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Curriculum vitae of Prof EM Ehlers

1. General information

Title : Professor

Name : Elizabeth

Initials : EM

Surname : Ehlers

Identification number : 5605060054088

Current organisation : University of Johannesburg

Citizenship : South Africa

Date of birth : 06 May 1956

Gender : Female

Race : White

Highest qualification : PhD

Year obtained : 1987

2. Contact details

Organisation where based : University of Johannesburg

Department : Academy of Computer Science and Software Engineering

Primary organisation which funds your salary : University of Johannesburg

Faculty or School : Faculty of Science

Work telephone number : 011 559 2841

Work fax number : 011 559 2138

Website address : http://csweb.uj.ac.za/ehlers

E-mail address : [email protected]

3. Current employment

Position : Professor

Full Time : Yes

Type : Permanent

Appointed from : 1992 - 3

Organisation : University of Johannesburg

Sector : Higher Education Sector

4. Work postal address

Organisation Address : PO Box 524

Auckland Park

APK Campus

2006

Gauteng

5. Work physical address

Organisation Address : Corner of Kingsway and University Road

Auckland Park

Johannesburg

2092

Gauteng

6. Qualifications

Degree/Diploma : PhD

Field of study : Computer Science

Institution : RAU


Degree/Diploma : MASTER OF SCIENCE


Institution : RAU


Distinction : Yes

Degree/Diploma : BACHELOR OF SCIENCE HONOURS


Institution : RAU


Distinction : Yes

Degree/Diploma : BACHELOR OF SCIENCE


Institution : RAU


Distinction : Yes

7. Employment history

Position Organisation From To Current

Lecturer PU for CHE 1978 - 01 1979 - 12

Lecturer RAU 1980 - 01 1987 - 12

Senior Lecturer RAU 1988 - 01 1989 - 06

Associate Professor RAU 1989 - 07 1992 - 02

Professor University of Johannesburg 1992 - 03 Present

8. Research interests

Artificial Intelligence

Agent Technology

Intelligent Systems

9. Postgraduate student supervisor

9.1 Master Students

Student Degree Obtained Title

FH Triegaardt MCom 1993 Voice classification using automata theory

C du Plessis MSc 1993 Three-dimensional knowledge representation using extended structure graph grammars

J Jonker MSc 1993 The normalization of frames as a superclass of Relations

LG Spijkerman MSc 1993 Image analysis using digitized video input

RL van der Merwe MSc 1993 The use of fractal theory, wavelet coding and learning automata in image compression

JB Bosch MCom 1994 Linking digitized video input with optical character recognition

KSB Rotty MSc 1996 A framework for the implementation of artificial intelligence in computer integrated manufacturing

E Jansen MCom 1996 The development of expert computer aided process planning systems with special emphasis on knowledge representation

GM du Plessis MCom 1996 Development of cost effective expert systems

MJ Vorster MSc 1996 An object-orientated physical environment manager for a scheduling system

EF Albertyn MSc 1997 Inligting infrastrukture vir vervaardiging

Mr JJ Langerman MSc 1997 Lugvaartskedulering met Behulp van Intelligent Agente

Mr JF Jordaan MSc 1998 Rekenaarvisie in die Tekstielbedryf

Mr IL Schoeman MSc 1998 N Ekspertstelsel vir die Beheer van Pneumonie in n Kritieke sorg Eenheid

JL Botha MSc 1998 Object tracking and motion analysis in a CIM environment

Mr E Marais MSc 1998 Telemanufacturing

M Bester MSc 1999 Supply chain intelligence agents

Mr GJ Van Niekerk MSc 2000 Intelligent STL File Correction

Mr E Gerber MSc 2000 Small-scale visualisation in the manufacturing environment

Mr E van den Berg MSc 2001 An Automated Environment for Applying Rapid Prototyping Techniques to Ceramic Material Manufacturing

Mr P van den Berg MSc 2001 Distributed Image Processing in an Intranet Environment

Miss U Minnaar MSc 2002 Conversion of Satellite Images to 3-D Display

Mr V Scarcella MSc 2002 Integrating Visual Feedback and a Vision Agent into Telemanufacturing Environment

Ms X Zhang MSc 2003 Interactive Event-Based Intelligence Scheduling

Mr GB O'Reilly MSc 2003 An Intelligent System for a Cellular Telecommunications Network Domain

