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Associate Professor Wayne Wobcke

Associate Professor Wayne Wobcke

Associate Professor
  • Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Essex, 1989: A Logical Approach to Schema-Based Inference.
  • M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Queensland, 1985: Logic Programming and Language Specification.
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics/Computer Science, University of Queensland, 1984.
Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering

I graduated with a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Essex in 1989, worked at the University of Sydney until 1998, then spent three years at British Telecom Labs in the UK and one year at the University of Melbourne before joining UNSW in 2002. I am currently an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW, specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. My research ranges from theory (intelligent agents, data mining, agent-based modelling), to practice (dialogue management, personal assistants, recommender systems, computational social science).
E-mail
w.wobcke@unsw.edu.au
  • Book Chapters | 2014
    Heap B; Krzywicki A; Wobcke W; Bain M; Compton P, 2014, 'Combining Career Progression and Profile Matching in a Job Recommender System', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer International Publishing, pp. 396 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13560-1_32
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Ziaei H; Wobcke W; Wong A, 2012, 'User-Oriented Product Search Based on Consumer Values and Lifestyles', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 313 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32541-0_27
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Krzywicki A; Wobcke W, 2008, 'Closed Pattern Mining for the Discovery of User Preferences in a Calendar Assistant', in Nguyen NT; Katarzyniak R (ed.), New Challenges in Applied Intelligence Technologies, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 67 - 76
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Azvine B; Djian D; Tsui KC; Wobcke W, 2000, 'The Intelligent Assistant: An Overview', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 215 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10720181_9
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Wobcke W, 2000, 'Time Management in the Intelligent Assistant', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 301 - 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10720181_13
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Wobcke W; Mariyah S, 2023, 'Machine learning and data augmentation in the proxy means test for poverty targeting', Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 39, pp. 961 - 977, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SJI-230033
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kannangara S; Wobcke W, 2022, 'Determining political interests of issue-motivated groups on social media: joint topic models for issues, sentiment and stance', Journal of Computational Social Science, 5, pp. 811 - 840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42001-021-00146-4
    Journal articles | 2022
    Krzywicki A; Wobcke W, 2022, 'Empirical software engineering for evaluating adaptive task-oriented personal assistants: a case study in human/machine event extraction and coding', International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, 7, pp. 184 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijaose.2022.10046995
    Journal articles | 2022
    Wobcke W; Compton C; Johns F; Lamchek J; Mariyah S, 2022, 'Nowcasting for Hunger Relief: A Study of Promise and Perils', Information Technology for Development, 1, pp. 24 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2022.2092438
    Journal articles | 2022
    Wobcke W; Krzywicki A, 2022, 'Empirical software engineering for evaluating adaptive task-oriented personal assistants: a case study in human/machine event extraction and coding', International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, 7, pp. 184 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijaose.2022.122647
    Journal articles | 2016
    Krzywicki A; Wobcke W; Bain M; Calvo Martinez J; Compton P, 2016, 'Data mining for building knowledge bases: Techniques, architectures and applications', Knowledge Engineering Review, 31, pp. 97 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0269888916000047
    Journal articles | 2015
    Krzywicki A; Wobcke W; Kim YS; Cai X; Bain M; Mahidadia A; Compton P, 2015, 'Collaborative Filtering for people-to-people recommendation in online dating: Data analysis and user trial', International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 76, pp. 50 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2014.12.003
    Journal articles | 2015
    Wobcke W, 2015, 'A logic of intention and action for regular BDI agents based on bisimulation of agent programs', Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 29, pp. 569 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10458-014-9263-3
    Journal articles | 2015
    wobcke W; Krzywicki A; Kim Y; Cai X; Bain M; Compton P; Mahidadia A, 2015, 'A Deployed People-to-People Recommender System in Online Dating', AI Magazine, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v36i3.2599
    Journal articles | 2014
    Wobcke W, 2014, 'A logic of intention and action for regular BDI agents based on bisimulation of agent programs', Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10458-014-9263-3
    Journal articles | 2013
    Ong M; Magrabi F; Post J; Morris S; Westbrook J; Wobcke W; Calcroft RM; Coiera E, 2013, 'Communication interventions to improve adherence to infection control precautions: a randomised crossover trial', BMC Infectious Diseases, 13, pp. 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-72
    Journal articles | 2011
    Dunn AG; Ong M; Westbrook J; Magrabi F; Coiera E; Wobcke W, 2011, 'A simulation framework for mapping risks in clinical processes: the case of in-patient transfers', American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium Proceedings, 18, pp. 256 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2010-000075
    Journal articles | 2002
    Wobcke W, 2002, 'Two Logical Theories of Plan Recognition', Journal of Logic and Computation, 12, pp. 371 - 412
    Journal articles | 2000
    Djian D; Azarmi N; Azvine B; Tsui KC; Wobcke W, 2000, 'Towards human-centred intelligent systems - the intelligent assistant', BT Technology Journal, 18, pp. 91 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1026590224641
    Journal articles | 2000
    Wobcke W, 2000, 'An information-based theory of conditionals', Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 41, pp. 95 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1305/ndjfl/1038234607
    Journal articles | 1998
    Azvine B; Wobcke W, 1998, 'Human-centred intelligent systems and soft computing', BT Technology Journal, 16, pp. 125 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1009694302662
    Journal articles | 1995
    Wobcke W, 1995, 'Belief revision, conditional logic and nonmonotonic reasoning', Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 36, pp. 55 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1305/ndjfl/1040308829
  • Conference Papers | 2024
    Mariyah S; Wobcke W, 2024, 'Domain Adaptation with Joint Loss for Consistent Regression and Ordinal Classification in the Proxy Means Test for Poverty Targeting', in IJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp. 7403 - 7411
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Mezza S; Wobcke W; Blair A, 2022, 'A Multi-Dimensional, Cross-Domain and Hierarchy-Aware Neural Architecture for ISO-Standard Dialogue Act Tagging', in Calzolari N (ed.), Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Computational Linguistics, International Committee on Computational Linguistics, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, pp. 542 - 552, presented at International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, 12 October 2022 - 17 October 2022, https://aclanthology.org/2022.coling-1.45
