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SHORT BIOGRAPHY Eyke H ¨ullermeier Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Marburg [email protected] http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb12/kebi Eyke Hullermeier,¨ born in 1969, holds M.Sc. degrees in mathematics and business computing, both from the University of Paderborn (Germany). From the Computer Science Department of the same university he obtained his Ph.D. in 1997 and a Habilitation degree in 2002. From 1998 to 2000, he spent two years as a Marie Curie fellow at the Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (France), and held appointments at the Universities of Dortmund, Marburg, and Magde- burg afterwards. He joined the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Marburg University (Germany) as a full professor in 2007. His research interests are focused on methodological foundations of Artificial Intelligence and in- telligent systems design, especially on machine learning and data mining as well as modeling and reasoning with uncertain knowledge. Besides, he is very interested in the application of AI methods in other fields, including the life sciences, engineering and economics. He has pub- lished around 200 research papers on these topics in top-tier journals and major international conferences, and several of his contributions have been recognized with scientific awards. Professor Hullermeier¨ is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Fuzzy Sets and Systems (ranked second most influential journal in applied mathematics, based on the number of citations) and serves on the editorial board of various other journals, including Machine Learning, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. Moreover, he is a regular member of the program committee of major international conferences in the fields of Computational and Artificial Intelligence (recently, for example, he was area chair at AAAI-2012, ECML-2012, and ICML–2010). He is a coordinator of the EUSFLAT working group on Machine Learning and Data Mining and the head of the IEEE CIS Task Force on Machine Learning. Professor Hullermeier¨ was the General Chair of IPMU–2010, 13th International Conference on In- formation Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (Dortmund, Germany). In 2012, he was a PC Co-Chair of SUM, the 6th International Conference on Scalable Uncertainty Management (Marburg, Germany), and last year, he was a PC Co-Chair of DS–2013, the 16th International Conference on Discovery Science (held in Singapore). This year, he is PC Co-Chair of ECML/PDKK, the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases. SCIENTIFIC VITA 02/2014 Eyke H ¨ullermeier Cilly-Schafer-Straße¨ 7 D–35037 Marburg [email protected] http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb12/kebi PERSONAL DATA Date of Birth: February 11, 1969 Place of Birth: Lubbecke¨ (Germany) Nationality: German Marital Status: married since September 15, 1998, two children Academic Degrees: Dr. rer. nat. (doctor of the natural sciences) Diplom-Mathematiker (MSc Mathematics) Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker (MSc Business Informatics) EDUCATION Habilitation in Computer Science (January 2002) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Germany Title of thesis: ‘Similarity-Based Inference: Models and Applications’ Reviewers: Prof. Dr. Kleine Buning,¨ Prof. Dr. Suhl (University of Paderborn), Dr. Prade (IRIT, Toulouse), Prof. Dr. Bouchon-Meunier (Universite´ Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) PhD in Computer Science (April 1994 – January 1997) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Germany Title of thesis: ‘Reasoning about Systems based on Incomplete and Uncertain Models’ Grade: – mit Auszeichnung – (summa cum laude) Reviewers: Prof. Dr. Kleine Buning¨ (University of Paderborn), Prof. Dr. Cellier (University of Arizona, USA), Prof. Dr. Ruckert¨ (Heinz Nixdorf Institut, Paderborn) MSc Mathematics (October 1991 – December 1996) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Germany Major areas of study: numerical mathematics, stochastics, differential equations, mathema- tical methods of operations research, minor: economics. Grade: – mit Auszeichnung – (1,0) MSc Business Informatics (October 1989 – December 1993) Department of Economics, University of Paderborn, Germany Major areas of study: knowledge-based systems, information systems, statistics, econome- trics and economic theory, operations research and production systems. Grade: – sehr gut – (1,0) I/XVI EXPERIENCE January 2007 – present Full Professor (W3), Practical Computer Science Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Marburg December 2004 – December 2006 Associate Professor (C3), Data and Knowledge Engineering Faculty of Computer Science, University of Magdeburg September 2004 – November 2004 Associate Professor (C3 in substitution), Computational Intelligence Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund July 2002 – August 2004 Juniorprofessor (C2), Intelligent Systems Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Marburg March 2002 – June 2002 Assistant Professor (Hochschuldozent, C2) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Paderborn August 2001 – February 2002 Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, C1) Automata and Circuit Theory (Prof. Dr. Reusch) Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund April 1998 – June 2001 Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, C1) Statistics, Econometrics, and Decision Theory (Prof. Dr. Skala) Department of Economics, University of Paderborn April 1997 – March 1998 Graduate Research Assistant (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) Knowledge-Based Systems (Prof. Dr. Kleine Buning)¨ Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Paderborn February 1997 – March 1997 Visiting Scientist Economic Theory (Prof. Dr. Weise) Department of Economics, University of Kassel, Germany April 1994 – January 1997 PhD Student Graduate Center at the Heinz Nixdorf Institut, Interdisciplinary Research Center for Com- puter Science and Technology within the University of Paderborn March 1992 – March 1994 Undergraduate Research Assistant Statistics, Econometrics, and Decision Theory (Prof. Dr. Skala) Department of Economics, University of Paderborn II/XVI RESEARCH VISITS AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENTS ABROAD • January 2014, Invited Professor at LAMSADE, Universite´ Paris Dauphine • December 2008, Invited Professor at LIP6, Universite´ Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris • July 8-22, 2007, Visiting Scientist at the LIRMM – Laboratoire d’Informatique, de Robo- tique et de Microelectronique´ de Montpellier, Universite´ Montpellier • March/April 2004, Invited Professor at the IRIT – Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, Universite´ Paul Sabatier • November 1998 – October 2000, Visiting Scientist (post-doc) in the Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Systems Group at the IRIT – Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, Universite´ Paul Sabatier CALLS TO PROFESSORSHIPS • Computer Science (W3), Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathe- matics, University of Paderborn, May 2014. • Practical Computer Science (W3), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Uni- versity of Marburg, August 2006 • Data and Knowledge Engineering (C3), Faculty of Computer Science, University of Magde- burg, September 2004 • Computational Intelligence (C3), Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, August 2004 • Intelligent Systems (Juniorprofessorship, C2), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Marburg, February 2002 Shortlisted: • Machine Learning (W3), Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, TU Berlin, 2006 • Bioinformatics (W3), Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Jena, 2006 • Knowledge-Based Systems (C3), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci- ence, University of Siegen, 2004 AWARDS, HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS • Best Paper Award at ICCBR–2013, 21st International Conference on Case-Based Reason- ing, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA. • Best Paper Award at ECAI–2012, 20th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Mont- pellier, France. • Outstanding Area Chair Award at AAAI–2012, 26th Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Toronto, Canada. • Best Paper Award at ICCBR–2011, 19th International Conference on Case-Based Reason- ing, London, UK. III/XVI • Student Best Paper Award (senior author) at ECML/PKDD–2009, European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, Bled, Slovenia. • Best Paper Award at ECCBR–2008, 9th European Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, Trier, Germany. • IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Award 2002 (awarded in 2005). • Runner up paper award at ECAI-2002, 15th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Lyon, France. • Annual prize for outstanding PhD dissertation, awarded by the University of Paderborn (Forderpreis¨ der Universitatsgesellschaft¨ Paderborn, 1997). • Student Best Paper Award at IFSA–2005, International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress (senior author), Beijing, China. • Distinguished Paper Award at EUSFLAT–2007, 5th Conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology, Ostrava, Czech Republic. • Nominated for the “Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Preis” (German national price for young researchers) independently by the University of Marburg (2004) and the University of Paderborn (2000). • Marie Curie Research