Magnus Johnsson
Cognitive Scientist, Computer Scientist
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Positions
Deputy Dean, Faculty of Natural Science, Kristianstad University 2024 -
Leader of RECS (Research Environment of Computer Science), Department of Computer Science, Kristianstad University 2024 -
Professor, Department of Computer Science, Kristianstad University 2024 -
Founder, Magnus Johnsson AI Research AB 2017 -
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Media Technology, Malmö University 2018 - 2024
Associate Professor, Institute of Cyber Intelligence Systems, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI) 2016 - 2020
Researcher, Department of Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Lund University 2011 - 2017
Researcher, Pufendorf Institute Oct 2013 - May 2014
Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Lund University 2009 - 2013
Researcher, Pufendorf Institute Sep 2011 - Apr 2012
Post Doc, Multidisciplinary Research Environment CCL, Lund University 2009 - 2010
PhD Student Position (including teaching of computer science), Department of Philosophy, Cognitive Science / Department of Computer Science, Lund University 2004 - 2009
Formal Academic Qualifications and Education
Pedagogical Education for PhD Student Supervision.
Pedagogical Education for University Teaching.
Docent in Computer Science.
PhD in Cognitive Science 2009, Lund university.
MA in Cognitive Science 2004, Lund university.
MSc in Computer Science 2004, Lund university.
BSc in Computer Science 2003, Lund university.
Professional Services (current and former)
Topic Editor, Computational Neuroscience, IntechOpen Book Series Artificial Intelligence.
Associate Editor, International Journal of Computer Vision and Image Processing.
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Data Science.
Editor, Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics.
Board Member, Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society (SAIS).
Referee Assignments
I have reviewed papers for:
• Virtual Reality (2018);
• Applied Soft Computing (2017, 2018);
• Cognitive Systems Research (2017, 2018, 2020);
• ACM Computing Surveys (2017);
• International Journal of Data Science (2016);
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2016);
• Journal of Information Systems (2008);
• Journal of Supercomputing (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2021);
• Journal of Robotics (2009, 2011);
• Journal of Information Sciences (2008, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2019);
• Journal of Expert Systems (2010, 2011, 2015);
• IEEE Transactions on Robotics (2010);
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (2011);
• International Journal of Intelligent Systems (2012);
• Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018);
• Artificial Intelligence (2012);
• International Journal of Image and Data Fusion (2013);
• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (2013);
• Connection Science (2014);
• Advanced Robotics (2015);
• Neural Processing Letters (2015, 2016);
• Knowledge-Based Systems (2016);
• Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (2016, 2017, 2018);
• The Swedish AI Society (SAIS) Workshop 2021, Luleå, Sweden;
• International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications (NCTA 2019), Vienna, Austria;
• International Workshop on Human Tracking and Behaviour Analysis (HTBA 2018), Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Spain;
• The Seventh International Workshop on Modeling and Management of Big Data (MoBiD 2018), Xi'an, China;
• 2018 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2018), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
• International Workshop on Human Tracking and Behaviour Analysis (HTBA 2017), Jaipur, India;
• The Sixth International Workshop on Modeling and Management of Big Data (MoBiD 2017), Valencia, Spain;
• The 13th International Conference on Natural Computation, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (ICNC-FSKD 2017), Guilin, China;
• The Swedish AI Society (SAIS) Workshop 2017, Karlskrona, Sweden;
• Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA 2017), Moscow, Russian Federation;
• 2017 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2017), Anchorage, Alaska;
• The 2017 International Conference on Advanced Technologies Enhancing Education (ICAT2E2017), Qingdao, China;
• International Workshop on Human Tracking and Behaviour Analysis (HTBA 2016), Naples, Italy;
• The Fifth International Workshop on Modeling and Management of Big Data (MoBiD 2016), Gifu, Japan;
• Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA 2016), New York City, NY, USA;
• The Swedish AI Society (SAIS) Workshop 2016, Malmö, Sweden;
• The 12th International Conference on Natural Computation, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (ICNC-FSKD 2016), Changsha, China;
• The Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SCAI 2015), Halmstad, Sweden;
• International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications (NCTA 2015), Lisbon, Portugal;
• Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA 2015), Lyon, France;
• The International Workshop on Modeling and Management of Big Data (MoBiD 2015), Stockholm, Sweden;
• The 5th International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EPIROB 2015), Providence, RI USA;
• 2015 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2015), Killarney, Ireland;
• Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA 2014), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA;
• IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI) 2014, Orlando, Florida, USA;
• The Fourth Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2014), Genoa, Italy;
• The 2nd International Workshop on Modeling and Management of Big Data (MoBiD 2014), Atlanta, GA, USA;
• The International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications (NCTA 2014);
• The Swedish AI Society (SAIS) Workshop 2014, Stockholm, Sweden;
• 2014 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2014), Beijing, China;
• The Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SCAI 2013);
• The 1st International Workshop on Modeling and Management of Big Data (MoBiD 2013), Hong Kong, China;
• The 2013 9th International Conference on Natural Computation / the 2013 10th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (ICNC-FSKD 2013);
• The International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications (NCTA 2013);
• 2013 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, August 4-9, 2013, Dallas, Texas;
• IEEE World Haptics Conference 2013, and The 5th Joint Eurohaptics Conference and IEEE Haptics Symposium;
• IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI) 2013;
• The International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) 2012;
• The International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications (NCTA 2012);
• The Swedish AI Society (SAIS) Workshop 2012;
• The Fourth IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob) 2012;
• The International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) 2011;
• The International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications (NCTA 2011);
• The International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011);
• The International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC 2011);
• The Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SCAI 2011);
• The International Conference on Neural Computation (ICNC 2010);
• The Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) symposium 2010;
• The 10th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (2010);
• The 3rd International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI'10);
• The 35th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2009);
• The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2009).
Other
On August 17th 2019 I received the BICA Society Outstanding Research Award as well as the BICA Society 2019 Prize for Best Innovative Work.
On August 24th 2018 I received the BICA Society Outstanding Research Award for the work presented at the Ninth Annual International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA 2018).
I am member of the EUCognition network, which is a European network of researchers in artificial cognitive systems and related areas.
I have been a member of the Education Board at the Faculty of Technology and Society at Malmö University.
I have been a member of the IKAROS team. IKAROS is an infrastructure for brain modelling and control of robots.
I have been Special Advisor at University Lecturer Promotions/Appointments.
I have been an External Expert Panel Member for the COST Office (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research).