KEYNOTE SPEAKER

From Personal Computers to Learning Assistants: Development and Use of Intelligent Agents by Non-Computer Scientists

Dr. Gheorghe Tecuci
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Learning Agents Center
George Mason University, USA

Biography of the Keynote Speaker

Gheorghe Tecuci is Professor of Computer Science in the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering and Director of the Learning Agents Center (lac.gmu.edu) at George Mason University, USA. Professor Tecuci is also a member of the Romanian Academy and former Chair of Artificial Intelligence at the US Army War College. He received two Ph.D.s in Computer Science, from the University of Paris-South, France and from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania. Professor Tecuci has published over 150 papers including the book Building Intelligent Agents: An Apprenticeship Multistrategy Learning Theory, Methodology, Tool, and Case Studies. He received several awards, including: the US Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, the IT&E Outstanding Research Faculty Award, the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, the Innovative Application Award from the American Association of Artificial Intelligence, and the Romanian Academy Award for Research Excellence on Learning Systems.