• Lecturer of IRR MSc Module
• IRR Module Information
• IRR Group Allocation
• IRR Module Information (Local Information)

• Lecturer of IRP MSc Module
• Informatics Research Proposal (IRP) Home Page
• Local information area

• AKT Technology Show Cases
• Automatic Support for Enterprise Modelling and Workflow, [Local Copy]
• AKT Research Map, [Local Copy]
• KRAFT-IX Supporting Collaboration in Virtual Organisations, [Local Copy]
  
• AKT Research Map Version 2.0 (generated from KBST-EM) and
  • An automatically generated OWL Representation of its underlying Ontology
  • An automatically generated OWL Representation of The AKT Research Map
• An Example Business Process Model described using FBPML (generated from KBST-EM)

• Advanced Knowledge Technologies Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (AKT IRC) project

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funds the AKT IRC, a six-year, 7.5 millions pounds interdisciplinary research collaboration between internationally recognised research groups at the Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Southampton and the Open University. The project duration is 2000/7/1-2006/6/30 and with addition extension period. This project is to develop and integrate relevant AI techniques in the larger process of knowledge management. Various public web sites are available at: http://www.aktors.org/ and http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/akt/. My work area in this project is enterprise (including business process) modelling, workflow management, knowledge sharing and inconsistency checking among multiple enterprise models. An informal area that stores my work is here.

• Collaborative Advanced Knowledge Technologies (CoAKTinG) in the Grid Project
The CoAKTinG (Collaborative Advanced Knowledge Technologies in the Grid) project, started in June 2002 and runs for 24 months. The total funding is 0.5 million pounds and funded by the UK e-Science Programme: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/escience/default.htm.
• Project home page
• Mars Scenario Replay
• All Hands Meeting 2004 Flyer and Poster
• My informal working area - 1
• My informal working area - 2
• Workflow Management in the Grid Project

This is commercial consultancy work that involves introducing and applying process modelling and workflow management technologies to the application of Grid in Taiwan.

• Process and Workflow Management Commercial Project

This is a commercial project that involves introducing and applying relevant Artificial Intelligence, Business Process Modelling, Ontology and Workflow techniques, that are applicable to Knowledge Management in a large US software company.

• Consultancy projects

This includes several private commercial consultancy projects with companies, including Royal Bank of Scotland.

• Applied AI Techniques in Knowledge Management Short Course

The course gives a general overview on applied AI Techniques in the field of Knowledge Management. Several case studies on past projects using specific AI techniques are also included to give insights on the techniques and how they may be used in practice. Methods vs. methodologies of applying such techniques are provided which delivers the practical know-how knowledge. The course includes practical exercises that are directly relevant to the concerned topics and course material.

• Multi-Perspective Enterprise Model Development Project

This is an Enterprise Modelling project for US Air Operations, The Air Operations Enterprise Modelling (AOEM) Project. This project is a part of JFACC, a DARPA funded program: http://www.darpa.mil.


• Host for commercial companies and visitors
  
  
  • Mr. Stuart Roebuck, Director of ProInnovate Limited (visiting 2009-current)
  
  
• Supervisor of Informatics PhD Project and Thesis:
  
  
  • Student: Cheng-Lin Yang
    Second Supervisor: Prof. Dave Robertson
    Thesis Topic: On-line Communities Making Sense
    Many congratulations to Cheng-Lin for getting his ORS award and funding from Informatics Graduate School.
    Many congratulations to Cheng-Lin for winning the project prize at the Cloud Summer School, SICSA, June 2011.
    
    
  • Student: Areti Manataki
    Thesis Title: Improving the Understanding of Supply Chain Operation Dynamics through Logic-Based Conceptual Modelling and Simulation
    Second Supervisor: Michael Rovatsos
    A copy of her CV is available here.
    Many congratulations to Areti for getting her EPSRC scholarship.
    
    
  • Student: Gaya Nadarajan
    Title: Semantic based Workflow for Video Processing in the Grid
    Second Supervisor: Prof. Bob Fisher
    A copy of her CV is available here [local copy] and here.
    Many congratulations to Gaya for winning the finalist place for the prestigious Google Anita Borg Scholarship for two years continuously, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010.
    Many congratulations to Gaya for successfully passed her viva (2010)!!
    
  • Student: Natasha Correia Queiroz Lino
    Title: Plan Delivery and Visualisation in Collaborative Planning Environments
    First Supervisor: Prof. Austin Tate
    Many congratulations to Natasha for getting her PhD (2007).
    
    
• Student: Guo Li
  Title: Enacting a Decentralised Workflow Management System on a Multi-agent Platform
  Co-supervisor: Dave Robertson
  Many congratuations to Li for getting his PhD (2006) and working for Imperial College, London (2006).
  
• Student: Clauirton de Albuquerque Siebra
  Title: Unifying Planning Requirements for Hierarchical Human-Agent Coalitions
  First Supervisor: Prof. Austin Tate
  Many congratulations to Clauirton for getting his PhD (2005).
• Student: Maciej Zurawski
  Title: Distributed Knowledge Management
  First Supervisor: Dave Robertson
  Many congratuations to Maciej for getting his PhD.
  
• Visiting PhD Student (1 year, 2005): JianQuan Wang
  
• Visiting PhD Student (summer 2007): Concetto Spampinato
  
• Supervisor of Informatics MSc Project and Thesis:


• Capture dependencies to derive intelligence
  Student: Marios Meimaris
  Many congratulations to Marios for his outstanding work. He has been awarded distinction for his MSc degree that is based on both of his MSc course work and his MSc thesis.



