Agnar Aamodt

Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDI), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Head of the Division of Intelligent Systems (DIS), and a member of its research group for Knowledge-Based Systems (KBS).
Senior Advisor in the company Verdande Technology AS (formerly Volve AS), a spin-off company from my IDI-KBS group.

My main research area is artificial intelligence (AI) methods for decision-support systems, with a focus on interactive problem solving and experiential learning in knowledge-based systems. The emphasis is on representing and utilizing knowledge that captures the semantics and pragmatics of real-world problem solving settings. Special fields of interest, and topics for students, are case-based reasoning, knowledge level architectures, ontologies, knowledge modeling/representation, combined reasoning methods, and AI-related aspects of cognitive science and philosophy. Type of applications focused are intelligent decision support, computer-assisted learning/tutoring, and knowledge management. Particular application areas are oil well drilling and medical decision making.

You may want to take a look at a list of selected publications. Extended information is available in my summarized CV.

I have a Ph.D. from University of Trondheim, Norwegian Institute of Technology, Department of Computer Systems and Telematics. I have also spent longer periods as an employee or visitor in the AI labs at the University of Texas, Austin (1987-88), and Free University of Brussels, VUB (1991-92, mainly on the KADS-II project), and in the Institut d'Investigació en Intel.ligència Artificial (IIIA), Barcelona (2001-2002).

I currently chair the Norwegian national committee for promotion to professorship in computer science on personal merits .
I am scientific advisor at SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture linked to the Create SFI program.

            Agnar Aamodt (Professor Dr.)
Post addr.: Department of Computer and Information Science,
            Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Site addr.: Sem Sælandsvei 9 (IT Building West), Room 322.
E-mail:     agnar.aamodt@idi.ntnu.no, 
Fax:        +47-7359-4466
Phone, dir: +47-7359-1838, secr.: +47-7359-4460, mobile: +47-9261-1144
Home addr.: Stibakken 1C, N-7562 Hundhamaren, Norway. Home phone: +47-7397-7365