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Kannangara S; Wobcke W, 2019, 'Weakly Supervised Joint Entity-Sentiment-Issue Model for Political Opinion Mining', in PRICAI 2019 : Trends in artificial intelligence : 16th Pacific Rim International Conference on artificial intelligence Cuvu, Yanuca Island, Fiji, August 26-30, 2019 proceedings, Cuvu, Yanuca Island, Fiji, pp. 568 - 581, presented at PRICAI, Cuvu, Yanuca Island, Fiji, 26 August 2019 - 30 August 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29894-4_46
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Katz G; Heap B; Wobcke W; Bain M; Kannangara S, 2018, 'Analysing TV audience engagement via twitter: Incremental segment-level opinion mining of second screen tweets', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Nanjing, China, pp. 300 - 308, presented at Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing, China, 28 August 2018 - 31 August 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97310-4_34
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Krzywicki A; Heap B; Bain M; Wobcke W; Schmeidl S, 2018, 'Using word embeddings with linear models for short text classification', in Mitrovic T; Xue B; Li X (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Springer, Cham, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 819 - 827, presented at AI 2018 - The 31st Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 11 December 2018 - 14 December 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03991-2_74
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Krzywicki A; Wobcke W; Bain M; Schmeidl S; Heap B, 2018, 'A knowledge acquisition method for event extraction and coding based on deep patterns', in Yoshida K; Lee M (ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Springer Nature, Nanjing, China, pp. 16 - 31, presented at Pacific Rim Knowledge Acquisition Workshop, Nanjing, China, 27 August 2018 - 28 August 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97289-3_2
    Preprints | 2017
    Heap B; Bain M; Wobcke W; Krzywicki A; Schmeidl S, 2017, Word Vector Enrichment of Low Frequency Words in the Bag-of-Words Model for Short Text Multi-class Classification Problems, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1709.05778
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Heap B; Krzywicki A; Schmeidl S; Wobcke W; Bain M, 2017, 'A joint human/machine process for coding events and conflict drivers', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Singapore, pp. 639 - 654, presented at 13th International Conference, ADMA 2017, Singapore, 05 November 2017 - 06 November 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69179-4_45
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Heap B; Krzywicki A; Wobcke W; Bain M; Compton P, 2014, 'Combining Career Progression and Profile Matching in a Job Recommender System', in Pham D-N; Park S-B (ed.), PRICAI 2014: Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Springer
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Krzywicki A; Wobcke W; Cai X; Bain M; Compton P; Mahidadia A; Kim YS, 2014, 'Evaluation and deployment of a people-to-peopie recommender in online dating', in Proceedings of The Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-14), Quebec, Canada, pp. 2914 - 2921, presented at Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-14), Quebec, Canada, 29 July 2014 - 31 July 2014
    Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2012
    Rahwan I; Wobcke W; Sen S; Sugawara T, 2012, 'Preface', Vol. 7455 LNAI
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Kim YS; Mahidadia AJ; Compton PJ; Cai X; Bain ME; Krzywicki A; Wobcke W, 2010, 'People Recommendation based on Aggregated Bidirectional Intentions in Social Network Site', in AICI - Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Germany, pp. 247 - 260, presented at The 11th International Workshop on Knowledge Management and Acquisition for Smart Systems and Services (PKAW 2010), Daegu, 31 August 2010 - 03 September 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15037-1_21
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Krzywicki A; Wobcke W; Cai X; Mahidadia AJ; Bain ME; Compton PJ; Kim YS, 2010, 'Interaction-based collaborative filtering methods for recommendation in online dating', in Web Information Systems Engineering - WISE 2010, Springer, Germany, pp. 342 - 356, presented at 11th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2010, Hong Kong, 12 December 2010 - 14 December 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17616-6_31
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Krzywicki A; Wobcke W; Wong A, 2010, 'An Adaptive Calendar Assistant Using Pattern Mining for User Preference Modelling', in Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. (ACM), New York, NY, presented at International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Hong Kong, 07 February 2010 - 10 February 2010
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Krzywicki A; Wobcke W, 2010, 'Exploiting Concept Clumping for Efficient Incremental E-Mail Categorization', in Advanced Data Mining and Applications, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 244 - 258, presented at 6th International Conference on Advanced data mining and applications, Chongqing, China, 19 November 2010 - 21 November 2010
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Wobcke W; Desai N; Dignum F; Ghose A; Padmanabhuni S; Srivastava B, 2010, 'What Can Agent-Based Computing Offer Service-Oriented Architectures, and Vice Versa?', in Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 1 - 10, presented at 13th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, Kolkata, India, 12 November 2010 - 15 November 2010
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Wobcke W; Dunn AG, 2010, 'Agent-Based Modelling for Risk Assessment of Routine Clinical Processes', in Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, Springer, London, pp. 511 - 522, presented at 13th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, Kolkata, India, 12 November 2010 - 15 November 2010
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Krzywicki A; Wobcke W, 2009, 'Incremental E-Mail Classification and Rule Suggestion Using Simple Term Statistics', in AI 2009: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, presented at Twenty-2nd Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Melbourne, 01 December 2009 - 05 December 2009
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Wobcke W; Krzywicki A; Chan Y-W, 2008, 'A Large-Scale Evaluation of an E-Mail Management Assistant', in Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, presented at 2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International conference on intelligent agent technology, Sydney, Australia, 09 December 2008 - 12 December 2008
    Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2008
    Wobcke W; Zhang M, 2008, 'Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics): Preface', Vol. 5360 LNAI
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Bokharouss I; Wobcke W; Chan Y-W; Limaru A; Wong A, 2007, 'A Location-Aware Mobile Call Handling Assistant', in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, presented at IEEE International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence, Niagara Falls, Canada, 21 May 2007 - 23 May 2007
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Nguyen A; Wong A; Wobcke W, 2007, 'Robustness of a Spoken Dialogue Interface for a Personal Assistant', in Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, presented at 2007 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, Silicon Valley, USA, 02 November 2007 - 05 November 2007
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Wobcke W; Nguyen A; Ho VH; Krzywicki A, 2007, 'The Smart Personal Assistant: An Overview', in Yorke-Smith N (ed.), Proceedings of the AAAI 2007 Spring Symposium on Interaction Challenges for Intelligent Assistants, AAAI Press, Menlo Park, CA, pp. 135 - 136, presented at AAAI 2007 Spring Symposium on Intentions in Intelligent Systems, Stanford University, CA, USA, 26 March 2007 - 28 March 2007
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Wobcke W, 2007, 'Reasoning about BDI Agents from a Programming Languages Perspective', in Ferguson G (ed.), Proceedings of the AAAI 2007 Spring Symposium on Intentions in Intelligent Systems, AAAI Press, Menlo Park, CA, pp. 48 - 53, presented at AAAI 2007 Spring Symposium on Intentions in Intelligent Systems, Stanford University, CA, USA, 26 March 2007 - 28 March 2007
