Dr. Chris Cornelis

Contact


Ghent University
Dept. of Applied Mathematics & Computer Science
Krijgslaan 281 (Building S9, Room 40.09.120.28)
B-9000 Gent
Belgium

Phone: +32 9 264.47.72
Fax: +32 9 264.49.95
E-mail: Chris.Cornelis@UGent.be

Short biography


Chris Cornelis holds an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Ghent University (Belgium). Currently, he is a postdoctoral fellow supported by the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders. He has worked as a visiting scholar at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv (Israel) and in the E-services and Decision Support group at Sydney University of Technology (Australia).

Teaching

Publications

Papers in international journals listed in SCI - Science Citation Index

  1. GeneFetch: Enriching Gene Information with Text Mining for Automatic Knowledge Base Construction
    S. Van Landeghem, Y. Saeys, C. Cornelis, Y. Van de Peer
    submitted

  2. A Characterization of Interval-Valued Residuated Lattices
    B. Van Gasse, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    submitted

  3. Key Figure Impact in Trust-Enhanced Recommender Systems
    P. Victor, C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, A. Teredesai
    submitted

  4. Gradual Trust and Distrust in Recommender Systems
    P. Victor, C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, P. Pinheiro Da Silva
    To appear in: Fuzzy Sets and Systems

  5. Fuzzy Region Connection Calculus: An Interpretation Based on Closeness
    S. Schockaert, M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    To appear in: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

  6. Fuzzy Region Connection Calculus: Representing Vague Topological Information
    S. Schockaert, M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    To appear in: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

  7. Triangle Algebras: A Formal Logic Approach to Interval-Valued Residuated Lattices
    B. Van Gasse, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    To appear in: Fuzzy Sets and Systems

  8. One-and-Only Item Recommendation with Fuzzy Logic Techniques [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, J. Lu, X. Guo, G. Zhang
    Information Sciences 177, p. 4906-4921, 2007

  9. Representability in Interval-Valued Fuzzy Set Theory [PDF]
    G. Deschrijver, C. Cornelis
    International Journal of Fuzziness, Uncertainty and Knowledge-Based Systems 15(3), p. 345-361, 2007

  10. Clustering Web Search Results Using Fuzzy Ants [PDF]
    S. Schockaert, M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    International Journal of Intelligent Systems 22(5), p. 455-474, 2007

  11. Uncertainty Modeling by Bilattice-Based Squares and Triangles [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, O. Arieli, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems 15(2), p. 161-175, 2007

  12. A Bilattice-Based Framework for Handling Graded Truth and Imprecision [PDF]
    G. Deschrijver, O. Arieli, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    International Journal of Fuzziness, Uncertainty and Knowledge-Based Systems 15(1), p. 13-41, 2007

  13. Fuzzy Rough Sets: the Forgotten Step [PDF]
    M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems 15(1), p. 121-130, 2007

  14. Advances and challenges in interval-valued fuzzy logic [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    Fuzzy Sets and Systems 157(5), p.622-627, 2006

  15. Preference Modeling by Rectangular Bilattices [PDF]
    O. Arieli, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3885, p.22-33, 2006

  16. Relatedness of Fuzzy Sets [PDF]
    S. Schockaert, M. De Cock, C. Cornelis
    Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems 16(4), p. 297-303, 2005

  17. Bilattice-Based Squares and Triangles [PDF]
    O. Arieli, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3571, p. 563-574, 2005

  18. Elicitation of Fuzzy Association Rules from Positive and Negative Examples [PDF]
    M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    Fuzzy Sets and Systems 149(1), p. 73-85, 2005

  19. Shortest Paths in Fuzzy Weighted Graphs [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, P. De Kesel, E. E. Kerre
    International Journal of Intelligent Systems 19(11), p. 1051-1068, 2004

  20. Efficient Approximate Reasoning with Positive and Negative Information [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, E. E. Kerre
    Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 3214, p. 779-785, 2004

  21. Mining Positive and Negative Fuzzy Association Rules [PDF]
    P. Yan, G. Chen, C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, E. E. Kerre
    Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 3213, p. 270-276, 2004

  22. Fuzzy Ant Based Clustering [PDF]
    S. Schockaert, M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3172, p. 342-349, 2004

  23. On the Representation of Intuitionistic Fuzzy t-Norms and t-Conorms [PDF]
    G. Deschrijver, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems 12(1),p. 45-61, 2003

  24. Inclusion Measures in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set Theory [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2711, p. 345-356, 2003

  25. Implication in Intuitionistic Fuzzy and Interval-Valued Fuzzy Set Theory: Construction, Classification, Application [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    International Journal of Approximate Reasoning 35(1), p. 55-95, 2004

  26. Intuitionistic Fuzzy Rough Sets: at the Crossroads of Imperfect Knowledge [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, E. E. Kerre
    Expert Systems: The International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Neural Networks 20(5), p. 260-269, 2003

  27. Sinha-Dougherty Approach to the Fuzzification of Set Inclusion Revisited [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, C. Van Der Donck, E. E. Kerre
    Fuzzy Sets and Systems 134(2), p. 283-295, 2003

