Yves Lespérance
Professor Emeritus, York University
Visiting Faculty 2023-24, DIAG, Sapienza University of Rome
B.Sc.(1978) Montréal,
M.Sc. (1980) Toronto,
Ph.D. (1991) Toronto
Associate Editor of
Artificial intelligence Journal 2017-24.
Associate Editor of
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Journal (JAAMAS) 2021-24.
Former Associate Editor of the
Journal of Artificial intelligence Research (JAIR) 2016-22.
Address
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, CANADA
E-Mail: lesperan "at" eecs.yorku.ca
Dept Phone: +1-416-736-5053 Fax: +1-416-736-5872
Current/Recent Courses
- EECS 4401/5326 Artificial Intelligence, Winter 2022,
course web page,
course eClass page.
- EECS 2030 (Section M) Advanced Object-Oriented Programming, Winter 2021,
course eClass page.
- EECS 4401/5326 Artificial Intelligence, Winter 2021,
course web page,
course eClass page.
- EECS 1022 Programming for Mobile Computing, Summer 2020,
course web page,
course Moodle page.
- EECS 1022 Programming for Mobile Computing, Winter 2020,
course web page,
course Moodle page.
- EECS 4401/5326 Artificial Intelligence, Winter 2020,
course web page.
- EECS 1022 Programming for Mobile Computing, Summer 2019,
course web page,
course Moodle page.
- EECS 1022 Programming for Mobile Computing, Fall 2018,
course web page,
course Moodle page.
- EECS 3401 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Logic Programming,
Fall 2018,
course web page.
- EECS 3401 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Logic Programming,
Fall 2017,
course web page.
- EECS 6390A Knowledge Representation, Fall 2017,
course web page.
- EECS 1720 Building Interactive Systems, Winter 2017,
course web page.
- EECS 3401 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Logic Programming,
Winter 2017,
course web page.
- EECS 1022 Introduction to Software Development, Winter 2016,
main course web page on Moodle,
web page for my section.
- EECS 1720 Building Interactive Systems, Winter 2016,
course web page.
- CSE 6390A Knowledge Representation, Fall 2015,
course web page.
- CSE 1030 Introduction to Computer Science II, Winter 2014,
course web page, web page for my section.
- CSE 3342 System Specification and Refinement, Winter 2014,
course web page.
- CSE 2001 Introduction to Theory of Computation,
Summer 2013,
course web page.
- CSE 3401 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Logic Programming,
Fall 2012,
course web page.
- CSE 6390A Knowledge Representation, Fall 2012,
course web page.
- CSE 3402 Introduction to Concepts of Artificial Intelligence, Winter 2012,
course web page.
- PHIL 3750 Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2011,
course web page.
- PHIL 3750 Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Winter 2011,
course web page.
- CSE 1030 Introduction to Computer Science II, Fall 2010,
course web page
.
- CSE 6390A Knowledge Representation, Fall 2010,
course web page.
- CSE 3402 Introduction to Concepts of Artificial Intelligence, Winter 2010,
course web page.
- CSE 1030 Introduction to Computer Science II, Fall 2009,
course web page
.
- CSE 1030 Introduction to Computer Science II, Winter 2009,
course web page.
- CSE 3402 Introduction to Concepts of Artificial Intelligence, Winter 2009,
course web page.
- CSE 6390A Knowledge Representation, Fall 2008,
course web page.
- CSE 3402 Introduction to Concepts of Artificial Intelligence, Winter 2007,
course web page.
- ITEC 1630 Object-Oriented Programming, Winter 2007,
web page for my section.
- COSC 6390A Knowledge Representation, Fall 2006,
course web page.
- CSE 3401 Functional and Logic Programming (Section B), Fall 2005,
course web page.
- COSC 4401/5326 Artificial Intelligence, Fall 2004,
course web page.
- COSC 6390A Knowledge Representation, Fall 2003,
course web page.
- COSC 1020 Introduction to Computer Science I, Fall 2002,
course web page,
web page for my section.
- COSC 6390A Knowledge Representation, Fall 2002,
course web page.
- COSC 1030 Introduction to Computer Science II, Fall 2000,
course web page
- COSC 4401/5326 Artificial Intelligence, Winter 2000,
course web page.
Research Interests
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
- Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
- Cognitive Robotics
Recent Research Projects
- Using Abstraction in Reasoning about Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
NSERC Discovery Grant (2022-27)
Project Description
- Specification, Verification, and Synthesis of Autonomous Adaptive Agents
NSERC Discovery Grant (2015-22)
Project Description
- Designing Rational Agents that Can Work with Others
NSERC Discovery Grant (2010-15)
- Logic-Based Agent Programming II
NSERC Individual Research Grant (2005-10)
- Logic-Based Agent Programming
NSERC Individual Research Grant (2000-05)
Project Description
- Lights and Camera
CITO Research Project (2003-05)
Industrial Partner: MacDonald Dettwiler Space & Advanced Robotics
Project Description
- High-Level Control of Vision Sensing Systems
CITO Research Project (2000-02)
Industrial Partner: MacDonald Dettwiler Space & Advanced Robotics
Project Description
- Agent-Oriented Software Development
CITO Research Project (2000-02)
Project Description
Golog/ConGolog/IndiGolog Software
A very simple Golog interpreter in SWI Prolog can be found
here (suitable for running simple examples).
An ECLIPSE Prolog version can be found
here.
More Golog-related code can be found on the home page of Reiter's book
Knowledge in Action: Logical Foundations for Specifying and
Implementing Dynamical Systems
here.
A much more developed and usable implementation of IndiGolog in Prolog
due to Sardina and Vassos is available
here;
it also supports some forms of incomplete knowledge.
There is also Levesque's well-developed
Ergo
implementation of IndiGolog in Scheme;
it suports some forms of incomplete knowledge and probabilistic reasoning, as well as interfacing to Unity and the LEGO robot.
Another well-developed implementation in Prolog is
ReadyLog
from RWTH Aachen University's Knowledge-Based Systems Group;
it supports forms of decision-theoretic planning.
golog++ is a recent interfacing and development framework for GOLOG languages from the same group;
its backend is an abstract C++ interface, making integration into any robotics framework staightforward and simple.
A
list of available implementations of Golog, ConGolog, IndiGolog, etc. is
maintained on the University of
Toronto Cognitive Robotics Group web site.
At York, Alexei
Lapouchnian and I have developed the IG-OAAlib
implementation of IndiGolog for use in combination with SRI's Open Agent Architecture
communication/matchmaking infrastructure.
Last modified: April 22, 2024