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ApplyingArtificialIntelligencetoRealWorld
Knowledge Engineering and
Machine Learning Group (KEMLG)
Dept. De Llenguatges i Sitemes informàtics
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech
Campus Nord, K2M Building, 2nd floor
Jordi Girona 1-3
08034 Barcelona
Responsable: Miquel Sànchez-Marrè, Ulises Cortés
miquel@lsi.upc.edu, ia@lsi.upc.edu

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Summary of the group
 Knowledge Engineering and Machine Learning
Group was founded in 1989 within the Department of
Software at UPC
 Grupo Reconocido y Consolidado por la Generalitat de
Catalunya (SGR 2005, SGR 2009)
 Members (26)
 Seniors (8 + 3)
 1 Full Professor
 5 Associate professors
 2 Full Post-doc researchers
 3 Part-time post-doc researcher
 13 Ph.D. students
 2 M.Sc. students

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The People
SENIORS
 Prof. Dr. Ulises Cortés
 Dr. Javier Béjar
 Dr. Karina Gibert
 Dr. Mario Martín
 Dr. Miquel Sànchez-Marrè
 Dr. Ramon Sangüesa
 Dr. Javier Vázquez
 Dr. Juan Carlos Nieves
 Dr. Luigi Ceccaroni
 Dr. Steve Willmott
 Dr. Esteve Almirall
STUDENTS & COLLABORATORS
 Sergio Álvarez
 Cristian Barrué
 Roberto Confalonieri
 Alejandro García
 Fernando Orduña
 Sofia Panagiotidi
 Beatriz Sevilla
 Joao Sousa Lopes
 Víctor Codina
 Arturo Tejeda
 Ignasi Gómez
 Luis Oliva
 Miquel Sonsona
 Carolina Rubio
 Darío García

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Academic activities
 Postgraduate
 Ph. D. in Artificial Intelligence (UPC)
 M. Sc. in Artificial Intelligence (UPC-URV-UB)
https://postgrau.upc.edu/ai
 M. Sc. In Information Technologies (FIB)
 Graduate
 Faculty of Computer Science of Barcelona (FIB)
 Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics (FME-UPC) / Faculty
of Economical and Management Sciences (FEE-UB)
 Technical School of Vilanova i la Geltrú (EPSEVG)

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Which are our research lines ? (I)
Environmental
Sciences
Health & Assistive
Technologies
Knowledge
Management
& Web
Software Agents, Multiagent Systems,
Electronic Institutions and Grid Computing
Intelligent Decision Support Systems (IDSS),
Knowledge Discovery, Machine Learning and Data Mining
Knowledge Representation, Ontologies,
Recommender Systems, Innovation and Collaborative work,
The semantic Web and Web services
Industrial
Applications

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Software Agents, Multiagent Systems,
Electronic Institutions and Grid Computing
Intelligent Decision Support Systems (IDSS),
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Knowledge Representation, Ontologies,
the semantic Web and Web services
Which are our research lines ? (II)
DAI-DEPUR+GESCONDA
(I, II)
HIDRADMET
Volcán
OCATTIA
Share-IT
Environmental
Sciences
Health & Assistive
Technologies
Industrial
Applications
Knowledge
Management
& Web
Contract
ALIVE
Laboranova
VEP

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Which are our research lines ? (III)
 Knowledge Representation, Ontologies, Recommender Systems,
Innovation and Collaborative Work, The semantic Web
 Rule-Based Systems
 Case-Based Systems
 Ontologies
 Social Networks, Semantic Web
 IDSS, Machine Learning, Knowledge Discovery / Data Mining
 Intelligent Decision Support Systems
 Case-Based Reasoning & Learning
 Non supervised Learning
 Bayesian/Belief Networks
 Reinforcement Learning
 Data Mining Tools
 Computational Argumentation, Software Agents, Multi-Agent
Systems, Electronic Institutions and Grid Computing
 Agent Logics (BDI, Deontic logics)
 Electronic Institutions
 Multi-agent System Architectures
 Web Services