Mr SN Basson MSc 2003 Visual Guidance for the Disabled Using Intelligence Tele-Agents

Mr GC Nel MCom 2004 Regressive Bidding Agents

Mr GF Joubert MSc 2004 Autonomous Interface Agents for Assessing Computer Programs Utilizing the Microsoft Windows 32-Bit Application Programming Interface

Mr OL Oosthuizen MSc 2004 A Multi-Agent Collaborative Personalized Web Mining System Model

Mr TL van Zyl MSc 2005 Integrating Secure Resource Negotiating Agents into Telemanufacturing

Mr WH Boshoff MSc 2006 Reusable Component Orientated Agents: A New Architecture

Ms WS Leung MSc 2006 Embedding Intelligence into an Agent Facilitating Translation from Chinese to English

Mr MC Gray MSc 2007 Embedding Intelligence in Enhanced Music Mapping Agents

Ms CS Ferreira MSc 2007 A Specialized Architecture for Embedding Self Evolvement in Agents

Mr Da Coulter MSc 2008 Cellular Automata Driven Self-Evolution in Multi Agent Environments

Mr QJ Balsdon MSc 2008 Agent Framework for Self-Embedding Intelligence Components Using Simulated Robotics as a Test Bed

Mr SA Carter MSc 2008 A Controller Operator Graph Model for Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems

Mr MS Duma MSc 2008 Agents, Agent Architectures and Multi-Agent Systems

Mr G Gouws MSc 2008 Mobile Agents for Global Mobile Device Grid Infrastructure Enterprises

Mr C Barry MSc 2008 Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management Principles in Secure Corporate Intranets

Mr JR Pike MSc 2008 A Specialised Architecture for Embedding Trust Evaluation Capabilities in Intelligence Mobile Agents

Ms JC Pike MSc 2009 Adaptive Auctioneer Agents

Ms N Sloan MSc 2010 A Multi-Agent Collaboration Model for Knowledge Sharing

Ms M Overmars MSc 2011 A Multi-Agent System Framework for Agent Coordination and Communication Enabling Algorithmic Trading

Mr KC Ekron MSc 2012 A Distributed, Multi-Agent Model for General Purpose Crowd Simulation

Mr JJ Bijker MSc 2012 Computational Intelligence Technology for the Generation of Building Layouts combined with Multi-Agent Furniture Placement

Mr TD Barnett MSc 2012 A Distributed Affective Cognitive Architecture for Cooperative Multi-Agent Learning Systems

Mr G Doukas MSc 2013 A generic framework for life simulation and learning multi-agent systems with the ability to solve complex problems in multiple domains

Mr D Cotterrell MSc 2014 Symbiotic Game Agents in the Cloud Mr SP O’Reilly MSc 2014 Agent Based Crowd Simulation using GPU

Computing

Mr L De Bruin MSc 2014 Intelligent pre-processing for data mining Mr M Heydenrych MSc 2014 An Adaptive Multi-Agent Architecture for Critical

Information Infrastructure Protection

9.2 Doctoral Students

Mr A Barnard PhD 1998 Structure Graph Grammars and Structure Graph Automata

Mr JB Bosch DCom 2001 A Generic Model for Character Recognition using Digitised Input

Mr E Marais PhD 2003 A Distributed-Telemanufacturing Model for Final-Product Realization

Mr JJ Langerman PhD 2005 Agent-Based Models for the Creation and Management of Airline Schedules

Mr GJ Van Niekerk PhD 2007 A Model for Transparent Data Exchange in Layered Manufacturing

Mr GB O'Reilly PhD 2007 Utilizing Multi-Agent Technology and Swarm Intelligence for Automatic Frequency Planning

Miss U Minnaar PhD 2009 SWORM – A Semantic Web Object Recognition Model

Mr TL van Zyl PhD 2010 Using Self-Adaptive Software Architecture to Release Agent Ontogeny

Ms WS Leung PhD 2011 Active Fraud Detection in Financial Information Systems using Multi-Agents

Mr DA Coulter PhD 2014 Immunologically amplified knowledge and intentions dimensionality reduction in cooperative multi-agent systems

10. Biographic information

Reviewer for:

1. International Conference on the Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering

(TMCE) 2006

2. NRF Applications

3. Information Sciences

4. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

5. Computers and Industrial Engineering

6. South-African Computer Journal

7. TMCE 2004

Awards

1. Professor E.M. Ehlers received the best senior contribution award at TMCE 2006 in Slovenia, April 2006.

Awards to Students

1. PhD student O.L. Oosthuizen’s poster presentation was awarded 3rd prize at the

SAAWK Student Symposium 2006.

