Michael Winikoff

Biography

Michael joined the Department of Information Science in September 2009, and was Head of Department from February 2011 to December 2016. Earlier in 2009 (since September 2008) he worked at the university's Higher Education Development Centre, and before that was Associate Professor at RMIT University's School of Computer Science and IT. Professor Holger Regenbrecht has taken over as Head of Department.   In 2017 he was on sabbatical for most of the year. Since returning he've been involved in INFO407, and in curriculum development for 2018.

Research Interest

  Concepts for designing agent software including the crucial role that is played by goals and how (and why) they should be explicitly represented in agent systems. Design methodologies for agent-based systems, in particular the Prometheus methodology. Techniques for designing and implementing flexible and robust interactions between agents, including both goal-based techniques and techniques based on commitment machines. Techniques for debugging and for software maintenance of agent systems.   Agent-oriented programming languages. Applying social expectations to monitoring interactions (which can be software-software, software-humans, or computer-mediated human-human interaction).