Other Professional Activities

Member of the editorial board of the journal Knowledge Based Systems for over 10 years An international, interdisciplinary and applications-oriented journal on KBS
Member of the Network of Experts in Knowledge-Based Systems
Member of the General Assembly of ECCAI, the European Co-ordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence.   ECCAI, the European Co-ordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence, was established in 1982 as a representative body for the European AI community. Its aim is to promote the study, research and application of Artificial Intelligence in Europe.
Member of the Specialist Groups Executive Committee of the British Computer Society (2001-4 and 2005-present)
Member of the Steering Committee for the joint EPSRC/DTI/CAA Programme of Research in Flightdeck IT for Enhanced Safety
Joint Local Arrangements Chair for the Nineteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-05) held in Edinburgh July 31st-August 5th 2005. IJCAI-05 was hosted by SGAI, The Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence in its 25th anniversary year. IJCAI is the premier world AI conference. It returned to Britain in 2005 for the first time since 1971.