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

• Gabriele Kern-Isberner, TU Dortmund University, President
• Tran Cao Son, New Mexico State University, Treasurer
• James Delgrande, Simon Fraser University, Clerk

Board of Directors

• Gerhard Brewka, University of Leipzig
• James Delgrande, Simon Fraser University
• Thomas Eiter, Vienna University of Technology
• Sheila McIlraith, University of Toronto
• Francesca Toni, Imperial College

Steering Committee

• Franz Baader, Dresden University of Technology
  (KR 2026 Program Co-Chair)
• Gerhard Brewka, University of Leipzig
  (Director)
• Jim Delgrande, Simon Fraser University
  (Director, Clerk)
• Thomas Eiter, Vienna University of Technology
  (Director)
• Gabriele Kern-Isberner, TU Dortmund University
  (President)
• João Leite, NOVA University Lisbon
  (KR 2026 Local Chair)
• Maria Vanina Martinez, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC)
  (D&I Representative)
• Sheila McIlraith, University of Toronto
  (Director)
• Tommie Meyer, University of Cape Town
  (Chair of Awards Committee)
• Marie-Laure Mugnier, University of Montpellier
  (KR 2026 Program Co-Chair)
• Magdalena Ortiz, Vienna University of Technology
  (KR 2025 General Chair, KR 2024 Program Co-Chair)
• Ana Ozaki, University of Bergen
  (DL Representative)
• Nico Potyka, Cardiff University
  (Chair of Publicity Committee)
• Zeynep Saribatur, Vienna University of Technology
  (Chair of Sponsorship Committee)
• Torsten Schaub, University of Potsdam
  (KR 2025 Program Co-Chair)
• Tran Cao Son, New Mexico State University
  (Treasurer, KR 2024 Local Chair)
• Matthias Thimm, University of Hagen
  (NMR Representative)
• Francesca Toni, Imperial College
  (Director)
• Son Tran, Deakin University
  (KR 2025 Local chair)
• Renata Wassermann, University of São Paulo
  (KR 2025 Program Co-Chair)

Advisory Committee

• Ofer Arieli, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv
• Meghyn Bienvenu, The University of Bordeaux
• Stefan Borgwardt, Dresden University of Technology
• Diego Calvanese, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
• Anthony G. Cohn, University of Leeds
• Giuseppe De Giacomo, Sapienza Universitadi Roma
• Patrick Doherty, Linköping University
• Esra Erdem, Sabanci University
• Eduardo Fermé, University of Madeira
• Gerhard Lakemeyer, RWTH Aachen University
• Pierre Marquis, Université d'Artois
• Maurice Pagnucco, University of New South Wales
• Michael Thielscher, University of New South Wales
• Mirek Truszczynski, University of Kentucky
• Mary-Anne Williams, University of New South Wales
• Stefan Woltran, Vienna University of Technology

Awards Committee

• Tommie Meyer (Chair), University of Cape Town
• Francesca Toni, Imperial College
• Maurice Pagnucco, University of New South Wales

Sponsorship Committee

• Zeynep Saribatur (Chair), Vienna University of Technology
• Marcello Balduccini, Saint Joseph's University
• Tommie Meyer, University of Cape Town

Publicity Committee

• Nico Potyka, Cardiff University
  (Chair, 2025–2028)
• Stefan Borgwardt, Dresden University of Technology
  (Web Page Editor, 2025–2027)
• Giovanni Casini, ISTI-CNR
  (Newsletter Editor, 2025–2027)
• Tobias Geibinger, Vienna University of Technology
  (Student Volunteer, 2025)
• Jonas Haldimann, University of Cape Town and Vienna University of Technology
  (Event Chair, 2025–2027)
• Jesse Heyninck, Open Universiteit Heerlen
  (Newsletter Editor, 2025–2027)
• Matthias Thimm, University of Hagen
  (Event Chair, 2025–2027)

Past Presidents of KR Inc

• 2023 - 2024: Esra Erdem, Sabanci University
  
• 2020 - 2022: Michael Thielscher, University of New South Wales
  
• 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
• 1996 - 1998: Jon Doyle, while at MIT
• 1993 - 1996: Charles Rich, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory

Steering Committee Alumni

• Luigia Carlucci Aiello, Universita di Roma La Sapienza
• James F. Allen, University of Rochester
• Chitta Baral, Arizona State University
• Ronald Jay Brachman, DARPA
• Francesco Donini, Universita di Roma La Sapienza
• Jon Doyle, North Carolina State University
• Didier Dubois, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse
• Dieter Fensel, DERI
• Richard E. Fikes, Stanford University
• Michael Fink, Vienna University of Technology
• Enrico Franconi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
• Fausto Giunchiglia, Università di Trento
• Andreas Herzig, IRIT
• Werner Horn, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
• Tony Hunter, University College London
• 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
• Leora Morgenstern, IBM Watson Research Center
• John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto
• Bernhard Nebel, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg
• Lin Padgham, Royal Melbourne Insitute of Technology
• Peter Patel-Schneider, PARC, a Xerox Company
• Pavlos Peppas, University of Patras
• 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
• 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
• Laure Vieu, IRIT
• Christopher A. Welty, Google Inc.
• Frank Wolter, University of Liverpool
• Ivan Varzinczak, Université Paris 8
  
• Yan Zhang University of Western Sydney