Personal web page of A. G. Stankevicius

Contact Information (información de contacto)

Mg. Alejandro G. Stankevicius
(ags at cs.uns.edu.ar)

Departarmento de Ciencias e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional del Sur
San Andrés 800, Campus de Palihue
Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Tel: (54) (291) 459-5135
Fax: (54) (291) 459-5136

Teaching (docencia)

Courses for this semester

Computer Networks (Redes de Computadoras)

Past courses

Computer Organization (Organización de Computadoras)
Computer Architecture (Arquitectura de Computadoras)
Introduction to the Operation of Personal Computers (Introducción a la Operación de Computadoras Personales)
Logic for Computer Science (Lógica para Ciencias de la Computación)
Web Services and the Semantic Web (Ingeniería de Aplicaciones para la Web Semántica)
Object Oriented Programming (Programación Orientada a Objetos)
Formal Laguages and Automata Theory (Fundamentos de Ciencias de la Computación)
Artificial Intelligence (Inteligencia Artificial)

Tutorials

The GNU/Linux Operating System (El Sistema Operativo GNU/Linux)

Talks

Software Como Producto vs. Software Como Servicio (handouts, slides)
Juegos Gratis para tu PC (handouts, slides)

Additional Material

Since I agree with the ideas behind the free software movement, you'll find most of the teaching material I've ever written available for download under the GNU Free Documentation License in this page. FIXME: Hacer esa página.

Research (investigación)

Main Interests

Knowledge Representation and Reasoning within Nonmonotonic Theories.
Defeasible Argumentation and Defeasible Logic Programming.
Electronic Voting.
Free Software.

Master's Thesis

Un Modelo Dialéctico para la Deliberación Multiagente. It roughly translates to "A Dialectical Model for Multiagent Deliberation". Available as: [PDF] [PS] [PSZ] [BiBTeX]

Selected Publications

An Alternative Semantics for Argumentative Systems. Alejandro G. Stankevicius and Guillermo R. Simari. Inteligencia Artificial, 10(32), 2006. Available as: [PDF] [PS] [PSZ] [DVI] [BiBTeX]
An Abstract Machine for the Execution of DeLP Programs. Alejandro G. Stankevicius and Alejandro J. García. In Proceedings del 10mo Congreso Argentino de Ciencias de la Computación (CACiC), 2004. Available as: [PDF] [PS] [PSZ] [DVI] [BiBTeX]
An Abstract Model for the Process of Deliberation within Multiagent Systems. Alejandro G. Stankevicius and Guillermo R. Simari. In Proceedings del 2do Workshop en Agentes y Sistemas Inteligentes (WASI), 7mo Congreso Argentino de Ciencias de la Computación (CACiC), 2001. Available as: [PDF] [PS] [PSZ] [DVI] [BiBTeX]
Compilation Techniques for Defeasible Logic Programs. Alejandro G. Stankevicius, Alejandro J. García and Guillermo R. Simari. In Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Informatics Engineering, 2000. Available as: [PDF] [PS] [PSZ] [DVI] [BiBTeX]
A Framework for Multiagent Deliberation Based on Dialectical Argumentation. Alejandro G. Stankevicius and Guillermo R. Simari. In Proceedings del 1er Workshop en Agentes y Sistemas Inteligentes (WASI), 6to Congreso Argentino de Ciencias de la Computación (CACiC), 2000. Available as: [PDF] [PS] [PSZ] [DVI] [BiBTeX]

You can find the rest of my publications here.

Personal Interests (intereses personales)

The concept of free software is quite impressive. Even if you haven't heard about it, chances are you do have one or more pieces of free software running on your computer. For instance, the operating system GNU/Linux is composed of free software, the web browser Firefox is free software, or even the web server giving you access to this document (called Apache) is free software. Free software is not only free as in free beer (which is a nice addition), but it is also free as in free speech. Free software allows me as a user to not give up my own freedom, which in the end, is priceless.

So, after reading a bit on the net about free software you think you might give it a try.... excelent! I invite you to take the next step, start replacing those non-free pieces of software in your computer with free software. The are many lists of instant replacements for the usual applications. Some people complain about having several alterntives for replacing a single non-free program, but recall that free software is about free-ness, so not even that is impossed upon you! Ask around, somebody will gladly lend you a hand or provide you with a copy of that particular piece of software you're needing (now that he/she is free to do that). See how all the pieces fall into place?

On other topic (not entirely unrelated), my late wife was vegan and I still am. Wonder what that is, hey? Well, you can check wikipedia to get the standard encyclopedic answer, but browsing the web of the vegetarian union might provide a broader background as to why people do willingly stop eating meat and other animal derived products. If you're interested in this subject, you can start by checking this flyier from vegan outreach (available in Spanish as well).

Other Stuff (otros)

The projects I'm working on on my spare time (which is, unfortunately, not much!):

DLP - An Integrated Development Environment for Defeasible Logic Programming.
PubList - A little script for automating the generation of a list of publications.

Another project I also work on my spare time, this one not related with computers:

Unión Vegetariana de Bahía Blanca - Filial local de la Unión Vegetariana de Argentina.

The man who started it all, Richard M. Stallman, speaks about why he uses free software, and more importantly why you should too in this speech (Ogg Theora codec required).

Finally, my public key, usefull if you want to send me a totally secured mail or check the authenticity of my digital signature. It is also available from the key server at MIT.