2. PhD student G.B. O’Reilly’s presentation at the Cell Planning Forum 2005 (Vienna,

Austria) was voted fourth best presentation.

3. MSc student O.L. Oosthuizen was awarded the bronze medal of the South-African

Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3) for the best MSc dissertation in

Science and the Humanities.

4. MSc student U. Minnaar receives chancellor’s medal for the best MSc dissertation in

the faculty of science, Rand Afrikaans University.

5. PhD student U. Minnaar’s presentation was awarded a prize at the SAAWK Student

Symposium 2004.

6. Honours student KC. Ekron receives chancellor’s medal for the best Honours student

in the faculty of science, University of Johannesburg in 2010.

7. PhD student DA Coulter’s paper was co-recipient of the best paper award in the

"Agent-based Collaboration, Coordination, and Decision Support" workshop as part

of the 12th Principles of Practice in multi-agent systems (PRIMA 2009) in Nagoya

Japan December 13-16 2009.

Committees

1. Member of Mathematical Assessment Committee of NRF 1999 - 2001.

2. Member of NRF Panel to evaluate pre-applications for centre of excellence in ICT

and social sciences 2003.

Memberships

1. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

2. IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS)

3. Computer Society of South-Africa (CSSA)

4. British Computer Society (BCS)

5. South African Computer Lecturers Association (SACLA)

11. Refereed/peer-reviewed articles in journals

Year : 2011

Authors : Barnett, TD; Ehlers, EM

Reference : “Cloud Computing for Synergized Emotional Model Evolution in Multi-Agent

Learning Systems”, Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2010 Vol. 56(11)

Year : 2011

Authors : De Bruin, L; Ehlers, EM

Reference : “Partikel-Swerm-Optimering (PSO) toetsbank vir globale wiskundige

minimeringsprobleme”, Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en

Tegnologie Vol. 30 Nr 1 2011, pp. 1-2 (Abstract only)

Year : 2010

Authors : Barnett, TD; Ehlers, EM

Reference : "Cloud Computing for Synergized Emotional Model Evolution in Multi-Agent

Learning Systems", Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 56(11) pp. 718-727.

(Research output 1).

Year : 2010

Authors : Van Zyl, TL: Ehlers, EM

Reference : "Signal-regulated systems and networks", Complexity, 2010, Vol. 15 No 6 pp.

50 - 63. (Research output 2).

Year : 2007

Authors : Oosthuizen, OL; Ehlers, EM

Reference : " A Specialized Multi-agent Search Engine Model for the Extended

Manufacturing Enterprise", Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics and

Intelligent systems (JAMRIS), 1(4): 59-69. (Research output 3)

Year : 2006

Authors : Boshoff, WH; Ehlers, EM

Reference : "Reusable Component Oriented Agents: A New Architecture" , Lecture Notes

in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 4088 , pp. 632 - 637 , Springer , ISSN 0302 –

9743 (Research output 4)

Year : 2006

Authors : Ferreira CS ; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Towards Embedding Evolution into a Multi-agent Environment" , Lecture

Notes in Artificial Intelligence ,Vol. 4088 , pp. 509 - 513 , Springer , ISSN

0302-9743 (Research output 5)

Year : 2006

Authors : Oosthuizen OL ; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Agent Assembly: The Agent framework Platform" , Lecture Notes in Artificial

Intelligence, Vol. 4088 , pp. 760 - 765 , Springer , ISSN 0302-9743 (Research

output 6)

Year : 2006

Authors : O'Reilly GB ; Ehlers EM

Reference : The Artificial Collective Engine Utilising Stigmergy (ACEUS) a Framework for

Building Adaptive Software Systems" , International Journal of Computer

Science and Network Security, 6 , 9A , September 2006 , pp. 202 - 210 ,

ISSN 1738-7906 (Research output 7)

Year : 2006

Authors : O'Reilly GB; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Synthesizing Stigmergy for Multi Agent Systems" , Lecture Notes in Artificial

Intelligence , Vol. 4088, pp. 34 - 45 , Springer , ISSN 0302-9743 (Research

output 8)

Year : 2002

Authors : Barnard A; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Combining context provisions with graph grammar rewriting rules - the three

dimensional case", South African Computer Journal, No. 28,June 2002

Year : 1997

Authors : Bosch JB; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Remote Sensing of Characters on 3D Objects." Computers and Industrial

Engineering, Vol. 33,No.1-2, pp. 429-432.