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Which are our research lines ? (IV)
 Knowledge Representation, Ontologies, Recommender Systems,
Innovation and Collaborative Work, The semantic Web
 Luigi Ceccaroni, Esteve Almirall, Ramon Sangüesa, Luis Oliva, Miquel Sonsona,
Arturo Tejeda, Víctor Codina, Joao Sousa
 IDSS, Machine Learning, Knowledge Discovery / Data Mining
 Miquel Sànchez-Marrè, Karina Gibert, Mario Martín, Javier Béjar, Ramon
Sangüesa, Beatriz Sevilla, Alejandro García, Fernando Orduña
 Computational Argumentation, Software Agents, Multi-Agent
Systems, Electronic Institutions and Grid Computing
 Ulises Cortés, Javier Vázquez, Juan Carlos Nieves, Steve Willmott, Cristian
Barrué, Sergio Alvarez, Roberto Confalonieri, Sofia Panagiotidi, Ignasi Gómez,
Darío García, Carolina Rubio

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Aplicaciones
 Sillas de ruedas inteligentes [SHARE-it]
 Caminadores inteligentes [SHARE-it]
 Software inteligente para la puesta a punto de las maquinas textiles
para nuevo productos [MODSIMTex, TexWIN]
 Sistemas software para e-democracia y e-integración [VEP]
 Xpertum: a web-based tool for visualizing social networks
[Laboranova]
 Idearium: an interactive web-based tool for distributed brainstorming
which enhances the ideation process [Laboranova]
 REST Web Services in Collaborative Work Environments
 Sistemas de diseño de servicios web o y gestión en linea de comercio
electrónico [CONTRACT]
 Sistemas para la ingeniería de servicios web robustos [ALIVE].
 Sistema Inteligente de Análisis de Datos y Gestión del Conocimiento
(IDSS) [GESCONDA]
 Herramienta para el desarrollo de Sistemas Inteligentes de Soporte a
la Toma de Decisiones [GESCONDA-II]
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Publicaciones (2005-2010)
 Revistas Internacionales
 Artículos JCR: 36
 Otros: 30
 Revistas habituales: AICommunications, Applied
Intelligence, Environmental Modelling and Software, IEEE
Intelligent Systems
 Libros: 10
 Capítulos de libros: 30
 Congresos Internacionales: 141
 Congresos habituales: AMAS, PAAMS, ECAI, ICCBR, IEMSS,
COMA, CCIA, …
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Some financed Projects
 Recently
 A-TEAM (IST)
 Agentcities.RTD (IST)
 Agentcities.NET (IST)
 VOLCAN (CONACyt)
 GESCONDA (CICyT)
 GESCONDA-II (CICyT)
 ASPIC (IST)
 CARREL.IST
 @LIS (IST)
 PROVENANCE (IST)
 Currently
 WINDS-LA (IST)
 A-LIVE (IST)
 LABORANOVA (IST)
 CONTRACT (IST)
 VEP (EU)
 SHARE-IT (IST)
 RAISME (IST)
 MODSIMTex (NMP)
 TexWIN (NMP)

