M.C. Schut PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Faculty Of Science
VU University
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Contact details

Room T3.41
Building Wis- en Natuurkunde (W&N)
VU University
De Boelelaan 1081a
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Tel:    +31.20.5987668
Mobile: +31.634.795929
Fax:    +31.20.5987653
Email:  schut@cs.vu.nl

Publications

Professional Activities

• publicity chair of SASO 2010 (International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems)
• general chair of DECOI 2009
• general chair of DECOI 2007
• general chair of DECOI 2006 (International School on Design of Collective Intelligence)

Projects

• SYMBRION (Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms, 2008-2013)
• SOKS (Self Organising Knowledge Systems, 2007-2010)
• NEW-TIES (New and Emerging World models Through Individidual, Evolutionary and Social Learning, 2004-2008)

Education

• Self-Organisation (Bachelor course for Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science)
• Advanced Self-Organisation (Master course for Artificial Intelligence)
• Computational Intelligence and Self-organisation (Master programme in Artificial Intelligence)

PhD students

• Willem van Willigen (2009-)
  Adaptive Distributed Intelligent Sensor Systems
  VU University Amsterdam (NL) and TNO Research (NL)
  
  
• Paul van Klaveren (2009-)
  Operation Analysis of Network Enabled Capabilities
  VU University Amsterdam (NL) and Netherlands Defense Academy (NL)
  
  
• Anthonie van Lieburg (2008-)
  Defense-related Complex Adaptive Systems
  VU University Amsterdam (NL) and TNO Research (NL)
  
  
• Geoff Nitschke (2003-2008)
  Neuro-Evolution for Emergent Specialization in Collective Behavior Systems
  VU University Amsterdam (NL)

MSc students

• since 2008
• before 2008

Other

• http://www.collectivae.net/ (website on collective systems)
• http://sci.collectivae.net/ (scientific handbook for simulation of collective intelligence)