a member of scientific council of Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University and is a member of the Czech Science Foundation panel on informatics (202). He is the co-founder of Cognitive Security (acquired by CISCO Systems in 2013). As a result of the acquisition, Michal Pěchouček have build and directed CISCO Systems R&D Center (until 2015), specialized in machine learning analytics for cyber security. Besides, he also co-founded AgentFly Technologies and BlindSpot Solutions. He is member of the venture partner with Credo Ventures. Oct 31 2016 14.00 - 14.00 31 October 2016: Michal Pěchouček, Czech Technical University Understanding future technologies through agent-based simulation IF 4.31/4.33
Oct 31 2016 14.00 - 14.00 31 October 2016: Michal Pěchouček, Czech Technical University Understanding future technologies through agent-based simulation
