Arkady Zaslavsky
Senior Principal Research Scientist, Science Leader in Semantic Data Management
Contact
Computer and Information Technology Building (Building 108),
Australian National University,
North Road Acton ACT 2601, Australia
GPO Box 664, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel: +61 2 6216 7132
Fax: +61 2 6216 7111
Email
Projects
- OpenIoT
- SensMA
Science Area
- Semantic Data Management
Biography
Dr Zaslavsky is the Science Leader of the Semantic Data Management science area. Before coming to CSIRO in July 2011, he held a position of a Chaired Professor in Pervasive and Mobile Computing at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden where he was involved in a number of European research projects, collaborative projects with Ericsson Research, PhD supervision and postgraduate education. Between 1992 and 2008 Arkady was a full-time academic staff member at Monash University, Australia, where he held various academic and administrative positions including Director of Monash Research Centre for Distributed Systems and Software Engineering, Director of Monash CoolCampus initiative that brought together pervasive computing researchers with university users. He was a Principal Investigator at CRC DSTC (Distributed Systems Technology Centre) leading and contributing to the DSTC project “M3: Enterprise Architecture for Mobile computations”. He led and was involved in a number of research projects funded by ARC (ARC Discovery and Linkage) and industry, both at national and international level, totalling in support more than AU$ 12,000,000,000. He chaired and organised many international workshops and conferences, including Mobile Data Management, Pervasive Services, Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia and others. Arkady made internationally recognised contribution in the area of disconnected transaction management and replication in mobile computing environments, context-awareness as well as in mobile agents. He made significant internationally recognised contributions in the areas of data stream mining on mobile devices, adaptive mobile computing systems, ad-hoc mobile networks, efficiency and reliability of mobile computing systems, mobile agents and mobile file systems. Arkady received MSc in Applied Mathematics majoring in Computer Science from Tbilisi State University (Georgia, USSR) in 1976 and PhD in Computer Science from the Moscow Institute for Control Sciences (IPU-IAT), USSR Academy of Sciences in 1987. Before coming to Australia in 1991, Arkady worked in various research positions at industrial R&D labs as well as at the Institute for Computational Mathematics of Georgian Academy of Sciences where he lead a systems software research laboratory. Arkady Zaslavsky has published more than 300 research publications throughout his professional career and supervised to completion more than 30 PhD students.
Academic Qualifications
| 1987 | PhD, Doctor of Philosophy (1987) in Computer Science awarded from the Georgian Academy of Sciences (Georgia, USSR). PhD thesis: "Research and Development of Principles for Computer-Aided Database Design". PhD course in Computer Science at Moscow Institute for Control Sciences (MICS/IPU-IAT) at the USSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1976 | Master of Science with Honours (1976) in Applied Mathematics with major in Computer Science from the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics, Tbilisi State University, Georgia, USSR. |
Recent Professional Experience
| 2008-2011 | Chaired Professor in Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden |
| 1992-2008 | Associate Professor, Faculty of IT, Monash University |
| 2007-2009 | Director, Monash University Centre for Distributed Systems and Software Engineering |
Achievements & Awards
| 2011 | Best Paper Award: Boytsov, A.; Zaslavsky, A.; , "From Sensory Data to Situation Awareness: Enhanced Context Spaces Theory Approach," PICOM’2011 Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC), 2011 IEEE Ninth International Conference on, pp.207-214, 12-14 Dec. 2011; doi: 10.1109/DASC.2011.55 |
| 2010 | Best Paper award, 23rd International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA-AIE 2010), Cordoba, Spain |
| 2009 | Best paper award, IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS 2009), London, UK |
| 2005 | Best paper award nominee and certificate, 18th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, IEA/AIE 2005, Bari, Italy |
Other Highlights
| 2011- | Research Professor at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden |
| 2011- | Adjunct Professor at Australian National University |
| 2010- | Visiting Professor at StPetersburg National Research University of IT, Mechanics and Optics, Russia |
| h-index=24 | (Google Scholar) |
Summary of Science & Technical Output
| Books/Book chapters | 28 |
