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Frank Dylla

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Personal Information

Title Dr.-Ing.
Function Principal Investigator
Office 3.14
Phone 64280
eMail dylla

Profession

About me

I am a post-doctoral researcher in the Cognitive Systems Group (CoSy), Universität Bremen and principal investigator of the 'SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition' project R3-[Q-Shape] "Reasoning about Paths, Shapes & Configurations". My vision is to enable non-experts to formalize and analyze behavior of agents or robots in space and time (e.g. vessels or cars) in more intuitive and natural ways.
Interests

The core of my research deals with qualitative spatial and temporal reasoning (QSTR), spatial change, cognitive robotics, reasoning about action and change (RAC), cognitive systems, and applied ontologies. I am investigating how methods in these areas can be exploited, combined, and applied in areas like vessel & car control, Ambient Intelligence, and Geographic Information Systems.
Ph.D. Project

In my doctoral thesis "An Agent Control Perspective on Qualitative Spatial Reasoning - Towards More Intuitive Spatial Agent Development" I investigated how qualitative spatial calculi can be applied to model an generate collision avoidance behavior in accordance to the official regulations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
curriculum vitae
2011-now principal investigator (PI) of SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition (Universität Bremen) project R3-[Q-Shape] "Reasoning about Paths, Shapes & Configurations"
2010-now active member of the COST Action IC0903 MOVE "Knowledge Extraction from Data about Moving Objects"
Oct.-Dec. 2010 research visit at School of Computing (Anthony Cohn), University of Leeds, GB

2008-2010

 post-doctoral researcher in Cognitive Systems Group & SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition (Universität Bremen) project R3-[Q-Shape] "Reasoning about Paths, Shapes & Configurations"
2008 doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) from Universität Bremen; thesis topic: "An Agent Control perspective on Qualitative Spatial Reasoning"
2003-2008 research/teaching assistant in the Cognitive Systems Group & SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition (Universität Bremen) project R3-[Q-Shape] "Reasoning about Paths, Shapes & Configurations"
2001-2003 stipend / research assistant at Knowledge-Based Systems Group at RWTH Aachen (cognitive robotics, reactive/deliberative robot control in highly dynamic domains)
2001 diploma in computer science from RWTH Aachen (cognitive robotics, reasoning about action and change, speech recognition, psychology)
1994-2001 studies in computer science, RWTH Aachen, Germany
1993-1995 work contract as software developer and support assistant, Avantgarde Computer Technik mbH
1991-1993 apprenticeship & work contract (expert in data processing in business and commerce), Thyssen Edelstahl AG

 

Publications

To Appear

2013

2012

2011

2010

  • Jan Oliver Wallgrün, Frank Dylla
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    2010
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    Spatial Data Integration with Qualitative Integrity Constraints
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    Online Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2010)
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    ed. Ross Purves, Robert Weibel
  • Jan Oliver Wallgrün, Frank Dylla
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    2010
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    Qualitative Spatio-Temporal Data Integration and Conflict Resolution
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    Proceedings of the ECAI 2010 Workshop on Spatio-Temporal Dynamics
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    pages 13-18
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    ed. Mehul Bhatt, Hans W. Guesgen, Shyamanta M. Hazarika
  • Jan Oliver Wallgrün, Frank Dylla
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    2010
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    A Relation-based Merging Operator for Qualitative Spatial Data Integration and Conflict Resolution
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    022-06/2010
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    SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition
  • Frank Dylla, Arne Kreutzmann
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    2010
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    Agent Control by Adaptive Neighborhoods
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    Proceedings of the ECAI 2010 Workshop on Spatio-Temporal Dynamics
  • Frank Dylla, Jae Hee Lee
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    2010
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    A Combined Calculus on Orientation with Composition Based on Geometric Properties
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    ECAI 2010 - 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Lisbon, Portugal, August 16-20, 2010, Proceedings
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    Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
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    vol. 215
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    pages 1087-1088
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    IOS Press
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    978-1-60750-605-8
  • Frank Dylla
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    2010
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    SailAway - From Natural Language Regulations to Qualitative Agent Control
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    Workshop on Spatial Behavior and Linguistic Representation, Delmenhorst, Germany
  • Mehul Bhatt, Joana Hois, Oliver Kutz, Frank Dylla
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    2010
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    Modelling Functional Requirements in Spatial Design
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    29th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER-2010)
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    Springer

2009

  • Mehul Bhatt, Frank Dylla
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    2009
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    A Qualitative Model of Dynamic Scene Analysis and Interpretation in Ambient Intelligence Systems
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    International Journal of Robotics and Automation
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    vol. 24
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    3
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    0826-8185
  • Mehul Bhatt, Frank Dylla, Joana Hois
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    2009
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    Spatio-terminological Inference for the Design of Ambient Environments
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    Spatial Information Theory (COSIT)
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    Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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    vol. 5756
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    pages 371-391
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    Springer
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    978-3-642-03831-0
  • Frank Dylla
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    2009
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    Qualitative Spatial Reasoning for Navigating Agents
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    Behaviour Monitoring and Interpretation - BMI
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    ed. B. Gottfried, H. Aghajan
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    IOS Press
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    Amsterdam
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    978-1-60750-048-3
  • Joana Hois, Frank Dylla, Mehul Bhatt
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    2009
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    Qualitative Spatial and Terminological Reasoning for Ambient Environments – Recent Trends and Future Directions
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    Workshop on Spatial and Temporal Reasoning for Ambient Intelligence Systems
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    ed. M. Bhatt, Hans W. Guesgen

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Miscellaneous

Submitted by Frank Dylla on Mon, 04/10/2010 - 18:43

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