Robert Trappl (born 16 January 1939, in
Vienna
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Austria
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n scientist and head of the
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Vienna, which was founded in 1984. He is known for his work in the field of
cybernetics and
artificial intelligence
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.
Biography
In the 1960s, Trappl received in Vienna a degree in
electrical engineering, a degree in
sociology
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from the
Institute of Advanced Studies (Vienna), and a
PhD in
psychology
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, with a minor in
astronomy
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.
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Accessed Oct 29, 2009.
Since the 1970s, Trappl has been working at the
Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Since the 1980s he has been the director of the
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence and later until 2006 he also was head of the Institute of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence at the Medical University of Vienna. Besides his work at the university he has advised several national and international companies and organizations.
In the 1970s, Trappl was President of the
Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies. In this position, he co-founded in 1980 the
International Federation for Systems Research The International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR) is an international federation for global and local societies in the field of systems science. This federation is a non-profit, scientific and educational agency founded in 1980, and constitu ...
of which he became vice-president and from 1986 to 1988 president.
Trappl is also
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
of the
scientific journals ''
Applied Artificial Intelligence'' and ''
Cybernetics and Systems'', and a member of the
editorial board
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Mass media
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s of several other journals.
Publications
Trappl has published over 180 articles
Robert Trappl
List of publications from the DBLP Bibliography Server. Accessed Oct 29, 2009. and cooperated in some 34 books.
References
External links
Trappl's homepage
at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI)
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1939 births
People in information technology
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Living people
Scientists from Vienna