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Nguyen A; Wobcke W, 2006, 'An Adaptive Plan-Based Dialogue Agent: Integrating Learning into a BDI Architecture', in Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Hakodate, Japan, presented at 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Hakodate, Japan, 08 May 2006 - 12 May 2006
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Nguyen A; Wobcke W, 2006, 'Extensibility and Reuse in an Agent-Based Dialogue Model', in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Communication Between Human and Artificial Agents, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, presented at International Workshop on Communication Between Human and Artificial Agents, Hong Kong, 18 December 2006
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Nguyen MH; Wobcke W, 2006, 'A Flexible Framework for SharedPlans', in AI 2006: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, presented at 19th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Hobart, 04 December 2006 - 08 December 2006
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Wobcke W; Chan Y-W; Limaru A, 2006, 'A Call Handling Assistant for Mobile Devices', in Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, presented at 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, Hong Kong, 18 December 2006 - 22 December 2006
    Conference Papers | 2006
    Wobcke W, 2006, 'An Analysis of Three Puzzles in the Logic of Intention', in AI 2006: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, presented at 19th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Hobart, 04 December 2006 - 08 December 2006
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Nguyen A; Wobcke W, 2005, 'An Agent-Based Approach to Dialogue Management in Personal Assistants', in Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces 2005, San Diego, California, USA, presented at 2005 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, San Diego, California, USA, 09 January 2005 - 12 January 2005
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Nguyen MH; Wobcke W, 2005, 'Towards a General Implementation of SharedPlans', in Bridle R; Thornton S; Vishwanath A (eds.), Proceedings of the Australian Undergraduate Students Computing Conference 2005, Australian Undergraduate Students Computing Conference 2005 (AUSCC05), Canberra, pp. 42 - 48, presented at Australian Undergraduate Students Computing Conference 2005 (AUSCC05), Canberra, 28 November 2005 - 29 November 2005
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Wobcke W; Chee M; Ji K, 2005, 'Model Checking for PRS-Like Agents', in AI 2005: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, presented at Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2005, Sydney, 05 December 2005 - 09 December 2005
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Wobcke W; Chee M; Ji K, 2005, 'Model generation for PRS-like agents', in Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents, pp. 1245 - 1246
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Wobcke W; Ho VH; Nguyen A; Krzywicki A, 2005, 'A BDI Agent Architecture for Dialogue Modelling and Coordination in a Smart Personal Assistant', in Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, presented at 2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, Compeigne, France, 19 September 2005 - 22 September 2005
    Conference Papers | 2005
    Wobcke W; Ji K; Chee M, 2005, 'Model Generation for PRS-like Agents', in Dignum F (ed.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Utrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 1131 - 1132, presented at 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 25 July 2005 - 29 July 2005
    Conference Papers | 2004
    Wobcke W, 2004, 'Model Theory for PRS-Like Agents: Modelling Belief Update and Action Attempts', in PRICAI 2004: Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, presented at 8th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Auckland, New Zealand, 09 August 2004 - 13 August 2004
    Conference Papers | 2003
    Ho VH; Wobcke W; Compton PJ, 2003, 'EMMA: An E-Mail Management Assistant', in Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/WIC International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, presented at 2003 IEEE/WIC International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, Halifax, Canada, 13 October 2003 - 16 October 2003
    Conference Papers | 2002
    Wobcke W, 2002, 'Intention and Rationality for PRS-Like Agents', in AI 2002: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, presented at Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2002, Canberra, 02 December 2002 - 06 December 2002
    Conference Papers | 2002
    Wobcke W, 2002, 'Modelling PRS-Like Agents' Mental States', in PRICAI 2002: Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, presented at 7th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Tokyo, Japan, 18 August 2002 - 22 August 2002
    Conference Papers | 2001
    Wobcke W, 2001, 'An operational semantics for a PRS-like agent architecture', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 569 - 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45656-2_49
    Conference Papers | 2000
    Wobcke W, 2000, 'On the correctness of PRS agent programs', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 42 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10719619_4
    Conference Papers | 1999
    Wobcke W, 1999, 'The role of context in the analysis and design of agent programs', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 403 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48315-2_31
    Conference Papers | 1998
    Wobcke W, 1998, 'Agency and the logic of ability', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 31 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0055018
    Conference Papers | 1997
    Clark M; Irwig K; Wobcke W, 1997, 'Emergent properties of teams of agents in the tileworld', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 164 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62686-7_35
    Conference Papers | 1996
    Wobcke W, 1996, 'Plans and the revision of intentions', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 100 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61314-5_24
    Conference Papers | 1996
    Wobcke W, 1996, 'The representation of plans in rational agent architectures', in Narasimhan VL; Jain LC (ed.), ANZIIS 96 - 1996 AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS, PROCEEDINGS, I E E E, AUSTRALIA, ADELAIDE, pp. 22 - 25, presented at 1996 Australian/New-Zealand Conference on Intelligent Information Systems (ANZIIS 96), AUSTRALIA, ADELAIDE, 18 November 1996 - 20 November 1996, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1996BH40F00006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 1993
    DIXON S; WOBCKE W, 1993, 'THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A 1ST-ORDER LOGIC AGM BELIEF REVISION SYSTEM', in Koutsougeras C (ed.), FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOOLS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, TAI '93, PROCEEDINGS, I E E E, COMPUTER SOC PRESS, MA, BOSTON, pp. 40 - 47, presented at 5th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (TAI 93), MA, BOSTON, 08 November 1993 - 11 November 1993, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1993BZ56P00005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 1992
    PEPPAS P; WOBCKE W, 1992, 'ON THE USE OF EPISTEMIC ENTRENCHMENT IN REASONING ABOUT ACTION', in Neumann B (ed.), ECAI 92 - 10TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE : PROCEEDINGS, JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, AUSTRIA, VIENNA, pp. 403 - 407, presented at 10TH EUROPEAN CONF ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ( ECAI-92 ), AUSTRIA, VIENNA, 03 August 1992 - 07 August 1992, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1992BY03P00092&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 1992
    WOBCKE W, 1992, 'ON THE USE OF EPISTEMIC ENTRENCHMENT IN NONMONOTONIC REASONING', in Neumann B (ed.), ECAI 92 - 10TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE : PROCEEDINGS, JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, AUSTRIA, VIENNA, pp. 324 - 328, presented at 10TH EUROPEAN CONF ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ( ECAI-92 ), AUSTRIA, VIENNA, 03 August 1992 - 07 August 1992, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1992BY03P00076&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

