Gerhard Brewka

Gerhard Brewka is a Professor at the Intelligent Systems Department of Leipzig University, where he has held the chair for Intelligent Systems since September 1996. He was previously a Full Professor for Knowledge-Based Systems at the Technical University of Vienna (1995-1996) and a visiting researcher at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley (1991-1992).

• Research Focus: Nonmonotonic reasoning, answer set programming, preference handling, computational models of argumentation, multi-context systems, and qualitative decision making.
• Leadership: Served as President of ECCAI (now EurAI) and KR Inc., and as General Chair of IJCAI 2016 and ECAI 2006.

His recent publications emphasize formal argumentation, nonmonotonic reasoning, and multi-context systems, reflecting his work on integrating heterogeneous knowledge bases and extending abstract dialectical frameworks. He was named an ECCAI Fellow in 2002 and has contributed to foundational texts in knowledge representation and logic programming.

Scientific Contributions:

• 2014: Generalizations of Dung frameworks for argumentation, GRAPPA framework for graph-based argument processing, and multi-context systems in dynamic environments.
• 2013: Expanding argumentation frameworks, prioritized nonmonotonic systems, and reactive multi-context models.
• 2012-2011: Studies on splitting theorems, managed multi-context systems, and answer set optimization.

Scientific Awards:

• ECCAI Fellow (2002)

Laboratory: His research group is located on the 8th floor of the Paulinum at Leipzig University, focusing on AI and knowledge representation.