Robert Trappl

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Robert Trappl (born January 16, 1939 in Vienna ) is an Austrian cyberneticist , artificial intelligence expert and emeritus university professor .

Life

Robert Trappl first studied electrical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology . He completed his subsequent doctorate in psychology with a minor in astronomy at the University of Vienna in 1966 with a dissertation on the subject of reference point regulation in perceptual processes and their importance for psychophysical scaling . He later received a diploma in sociology from the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), and in 2012 he completed an MBA in general management .

In 1969 he was a co-founder of the Austrian Study Society for Cybernetics , of which he is still President today. Since 1972 it has organized the European Cybernetics and Systems Research Conference every two years. Trappl completed his habilitation in the field of biocybernetics and bioinformatics . From 1977 until his retirement in 2007 he headed the Institute for Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence at what is now the Medical University of Vienna , where he continues to give lectures. The Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) was founded in 1984 . Trappl has been head of this since it was founded; around 25 scientists research in the field of artificial intelligence at the institute . In 2012 he was elected President of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences .

The preoccupation with the human psyche led Trappl to brain research and the question of how human thinking could be mapped using computers. For a long time, intelligence was understood exclusively as an expression of rationality and logic. In Trappl's view, emotionality, motivation and goals are just as important. He also dealt with the question of how armed conflicts could be avoided with artificial intelligence. For example, the analysis of conflict databases can be used to determine which mediation strategy is the most promising in an international conflict. He has worked as a consultant for organizations such as the EU, OECD, UNIDO and WHO.

Trappl has published over 180 scientific articles and has contributed to 35 specialist books as editor, co-author or author. He is also editor of the journals Cybernetics and Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence .

In his free time, Trappl is engaged in pantomime, acting improvisation and contemporary dance.

Awards

  • 1967/68: Theodor Körner Prize
  • 1969: Prize of the City of Vienna for Medicine
  • 1970: Hoechst Prize
  • 1972: Cardinal Innitzer Promotion Prize for Medicine
  • Honorary member or fellow of the American Society for Cybernetics , the German Society for Cybernetics , the International Federation for Systems Research and the United Kingdom Systems Society
  • Full member of the European Academy for Sciences and Arts
  • 2018: Honorary member of the AI Austria association

Publications (selection)

  • 1983: Cybernetics: theory and applications . Springer Heidelberg / New York 1983. ISBN 3-540-12548-5
  • 1992: Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence , Springer Heidelberg / New York 1992. ISBN 978-3540556817
  • 1997: Creating Personalities for Synthetic Actors , together with Paolo Petta, Springer, Heidelberg / New York 1997, ISBN 3-540-62735-9
  • 2001: Multi-Agent Systems and Applications , Springer Heidelberg / New York 2001. ISBN 978-3540423126
  • 2003: Emotions in Humans and Artifacts , together with Paolo Petta and Sabine Payr, MIT Press 2003, ISBN 978-0262201421
  • 2004: Agent Culture. Human-Agent Interaction in a Multicultural World , together with Sabine Payr, Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004, ISBN 978-0805848083
  • 2006: Programming for Peace: Computer-Aided Methods for International Conflict Resolution and Prevention , Springer, Dordrecht 2006, ISBN 978-1402043772
  • 2013: Your virtual butler: the making-of . Springer Heidelberg / Berlin, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-37345-9
  • 2015: Science and Medicine: a textbook for the first special study module (SSM 1) , together with Werner Horn, Harald Trost and Ernst Buchberger, 13th edition, Facultas-Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-7089-1335-3
  • 2015: A Construction Manual for Robots' Ethical Systems: Requirements, Methods, Implementations (Cognitive Technologies) , Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-21547-1

Web links

Commons : Robert Trappl  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e derStandard.at - Artificial Intelligence pioneer Robert Trappl turns 75 . Article from January 16, 2014, accessed on November 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ Union catalog: Reference point regulation in perception processes and their significance for psychophysical scaling . Dissertation 1966, accessed November 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b derStandard.at - The "Emperors" in Artificial Intelligence . Article dated March 24, 2011, accessed November 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b DUK - Upgrade: Artificial Intelligence - Emulating people . Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Robert Trappl on the website of the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) . Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b Robert Trappl in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  7. ↑ ImPulsTanz Archive: Robert Trappl . Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ AI Austria: New association wants to make Austria a leading player in Artificial Intelligence . Article dated June 11, 2018, accessed June 11, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Trappl, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian psychologist, cyberneticist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna