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PROF LIZ SONENBERG



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Research Office, Information Systems
Position: PRO VICE-CHANCELLOR (RESEARCH COLLABORATION), CHAIR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Email:
Homepage: http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/lizs
Work: 9035 8619
Fax: 9347 9326
Room: 5.06
Level: 05
Building: Alan Gilbert Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Multi-agent systems-collaboration and teamwork, Automated negotiation and decision support, Context-aware computing. Computational modelling of Human problem solving Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Netherlands Utrecht University Exchange, Research
United Arab Emirates The British University in Dubai Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Monash University 21-Apr-1972
Graduate Diploma in Computing Studies University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1982
Doctor of Philosophy Monash University 31-Mar-1976

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member ACS Member 01-Jan-2006

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Agent-based frameworks for coordinated activities in E-Business: supply chain management & workflow applications Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2002
Automated interaction technologies for mobile hand-held devices Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage International Awards 01/01/2004
Interest-based negotiation: theory and practice Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
Dynamic personalisation for assisted navigation of information rich, physical environments Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007
Cross-Community Information Systems: Understanding Technology-Practice Fit in Healthcare Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
Development of an intelligent workflow Module (IWM) Chief Investigator AUSINDUSTRY 01/09/2003
SUPPORTING THE SMART PROJECT Chief Investigator SMART INTERNET TECHNOLOGY CRC PTY LTD 15/03/2006
AMD - NOVATION DEED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT WORKFLOW MODULE (IWM) (TP700840) Chief Investigator NEURAGENIX 22/03/2007
CP 29 SUPPORTING THE SMART PROJECT Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE,
SMART INTERNET TECHNOLOGY CRC PTY LTD		 31/03/2007
AGENT BASED LOGISTICS REVIEW Chief Investigator DEFENCE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION 24/10/2007
MULTI AGENT C2 SYSTEMS REVIEW Chief Investigator DEFENCE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION 20/12/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Prospects for e-collaboration with artificial partners
    Year: 2008
    Book: Encyclopedia of E-Collaboration
    Publisher: IGI Global(Hershey, PA)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Using interest and transition models to predict visitor locations in museums
    Year: 2008
    Journal: AI Communications: the European journal on artificial intelligence
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2-3
    Page numbers: 195-202
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • How situated is your agent? a cognitive perspective


    Year: 2008
    Event name: ProMAS'08
    Conference Publication: In Programming Multi- Agent Systems ProMAS workshop held with The Seventh International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multi-Agent Systems AAMAS
    Publisher: Springer(New York)
    Author(s):

  • Using Collaboratively Constructed Document Collections to Simulate Real-World Object Comparisons


    Year: 2008
    Event name: ADCS 2008 - Thirteenth Australasian Document Computing Symposium
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Australasian Document Computing Symposium
    Page numbers: 73-76
    Publisher: RMIT University(Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • Extending agent capabilities: Tools vs. Agents
    Year: 2008
    Event name: IEEE/WIC/ACM Intelligent Agent Technology 2008
    Conference Publication: 2008 IEEEWIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology
    Publisher: IEEE Computer Society(California)
    Author(s):
  • Finding Explanations for Assisting Pattern Interpretation
    Year: 2008
    Event name: 2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence
    Conference Publication: 2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence
    Page numbers: 48-51
    Publisher: IEEE Computer Society(California)
    Author(s):
  • From Task to Agent-oriented Meta-models, and Back Again
    Year: 2008
    Event name: 7th International Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams (TAMODIA 2008)
    Conference Publication: Engineering Interactive Systems 2008
    Volume: LNCS
    Issue: 5247
    Page numbers: 41-57
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag Heidelberg(Berlin)
    Author(s):
  • On the benefits of exploiting hierarchical goals in bilateral automated negotiation
    Year: 2008
    Event name: ArgMAS 2007
    Conference Publication: Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems
    Volume: 4946
    Page numbers: 18-30
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
    Author(s):
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  • ShaMAN: An Agent Meta-model for Computer Games
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Second Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering (HCSE 2008)
    Conference Publication: Engineering Interactive Systems 2008
    Volume: LNCS
    Issue: 5247
    Page numbers: 237-245
    Publisher: Springer(Berlin)
    Author(s):
  • Using Collaborative Models to Adaptively Predict Visitor Locations in Museums
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems
    Conference Publication: Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
    Volume: 5149
    Page numbers: 42-51
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
    Author(s):