Year : 1997

Authors : Langerman JJ; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Agent-Based Airline Scheduling." Computers and Industrial Engineering,

Vol.33, No. 3-4,Dec.1997, pp. 849-852.

Year : 1996

Authors : Ehlers EM; Jonker J

Reference : "IISICS for Intelligent Cooperation between subsystems in a Complex

System." Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol.31, No. 3-4, pp. 885-888.

Year : 1996

Authors : Ehlers EM; Van Rensburg, E

Reference : "An Object-oriented Manufacturing Scheduling Approach." IEEE Transactions

on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, part A. Vol. 26, No.1, pp.17-26.

Year : 1996

Authors : Jonker J; Ehlers EM

Reference : "A Generic Information Infrastructure for Enterprise integration." International

Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 9, No.4, pp. 255-259.

Year : 1995

Authors : Jonker J; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Frames as Superclass of Relations", Information Sciences, Vol. 83, pp. 37

59,1995

Year : 1994

Authors : Ehlers, EM; Van Rensburg, E & Van der Merwe. RL

Reference : “Intelligent Scheduling in the Manufacturing Environment”. Computer and

Industrial Engineering, Vol. 27, No. 1-4, pp. 31-34, 1994.

Year : 1993

Authors : Barnard, A; Ehlers, EM; Hatting, JH

Reference : “Structure Graph Grammers”. Information Sciences, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 235

272, 1993

12. Conference Outputs

Type : Refereed/Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Year : 2012

Authors : Balsdon, QJ; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : “Towards Distributing Agent Intelligence: Using Decentralized Software

Services for the Creation of Complex Problem Modelling”, Lecture Notes in

Computer Science, 7057, pp340 – 354, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-25919-7


Year : 2012

Authors : Bijker, JJ; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : “General purpose building layout generator”, Proceedings of the Ninth

International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering,

TMCE 2012, pp1167 – 1178, ISBN/EAN: 978-90-5155-081-08


Year : 2012

Authors : Coulter, DA; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : “NSFlock: Design evaluation via immunological agents”, Proceedings of the

Ninth International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive

Engineering, TMCE 2012, pp187 – 198, ISBN/EAN: 978-90-5155-081-08


Year : 2012

Authors : Ekron, KC; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : “A distributed, multi-agent crowd simulation system with applications in

construction projects”, Proceedings of the Ninth International

Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering, TMCE

2012, pp71 – 84, ISBN/EAN: 978-90-5155-081-08


Year : 2012

Authors : Heydenrych, M; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : “Inflammation Security: A Decentralised Immune Model for Resource

Distribution in Networks”, 11th International Conference on Trust, Security

and Privacy in Computing and Communications, TrustCom 2012, IEEE 2012,

pp1049 – 1056. ISBN: 978-0-7695-4745-9


Year : 2012

Authors : Mavee, SMA; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : "A Multi-agent Immunologically-inspired Model for Critical Information

Infrastructure Protection -- An Immunologically-inspired Conceptual Model for

Security on the Power Grid," Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and

Communications (TrustCom), 2012 IEEE 11th International Conference on ,

vol., no., pp.1089-1096, 25-27 June 2012 doi: 10.1109/TrustCom.2012.40


Year : 2012

Authors : Venter, JA; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : “A multi-agent immunological material extraction model for simplifying multi

material telemanufacturing”, Proceedings of the Ninth International

Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering, TMCE 2012,

pp109-122, ISBN/EAN: 978-90-5155-081-08


Year : 2011


Reference : "Biologically Inspired Obsolescence Management in Mobile Agent Systems: A

dynamic, service oriented approach", IEEE Congress on Evolutionary

Computation (CEC) 2011, 5-8 June 2011, New Orleans, USA, pp. 2063-2070.

(Research output 9)


Year : 2011

Authors : Ekron, KC; Bijker, JJ; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : "Reducing the Environmental Impact of New Construction Projects through

General Purpose Building Design and Multi-agent Crowd Simulation",14th

International conference, PRIMA 2011, Wollongong, Australia, November

2011, Proceedings. Agents in Principle, Agents in Practice, Lecture Notes in

Artificial Intelligence 7047 pp 460 - 471,Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-25043-9.