• Implementing a Workflow Engine for Executing Business Processes and Business Analysis
  Student: Wei Li



• A Knowledge-based Analysis and Modelling of Dell's Supply Chain: the Build-to-Order and Direct Sales Strategies
  Student: Areti Manataki
  Many congratulations to Areti for her outstanding work. She has been awarded distinction for her MSc degree and an annual award, Xerox award, for her MSc thesis.



• A Critical Survey and Analysis of Knowledge Management Technologies and Tools
  Student: Grace Chiu



• Flexible Strategy Computer Player for Texas Hold'em Poker
  Student: JinHui Li



• Knowledge and Strategy-based Computer Poker Playing
  Student: Ankur Chopra
  Many congratulations to Ankur for his outstanding work for that he has received a distinction for his MSc degree and an annual award, Xerox award, for his MSc thesis.



• Social Network Analysis Based on Knowledge Maps
  Student: Bjarni Thor Gislason



• Intelligent Web Services Composition based on Business Process Technologies
  Student: Gaya Nadarajan



• Content Management through Knowledge Maps (Word Doc).
  Student: Alejandro Castillo.
  



• Intelligent Support for Context-Sensitive Workflow (Word Doc)
  Student: Florendia Kartsouni-Fourli [Presentation] [Thesis]
  


• Knowledge Management using Business Process Modelling and Workflow Techniques: (htm format)
  Student: Hsiang-Ling Kuo: zipped Complete MSc Thesis and Power Point presentation
  Many congratulations to Hsiang-Ling who received a distinction honour for her MSc thesis and degree that is the highest honour a MSc degree can earn.



• MBA student project proposals:


• Topic one: Semantic Web and Grid
• Topic two: Workflow enabled Business Intelligence
• Topic three: Open Architecture based Virtual Organisation
• Topic four: Supply Chain Management and Health Care
  
  
• Special Advisor and Steering Committee for the 1st AKT Doctoral Symposium, Southampton, 2005.
  
  
  • AIAI's AKT Working Area
  • Local Working Area
• Knowledge Based Support for Business Modelling in BSDM Project

This describes my MSc and PhD research. More information is available here.

Applying to be a PhD student with myself

If you are interested in studing for a PhD degree with myself, please have a look at the research areas that I am working on and my web pages; and see whether they are related to your interested areas or not. Once you have decided to study for a PhD degree, you should try to make contact as soon as possible.

I regret to say that emails that appeared to be written to a wider recipants that is not directly relevant to my research areas will be ignored, as I receive many emails that I can not reply to each one of them.

You should try to get in touch with me as soon as you have your transcripts ready from your MSc or UG degrees. Your full PhD application should ideally be submitted to the Informatics graduate school by October, latest by Xmas, to start the studies from October in the following year.

PhD program normally starts from October 1st each year. However, if you are required to attend English courses, you may need to come to Edinburgh from July onwards.

If you are interested to work with myself for your PhD degree, please provide the information below to me:


• A list of technical areas that you are interested to work for your PhD;
• A recent CV, including your educational and technical background and/or relevant working experiences that is relevant to the interested research areas.
• UG and MSc transcripts, as relevant;
• Your published conference and/or journal papers, if any;
• A PhD research proposal that is about 1000 words, plus additional pages for references used in the proposal;
• Two reference letters.

If you are not sure who will be a best person for you to do a PhD program with, you can send your application to Informatics directly and your application will be forwarded to lecturers who are relevant to your proposed research areas.

References:
• To see how a PhD research proposal may be written, refer to teaching materials provided as a part of a MSc tecahing course, IRP, here in Informatics.
• To see the different types of degrees on offer, English requirements and scholarhip info.
• To see the Informatics web page.

Applying for an Intership with myself

I currently do not have vanancy for Intership. This will remian true, until further notice and announcement at this space. Any email regarding Interships, therefore may not be replied.

Links and Personal Pages

Great Speeches

• Steve Jobs - graduational ceremony speech at Stanford Univ.
• Graduation Speech by Brian Dyson, former VP of Coca Cola
• Interview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates - part I part II part III

Research Resources

• A list of AI Labs
• A list of search engines
• AI Topics - a dynamic library of introductory information about Artificial Intelligence - provided by AAAI
• Call for Paper - Conferences
• Call for Paper - Journals
• Sites for Research Organisations

Edinburgh Library Resources

• Informatics PhD/MSc Thesises and Research Papers Archives **
• Edinburgh University Library
• Edinburgh University Library on-line borrowing form
• Edinburgh University Library on-line book purchase request form
• AIAI Library
• Edinburgh University DVD AI Library and [Local Copy]
• Edinburgh University Library and e-Journals
• Safari books online (six concurrent univ. users only)

Seminar Resources

• Booking a CISA seminar room
• CISA Seminar University Home Page
• CISA Seminar Message Archives
• CISA Lunch

Teaching Resources

• Semester Dates
• Informatics Graduate School Home Page
• Informatics Teaching Organisation
• Informatics Student Home Page
• Informatics Deadlines (Internal)

Student Resources

• Admission Related Information
• Scholarship Information Page
• MSc Advice on the Knowledge Management, Representation and Reasoning specialism
• Study Information for MSc and PhD students
• An AI Seminar Mailing List
• Useful Know-how for a researcher (by Alan Bundy)
• Guide to write a research paper
• Latex Information
• Transferable Skills Workshop
• ETSS (Edinburgh Taiwanese Students' Society)
• Student Travel Fund - AISB
• Student Travel Fund - RADMA
• Student Travel Fund - Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society (Greek Students only)

Other Information

• My Main Book Marks
• Taiwanese Consulate in Edinburgh, UK
• Edinburgh University in You Tube Videos
• My Resume (CV) (suitable for IE viewers)
• Images and Photos
• Quotes
• Recipes
• AIAI Alumni Information Page

Contact Information

Travel and Map Information

Additional Information