KR Corporate Organization

The operating structure of KR, Inc. consists of the Corporate Officers, the Board of Directors, and the Steering Committee, the distinction between these groups is a legal requirement.

Corporate Officers

• Michael Thielscher, University of New South Wales, President
• Mirek Truszczynski, University of Kentucky, Treasurer
• James Delgrande, Simon Fraser University, Clerk

Board of Directors

• Gerhard Brewka, University of Leipzig
• Anthony G. Cohn, University of Leeds
• James Delgrande, Simon Fraser University
• Peter Patel-Schneider, PARC, a Xerox Company
• Mary-Anne Williams, University of New South Wales

Steering Committee

• Meghyn Bienvenu, University of Bordeaux
  (KR 2021 Program Chair)
• Stefan Borgwardt, Dresden University of Technology
  (DL Representative)
• Gerhard Brewka, University of Leipzig
  (Director)
• Diego Calvanese, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
  (KR 2020 Program Chair)
• Anthony G. Cohn, University of Leeds
  (Director)
• Jim Delgrande, Simon Fraser University
  (Director, Clerk)
• Esra Erdem, Sabanci University
  (KR 2021 Conference Chair, KR 2020 Program Chair)
• Gerhard Lakemeyer, RWTH Aachen University
  (KR 2021 Program Chair)
• Peter Patel-Schneider
  (Director)
• Pavlos Peppas, University of Patras
  (KR 2020 Local Chair)
• Michael Thielscher, University of New South Wales
  (President 2020-2022)
• Tran Cao Son, New Mexico State University
  (KR 2021 Local Chair)
• Mirek Truszczynski, University of Kentucky
  (Treasurer)
• Mary-Anne Williams, University of New South Wales
  (Director)
• Renata Wassermann, University of São Paulo
  (NMR Representative for KR)
• Frank Wolter, University of Liverpool
  (Past President 2018-2020)

Advisory Committee

• Patrick Doherty, Linköping University
• Thomas Eiter, Vienna University of Technology
• Giuseppe De Giacomo, Sapienza Universitadi Roma
• Jerome Lang, IRIT
• Joohyung Lee, Arizona State University
• Sheila McIlraith, University of Toronto
  
• Francesca Toni, Imperial College
• Stefan Woltran, Vienna University of Technology

Past Presidents of KR Inc

• 2018 - 2020: Frank Wolter, University of Liverpool
• 2016 - 2018: Chitta Baral, Arizona State University
• 2015 - 2016: Sheila McIlraith, University of Toronto
• 2014 - 2015: Thomas Eiter, Vienna University of Technology
• 2012 - 2014: Gerhard Brewka, University of Leipzig
• 2010 - 2012: Mirek Truszczynski, University of Kentucky
• 2006 - 2008: Christopher A. Welty, IBM Watson Research Center
• 2004 - 2006: Mary-Anne Williams, University of Technology Sydney
• 2002 - 2004: Fausto Giunchiglia, Università di Trento
• 2000 - 2002: Anthony G. Cohn, University of Leeds
• 1998 - 2000: Stuart Shapiro, University at Buffalo SUNY, USA
• 1996 - 1998: Jon Doyle, while at MIT, USA
• 1993 - 1996: Charles Rich, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory, USA.

Steering Committee Alumni

• Chitta Baral, Arizona State University (Past President)
• Luigia Carlucci Aiello, Universita di Roma La Sapienza
• James F. Allen, University of Rochester
• Ronald Jay Brachman, DARPA
• Gerhard Brewka, University of Leipzig
• Anthony G. Cohn, University of Leeds
• Jim Delgrande, Simon Fraser University
• Francesco Donini, Universita di Roma La Sapienza
• Jon Doyle, North Carolina State University
• Didier Dubois, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse
• Thomas Eiter, Vienna University of Technology
• Dieter Fensel, DERI
• Richard E. Fikes, Stanford University
• Michael Fink, Vienna University of Technology
• Enrico Franconi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
• Giuseppe De Giacomo, Sapienza Universitadi Roma
• Fausto Giunchiglia, Università di Trento
• Andreas Herzig, IRIT
• Werner Horn, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
• Tony Hunter, University College London, UK
• Alankar Karol, University of Technology Sydney
• Jerome Lang, IRIT
• Neal Lesh, MERL
• Hector J. Levesque, University of Toronto
• Fangzhen Lin, Hong Kong UST
• Joohyung Lee, Arizona State University
• Ronald Prescott Loui, Washington University in St. Louis
• Deborah McGuinness, Stanford University
• Sheila McIlraith, University of Toronto
  
• Leora Morgenstern, IBM Watson Research Center
• John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto
• Bernhard Nebel, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg
• Lin Padgham, Royal Melbourne Insitute of Technology
• Bruce Porter, University of Texas at Austin
• Raymond Reiter, deceased
• Charles Rich, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory
• Erik J. Sandewall, Linkoeping University
• Ulrike Sattler , University of Manchester, UK
• Thomas Meyer, University of Cape Town, South Africa (KR 2016 Local Chair)
• James G. Schmolze, Tufts University
• Lenhart Schubert, University of Rochester
• Stuart C. Shapiro, State University of New York at Buffalo
• Mikhail Soutchanski, Ryerson University
• William Roy Swartout, USC Information Sciences Institute
• Pietro Torasso, Universita di Torino
• Francesca Toni, Imperial College
• Laure Vieu, IRIT
• Christopher A. Welty, Google Inc. (Past Director)
• Stefan Woltran, Vienna University of Technology
• Yan Zhang University of Western Sydney