(Research Input 10)


Year : 2011

Authors : Heydenrych, M; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : "A Charged PSO Inspired Method for Generating Immune Detectors for

Network Intrusion Detection, IEEE 10th International Conference on Trust,

Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom) 2011,

16-18 November 2011, Changsha, China, pp. 134-141. (Research output 11)


Year : 2010


Reference : "Towards distributing agent intelligence: using desentralized software

services for the creation of complex problem modeling (early innovation),

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Principles and Practice

of Multi-Agent Systems. Kolkata, India 12-15 November 2010 (Research

output 12).


Year : 2010

Authors : Barnett, TD: Ehlers, EM.

Reference : "Cloud computing for synergised emotional model evolution in multi-agent

learning systems", Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on

Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering - TMCE 2010, April 12-16,

Ancona, Italy. ISBN 978-90-5155-060-3. Vol. 2 pp. 841 - 854. (Research

output 13).


Year : 2010


Reference : "Cellular Automata and Immunity Amplified Stochastic Diffusion Search",

Advances in Practical Multi-Agent Systems", Studies in Computational

Intelligence, Springer, Vol 325 pp. 21 - 32. ISBN 978-3-642-16097-4.



Year : 2010


Reference : "Collaboration coordination via cellular automata", Proceedings of the Eighth

International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering

TMCE 2010, April 12-16, Ancona, Italy. ISBN 978-90-5155-060-3. Vol. 2 pp

867 - 878. (Research output 15).


Year : 2010

Authors : Leung, WS; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : "Fraud detection in virtual worlds", Proceedings of the Eighth International

Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering - TMCE 2010,

April 12-16, Ancona, Italy. ISBN 978-90-5155-060-3. Vol. 1 pp 525 - 540.



Year : 2009


Reference : "Towards a Component-Based Architecture for TeleAgents" , Multi-Agent

Systems for Society: 8th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents ,

26 - 28 September , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Lecture Notes in Artificial

Intelligence, Springer - Verlag Vol 4078 pp 114 - 127. (Research output 18).


Year : 2009

Authors : Pike, JR; Ehlers, EM; Oosthuizen, OL.

Reference : "A specialised Architecture for Embedding Trust Evaluation Capabilities in

Intelligent Mobile Agents", Agent Computing and Multi-Agent Systems:

Proceedings of the 10th Pacific Rim International Conference on Multi-

Agents, PRIMA 2007, Bangkok, Thailand, November 21-23, 2007. Lecture

Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag 2009.Vol 5044 pp. 404 - 409,

ISBN 3642016383. (Research output 19)


Year : 2009

Authors : Van Zyl, TL; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : "A Need for Biologically Inspired Architectural Description: The Artificial

Ontogeny Case", Agent Computing and Multi-Agent Systems: Proceedings of

the 10th Pacific Rim International Conference on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2007,

Bangkok, Thailand, November 21-23, 2007. Lecture Notes in Artificial

Intelligence, Springer-Verlag 2009.Vol 5044 pp. 146 - 157, ISBN

3642016383. (Research output 20).


Year : 2009

Authors : Van Zyl, TL; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : Self-organising sensor web using Cell-Fate Optimisation", 2009 IEEE

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2009),

July 12-17, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa. Volume 5, pp. 461-464.

(Research output 21)


Year : 2008


Reference : "A robust, modular agent architecture with embeddable components for use

in various multi-agent environments ( applying simulated robotics )", in the

Proceedings of the Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering 2008,

Izmir, Turkey, Vol 2, pp 1681 - 1694. (Research output 22)


Year : 2008


Reference : "Federated patent harmonization: an evolvable, agent-wise approach", in the


Izmir, Turkey, Vol 2, pp 1391 - 1393 (Research output 23).


Year : 2008

Authors : Gouws, G; Ehlers, EM; Oosthuizen, OL.

Reference : "Economic mobile computing utilizing mobile devices forming virtual

organizations", in the Proceedings of Tools and Methods of Competitive

Engineering 2008, Izmir, Turkey, Vol 2, pp 1101 -1112. (Research output 24).


