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Dr. Michael Georgeff is Principal of Precedence Research and Research Professor in Information Technology at Monash University. He is a consultant to government and industry in the US, Europe and Australia on information technology strategy in health care and e-business and serves on the boards of various companies. He has over 25 years experience in software innovation and bringing these technologies to market. In the 1980s, Dr. Georgeff was Program Director in the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute). He was also a member of Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information, a select group of researchers exploring the frontiers of human and machine cognition. During this period, he and his team created one of the first implementations of an intelligent software agent, using it to help control NASA´s space shuttle during space missions. In 1997, Dr Georgeff founded Agentis International. Agentis has applied Dr. Georgeff's concept of intelligent agent software to provide a unique software product and methodology that solves complex business problems more effectively and rapidly than conventional technologies. In 1988, Dr. Georgeff was invited back to Australia by the Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Hawke, to set up the Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII). As Founding Director, he established AAII as a world leader in intelligent agent technology. Dr. Georgeff was also Founding Director of the Centre for Intelligent Decision Systems, the first software research centre created under Australia´s Cooperative Research Centre program. He was instrumental in building a critical mass of expertise in intelligent systems in universities, defense, and other Australian organizations. Dr. Georgeff is currently leading an industry and research consortium to establish an intelligent network of health services across Australia.

Dr. Georgeff is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence and a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society. In 1990, the Bulletin proclaimed Professor Georgeff one of Australia´s "national assets". Dr. Georgeff holds a PhD from Imperial College, London University, a B Eng degree from Sydney University and a B Sc degree from The University of Melbourne.