Description
Leader of the group Intelligent and Autonomous Systems: Eric Pauwels.
IAS: Learning, planning and resource allocation for intelligent, strategic agents
Research Objectives
Combining expertise from both mathematics (e.g. stochastics, game theory, operation research) and computer science (artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computation), IAS researchers conduct research in:
- Data-efficient, robust, transferable and explainable learning, planning and resource allocation in multi-agent systems.
More information and research projects - Multi-Agent Systems and Human-AI collectives (HAIC): investigating strategic and emergent behavior in multi-agents systems or collectives comprising both humans and AI agents, involving research topics ranging from negotiation and opponent modeling, to auction bidding, mechanism design and collective decision making.
More information and research projects - Explainable and Responsible AI
More information and research projects - Fundamental problems inspired by applications to energy systems, logistics, negotiations, and games as general models of strategic interactions.
More information and research projects
Research: Motivation and Context
In our research group, we study generic and fundamental mechanisms that enable the emergence of various degrees of organization, intelligence and autonomy in such systems, and apply them to concrete problems of societal relevance.
Opportunities and Community Building
- Seminars For more information on our seminars, visit the seminar webpage.
- Internships We invite talented Master's and PhD candidates to have a look at our internships.
- Supporting the AI community We strongly believe that successful research is a community effort to which we want to contribute:
Vacancies
No vacancies currently.
News

UvA, HvA and CWI launch AI Media & Democracy Lab
How will AI and digital technologies transform democracy and the media? researchers from UvA, AUAS and CWI will collaborate with media partners, societal partners and the municipality of Amsterdam in the new AI, Media & Democracy Lab.

Tim Baarslag installed as Young Academy member
After being announced earlier as a new member of the Young Academy, Tim Baarslag has now been officially installed as an academy member. The Young Academy is a platform for young, internationally renowned scientists, hosted by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Together with nine other scientists, Tim was installed for a period of five years.

Balancing uncertainties in future electricity markets
The steady embrace of sustainable energy brings along new challenges. For example, the supply and demand of energy will fluctuate much more than with energy from fossil sources. PhD student Georgios Methenitis designed several ways to find a balance in this, providing building blocks of future energy markets that guarantee efficient outcomes for all users.

Smart water use technology receives innovation grant
CWI spin-off Seita has been awarded an innovation grant to further develop its real-time water use analysis tools. The 200,000-euro grant allows Seita and its partners to enhance analysis of water use, using smart sensors connected to a cloud-based data platform. The grant was provided by the Dutch province of Noord-Holland.
Members
Associated Members
Current projects with external funding
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Framework for demand-supply matching and ancillary service provision through distributed energy resources (project D) ()
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Lectoraat Urban Analytics (+ verlenging) ()
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Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS)
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Flexible Assets Bid Across Markets (FABAM)
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Heat and Power Systems at Industrial Sites and Harbours (HaPSISH)
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Energy Intranets (NEAT)
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Developing algorithms for testing and use on Acumex's platform (PPS ACUMEX)
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Representing Users in a Negotiation (RUN): An Autonomous Negotiator Under Preference Uncertainty (RUN)
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Using small data and big data: Neighborhood Energy & Data Management Integration System (S&B NEDMIS)
Related partners
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Acumex
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Alstom
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Brainport Development
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Eaton
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Enexis
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Locamation
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Senfal Energie Nederland
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Stedin
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TenneT
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Thales
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Engie Services West Nederland B.V.
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Hogeschool van Amsterdam
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Nirvention B.V.
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SURFsara B.V.
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TNO
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Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
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Technische Universiteit Delft
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Voergroep Zuid B.V.