1. Wrocław University of Technology leaded by Ngoc Thanh Nguyen Institute of Information Science and Engineering Multi-agent Systems and Knowledge Integration Group

2. Member of KES International (as a focus group) Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wroclaw University of Technology

3. People 1 professor of WUT 2 assistant professors (with Ph.D.) 4 Ph.D. students 5 graduate students

4. Recent Projects Meta search engines with using multi-agent technology: AGWI and MASE ROSA: A recommender agent for information retrieval in Internet Advanced methods for inconsistent knowledge processing Knowledge integration methods for multi-agent systems Methods for ontology integration

5. Recent Edited Volumes Nguyen N.T. (Ed.): Intelligent Technologies for Inconsistent Knowledge Processing. Advanced Knowledge International, Adelaide, Australia 2004. Nguyen N.T., Sobecki J. (Eds): Modern Technologies for Web- based Adaptive Systems. Special issue in Journal of Universal Computer Science 11(2), 2005. Nguyen N.T., Katarzyniak R. (Eds): Multi-agent Systems, Ontologies and Conflict Resolution. Special issue in Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems 17(3), 2006 Kazienko P., Nguyen N.T., Sobecki J. (Eds): Web-based Recommender Systems. Special issue in International Journal of Computer Science & Applications 3(3), 2006 Krol D., Nguyen N.T. (Eds): Intelligence Integration in Distributed Knowledge Management. IDEA Publishers (USA) 2007 (to appear) Nguyen N.T., Nishida T. (Eds): Communicative Intelligence. Special issue in Journal of Universal Computer Science 2007 (to appear)

6. Related Journals Editor-in-Chief of: International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems (Inderscience Publishers) Associate Editor of: Journal of Information Knowledge Systems Management (IOS Press) International Journal of Knowledge Based Intelligent Engineering Systems (IOS Press) International Journal of Computer Science & Applications (TMRF - India) Editorial Board member of: International Journal of Applied Intelligence (Springer-Verlag) Journal of Universal Computer Science (Springer & Gaz University) Journal of Universal Science and Technology of Learning (CURTIN University - Australia)

7. Conferences KES-AMSTA 2007: The 1 st KES Symposium on Agent and Multi-Agent Systems – Technologies and Applications. Time and place: Wroclaw, Poland, 31 May – 1 June 2007 Proceedings: Springer-Verlag in series LNAI CISKGrid 2007: International Workshop on Collective Intelligence for Semantic and Knowledge Grid Time and place: Beijing, China, May 27-30, 2007 Proceedings: Springer-Verlag in series LNCS IEA/AIE 2008: The 20 th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems Time and place: Wroclaw, Poland, 18 May – 20 May 2008 Proceedings: Springer-Verlag in series LNAI

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