Name: Szuba Tadeusz Born: 11. April. 1951 Marital status: married Professional title: Ph. D. (also dr. hab. according the title
hierarchy used by Polish universities ) Affiliation: Department of Automatics, AGH University, Cracow,
Poland Position: (to be defined soon)
Hobby:
tinkering, traveling, skiing, tennis
Educational
Background
V-th Witkowski Secondary School
(V-Gimnazium im. Witkowskiego w Krakowie)
M. Sc. in area of numerical control
1974, AGH University, Cracow,
Poland
Ph. D. in area of Applied Artificial
Intelligence, 1979, AGH University,
Cracow, Poland
Experience
Professional career
Assistant Lecturer
1978 -
1979
AGH University; Department of Automatization
Computer Science.
Assistant Professor
1980 - 1991
AGH University; Department of Automatization Computer
Science.
Visiting Associate Professor
1991 - 1992
Kuwait University; College of
Science; Department of Mathematics
and Computer Science.
Associate Professor
1992 - 2001
Kuwait University; College of
Science; Department of Mathematics
and Computer Science.
2001 - 2002
AGH University; Department of Automatization Computer
Science.
Visiting Associate Professor
2002 - 2003
University of Missouri, St. Louis (UMSL);
Department of Mathematics
and Computer Science.
(to be defined)
2003 -
AGH University; Department of Automatization
Computer Science.
Research projects
(Grants)
CPBP 02.13/4.8 Grant to design
intelligent robot-excavator, founded
by Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN). Period: 1986-1990
SM 079 “Designing a theoretical base
for an intelligent & autonomous
robot to detect & explode postwar mines in desert areas.” Founded
by Vice Rector for Research, Kuwait University. Period: 3/01/1992
- 2/28/1993
SM 090 “Designing in 4-D computer
graphics, modeling of activity
and analysis of a future robot to find and defuse postwar
mines” founded
by Vice Rector for Research, Kuwait University. Period: 11/15/1994
- 11/14/1995
SM 104 “Designing a theoretical base
and simulation model of PROLOG-Processor
based on the NDTM Turing Machine.” Founded by Vice Rector for Research,
Kuwait University. Period: 11/01/95 - 10/31/96
SM 140 “Computational model of
the NonDeterministic Turing Machine
(NDTM) based on chaotic computations in PROLOG formalism. ” Period:
11/01/96 - 10/31/97
SM 174 “Analysis and
development of quasi-chaotic, logic based computational
model of collective intelligence.” Founded by Vice Rector for Research,
Kuwait University. Period: 1/01/99 - 12/31/99
SM 04/00 “Analysis of emerging
applications of a computational model
of collective intelligence”. founded by Vice Rector for Research,
Kuwait University. Period: 4/17/2000 - 4/16/2001
Invited
speaker
Lecture: Techniques for planning and control
in
the context of semi-autonomous robots for earthworks and waste dump
automation. Workshop on Mobile Robotics for Civil Works. ESPRIT Europe
Research Program, Brussels, June 6-7, 1991. (Planning & Control
Section).
Lecture: Computational Collective
Intelligence
with a Collective Intelligence measure (IQS). Philadelphia University.
6 Nov. 1999.
Panel session speaker (out of 3 invited)
during
BioSP Workshop, IPDPS'2001, 23-25 April 2001, San Francisco. CA.
Research
interests
My research interest was an evolving one.
Looking
back from a certain distance it evolved in the direction of Relation
between Intelligence and Computational Processes (computers)
Period 1975 - 1995
"started"
effectively in 1979 with the defense of my Ph. D. dissertation:
"On application of theorem
proving methods with
Robinson' Resolution for automatic program synthesis for machine tools”.
The idea was to build a software
for Quasi-intelligent
Machine Tool able to fully synthesize its activity on the basis of
"initial
block of metal and desired product" provided by the human-supervisor.
For this purpose, methods of
mathematical logic, theorem proving and
Artificial Intelligence were used.
Several papers in
reviewed journals have been published and talks during
international conferences have been given
Period
1985-1991 has been devoted for research work on the idea of
quasi-intelligent,
quasi-autonomous robot excavator, as is depicted below.
Machines like the one presented above, are very expensive even in a
working model-scale. For this reason I started to study and develop
methods of animated 3-dimensional computer graphics, to get a chance
to simulate such machines in Virtual Reality, without creating
extremely
expensive laboratory range. It should be mentioned, that such graphics
should be advanced because:
it must be high-speed graphics
simulating in real time real-life
displacement of machine. Thus workstations like SGI are necessary;
it must be Virtual reality graphics,
where point of view can be changed
during run of simulations;
actors and machines visualized in 3-D
simulation space are "driven"
by external simulation programs, usually hosted by another computers,
networked to the presentation workstation.