Year : 2008


Reference : "Localisation in manufacturing using customisable translator agents", in the


Izmir, Turkey, Vol 2, pp 1285 - 1298. (Research output 25).


Year : 2008


Reference : "Towards active threat detection in systems storing critical data", in the




Year : 2008

Authors : Oosthuizen, OL; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : "Benefits of Agent-based support for operations and servicing in virtual

enterprises", in the Proceedings of the Tools and Methods of Competitive

Engineering 2008, Izmir, Turkey, Vol 2, pp 1123 - 1136. (Research output

27).


Year : 2008

Authors : O'Reilly, GB; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : "The Swarm Effect Minimization Algorithm", 10th Proceedings of the

International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2008, Vol

SAIC, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 978-98908111-39-5. (Research output 28).


Year : 2008

Authors : Pike, JC; Ehlers, EM;

Reference : "Revenue Maximising Adaptive Auctioneer Agent", in the Proceedings of the

11th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2008,

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Vol pp 340 -347. (Research

output 29)


Year : 2008

Authors : Pike, JR; Ehlers, EM; Oosthuizen, OL.

Reference : "Automating collaboration through a specialized telemanufacturing

environment", in the Proceedings of the Tools and Methods of Competitive

Engineering 2008, Izmir, Turkey, Vol 2, pp 1415 - 1416. (Research output

30).


Year : 2008

Authors : Van Niekerk, GJ; Ehlers, EM.

Reference : "A Framework for Data Exchange in Layered Manufacturing", in the




Year : 2007

Authors : Balsdon, QJ; Ehlers EM.

Reference : "MAGEFRAME: A Modular Agent Framework to Support Various

Communication Schemas Based on a Self-Embedding Algorithm", Agent

Computing and Multi-Agent Systems: Proceedings of the 10th Pacific Rim

International Conference on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2007, Bangkok, Thailand,

November 21-23, 2007. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-

Verlag 2009.Vol 5044 pp25 - 36, ISBN 3642016383. (Research output 17).


Year : 2007

Authors : Pike, JR, Ehlers, EM, Oosthuizen, OL

Reference : “A Specialized Architecture for Embedding Trust Evaluation Capabilities in

Intelligent Mobile Agents”, Proceedings of the 10th Pacific Rim International

Workshop on Multi-Agents, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer.


Year : 2007

Authors : Van Zyl, TL, Ehlers, EM

Reference : “A Need for Biologically Inspired Architectural Description: The Artificial

Ontogeny Case”, Proceedings of the 10th Pacific Rim International Workshop

on Multi-Agents, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer.


Year : 2007

Authors : Pike, J.R., Ehlers, E.M., Oosthuizen, O.L.. 2007.

Reference : “A Specialized Architecture for Embedding Trust Evaluation Capabilities in

Intelligent Mobile Agents”, Proceedings of the 10th Pacific Rim International

Workshop on Multi-Agents.


Year : 2006

Authors : Minnaar U ; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Tele-sworm - a telemanufacturing semantic web object recognition model" ,

Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Tools and Methods of

Competitive Engineering - TMCE 2006 , Ljubljana , Slovenia , 18 - 22 April

2006 , pp 1167 - 1168 , ISBN 961-6536-04-4 (Research output 32).


Year : 2006


Reference : "Specialized search engines for the extended manufacturing enterprise" ,



2006 , pp 911 - 922 , ISBN 961-6536-04-4 (Research output 33)


Year : 2006

Authors : Van Niekerk GJ ; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Using redundant information to improve model accuracy in STL files

embedded by Coons patches" , Proceedings of the Sixth International

Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering - TMCE 2006 ,

Ljubljana , Slovenia , 18 - 22 April 2006 , pp559 - 567 , ISBN 961-6536-04-4



Year : 2006

Authors : Van Zyl TL ; Marais E ; Ehlers EM

Reference : "An implementation of resource negotiating agents in telemanufacturing" ,



2006 , pp 961 - 972 , ISBN 961-6536-04-4 (Research output 35)


Year : 2005

Authors : Langerman JJ ; Ehlers EM

Reference : "A learning agent to assist in airline disruption management" , Proceedings of

International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technology and Internet

Commerce (IAWATIC 2005), 28 - 30 November 2005, Vienna Austria



Year : 2005

Authors : Leung WS ; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Towards embedding intelligence in agents" , Proceedings of the 8th Pacific

Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents , 26 - 28 September , Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia, pp 609 - 622 (Research output 37)


Year : 2004

Authors : Marais E ; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Extended distributed telemanufacturing model enabling final product

realisation", Proceedings of the fifth international symposium on tools and

methods of competitive engineering, 13 -17 April 2004, Lausanne,

Switzerland, pp741 - 751, ISBN 90-5966-018-8 (Research output 38)


Year : 2004

Authors : Van Niekerk GJ ; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Toolpath calculation in layered manufacturing using genetic algorithms",

Proceedings of the fifth international symposium on tools and methods of

competitive engineering, 13 -17 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp 1131

1132, ISBN 90-5966-018-8. (Research output 39).


