Jozef Stefan Institute - SLOVENIA
Jozef Stefan Institute, founded in 1949, is a research organization for pure and applied research in natural sciences and technology. It employs over 450 researchers. In view of its activities and status, the J. Stefan Institute plays the role of a national institute, complementing the role of the universities and bridging the gap between science and industry. The Department of Knowledge Technologies consists of 20 researchers; the head of department is Prof. Nada Lavrač. The department was founded in 1979, initially as Artificial Intelligence (AI) group. In the first ten years, the emphasis was on theoretical research that provided a solid background for later application projects. In 1982 the development and implementation of AI tools started and soon resulted in practical applications. By now, over 60 projects have been completed in different domains including business and management, technical domains and medicine. The main research topics of the Department of Knowledge Technologies are: machine learning, data mining, learning on text and the web, information systems, medical informatics, relational data mining (inductive logic programming), automated knowledge synthesis, qualitative modelling, logic programming, decision support, knowledge based systems, heuristic programming, and knowledge acquisition.