After arriving in Kuwait, I tried to apply my experience from
Intelligent Robot Excavator, into a very similar problem of robot
designed to remove
land mines after the Gulf War, until 1995. The general concept is
presented
below in three consecutive pictures.
Human-operator in armored suit and Quasi-intelligent and autonomous
Robot to detect and destroy land mines in the Kuwaiti desert . Computer
used: SGI 480 VGX super-workstation, Softimage software.
Human-operator with laptop to
communicate with Robot
Robot to detect and destroy/remove landmines.
Robot is equipped with vision system.
Outrigger is terminated with neutron scanner and tools to
remove sand and to destroy mine.
The research "favor" inspiring to try to build such a robot was,
that:
landmines were located in almost
regular belts along south border
of Kuwait, in the flat, unmanned desert. It is a dream situation for
heavy mobile robot.
most difficult to detect are light,
almost 99% plastic antipersonnel
mines covered with sand. However in this specific case, very dry
climate
and unmanned area allowed to use neutron scanner mounted on the
outrigger
to find such a mine and simply detonate it.
This projest was soon abandoned due to the lack of support since
"humans were faster and cheaper in this work...."
Initializing from 1993, but working at full speed from 1995, I started
to work in the area of foundations of Intelligence vs.
Computational
Processes.
The starting point was problem of "nondeterministic models of
computations for Prolog". The early results were the design of Random
Prolog Processor".
In 1995 it had been discovered that such models of computations are
suitable for analyzing and modelling phenomenon of Collective
Intelligence.
The result of this work was book:
Szuba T.:
Computational
Collective Intelligence. Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed
Computing.
(450 pages). February, 2001
To provide you with some knowledge about my book, take a look at the
front and back cover page:
More about Theory of Collective
Intelligence can be found at: (under
construction)
Teaching
interests
My teaching interest is related to my
research interest, however we should have in mind a sentence:
If
you teach 3 courses (in semester) THAT INTEREST YOU -
check if perhaps you are not in Haven ...
if
you teach 2 courses THAT INTEREST YOU, AND ONE BECAUSE YOUR CHAIRMAN
ASKED YOU
TO
- it is
fantastic...
if
you teach 1 course THAT INTEREST YOU, and 2 BECAUSE YOUR CHAIRMAN
ASKED YOU
TO
,
it is
not bad ...
if
you teach all 3 or 4 BECAUSE YOUR CHAIRMAN ASKED YOU TO,
it is normal. . .
With real pleasure I teach:
I also taught:
Pascal programming, C, C++ programming, Introduction
to Computer Science, Assembler Programming, Programming Languages
Concepts and Organization,
Algorithms and Data structures, Operating Systems,
In period 1991-2001, when I was affiliated with Department of Math.
& Comp. Science, Kuwait University, I have organized from scratch,
there
Computer Graphics Labs, equipped with 8-processor SGI 480 VGX (now
decommissioned), 5 SGI Indigo workstation, 2 SGI Octane workstations
and 5 SGI O2 workstations + scanner + color printer + SVHS recording
system. Some pictures demonstrate this lab.
Teaching Assistant Mohammed Suoud with students during
tutorial.
Ph. D. Agata Stras, SGI network administrator and "mother
of
student's projects – for all her "illegal" help to students".
:-)
In the background Ph. D. Robert Stras, MCC main system
administrator is in "mission impossible" against software, hardware,
students, staff, management and chaos...
I will remember forever this 8-processor computer, because
all
my simulations for creating theory of Collective Intelligence
have been done here - programming myself in parallel Power C language
(however, with some help of Agata and Robert Stras).
I feel sorrow because it is now dead...decommisioned...
English: 10-years of teaching
computer science in English for Kuwait
University students;
German: in 1978 after two language
courses Germany taken to improve
my speaking skill, I was able to understand what elderly citizens
gossipped about on the typical Dresden street....
Russian: Basic education at school -
speaking the language these
days is not at all a problem.
Papers
Books
1.
Szuba T. Symbolic Languages.
(in Polish) (book, soft cover, 256 pages), AGH Publisher. Cracow 1982,
Poland.
2.
Szuba T.: Symbolic languages.
(in Polish), 2nd edition, revised and extended, (book, soft cover, 256
pages), AGH Publisher 1988, Poland.
3.
Szuba T.: Problems with automatic
action planning for intelligent working machines. (in Polish), (book,
soft cover, 252 pages), AGH Publisher. 1991.
4.Szuba
T.: Computational
Collective Intelligence. Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed
Computing.
(450 pages). February, 2001
5.
Sztandera L., Szuba T. (editors):
Collective Intelligence. Springer Verlag. Studies in Fuzzines and Soft
computing. (To appear).
Journal papers
1.