Year : 2003

Authors : Langerman J ; Ehlers EM

Reference : "An agent organization structure for airline scheduling", Proceedings of the

32nd International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, 11

13 August 2003, pp809 - 814, ISBN 1-874653-68-0,Volume 2 (Research

output 9.3.10)


Year : 2002

Authors : Marais E; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Telemanufacturing in a distributed manufacturing environment using design

repositories.", Proceedings of the fourth international symposium on Tools

and methods of competitive engineering TMCE 2002,Wuhan China, April 22

29, 2002, pp 825-836 ISBN 7-5609-2682-7 (Research Output 9.3.12)


Year : 2001

Authors : Minnaar U; Ehlers EM

Reference : "Satellite images for 3D display",Proceedings of SPIE,Intelligent

Systems,Robots and Computer Vision XX: Algorithms,Techniques and Active

Vision,Boston USA,29-31 October 2001,Volume 4572,pp 155-164 (Research

Output 9.3.17)


Year : 2000

Authors : Marais, E; Ehlers, EM; Dutta, D

Reference : "Adaptive Slicing for Telemanufacturing”. Proceedings Third International

Symposium on Tools and methods of competitive engineering, Delft, The

Netherlands, 18-21 April 2000, pp 655-664


Year : 2000

Authors : Van Niekerk, GJ; Ehlers, EM

Reference : " Intelligence stereolithography correction”. Proceedings of SPIE Intelligence

Systems in Design and Manufacturing III, Boston, USA, 6-8 November 2000,

Vol 4192, pp 54-62.


Year : 2000

Authors : Marias, E; Ehlers, EM; Dutta, D

Reference : "Automated telemanfacturing”. Proceedings of SPIE Intelligence Systems in

Design and Manufacturing III, Boston, USA, 6-8 November 2000, Vol 4192,

pp 114-122.


Year : 1999

Authors : Marais, E; Ehlers, EM; Dutta, D

Reference : "Adaptive Slicing for Telemanufacturing”. Proceedings of International

Conference on Quality Manufacturing, 13-15 July 1999, pp134, Stellenbosch.


Year : 1998

Authors : Barnard, A; Ehlers, EM

Reference : "A Comparative Study of Random Context Structure Grammars and Structure

Graph Grammars”. Proceedings of the Eight Quadrennial International

Conference on Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Algorithms and Applications,

Vol. 1, pp 59-68.


Year : 1998

Authors : Barnard, A; Ehlers, EM

Reference : "Structure graph language”. Proceedings of the Joint Mathematics

Conference of SA and American Mathematical Spcieties.


Year : 1997

Authors : Langerman, JJ; Ehlers, EM

Reference : "Using Negotiation as a Metophor for solving scheduling problems”.

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computers and Industrial

Engineering. 20-22 December 1997, Egypt, pp 595-598.


Year : 1997

Authors : Bosch, JB; Ehlers, EM

Reference : "Remote sensing of characters on 3D objects”. Proceedings of 21st

International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Puerto

Rico, March 1997.


Year : 1997


Reference : "The validation of evolutionary algorithms”. Proceedings of the 21st

International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering. 20-22

December 1997, Egypt, pp 595-598.


Year : 1996

Authors : Jansen, E; Ehlers, EM

Reference : "Expert Computer-aided Process Planning”. Proceedings of 20th International

Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (ICC&IE’96) Korea, 6-9

October 1996. Accepted.


Year : 1996

Authors : Ehlers, EM; Zhang, X

Reference : "An Integrated Scheduling Model for a Manufacturing Environment”.

Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Computers and Industrial

Engineering (ICC&IE’96) Korea, 6-9 October 1996. Accepted.


