In this talk, Dr Celia will present her academic background in multi-agent systems, focusing on agent-based modelling and simulation in the environmental domain. Results achieved through master’s and PhD supervision will be presented aiming to establish ongoing collaborations on complex socio-environmental problems such as water and natural resources allocation researched in the Institute for Water Futures at the Australian National University.

About the Speaker:

Assoc. Prof. Celia Ghedini Ralha holds a PhD in Computer Science from Leeds University, England (1996), a post-doctoral at Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus, Germany (2012-2013), and an M.Sc. in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology, Brazil (1990). She has been associated with the Department of Computer Science, University of Brasilia in Brazil, since 2002. She is a senior member of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) and has received a research productivity grant from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) since 2015. She is the research leader of InfoKnow Group – Computer Systems for Information and Knowledge Treatment group which has been registered in the CNPq since 2010. She has participated in many research projects and published several papers in international journals and conferences. Her research interests include knowledge-based systems, multi-agent systems, agent-based modelling and simulation, and multi-agent planning.