Szuba T., Goscinski A.: Analysis of programming means
to implement
multilayer control system tasks. (in
Polish), Pomiary Automatyka Kontrola, Poland, 8/1977.
2. Szuba T., Goscinski A.: Application of
theorem-proving methods for automatic program synthesis of N.C. machine
tools. Angewandte Informatik. (West Germany), pp. 191-197, 5/1981.
3. Szuba T.: Possibilities to use the PROLOG language
for real-time control of selected processes. (in Polish), Zeszyty Naukowe AGH, No 928, pp. 165-171, 1982.
4. Szuba T.: PC-PROLOG for process control
applications. Angewandte Informatik. (West Germany), pp. 164-172,
4/1984.
5. Szuba T.: Automatic program synthesis system for
N.C. machine tools based on PC-PROLOG. Angewandte Informatik. (West
Germany), pp. 234-244,
6/1984.
6. Szuba T.: PROLOG as a real-time language for
process control. Angewandte Informatik. (West Germany), pp. 370-375,
9/1984.
7. Szuba T.: PROLOG-PASCAL automatic program
synthesis for N.C. machine tools. (in Polish), Informatyka. Poland,
5/1984.
8. Szuba T., Wasiewicz A.: The idea of consciousness
of intelligent machines as a frame for future software construction.
Mathematical and
Intelligent Models in System Simulation. pp. 261-267, 1991.
9. Szuba T., Krol A., Stras A., Stras R.: An
automatic 2-D action planning system for a future quasi-intelligent
robot-digger for earthworks. Mathematical and Intelligent Models in
System Simulation. pp. 553-557,
1991.
10. Szuba T.: Random parallelisation of computations
in the Random PROLOG Processor. Journal of Kuwait University.
Topical Issue No 1. 1996. (13 papers out of 33 from the Int. Conf. on
Parallel and Distributed
Computing Kuwait, March 1995, were distinguished for publishing by the
reviewing international experts).
11. Szuba T., Stras R.: Parallel evolutionary
computing with the Random PROLOG Processor. Journal on Parallel and
Distributed Computing. Special
Issue on Parallel Evolutionary Computing. 47, 78-85, 1997.
12. Szuba T.: A Molecular Quasi-random Model of
Computations Applied to Evaluate Collective Intelligence. Future
Generation Computing Journal. volume/issue: 14/5-6. 1998.
13. Szuba T.: A formal definition of the phenomenon
of collective intelligence and its IQ measure. Future Generation
Computing Journal. 17
(2001). Elsevier.
14.
Szuba T.: "Was
there Collective Intelligence Before Life on Earth? (Considerations
on the Formal Foundations of Intelligence, Life and Evolutin)". World
Futures - The Journal of General Evolution. Gordon and Breach
Publishing.
58/1, 2002
Conference papers
1.
Szuba T.: CAD-system for automatic program synthesis for N.C. machine
tools. (in Russian). Summer School for CAD/CAM Problems.
Gaussig-Dresden.
German Democratic Republic. 1985.
2.
Szuba T.: Philosophy of a robotized intelligent machine tool for
automatic
machining program synthesis. (in Polish). First National
Conference
on Robotics. Wroclaw, Poland, pp.185-196, 1985.
3.
Szuba T.: The concept and present state of research on intelligent,
autonomous N.C. excavators. (in Polish), Second National Conference
on Robotics. Wroclaw, Poland, 1988.
4. Szuba T.: Automatic program synthesis for intelligent &
autonomous
machines. (in Polish), Fourth National Conference on Non-Continuous
Industrial Processes. Kozubnik k.
Porabka-Zar, Poland, pp. 243-255, 1988.
5.
Szuba T., Wlodarczyk M.: Selected considerations on robot applications
in mining processes for the single bucket digger. (in Russian), 9th
Int. Conference on Automatization in Mines and Exposures. Varna,
Bulgaria.
3-9 October, pp. 96-109, 1988.
6.
Szuba T.: The concept of an intelligent, fully autonomous
numerically-controlled
excavator. CIB International Symposium on Automation of Construction
Processes and Construction Machines. Magdeburg/Berlin, German
Democratic
Republic, pp. 1-12, 22-25 May, 1989.
7.
Szuba T.: Towards an intelligent, autonomous excavator (robot for
earthworks).
Second International Conference on Intelligent & Autonomous
Systems.
Amsterdam, Holland, Vol 1, 441-447, 11-15 December, 1989.
8.
Szuba T., Wasiewicz A.: The idea of consciousness for intelligent
machines
as a frame for future software construction. MIM-S2'90 IMACS-IFAC
International
Symposium on Mathematical & Intelligent Models in System
Simulation.
Brussels, Belgium, pp. VI.B.4-1 to.4-7, September 3-7, 1990.
9.
