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

Paper by Tim Baarslag and Michael Kaisers selected as visionary paper AAMAS 2017 Workshops
A paper by CWI researchers Tim Baarslag and Michael Kaisers has been selected as one of the most visionary papers of the AAMAS 2017 workshops, the largest and most influential conference in the area of agents and multi-agent systems.

CWI researchers selected as ACM Future of Computing Academy members
CWI researchers Tim Baarslag and Wouter Koolen have been selected as members of the of the ACM Future of Computing Academy (FCA).

Nanda Piersma appointed Professor by Special Appointment in Urban Analytics
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has appointed Nanda Piersma as a Professor by Special Appointment in ‘Urban Analytics’. Her new research group strengthens the collaboration between both the AUAS Technology and Digital Media and Creative Industry faculties and CWI in Amsterdam, where Piersma will work part-time (50%). Urban Analytics focuses on big data analysis as a basis for new products and services that can contribute to solutions for the many challenges that Amsterdam is facing in the 21st century. Piersma will start her work at CWI on 1 September 2017.

CWI develops energy sharing platform for housing cooperative Amsterdam
Researchers in the European Grid-Friends project will launch a pilot for sharing renewable energy between households in the Amsterdam building project Schoonschip. By coordinating energy supply and demand between the houses, the entire neighborhood aims to be energy neutral.
Members
Associated Members
Current projects with external funding
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Lectoraat Urban Analytics (+ verlenging) ()
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Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS)
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Coordinating Multi-deal Bilateral Negotiations (COMBINE)
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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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Resilience and Cyber Security of Integrated Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (RESCUE)
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Using small data and big data: Neighborhood Energy & Data Management Integration System (S&B NEDMIS)
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Testing and Evaluating Sophisticated information and communication Technologies for enaBling scalablE smart griD Deployment (TESTBED-2)
Related partners
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Acumex
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Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt
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INRIA
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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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Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
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Technische Universiteit Delft
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University of Durham
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Voergroep Zuid B.V.