|---|---|
| Journal | 31 |
| Refereed Conference/Workshop | 284 |
| Technical/Client Reports | 0 |
| Invited Presentations | 59 |
| Patents | 0 |
Grants
| 2011 | EU FP7 STREP WATTALYST: Modelling and Analysing Demand Response Systems |
| 2011 | EU KOLARCTIC KOLARCTIC IT Education, Networking,Partnering, Innovation (Sweden, Norway, Finland, NW Russia) |
| 2010 | VINNOVA, Sweden User-driven development and composition of mobile services |
| 2008 | ARC Discovery "Adaptive data stream processing in heterogeneous distributed computing environments using real-time context" |
| 2009 | Australian-German Joint Research Cooperation Grant "Context-Aware Smart Robots for Ambient Assisted Living Environments" |
| 2006 | ARC Linkage "Context-aware mobile decision support systems for medical emergency management in mass gatherings" |
| 2006 | VINNOVA and Regional, Sweden "Global connectivity and adaptive multihome mobility protocols" |
| 2005 | ARC Linkage "Designing an Efficient and Scalable Infrastructure for Mobile Web Services" |
| 2003 | ARC Discovery "Efficient Prediction of Application Metrics for E-Services" |
| 2003 | HP PhD Endowment "ContextExplorers: mobile agents for run-time context discovery, validation and verification" |
| 2003 | CISCO Equipment grant for wireless, pervasive, VoIP and multimedia research infrastructure |
| 2003 | EU GSRT Collaboration with University of Ioanina, Greece, Data Engineering for Pervasive Computing (DECA) |
| 2002 | ARC Linkage "Context-rich mobile agent technology to support information needs of financial institutions" |
| 2002 | Monash Coolcampus Initiative and Pervasive Computing Research Infrastructure |
| 2000 | CRC DSTC "M3: Enterprise Architecture for Mobile Computation" |
Student Supervision
| current | C.Perera, PhD, "Context-aware semantic filtering of sensor information in IoT applications", ANU |
| current | A.Boytsov, PhD, "Context prediction and proactive adaptation in pervasive computing", Luleå University of Technology |
| current | J.Rana, PhD, "Strengths of interactions in social networks", Luleå University of Technology |
| 2012 | K.Gunasekera, PhD, "Compositionally Adaptive Context-Driven Mobile Software Agents for Pervasive Environments:, Monash University |
| 2011 | W.Wibisono, PhD, "A Distributed Framework of Context Management and Situation Reasoning for Ubiquitous Applications in Mobile Peer-to-Peer Environments", Monash University |
| current | P.Raphipan, PhD, "Context based Travel time estimation in ITS", Monash University |
| current | K.Mitra, PhD, "Proactive Context-aware Mobility Support in Heterogeneous Access Networks", Monash University |
| current | S.Saguna, PhD, "Activity infused presence detection and Dissemination in Next Generation Social Interaction Tools", Monash University |
| current | E.Kaiser, PhD, "Simultaneous localization and Mapping for Visually Impaired and Blind People", University of Bremen |
| 2011 | Y-B Kang, PhD, "USIMSCAR: A Retrieval Strategy for Case-Based Reasoning Using a Combination of Similarity and Association Knowledge", Monash University |
| 2011 | P.Jayaraman, PhD, "Cost-Efficient Collection and Delivery of Sensor Data using Mobile Devices:, Monash University |
| 2011 | A.Rieger, PhD, "Ubiquitous Services in Smart Home Environments", Technical University of Berlin |
| 2010 | P.Delir, PhD, "Situation and Resource-Aware Adaptation for Ubiquitous Data Stream Mining", Monash University |
| 2009 | O.Alahakoon, PhD, "Intelligent User Modeling and User Adapted Interactions for eCommerce Consumers", Monash University |
| 2009 | R.Edirisinghe, PhD, "Context Aware Cross-layer Architecture for Real-time Wireless Local Area Networking". Monash University |
| 2007 | E.Siukur, PhD, "Mobile Hanging Services: Modelling, Implementation, and Methodology for Context-Aware Regulated Service", Monash University |
| 2007 | G.Jayaputera, PhD, "eHermes: Development and Run-Time Support for Mission-Based Multiagent Systems", Monash University |
| 2007 | D.(I Made)Pratistha, PhD, "Fluid: A Flexible and Nomadic Web Service Infrastructure", Monash University |
| 2007 | R.Brännström, PhD, "Mobility management in heterogeneous access networks", Luleå University of Technology |
| 2006 | J.Page, PhD, "An Integrated Security Framework for Mobile Agent Communities", Monash University |
| 2006 | A.Padovitz, PhD, "Context Management and Reasoning about Situations in Pervasive Computing", Monash University |
| 2006 | M.Gaber, PhD, "Adaptive Mining of Data Streams in Resource Constrained Environments", Monash Univresity |
| 2005 | C.Åhlund, PhD, "Extended Mobile IP and support for Global Connectivity in Hybrid Networks", Luleå University of Technology |
| 2004 | J.Tan, PhD, "Using domain-specific metamodels for semi-automated schema mapping", Monash University |