Szuba T., Krol A., Stras A., Stras R.: Automatic 2-D action planning
system for a future, quasi-intelligent robot-excavator for earthworks.
MIM-S2'90 IMACS-IFAC International Symposium on Mathematical &
Intelligent
Models in System Simulation. Brussels, Belgium, pp. I.C.4-1 to
I.C.4-6,
September 3-7, 1990.
10.
Szuba T., Krol A., Niezgoda A., Stras A., Stras R.: A network-based,
on-board computer for an intelligent & autonomous robot excavator
for earthworks. International Conference on Computer Networks. Wroclaw,
Poland, 222-229, 1991.
11.
Szuba T., Krol A., Jedrzejek K., Stras A., Stras R.: Towards an
intelligent
autonomous excavator. 8th International Symposium on Automation and
Robotics in Construction. Stuttgart, Germany, 3-5 June, 1991.
12.
Szuba T.: (as invited speaker) Techniques for planning and control in
the context of semi-autonomous robots for earthworks and waste dump
automation. Workshop on Mobile Robotics for Civil Works. ESPRIT Europe
Research Program, Brussels, Belgium (Planning & Control Section),
pp. 1-15, June 6-7, 1991.
13.
Blagden P., Szuba T.: Towards an intelligent & autonomous robot
to detect and explode post-war mines in the desert area of Kuwait.
IMACS/SICE
Int. Symposium on Robotics, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems.
Kobe, Japan, Vol. II. pp.1673-1679, September 16-20, 1992.
14.
Kus J.,. Banaszak Z, Szuba T.: Modelling and performance evaluation
of control procedures for group robotized assembly stands. (in Polish).
IV National Conference on Robotics. Wroclaw, Poland, pp. 356-365, 1993.
15.
Szuba T.: Random parallelisation of computations in the Random PROLOG
Processor. Int. Conf. on Parallel and Distributed Computing. Kuwait,
March 13-15, 1995.
16.
Banaszak Z., Jedrzejek K., Szuba T.: An algebraic approach to the
performance
evaluation of loosely coupled production systems. Int. Conf. On
Modeling,
Identification and control. Innsbruck, Austria, 19-21 Feb. 1996
17.
Banaszak Z., Jedrzejek K., Szuba T., : Pseudo-conflict as a key factor
for performance optimization of concurrent processes sharing common
resources. Int. Conf. On Modeling, Identification, and Control.
Innsbruck,
Austria, 19-21 Feb. 1996.
18.
Szuba T., Stras A.: On evaluating the inference power of closed social
structures with the help of the Random PROLOG Processor. PAP’97
“Practical
Application of PROLOG”. London, UK, 21-24 April, 1997.
19.
Szuba T.: Evaluation measures for the collective intelligence of closed
social structures. ISAS’97 Gaithersburg/Washington D.C. 22-25 Sept.
1997
20.
Szuba T.: A Molecular Quasi-random Model of Computations Applied to
Evaluate Collective Intelligence. IPPS/SPDP’98, Orlando/Florida, USA,
March 30 –April 3, 1998.
21.
Szuba T.: A quasi-chaotic computational model of Collective
Intelligence
and its IQ measure. CI&N’98. Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina,
USA October 23-28 1998. (CI&N session chairman).
22.
Almulla M., Szuba T.: Toward a computational model of collective
intelligence
and it’s IQ measure. SAC’99 ACM. San Antonio, TX, USA February 28 –
March 2. 1999.
23.
Szuba T.: A formal definition of the phenomenon of collective
intelligence
and its IQ measure. IPPS/SPDP’99, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA, April
14-16, 1999. (IPPS/SPDP’99 session chairman).
24.
Szuba T.: Formalization of the general concept of Collective
Intelligence
for social structures, and I’s IQ measure. IIS’99, Wisla/Ustron,
Poland,
14-17 June 1999. (session chairman)
25.
Stras R., Szuba T., Zomaya A. Y.: An evolutionary parallel model of
computations for computer graphics based on the concept of Collective
Intelligence. 11th IASTED International Conference on Parallel
and
Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS'99) MIT, Cambridge, USA,
November
3-6, 1999. (session chairman)
26.
Szuba T., Almulla M.: Was Collective Intelligence before Life on Earth?
BioSP3 session during IPPS/SPDP’2000, Cancun, Mexico 1-5 May 2000.
27.
Szuba T. Stras R.: Organizing and synchronizing multi-agent systems
with the help of abstract money (currency). IPDPS’2001, 23-25 April
2001, San Francisco. CA. (also session chairman)
Contact
information
Department of Automatics Akademia Górniczo-
H utnicza (AGH University) 30-059 Krakow, al. Mickiewicza 30, POLAND
Department Phone:
(Buildind
C-3, room 212)
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