Dr. Sven A. Brueckner

Dr. Sven A. Brueckner
NewVectors, LLC
3520 Green Court, Suite 250
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734.302.4683
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EDUCATION

Humboldt University, Berlin (1991 - 2000)

Doctoral Student at the Institute of Computer Science (1997-2000)
Artificial Intelligence Department
Thesis: "Return from the Ant — Synthetic Ecosystems for Manufacturing Control" (Doctorate degree "Doktor rerum naturalium" awarded June, 2001)

Computer Science Diploma (equiv. Masters Degree) (1997)
Diploma-thesis (in cooperation with Daimler-Benz AG, Research & Technology): "Autonomous and Cooperative Control of a Flexible Manufacturing System"
Course Studies:

Computer Science "Vordiplom" (equiv. Bachelor Degree) (1993)

Six Weeks Practical Studies (1995)
In cooperation with the Department of Biology of the Humboldt University Berlin, research into a biology-inspired behavioral model for agents

Thames Valley University, London (UK) (1994 - 1995): ERASMUS Inter-University Cooperation Program
Course Study: The Development of the European Union, Urban Social Geography, Computer/Video Graphics, Object-Oriented Modeling

Alternative Military Service, Berlin, Germany (1990 - 1991)

Humboldt University, Berlin (1988 - 1990): Special School for Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science

EMPLOYMENT

2000 - Present	NewVectors, LLC Senior Systems Engineer Project Lead and Project Manager Perform systems design, implementation, and analysis Develop new algorithms which support organizational scientific and research related initiatives Design experiments Conduct fundamental research in agent technologies
1997 - 2000	DaimlerChrysler AG, Research & Technology (DCRT) Multi-Agent Systems Department Participated in industrial projects in the Manufacturing Control Group; e.g. the EU project MASCADA Participated in the development of prototypical agent-architecture for internal DCRT projects
1995 - 1996	PSI AG (Process-Control & Information-Systems) Berlin, Germany Developed and implemented specification and prototypical knowledge-based extension for guided user-interaction in an existing system for computer-network diagnosis Researched combination of rule-based and case-based reasoning and exten-sion of the Case-Retrieval Network model

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

View more joint publications from our ABC research group... to be updated eventually

H.V.D. Parunak and S. Brueckner. "Ant-Like Missionaries and Cannibals: Synthetic Pheromones for Distributed Motion Control." Fourth International Conference on Autonomous Agents (Agents '2000), Barcelona, Spain. June 2000.

S. Brueckner. "An Analytic Approach to Pheromone-Based Coordination in Synthetic Ecosystems." Poster abstract in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems. Boston, MA, USA. July 2000.

H.V.D. Parunak, S. Brueckner, J. Sauter, and R. Matthews. "Distinguishing Control and Plant Dynamics in Enterprise Modeling." Proceedings of the 2nd DARPA-JFACC Symposium on Advances in Enterprise Control. Minneapolis, MN, USA. July 2000.

S. Brueckner and H.V.D. Parunak. "Multiple Pheromones for Improved Guidance." Proceedings of the 2nd DARPA-JFACC Symposium on Advances in Enterprise Control. Minneapolis, MN, USA. July 2000.

H.V.D. Parunak, S. Brueckner, J. Sauter, and R. Matthews. "Distinguishing Environmental and Agent Dynamics: A Case Study in Abstraction and Alternate Modeling Technologies." Proceedings of the Workshop on Engineering Societies in the Agents' World (ESAW'00). Berlin, Germany. Au-gust 2000.

S. Brueckner and H.V.D. Parunak. "Multiple Pheromones for Improved Guidance." Poster abstract in the Proceedings of From Ant Colonies to Artificial Ants: Second International Workshop on Ant Algorithms (ANTS'2000). Brussels, Belgium. September 2000.

S. Brueckner. "Return from the Ant - Synthetic Ecosystems for Manufacturing Control." Dissertation at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. Forthcoming 2000. (as submitted January, 2000 and suc-cessfully (magna cum laude) defended June 2000)

P. Peeters, P. Valckenaers, J. Wyns, and S. Brueckner. "Manufacturing Control Algorithm and Architec-ture." Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, pp.877-888. September, 1999.

H.V.D. Parunak and S. Brueckner. "Synthetic Pheromones for Distributed Motion Control." Proceed-ings of DARPA-JFACC Technical Symposium on Advances in Enterprise Control. 1999.

S. Brueckner. "Return from the Ant: Synthetic Ecosystems for Manufacturing Control." The European Network of Excellence for Agent-Based Computing (AgentLink) Newsletter, Volume 4. No-vember 1999.

S. Brueckner, J. Wyns, P. Peeters, and M. Kollingbaum. "Designing Agents for Manufacturing Control." Proceedings of the 2nd AI & Manufacturing Research Planning Workshop. A Albuquerque, NM. August 1998.

S. Brueckner. "Manufacturing Control Systems Capable of Managing Production Change and Distur-bances - An Application of Autonomous Cooperating Agents." The European Network of Ex-cellence for Agent-Based Computing (AgentLink) Newsletter, Volume 1. October 1998.

S. Brueckner. "Autonome und Kooperative Auftragsdurchsetzung für die Steuerung flexibler Fertigung-sanlagen." Masters thesis at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. February 1997.

Mario Lenz, Hans-Dieter Burkhard, and Sven Brueckner. "Applying Case Retrieval Nets to Diagnostic Tasks in Technical Domains." I. Smith and B. Faltings (eds.), "Advances in Case-Based Reason-ing", Springer Verlag, LNAI 1168. 1996.

Paper at the 3rd Workshop on Case-Based Reasoning, November 14-16, 1996, Lausanne, Switzerland.

D. Wieczorek, M. Lukowsky, S. Brueckner. "Agent Development and Control System." Proceedings of DIMAS'95. Krakow, Poland. November 1995.

Paper at the 2nd Interdisciplinary Workshop for Biology-Oriented Computer Science and Propagation Networks. Berlin, Germany. November 1999.

SPECIAL SKILLS

General: Excellent performance with agent systems design, implementation and analysis; ability to work in teams; effective problem solver; creative and positive thinker; motivator and self-starter; willingness to learn and share knowledge with others; enthusiastic about assignments; detail oriented with ability to think critically and globally. Excellent working experience with various Web browsers and search engines. Experienced with SGML/XML, their functions, and DTD structure.

Computer: World Wide Web Design, Implementation, Programming: DHTML, XML, Java, C++, logic programming, PERL
Platforms: UNIX, Linux, Windows 95+, Windows NT, DOS
Agent Implementation Architectures: dMars, Voyager, IBM Aglets, Zeus, SWARM

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Complex Adaptive Systems
Multi-Agent Systems - Theory and Application
Emergence, Self-Organization
Artificial Life & Swarm Intelligence
Coordination and Control

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