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Proyectos y contratos relevantes (2005-2010) [I]
 Textile Work Intelligence by closed-loop of product and
process quality in the Textile Industry (TexWIN) (FP7 CP-
FP 246193-2). Fin: 150.125 €. [2010-2013].
 Participantes: UPC (KEMLG, INTEXTER), DITFK,ITEMA, Rieter,
Domina, BMG, ENEA, Dyckhoff, Centexbel, Milliken, Botto, Piacenza,
Marchi
 Rapid Application of Innovation in Small Medium
Enterprises (RAISME) (FP7, ) Fin: 100.800 €. [2010-2013].
 Participantes: I2Cat, …
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Proyectos y contratos relevantes (2005-2010) [II]
 Development of a rapid configuration system for textile
production machinery based on the physical behaviour
simulation of precision textile structures (MODSIMTex)
(FP7, CP-FP 214181-2). Fin: 135.720 €). [2008-2012].
 Participantes: UPC (KEMLG, INTEXTER), DITFK, TULiberec, Ulodz,
SPOLSIN, spol. s.r.o., T.F.A. alfa, s.r.o, Heimbach GmbH & CO KG,
Gebr. Röders AG, Santoni Spa.
 Widening IST Networking Developmet Support - Latin
America (WINDS) (FP7, IST-45108 SSA). Fin: 51.883 € [2007-
2008].
 Participantes: UPC, Menon, ITESM, UBA, UFRJ
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Proyectos y contratos relevantes (2005-2010) [III]
 Mejora y nuevos desarrollos de un sistema inteligente
para la extracción y GEStión del CONocimiento en bases
de Datos Ambientales (GESCONDA-II) (CICyT, TIN2004-
01368). Fin: 36.570 €. [2004-2007].
 Participantes: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat de
Girona
 The Virtual European Parliament (VEP) (FP7, EP-07-01-
039). Fin: 86.015 €. [2008-2009]
 Participantes: IBBT - Institut for BroadBand Technology, Belgium,
i2Cat - Internet 2 Catalunya, CDT - Center for Distance-spanning
Technology, Technical University of Luleå, Sweden, KHM -
Katholieke Hogeschool Mechelen - MEMORI, Belgium
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Proyectos y contratos relevantes (2005-2010) [IV]
 Supported Human Autonomy for Recovery and
Enhancement of cognitive and motor abilities using
information technologies (Share-it): Fin: 374537 € [2007-
2009]
 Participantes: Telefonica I+D, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,
Universidad de Málaga, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Universität Bremen,
Ana Aslan International, DFKI
 Contract based Systems Engineering Methods for
Verifiable Cross-Organisational Networked Business
Applications (Contract). (FP6, IST-FP6-034418). Fin: 306.161 €
[2006-2009]
 Participantes: UPC, Fujitsu IST (Alemania), Lost Wax (inglaterra),
Y’All B.V.(Paises Bajos), CertiCon A.S. (República Checa) , 3scale
Networks S.L. (Barcelona).
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Proyectos y contratos relevantes (2005-2010) [V]
 Collaboration Environment for Strategic Innovation
(Laboranova) (FP6, IST-5-035262-IP). Fin: 458.424 € [2006-
2009]
 Participantes: UPC, Danfoss (DK), Isvor Fiat (IT), SAP (DE),
AGiLiENCE (FR), KartOO (FR), Planet (GR).
 Enabling and Supporting Provenance in Grids for
Complex Problems (PROVENANCE) (FP6, IST-511085). Fin:
116.080 €. [2004-2006].
 Participantes: UPC, Alcatel, Telecom, …
 Argumentation Service Platform with Integrated
Components (ASPIC) (FP6, IST-2004-002307). Fin: 144.440
€. [2004-2007].
 Participantes: UPC, UK Cancer, IRST Toulousse, UReading, Josef
Stefan Institute
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Colaboraciones Estables
 Universidades / Centros de Investigación
 Universitat de Girona (LEQUIA, ICRA) (Manel Poch)
 Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Toni Moreno)
 Universidad de Málaga (Cristina Urdiales)
 Fondazione Santa Lucia (Roberta Anichiarico)
 University of Utrecht (Frank Dignum)
 University of Bath (Julian Padget)
 IDSIA (Andrea Rizzoli)
 TU Graz (Franz Wotawa)
 TU Munich (Peter Struss)
 CIC (Luis Alfonso Villa, Adolfo Guzmán)
 Empresas
 ASCAMM (Green, Ergos, Parkinetics)
 Telefónica I+D
 Consorci en Defensa de la Conca del Besós
 ACA
 Spin-offs
 3Scale Networks
 SISLtech
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CAMPUS NORD – UPC - BARCELONA
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K2M Building
SOFTWARE DEPT.

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Contactos:
Prof. Ulises Cortés, Dr. Miquel Sànchez-Marrè
(ia@lsi.upc.edu, miquel@lsi.upc.edu )
https://kemlg.upc.edu