Prof. Dr. Ivan Bratko

Ivan Bratko is professor of computer science at University of Ljubljana. He has B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering, and a Ph.D. degree in computer science, all from the University of Ljubljana.

Professor Bratko has conducted research in machine learning, qualitative modelling and reasoning, intelligent robotics and heuristic methods. His main interests in machine learning have been in constructive induction, Inductive Logic Programming, combining learning and qualitative reasoning, and various applications of machine learning, including medicine and control of dynamic systems. Recently, he has been interested in interpretable learning and planning with emphasis on Explainable AI, and estimating difficulty of problems for humans. He was formerly head of AI laboratories at University of Ljubljana and Jozef Stefan Institute.

Professor Bratko has published over 250 scientific papers and a number of books, including Prolog Programming for Artificial Intelligence (Addison-Wesley/Pearson Education, fourth edition, 2012), KARDIO: a Study in Deep and Qualitative Knowledge for Expert Systems (MIT Press, 1989; co-authored by I. Mozetič and N. Lavrač), and Machine Learning and Data Mining: Methods and Applications (Wiley, 1998; co-edited by R.S. Michalski and M. Kubat).

He has been a member of the editorial boards of a number of scientific journals, including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Journal of AI Research, Journal of ML Research, and KAIS (Journal of Knowledge and Information Systems). He is member of SAZU (Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts), Fellow of EurAI (European Association for AI), member of Academia Europaea, and member of IAS (Engineering Academy of Slovenia). He was one of the founders and the first chairman of SLAIS (Slovenian AI Society) and chairman of ISSEK, International School for the Synthesis of Expert Knowledge, based in Udine, Italy.

He has been visiting professor or visiting scientist at various universities, including Edinburgh University, Strathclyde University, Sydney University, University of New South Wales (Sydney), Polytechnic University of Madrid, Alpen Adria University  (Klagenfurt), Delft University of Technology. He has served as an expert panel member for evaluating European Research Council grant proposals.