  • Australian Research Council Discovery Project, 2018–20 (F. Johns, W. Wobcke and D. Nelken): Data Science in Humanitarianism: Confronting Novel Law & Policy Challenges, $524,643.
  • Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre, 2016–19 (with M. Bain and S. Schmeidl): Knowledge Mining, $939,319.
  • Data to Decisions Cooperative Research Centre, 2015 (with M.Bain): Text Analytics, $146,055.
  • Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre, 2014 (with M. Bain): Data Markets, $125,957.
  • Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre, 2008–14 (with M. Bain, A. Mahidadia and P. Compton): Personalisation, $1,452,724.
  • Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre, 2007–08: Interim Personalisation Project, $45,829.
  • Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre, 2007: Evaluation of E-Mail Management Assistant, $14,950.
  • Australian Research Council Linkage Project, 2007–09 (E. Coiera, J. Westbrook, W. Wobcke and F. Magrabi): Agent-Based Methods for Communication System Design in Complex Organisations, $554,194.
  • Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre, 2006: Dialogue Construction with Ripple Down Rules, $21,357.
  • Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre, 2005–07 (with P. Compton): Adaptive Mobile Personal Assistants, $903,895.
  • Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre, 2004–05: Document Categorization with Ripple Down Rules, $15,000.
  • Australian Research Council Discovery Project, 2003–05: Reasoning about Rational Agents from a Programming Languages Perspective, $172,473.
  • Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre, 2003–04: An Agent Architecture for the Coordination of Personal Assistants, $344,000.