Year : 1996


Reference : "Agent-Based Airline Scheduling”. Proceedings of 20th International

Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (ICC&IE’96) Korea, 6-9

October 1996. Accepted.


Year : 1996

Authors : Vorster, MJ; Ehlers, EM

Reference : "A Knowledge-Based Approach towards Managing the Physical

Environment”. Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Computers

and Industrial Engineering (ICC&IE’96) Korea, 6-9 October 1996. Accepted.


Year : 1995

Authors : Jonker, J; Ehlers, EM

Reference : "A Generic Information Infrastructure for Enterprise Integration." Proceedings

of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing,

11-14 July 1995, Singapore, 99 109-116.


Year : 1995

Authors : Jonker, J; Ehlers, EM

Reference : "IISICS for Intelligent Cooperation between subsystems in a Complex

System." Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer s &

Industrial Engineering ICC & IE’95, Shanghai, China, October 25-27 1995,

Vol. 2, pp1377-1380.


Year : 1995

Authors : Ehlers, EM; Bosch, J

Reference : "A Generic Model for Optical Character Recognition using Video Input”.

Proceedings of the 2nd Asian Conference on Computer Vision ACCV95, 5-8

December 1995, Singapore.


Year : 1994

Authors : Ehlers, EM; Van Rensburg, E; Van der Merwe, RL

Reference : "Intelligent Scheduling in the Manufacturing Environment”. Proceedings of the

16th International Conference on Computers an d Industrial Engineering,

March 7-9, 1994, Ashikaga, Japan.


Year : 1994

Authors : Ehlers, EM; Van der Merwe, RL

Reference : "An Architecture for a Three Dimensional Machine Vision System for the

Visual Understanding of Three Dimensional Environments” ICARCV’94.

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Automantion, Robotics

and Computer Vision, 8-11 November 1994.


Year : 1994

Authors : Ehlers, EM; Van Rensburg, E

Reference : “An Intelligent Object-oriented Scheduling system for a Dynamic

Manufacturing Environment”. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference

on Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 2, pp703- 707.


Year : 1994

Authors : Ehlers, EM; Van Rensburg, E

Reference : “Scheduling System for Dynamic Environments”. Proceedings MANSA ’94,

Cape Town, 22-26 August 1994.


Year : 1994

Authors : Ehlers, EM; Jonker, J

Reference : “Hierarchical Distributed AI Model for Manufacturing Enterprise Integration”.

Proceedings MANSA ’94, Cape Town, 22-26 August 1994.


Year : 1992

Authors : Ehlers, EM; Nysschen, JH

Reference : “Voice Classification Using a Unique Key Signature”, IRCARV ’92,

Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Automation, Robotics and

Computer Vision, Vol. 2, pp 1A 8.6.1 – 1A 8.6.5, September 1992, Singapore.

13. Additional research outputs

Type : Other Significant Conference Outputs

Year : 2011

Reference : Partikel-Swerm-Optimering (PSO) toetsbank vir globale wiskundige

minimeringsprobleme. Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en

Tegnologie, 30(1):1-2. (Research output 40).


Year : 2009

Reference : "Aktiewe interne bedreigingsopsporing in finansiele stelsels met SIDA", Die

Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 28, 3, pp 249

250 (Executive Summary). (Research output 42)


Year : 2007

Reference : "Agent Assembly: Die Agent-raamwerkplatvorm",Die Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif

vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 26, 2, pp 163 - 164 (Executive

Summary). (Research output 43).


Year : 2006

Reference : Ehlers, E.M., Oosthuizen, O.L.,"'n Raamwerk vir TeleAgente", Die Suid

Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 25, 1, pp 56 – 57

(Executive Summary). (Research output 44).


Year : 2006

Reference : Ehlers,E.M., Minnaar, U.M., "Basiese Ontologieë vir Objek Herkenning", Die

Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 25,1,pp 51 – 52

(Executive Summary). (Research output 45).

Type : Other Recognised Research Output

Year : 2005

Reference : "Utilizing Swarm Intelligence for Frequency Planning", Cell Planning Forum

2005, 13-16 June 2005, Vienna, Austria. (Research output 46).

Type : Keynote/Plenary Address

Year : 2010

Reference : "The role of ubiquitous computing in design", Plenary address Closing

workshop, Eighth International Symposium on Tools and Methods of

Competitive Engineering - TMCE 2010, April 12-16, Ancona, Italy. (Research

output 41).

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