Reports

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Keeping the patient asleep and alive: Towards a computational cognitive model of disturbance management in anaesthesia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Cognitive Systems Research
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 249-261
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  • STRATUM: A Methodology for Designing Heuristic Agent Negotiation Strategies
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Applied Artificial Intelligence
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 489-527
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • An Empirical Study of Interest-based Negotiation
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Proceedings of the ninth international conference on Electronic Commerce
    Conference Publication: ACM International Conference Proceedings Series
    Volume: 258
    Page numbers: 339-348
    Publisher: ACM Press(New York)
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  • Argumentation and Persuasion in the Cognitive Coherence Theory: Preliminary Report
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems
    Conference Publication: Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems
    Volume: LNAI 4766
    Page numbers: 193-210
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
    Author(s):
  • Domain Ontology Driven Data Mining - A Medical Case Study
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Conference on Knowledge Discovery in Data
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 2007 international workshop on Domain driven data mining
    Page numbers: 11 - 17
    Publisher: ACM Press(New York)
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  • Extrospection: Agents Reasoning About the Environment
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Intelligent Environments
    Conference Publication: Intelligent Environments, 2007. IE 07. 3rd IET International Conference on
    Page numbers: 220-227
    Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
    Author(s):
  • On the Benefits of Exploiting Underlying Goals in Argument-based Negotiation
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Twenty-Second AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Twenty-Second AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
    Page numbers: 116-121
    Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence(California)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Matilda: A Visual Tool for Modelling with Bayesian Networks


    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Intelligent Systems
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1127-1250
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A Hybrid Architecture Combining Reactive Plan Execution and Reactive Learning


    Year: 2006
    Event name: Ninth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
    Conference Publication: PRICAI 2006: Trends in Artificial Intelligence
    Volume: LNCS 4099
    Page numbers: 200-211
    Publisher: Springer Verlag
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  • Argumentation and Persuasion in the Cognitive Coherence Theory: Preliminary Report.


    Year: 2006
    Event name: AAMAS International Workshop on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS)
    Conference Publication: Lecture notes in artificial intelligence
    Page numbers: 87-104
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Dordrecht)
    Author(s):

  • Argumentation and Persuasion in the Cognitive Coherence Theory


    Year: 2006
    Event name: COMMA 2006
    Conference Publication: Computational Models of Argument
    Volume: 144
    Page numbers: 223-234
    Publisher: IOS Press(Amsterdam)
    Author(s):

  • Interest-based Negotiation as an Extension of Monotonic Bargaining in 3APL


    Year: 2006
    Event name: Agent Computing and Multi-Agent Systems: 9th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2006
    Conference Publication: Agent Computing and Multi-Agent Systems: 9th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2006
    Volume: 4088
    Page numbers: 327-338
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
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  • Exploring congruence between organizational structure and task performance: a simulation approach
    Year: 2006
    Event name: AAMAS 2005
    Conference Publication: Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Multi-Agent Systems
    Volume: LNAI 3913
    Page numbers: 213-230
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
    Author(s):
  • Learning as Abductive Deliberation
    Year: 2006
    Event name: PRICAI 2006: Trends in Artificial Intelligence
    Conference Publication: PRICAI 2006: Trends in Artificial Intelligence
    Volume: LNCS 4099
    Page numbers: 11-20
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
    Author(s):
  • Plans as Products of Learning
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology
    Conference Publication: 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology
    Page numbers: 139-145
    Publisher: IEEE Computer Society(California)
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Reports

  • Agent teamwork and reorganization: exploring selfawareness in dynamic situations
    Year: 2006
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Publications in 2005

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Goal-directed automated negotiation for supporting mobile user coordination
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 5th International and Interdisciplinary Conference CONTEXT 2005
    Conference Publication: Modeling and Using Context
    Page numbers: 382-395
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
    Author(s):
  • Learning plans with patterns of actions in bounded-rational agents
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Ninth International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligient Information & Engineering Systems
    Conference Publication: Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems
    Page numbers: 30-36
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
    Author(s):
  • Supporting impromptu coordination using automated negotiation
    Year: 2005
    Event name: PRIMA 2004, the 7th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-agents
    Conference Publication: Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
    Page numbers: 115-127
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A dialogical argument for the usefulness of logic in MASS
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Artifical Societies and Social Simulation
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1-2
    Publisher: The SimSoc Consortium (Bayreuth)
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  • Argumentation-based negotiation
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Knowledge Engineering Review
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 343-375
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Agents with initiative: A preliminary report
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 1st International Workshop on Computational Autonomy: Potential, Risks, Solutions (AUTONOMY 2003)
    Conference Publication: Agents and Computational Autonomy: Potential, Risks, and Solutions
    Page numbers: 237-248
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
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  • Creating interactive characters with BDI agents
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Australian Workshop on Interactive Entertainment
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Workshop on Interactive Entertainment
    Page numbers: 69-76
    Publisher: Creativity & Cognition Studio Press(Sydney)
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  • Dynamic reorganization of agent societies
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Workshop on Coordination in Emergent Agent Societies, at ECAI 2004
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of CEAS: Workshop on Coordination in Emergent Agent Societies, at ECAI 2004
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: IOS Press(Amsterdam)
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  • On interest-based negotiation
    Year: 2004
    Event name: International Workshop on Agent Communication Languages, ACL 2003
    Conference Publication: Advances in Agent Communication: International Workshop on Agent Communication Languages, ACL 2003, Revised and Invited Papers
    Page numbers: 383-401
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
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  • Situation awareness in intelligent agents: Foundations for a theory of proactive agent behaviour
    Year: 2004
    Event name: IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2004)
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2004)
    Page numbers: 86-92
    Publisher: IEEE Computer Society(Los Alamitos)
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  • Using multimedia content in intelligent mobile services
    Year: 2004
    Event name: WebMedia & LA-Web 2004 Joint Conference 10th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web 2nd Latin American Web Congress
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of WebMedia & LA-Web 2004 Joint Conference 10th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web 2nd Latin American Web Congress
    Page numbers: 41-43
    Publisher: IEEE Computer Society(California)
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Publications in 2003