  • UNSW Arc Postgraduate Research Supervisor Award, 2017, 2018
  • AAAI Deployed AI Application Award, Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2014 (A. Krzywicki et al.)
  • Best application paper runner up, 17th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 2013 (X. Cai et al.)

Since joining UNSW in 2002, I have collaborated extensively with industry, serving for over 10 years as Programme Manager and Project Leader in three CRCs (Smart Internet Technology CRC, Smart Services CRC and Data to Decisions CRC). A highlight of Smart Internet Technology CRC was the development of a voice controlled mobile application for interaction with e-mail and calendar (a precursor to Apple's Siri). A major achievement through Smart Services CRC was the deployment of a people-to-people recommender system for suggesting suitable matches in online dating, fielded on one of Australia's largest online dating sites. In Data to Decisions CRC, I led a multi-disciplinary team of data scientists and social scientists, researching efficient methods for extracting information from high velocity streams of rich text data (such as social media and news feeds), and developing new methods for opinion mining and sentiment analysis for political tweets and Facebook posts.

I am currently working on the application of data science to digital humanitarianism in conjunction with UN Global Pulse (Pulse Lab Jakarta) and BPS (Statistics Indonesia), in a collaborative project with UNSW Law.

My Research Supervision

Siti Mariyah, Reliable Measurement of National Statistics using Big Data.
Stefano Mezza, Dialogue-Act Grounded Argumentative Dialogue Systems.

My Teaching