Bio for Prof. Dr. Carl Gustaf Jansson
Professor Emeritus, Artificial Intelligence at
KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Head of AI Strategy at Attabotics Inc.
Education.
1974
MSc in Engineering Physics at KTH
1986
PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, KTH
Positions.
1988-1992
Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence at KTH
1992-2018
Tenured Professor in Artificial Intelligence at KTH
Research interests.
Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge representation,
Machine Learning, Multi paradigm programming,
Cognitive Science, Intelligent Interfaces, On-line learning
Management roles.
1978-2004
Deputy Head of Department, Dept. for DSV, KTH
1988-2004
Member of the KTH Faculty Council (Senate)
2005-2014
Vice Dean for the KTH ICT School
2005-2014
Chairman for the KTH ICT School Graduate Study
2005-2014
Chairman for the KTH joint ICT and CSC School Recruitment Committee
2017-2018
Head of Department, Dept. for Communication Systems, KTH
2015-present
Senior academic advisor for the KTH Internationalization in India and Latin America.
Pedagogic
achievements.
1975-1985
KTH curricula developments Programming Methodology
1985-2000
KTH curricula developments Artificial Intelligence
1985
Design of KTH five year MSc Program : Computer Engineering
1988-2005
Supervised and examined 35 PhD students in Artificial Intelligence specifically in Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation, Automated Reasoning as well as Intelligent Interfaces. 10 PhDs have eventually become tenured Professors.
1999-2005
Design and Chair of the KTH five year MSc Program in Information Technology (1999)
2010-2016
Designer of and Director for the EIT Digital Pan European Master School
2019-present
Development of an IIT Madras NPTEL on-line course in Machine Learning
Scientific
achievements.
Responsible for numerous externally funded projects 1976 and onwards: PRINCESS, CLEA, ACTA, Acquisition and Learning, Inductive Learning of Logic Programs, ILP, ILP2, PUSH, AUGMENT, SSF HMI and C&C, Agent based methods, PLAYGROUND, WEBLABS, FEEL, ISPACE, MIELES and EQUAMBI.
1990-1995
Cofounder and Director for the center for Cognitive Engineering (KTH, Stockholm U.)
1994-2004
Founder and Director of the Knowledge and Communication Research Laboratory
1990-2000
Chairman of the Swedish AI Society (SAIS) and Honorary President of SAIS (2000-present).
1996-1999
Member of the European Association of Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI) board
1999
Local Organization chair for the International Joint Conference in AI (IJCAI99)
1995-1998
Senior researcher in the European Science Foundation (ESF) program : Learning in Humans and Machines
1996-2002
Board member for the SSF HMI and C&C National Swedish Graduate Schools
2009-2018 Director for the KTH ICT Research Platform
2008-2012 Area coordinator for the KTH Research Assessment Exercises (RAE 2008, RAE 2012)
2009-2010 Node Director for the EIT Digital Stockholm Node ( The European Institute of Innovation and Technology)
2016-2017
Senior Academic Advisor to EIT Digital.