Conference Publications/Papers

  • A Teaching Model Exploiting Cognitive Conflict Driven by a Bayesian Network
    Year: 2003
    Event name: User Modelling 2003: 9th International Conference on User Modelling
    Conference Publication: User Modelling 2003
    Volume: XIV
    Page numbers: 352-362
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
    Author(s):
  • Towards interest-based negotiation
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 2nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2003
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2003
    Page numbers: 773-780
    Publisher: ACM Press(New York)
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Reports

  • Agent with initiative: a preliminary report
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: AAMAS-03(Melbourne)
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  • Towards a theory of negotiation strategy (a preliminary report)
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: AAMAS-03(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Investigating commitment flexibility in multi-agent contracts
    Year: 2002
    Book: Game Theory and Decision Theory in Agent-based systems
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Norwell)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • From desires, obligations and norms to goals'
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Cognitive Science Quarterly
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 3-4
    Page numbers: 407-427
    Publisher: Lavoisier(Paris)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • An approach to evaluating human characteristics in agents
    Year: 2002
    Event name: RASTA'02
    Conference Publication: International Workshop on Regulated Agent-Based Social Systems: Theories and Applications
    Page numbers: 51-60
    Publisher: Fachbefeich Informatik(Hamburg)
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  • Analysis and visualisation of complex behavioural data: A case study of disturbance management in anesthesia
    Year: 2002
    Event name: HF2002 Human Factors Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the HF2002 Conference
    Page numbers: 1-9
    Publisher: The Ergonomics Society of Australia (Canberra)
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  • Towards a real-time strategic teamwork: A RoboCup case study
    Year: 2002
    Event name: RoboCup-2002 Robot Soccer World Cup VI
    Conference Publication: The 2002 International RoboCup Symposium
    Page numbers: 332-339
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Tokyo)
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Publications in 2001

Conference Publications/Papers

  • A case study in knowledge discovery and elicitation in an intelligent tutoring application.
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Seventeenth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
    Conference Publication: Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
    Page numbers: 386-394
    Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers(San Francisco)
    Author(s):
  • Compositional semantics for reasoning about concurrent events
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Seventeenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intellignece
    Conference Publication: Nonmonotonic Reasoning, Action and change
    Page numbers: 51-57
    Publisher: IJCAI Incorporated(California)
    Author(s):
  • Enhancing multi-agent based simulation with human like decision making strategies
    Year: 2001
    Event name: The Second Workshop on Multi Agent Based Simulation
    Conference Publication: Multi-Agent-Based Simulation Second International Workshop, MABS 2000, Boston, MA, USA, July 2000; Revised and Additional Papers
    Page numbers: 214-228
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
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  • Knowledge-based Specification: Investigating Distributed Mutual Exclusion
    Year: 2001
    Event name: The Seventh Biennial Bar-Ilan International Symposium on theFoundations of Artificial Intelligence
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of The Seventh Biennial Bar-Ilan International Symposium on theFoundations of Artificial Intelligence
    Page numbers: 1-14
    Publisher: Bar-Ilan University(Ramat-Gan)
    Author(s):
  • Motivational attiudes of agents: On desires, obligations and norms
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Second International Workshop of Central & Eastern Europe on Multi-Agent Systems
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop of Central & Eastern Europe on Multi-Agent Systems
    Page numbers: 61-70
    Publisher: University of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow, Poland(Krakow)
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