1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and KINDI Laboratory for Computing Research Joint Seminar The seminar will present the results of an Artificial Intelligence Research Group. The Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology (BISITE) research group brings together a group of researchers interested primarily in the development and application of intelligent computer systems to various types of problems. BISITE is characterized by multi- disciplinary and inter-university. It is multidisciplinary by the member’s diverse profile: computer scientists, biologists, chemists, physicists, oceanographers and economists. The work of this group has a very practical component, although the theoretical aspects, necessary in any research, are not forgotten. Technological innovation also applies to the education and teaching fields, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The group has developed many projects using organization based multiagent systems technology (http://bisite.usal.es/en/research/research- line/artificial-intelligence) that will be presented during the seminar. Innovation and research are behind the projects developed by the group. Innovation means finding solutions, which come from ideas that are turned into products, services or processes, which allow us to obtain an economic benefit, and thus give us a competitive advantage over our competitors. However having good ideas is not a guarantee of success. One must know how to manage them through a team of competent people and management methods to guide us in the innovation process. The innovation strategic management of the Research Group will also be outlined. Some innovative applications (http://bisite.usal.es/en/apps) developed by the group will be presented as well as the spin-off created by the group as a result of some research and innovation projects.. Title: Organization Based Multi-agent Systems, Innovation, Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship Speaker : Juan Manuel Corchado Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, Full Professor with Chair University of Salamanca By Date: Wed May. 6, 2015 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Venue: E104 (corridor 5) (CSE meeting room) Abstract Bio Juan Manuel Corchado (http://bisite.usal.es/en/corchado) is Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer since December 2013 and Full Professor with Chair at the University of Salamanca. He is Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology. He is the Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca and Director of the Doctoral School of the University. He has been twice elected Dean at School of Science of the University of Salamanca. In addition to a PhD in Computer Sciences from the University of Salamanca, he holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. Corchado is the Director of the BISITE (Bioinformatic, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, which he created in 2.000, President of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Spanish Chapter, Academic Director of the Institute of Digital Art and Animation of the University of Salamanca. He also oversees the Master’s programs in Digital Animation, Security, Mobile Technology, Community Management and Management for TIC enterprises at the University of Salamanca. Juan M. Corchado has also worked at the University of Paisley (Glasgow, UK), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK) and at the University of Vigo (Spain). Corchado is also editor and Editor-in- Chef of Specialized Journals like ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal) and IJDCA (International Journal of Digital Contents and Applications). CSE Seminar Coordinator: Professor Ali Jaoua, Tel : 66546122 or 44034249, jaoua@qu.edu.qajaoua@qu.edu.qa