Flinders University
Dr Martin Luerssen
Dr
Martin
Luerssen
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/martin.luerssen
| Position/s: | Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics |
| Phone: | +61 8 82013650 |
| Email: | martin.luerssen@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Information, Science & Technology (369) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
Dr Luerssen's research forte is in the field of nature-inspired computing, specifically the application of biological principles to machine learning. His dissertation, which was nominated for the CORE Australasian Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation award, innovated the use of graph grammars in evolutionary design and optimisation. With a comprehensive background in computational intelligence, Dr Luerssen has served as a program committee member for several international conferences and has delivered talks on many diverse domains, including cognitive science, artificial life, and user interfaces. At present, he is a key participant of the Thinking Head project, an ARC/NH&MRC Special Research Initiative that targets the development of intelligent Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs). Dr Luerssen is responsible for the successful audiovisual embodiment and evolution of the agent, which encompasses the agent's adaptive capacity to comprehend its social context from audiovisual input and synthesise realistic speech and animation patterns in response.
Qualifications
- Ph.D., Flinders University (2006)
- B.Sc.(Hons) in Computer Science, Flinders University (2002)
- B.Sc. in Cognitive Science, Flinders University (2001)
Teaching
Research and consultancy
Research interests
- Evolutionary Algorithms, esp. Genetic Programming and Grammatical Evolution
- Neural and Automata Networks
- Embodied Conversational Agents
- Machine Vision, esp. Object/Face Detection and Tracking
Postgraduate research supervision
Mr Simon Lang,
Mr Adham Atyabi
Publications
Books
Luerssen, M.H., 2009. Experimental investigations into graph grammar evolution : a novel approach to evolutionary design, Saaarbruecken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
Book chapters
Anderson, T.A., Chen, Z., Wen, Y., Milne, M.K., Atyabi, A., Treharne, K., Matsumoto, T., Jia, X., Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., et al., 2012. Thinking Head MulSeMedia: A Storytelling Environment for Embodied Language Learning. In Multiple Sensorial Media Advances and Applications: New Developments in MulSeMedia. Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, pp. 182-203.
Milne, M.K., Luerssen, M.H., Leibbrandt, R.E., Lewis, T.W., & Powers, D.M., 2011. Embodied Conversational Agents for Education in Autism. In A Comprehensive Book on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech Open, pp. 387-412.
Milne, M.K., Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., Leibbrandt, R.E., & Powers, D.M., 2011. Designing and Evaluating Interactive Agents as Social Skills Tutors for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In Conversational Agents and Natural Language Interaction: Techniques and Effective Practices. Spain: IGI Global, pp. 23-48.
Luerssen, M.H. & Powers, D.M., 2009. An empirical study of graph grammar evolution. In Evolutionary Computation. Vukovar, Croatia: In-Tech, pp. 445-472.
Luerssen, M.H., 2005. Phenotype diversity objectives for graph grammar evolution. In Recent Advances in Artificial Life. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, pp. 159-170.
Refereed journal articles
Luerssen, M.H. & Powers, D.M., 2008. Evolving encapsulated programs as shared grammars. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines, 9(3), 203-228.
Refereed conference papers
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M.H., Fitzgibbon, S.P., & Powers, D.M., 2012. Dimension Reduction in EEG Data using Particle Swarm Optimization. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC).
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M.H., Fitzgibbon, S.P., & Powers, D.M., 2012. Evolutionary feature selection and electrode reduction for EEG classification. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC).
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M.H., Fitzgibbon, S.P., & Powers, D.M., 2012. Adapting Subject-Independent Task-Specific EEG Feature Masks using PSO. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC).
Books
Luerssen, M.H., 2009. Experimental investigations into graph grammar evolution : a novel approach to evolutionary design, Saaarbruecken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
Book chapters
Anderson, T.A., Chen, Z., Wen, Y., Milne, M.K., Atyabi, A., Treharne, K., Matsumoto, T., Jia, X., Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., et al., 2012. Thinking Head MulSeMedia: A Storytelling Environment for Embodied Language Learning. In Multiple Sensorial Media Advances and Applications: New Developments in MulSeMedia. Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, pp. 182-203.
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M.H., Fitzgibbon, S.P., & Powers, D.M., 2012. The use of Evolutionary Algorithm-based methods in EEG based BCI systems. In Swarm Intelligence for Electric and Electronic Engineering. IGI Global: IGI Global, pp. 1-15.
Milne, M.K., Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., Leibbrandt, R.E., & Powers, D.M., 2011. Designing and Evaluating Interactive Agents as Social Skills Tutors for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In Conversational Agents and Natural Language Interaction: Techniques and Effective Practices. Spain: IGI Global, pp. 23-48.
Milne, M.K., Luerssen, M.H., Leibbrandt, R.E., Lewis, T.W., & Powers, D.M., 2011. Embodied Conversational Agents for Education in Autism. In A Comprehensive Book on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech Open, pp. 387-412.
Luerssen, M.H. & Powers, D.M., 2009. An empirical study of graph grammar evolution. In Evolutionary Computation. Vukovar, Croatia: In-Tech, pp. 445-472.
Luerssen, M.H., 2005. Phenotype diversity objectives for graph grammar evolution. In Recent Advances in Artificial Life. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, pp. 159-170.
