Ana BazzanAna Bazzan received her PhD in 1997 from the University of Karlsruhe (Germany), and an MSc. in Computer Science from the Institute of Informatics at the University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Porto Alegre (Brazil). From 1997 to 1998, she had a potdoc research associate position in the Multi-Agent Systems Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, under the supervision of Prof. Victor Lesser. In 1999 she joined the Institute for Informatics at UFRGS as a Professor and got tenure 3 years later. During 2006 and 2007 she had a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Würzburg (Germany). She is affiliated with the research groups on Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Agent Systems at UFRGS. Her research interests include: Game-Theoretic Paradigms for Coordination of Agents, Multiagent Learning, Coordination and Cooperation in MAS, Agent-Based Simulation, RoboCup Rescue, and Traffic Simulation and Control. Other professional activities: associate editor of the journal Advances in Complex Systems , chair of program committee for the 17th Braz. Symp. on Artificial Intelligence (2004), and co-organizer of workshop series on Agents in Traffic and Transportation. Read More Read Less