| 2003 | S.Cuce, PhD, "GLOMAR: A Component Based Framework for Maintaining Consistency of Data Objects within a Heterogeneous Distributed File System", Monash University |
| 2002 | K.Monostori, PhD, "Efficient Computational Approach to Identifying Overlapping Documents in Large Digital Collections:, Monash University |
| 2002 | S.Krishnaswamy, PhD, "A Hybrid Model for Delivering Internet-based Distributed Data Mining Services", Monash University |
| 1993-2001 | more than 12 PhD and Masters Research students supervised |
Science Citizenship
| Professional | Societies |
| Senior | Member of ACM |
| Member | of IEEE Computer and Communications Societies |
| Journals | |
| 2011- | IEEE Computing Now - Regional editor for Australia |
| 2009-present | Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Next Generation Computing |
| 2001-2009 | Editorial Board Member, Computer Communications, Elsevier Publishing |
| 2001-2005 | Editorial Board Member, Information and Software Technology, Elsevier Publishing |
| 1999-2009 | Editorial Board Member, IEEE Distributed Systems Online |
| 2009 | Guest Editor, IEEE Multimedia |
| 2004 | Guest Editor, ACM/Kluwer "Mobile networks and applications" |
| 2003 | Guest Editor, IEEE Distributed Systems Online |
| Conferences | |
| 2003-present | Steering Committee Chair for IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management |
| 2011 | General Chair, IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management, Lulea, Sweden |
| 2010 | General Chair, ACM International Conference on Pervasive Services, Berlin |
| 2005 | General Chair, MobiDE,Fourth International ACM Workshop on Data Engineering for Wireless and Mobile Access |
| 2003 | General Chair, International Conference on Mobile Data Management, Melbourne |
| 2008 | PC Chair, ACM Mobile & Ubiqiuitous Multimedia, Umea, Sweden |
| 2006 | PC Chair, Mobiquitous, San Jose |
| 2005 | PC Chair, International Conference on Mobile Data Management, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 2000-2005 | PC Chair of workshop series "Mobility in Databases and Distributed Systems" at DEXA conferences |
| 2000-2011 | PC member in over 70 international conferences, including ACM SIGMOD, DASFAA, MDM, COOPIS, ACM SAC, ICPS, AMOC, DEXA, EDBT, ICSOC, PerCom, PerSys, etc |
Top 10 Publications
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| Padovitz, A., Loke, S., Zaslavsky, A., & Burg, B. (2007). 'Verification of uncertain context based on a theory of context spaces'. International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, 3(1), 30-56. This paper discussed in detail pioneering contribution of discovered context validation and reasoning within the proposed Context Spaces (CS) theory |
| Padovitz, A., Loke, S., & Zaslavsky, A. (2008). 'Multiple-agent perspectives in reasoning about situations for context-aware pervasive computing systems'. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (Part A), 38(4), 729-742 |
| Jayaputera, G., Zaslavsky, A., & Loke, S. (2007). 'Enabling run-time composition and support for heterogeneous pervasive multi-agent systems'. The Journal of Systems and Software, 80(12), 2039-2062. |
| Gaber, M. M., Zaslavsky, A., & Krishnaswamy, S. (2005). 'Mining data streams: A review'. SIGMOD Record, 34(2), 18-26. |
| Krishnaswamy, S., Loke, S., & Zaslavsky, A. (2004). 'A hybrid model for improving response time in distributed data mining'. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (Part B), 34(6), 2466-2479. |
| Boytsov, A., Zaslavsky, A. Formal Verification of Context and Situation Models in Pervasive Computing”, “Pervasive and mobile computing"(PMC), Received 30 April 2011. Revised 12 December 2011. Accepted 1 March 2012. Available online 23 March 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2012.03.001 |
| Padovitz, A., Zaslavsky, A., Loke, S., & Tosic, M. (2004). 'Agent communication using publish-subscribe genre: Architecture, mobility, scalability and applications'. Annals of Mathematics, Computing & Teleinformatics, 1(2), 35-50. |
| Ahlund, C., & Zaslavsky, A. (2003). 'Extending Global IP Connectivity for Ad Hoc Networks'. Telecommunication Systems: Modelling, Analysis, Design and Management, 24(2-4), 221-250. |
| Cuce, S., & Zaslavsky, A. (2003). 'Supporting multiple consistency models within a mobility enabled file system using a component based framework'. Mobile Networks and Applications, 8(4), 317-326. |
| Yeo, L. H., & Zaslavsky, A. (1994). 'Submission of transactions from mobile computers in a cooperative multi-database processing environment'. In Proceedings of the IEEE/CS 14th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS’94), Poland. Pioneering publication that was among the first to introduce the concept of mobile transactions and is frequently cited |
Number of citations
| ISI | 217 |
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| Google Scholar | 2480 |