Short Biography
(Scientific Curriculum Vitae)

Matthias Klusch
The Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave, 3317 Doherty Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 USA
Phone: +1-412-268-5287, Fax: +1-412-268-5569
EMail: klusch@cs.cmu.edu, WWW: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~klusch/

Education

October 1992 - April 1997 Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Kiel, Germany

Thesis: Kooperative Informationsagenten im Internet

(Cooperative Information Agents in the Internet)

October 1985 - September 1992 M.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Kiel, Germany

Thesis: Ein hybrid-neuronales System für eine MK-Klassifikation von Sternen

(A Hybrid Neuronal Network for a Spectral and Luminosity Classification of Stellar Objects)

Professional Experiences


January 1998 - January 1999	Visiting Research Scientist
	Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
	Intelligent Software Agents Group, The Robotics Institute.

April 1997 - Present	Assistant Professor
	Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany.
	Systems for Data Management, Computer Science Department.

September 1992 - April 1997	Teaching and Research Assistant
	Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany.
	Systems for Information Management, Computer Science Department.

1987 - 1991	Software Development at SIEMENS Corporation, Munich, Germany
	Center for Research and Development ZFE, Telecommunication.

Professional Activities

Coordinator of the Special Interest Group on Intelligent Information Agents as part of the European Network of Excellence on Agent-Based Computing (AgentLink, ESPRIT Project 27.225).
Organising Committee Member of the Special Interest Group on Distributed Artifical Intelligence of the German Society for Computer Science (GI FG 1.1.6).
Chair
- 3rd International Workshop on Cooperative Information Agents (CIA-99), Stockholm, Sweden, 1999.
- 2nd International Workshop on Cooperative Information Agents (CIA-98), Paris, France, 1998.
- 1st German Joint Meeting on DAI, Databases and Information Retrieval (VDI-98), Chemnitz, 1998. Co-Chair.
- 1st International Workshop on Cooperative Information Agents (CIA-97), Kiel, Germany, 1997.
Program Committee Member
- 4th IFCIS Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS-99), Edinburgh, Scotland, 1999.
- 3rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents (Agents-99), Seattle, USA, 1999.
- 4th International Conference on Practical Application of Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Technology (PAAM-99), London, UK, 1999.
- 5th International Conference on Information Systems, Analysis and Synthesis (ISAS-99), Orlando, USA, 1999.
- 1st International Workshop on Databases and Multi-Agent systems (DAMAS-99) at DEXA-99, Florence, 1999.
- 1st International Workshop on Agent Communication Languages (ACL-99) at IJCAI-99, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999.
- 3rd IFCIS Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS-98), New York, USA, 1998.
- 2nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents (Agents-98), Minneapolis, USA, 1998.
- IEEE 7th International Workshop on Enabling Technologies:
  Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE-98), Stanford, USA, 1998.
- 22nd National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI-98) of German Computer Society,
  Workshop on Intelligent Agents in Information and Process Management, Bremen, 1998.
- Symposium 'From Agent Theory to Agent Implementation' on
  14th European Conference on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria, 1998.
- 1st International Workshop on Cooperative Information Agents (CIA-97), Kiel, Germany, 1997.
- International Conference ETCE-96 Energy Week, Houston, TX/USA, 1996.
Tutorial Speaker
- Intelligent Information Agents on the Internet
  at 4th International Conference on Practical Application of Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Technology (PAAM-99), London, UK, April 19, 1999. (with Pete Edwards, Uni Aberdeen, UK)
- Cooperative Information Agents
  at International Symposium on Advances in Database and Information Systems (ADBIS-99), Maribor, Slovenia, September 1999. (with Wolfgang Benn, TU Chemnitz, Germany)
Reviewer for
- The MIT Press
- International Journal on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Kluwer Publ.
- International Journal on Applied Artificial Intelligence
- International Journal on Knowledge and Information Systems, Springer Publ.
- International Journal on Intelligent Information Systems -
  Integrating AI and Database Technologies, Kluwer Publ.
- IEEE Journal on Internet Computing
- IEEE Transactions on Data and Knowledge Engineering
- ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC-99)
- 31st, 32nd International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS-98, HICSS-99)
- 12th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI-96)

Publications

Main Research Interests

Intelligent Information Agents on the Internet
Advanced Database and Knowledge Base Technology
Machine Learning and Adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems
Interoperability among Heterogeneous and Distributed Information Sources
Object-Oriented Multidatabase Systems
Application of Neural Networks

Teaching Experiences

Full lectures on Computer Science and Database Systems.
Practical courses, seminars and exercises for lectures on various topics in Computer Science, Database and Knowledge Based Systems, and Applications of Neural Networks.

Programming skills in Java, C++, C, and Pascal on different hardware platforms with HP UX, Sun Solaris CDE, and MS Windows 95 or NT 4.

For a reference letter you may contact the following persons:

Prof. Katia Sycara Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Doherty Hall 3315 Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Phone: +1 (412) 268-8825 Fax: +1 (412) 268-5569 E-Mail: katia@cs.cmu.edu	Dr. Michael Wooldridge Department of Electronic Engineering Queen Mary and Westfield College University of London London E1 4NS, UK Phone: +44 - 171 - 975 5341 Fax: +44 - 181 981 0259 E-Mail: m.j.wooldridge@elec.qmw.ac.uk
Prof. Hans-Dieter Burkhard Chair of AI Laboratory at Computer Science Department Humboldt University Axel-Springer-Strasse 54a 10117 Berlin, Germany. Phone (Secr.): +49 - (0)30 - 20181 213 Fax: +49 - (030) - 20181 216 E-Mail: hdb@informatik.hu-berlin.de	Prof. Brahim Chaib-draa Département d'informatique Pavillon Adrien-Pouliot Université Laval Québec G1K 7P4, Canada. Phone: 418 656-2131 poste 3226 E-Mail: chaib@ift.ulaval.ca
Prof. Larry Kerschberg Chairman Department of Information & Software Systems Engineering School of Information Technology and Engineering George Mason University Fairfax, VA, USA. E-Mail: kersch@gmu.edu	Prof. Wolfgang Benn Chair of Intelligent Data Management Systems at Computer Science Department Technical University of Chemnitz Strasse der Nationen 62, Chemnitz, Germany. Phone: +49-371-531-1387 E-Mail: benn@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de

October 1992 - April 1997	Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Kiel, Germany
	Thesis: Kooperative Informationsagenten im Internet
	(Cooperative Information Agents in the Internet)

October 1985 - September 1992	M.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Kiel, Germany
	Thesis: Ein hybrid-neuronales System für eine MK-Klassifikation von Sternen
	(A Hybrid Neuronal Network for a Spectral and Luminosity Classification of Stellar Objects)

Short Biography (Scientific Curriculum Vitae)