Robert Trappl
Head
Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI)
Austria
Biography
Robert Trappl is head of the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Vienna, which was founded in 1984. He is Professor Emeritus of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence at the Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna. He was full professor and head of the Department of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence, University of Vienna, for 30 years.He holds a PhD in psychology (minor: astronomy), a diploma in sociology (Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna), is Ingenieur (BEng) for electrical engineering, and quite recently, in 2012, graduated as MBA in General Management.
Research Interest
is main research interest had always been the human mind since it can be analysed by three distinct methods the results of which eventually have to converge: 1. by introspection, 2. by analysing the behaviour of a person, e.g. through psychological experiments, and 3. by studying the human brain. And then progress in technology made method 4 possible: Modelling the human mind and the human brain. For this reason, he has extended his research methods from cybernetics and systems theory to artificial intelligence, but not restricted to the so-called rational processes but encompassing also emotional ones.
Publications
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"Multi-Agent Systems and Applications", these three Springer, Heidelberg/New York, "Emotions in Humans and Artifacts", MIT Press, 2003, "Agent Culture. Human-Agent Interaction in a Multicultural World", Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004, "Programming for Peace: Computer-Aided Methods for International Conflict Resolution and Prevention"
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"Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence", "Creating Personalities for Synthetic Actors"
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Dordrecht, NL, 2006, "Cybernetics and Systems 2010", ASCS, Vienna, "Wissenschaft und Medizin", 12th ed. 2014, Facultas, Vienna, "Your Virtual Butler: The Making-of", Springer Heidelberg/Berlin, 2013, and "A Construction Manual for Robots' Ethical Systems", Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2015.