Refereed journal articles
Luerssen, M.H. & Powers, D.M., 2008. Evolving encapsulated programs as shared grammars. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines, 9(3), 203-228.
Refereed conference papers
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M.H., Fitzgibbon, S.P., & Powers, D.M., 2012. Evolutionary feature selection and electrode reduction for EEG classification. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC).
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M.H., Fitzgibbon, S.P., & Powers, D.M., 2012. Dimension Reduction in EEG Data using Particle Swarm Optimization. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC).
Atyabi, A., Luerssen, M.H., Fitzgibbon, S.P., & Powers, D.M., 2012. Adapting Subject-Independent Task-Specific EEG Feature Masks using PSO. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC).
Yazdani, N., Khazab, F., Fitzgibbon, S.P., Luerssen, M.H., Powers, D.M., & Clark, C.R., 2010. Towards a Brain-Controlled Wheelchair Prototype. Proceedings of the 24th BCS International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.
Powers, D.M., Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., Leibbrandt, R.E., Milne, M.K., Pashalis, J., & Treharne, K., 2010. MANA for the Ageing. Proceedings of the 2010 Workshop on Companionable Dialogue Systems, ACL 2010, 7-12.
Luerssen, M.H. & Powers, D.M., 2010. Fast Grammar-Based Evolution Using Memoization. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6239, 502-511.
Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., & Powers, D.M., 2010. Head X: Customizable Audiovisual Synthesis for a Multi-purpose Virtual Head. AI 2010: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, 486-495.
Milne, M.K., Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., Leibbrandt, R.E., & Powers, D.M., 2010. Development of a Virtual Agent Based Social Tutor for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2010, 1555-1563.
Newman, W., Franzel, D., Matsumoto, T., Leibbrandt, R.E., Lewis, T.W., Luerssen, M.H., & Powers, D.M., 2010. Hybrid World Object Tracking For A Virtual Teaching Agent. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2010, 2244-2252.
Leibbrandt, R.E., Luerssen, M.H., Matsumoto, T., Treharne, K., Lewis, T.W., Santi, M.L., & Powers, D.M., 2008. An immersive game-like teaching environment with simulated teacher and hybrid world. Animation, multimedia, IPTV and edutainment: proceedings of CGAT '08, 215-222.
Powers, D.M., Leibbrandt, R.E., Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., & Lawson, M.J., 2008. PETA: a pedagogical embodied teaching agent. 1st International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, PETRA 2008, 282.
Powers, D.M., Leibbrandt, R.E., Pfitzner, D.M., Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., Stevens, K., & Abrahamyan, A., 2008. Language Teaching in a Mixed Reality Games Environment. 1st International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, PETRA 2008, 282.
Luerssen, M.H. & Powers, D.M., 2007. Graph design by graph grammar evolution. 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 386-393.
Luerssen, M.H. & Powers, D.M., 2007. Evolvability and redundancy in shared grammar evolution. 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2007, (4424495), 370-377.
Luerssen, M.H., 2005. Graph grammar encoding and evolution of automata networks. Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Australasian Computer Science Conference: Computer Science, 38, 229-238.
Luerssen, M.H. & Powers, D.M., 2005. Graph composition in a graph grammar-based method for automata network evolution. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 2, 1653-1660.
Conference publications
Lewis, T.W., Luerssen, M.H., & Powers, D.M., 2009. Which one of you said that?. Thinking Systems Joint Symposium, 121-121.
Abrahamyan, A., Davis, C., Fordyce, A., Gibert, G., Howell, C., Kim, J., Kroos, C., Lewis, T.W., Luerssen, M.H., Powers, D.M., et al., 2009. Evaluation methods. Thinking Systems Joint Symposium, 81-83.
Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., & Powers, D.M., 2009. Working with the Prosthetic Head. Thinking Systems Joint Symposium, 123-124.
Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., & Powers, D.M., 2009. Head X and the Thinking Media Framework. Thinking Systems Joint Symposium, 122-122.
Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., & Powers, D.M., 2009. Enabling the Evolution of the Thinking Head. Thinking Systems Joint Symposium, 126-126.
Luerssen, M.H., Leibbrandt, R.E., Lewis, T.W., Pashalis, J., Treharne, K., Pfitzner, D.M., & Powers, D.M., 2009. MANA - An Embodied Calendar for the Aged. Thinking Systems Joint Symposium, 127-127.
Luerssen, M.H. & Lewis, T.W., 2009. Head X: Tailorable Audiovisual Synthesis for ECAs. Proc. HCSNet SummerFest 2009.
Luerssen, M.H., Lewis, T.W., Leibbrandt, R.E., & Powers, D.M., 2008. Adaptive multimodal perception for a virtual museum guide. 3rd Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Ambient Intelligence.
Powers, D.M., Leibbrandt, R.E., Santi, M.L., & Luerssen, M.H., 2007. A multimodal environment for immersive language learning - space, time, viewpoint and physics. Proceedings of Joint HCSNet/HxI Workshop on Human Issues in Interaction and Interactive Interfaces.
Luerssen, M.H. & Powers, D.M., 2003. On the artificial evolution of neural graph grammars. Proceedings of the joint international conference on cognitive science, ICCS, 369-374.