  28. On the meaning of noise annoyance modifiers: a fuzzy set theoretical approach [PDF]
    D. Botteldooren, A. Verkeyn, C. Cornelis, M. De Cock
    Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 88 (2), p. 239-251, 2002

  29. Inclusion-Based Approximate Reasoning [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2074, p. 221-230, 2001.

Papers in other international journals

  1. On the Properties of a Generalized Class of t-norms in Interval-Valued Fuzzy Logics
    B. Van Gasse, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre [PDF]
    New Mathematics and Natural Computation 2(1), p. 29-42, 2006
    (Reviewed by V. Kreinovich, Interval Methods in Knowledge Representation, International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems 14(3), p. 368, 2006)

  2. Square and Triangle: Reflections on Two Prominent Mathematical Structures for the Representation of Imprecision [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    Notes on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets 9(3), p. 11-21, 2003

  3. On the Representation of Intuitionistic Fuzzy t-norms and t-conorms [PDF]
    G. Deschrijver, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    Notes on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets 8(3), p. 1-10, 2002

  4. Survey of the Research on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets
    M. Nikolova, N. Nikolov, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver
    Advanced Studies in Contemporary Mathematics 4(2), p. 127-157, 2002

Chapters in books

  1. Intuitionistic Fuzzy Relational Images [PDF]
    M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    in: Computational Intelligence for Modelling and Predictions (S. K. Halgamuge, L. Wang, eds.), Studies in Computational Intelligence 2, Springer-Verlag, p. 129-146, 2005

  2. Association Rule Based Specialization in ER Models [PDF]
    M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, M. Ren, G. Chen, E. E. Kerre
    in: Intelligent Data Mining: Techniques and Applications (D. Ruan, G. Chen, E. Kerre, G. Wets, eds.), Studies in Computational Intelligence 5, Springer, p. 203-217, 2005

  3. Representing Reliability and Hesitation in Possibility Theory: A General Framework [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, E. E. Kerre
    in: Applications and Science in Soft Computing (A. Lotfi, J. M. Garibaldi, eds.), Advances in Soft Computing , Springer-Verlag, p. 127-132, 2004

  4. Efficient Clustering with Fuzzy Ants [PDF]
    S. Schockaert, M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    in: Applied Computational Intelligence (D. Ruan, P. D'hondt, M. De Cock, M. Nachtegael, E. E. Kerre, eds.), World Scientific, p. 195-200, 2004 (listed in ISTP - Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings)

  5. Relating Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets and Interval-Valued Fuzzy Sets Through Bilattices [PDF]
    O. Arieli, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    in: Applied Computational Intelligence (D. Ruan, P. D'hondt, M. De Cock, M. Nachtegael, E. E. Kerre, eds.), World Scientific, p. 57-64, 2004 (listed in ISTP - Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings)

  6. Application of Extended Modal Operators as a Tool for Constructing Inclusion Indicators over Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, K. T. Atanassov, E. E. Kerre
    in: Soft Computing-Foundations and Theoretical Aspects (K. T. Atanassov, O. Hryniewicz, J. Kacprzyk, eds.), EXIT publishing house, p. 133-142, 2004

  7. A Fuzzy Inference Methodology Based on the Fuzzification of Set Inclusion [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    in: Recent Advances in Intelligent Paradigms and Applications (A. Abraham, L. Jain, J. Kacprzyk, eds.), Physica-Verlag, p. 71-89, 2002

  8. Fuzzy Set Theory: a Useful Interlingua? [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, D. Botteldooren, E. E. Kerre
    in: Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information Engineering Systems & Allied Technologies (N. Baba, L.C. Jain, R.J. Howlett, eds.), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications 69, IOS Press, p. 1137-1141, 2001

  9. The Generalized Modus Ponens in a Fuzzy Set Theoretical Framework
    C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, E. E. Kerre
    in: Fuzzy If-Then Rules in Computational Intelligence : Theory and Applications (D. Ruan, E. E. Kerre, eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 37-59, 2000

Papers in proceedings

  1. A Fuzzy Formal Logic for Interval-Valued Fuzzy Sets [PDF]
    B. Van Gasse, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of 5th International Conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Related Technologies (EUSFLAT2007), Volume II, p. 13-19, 2007

  2. Vaguely Quantified Rough Sets [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, A. Radzikowska
    in: Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining and Granular Computing (RSFDGrC2007), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 4482, p. 87-94, 2007

  3. Enhanced Recommendations Through Propagation of Trust and Distrust [PDF]
    P. Victor, C. Cornelis, M. De Cock
    in: Proceedings of Workshop on Adaptation and Personalisation for e-Business Intelligence, organized at the IEEE/ACM/WI Conference on Web Intelligence, p. 263-266, 2006

  4. Triangle Algebras: towards a Formalization of Interval-Valued Residuated Lattices [PDF]
    B. Van Gasse, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing (RSCTC2006), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4259, p.117-126, 2006

  5. Reflections on Modelling Vagueness in Description Logics [PDF]
    S. Schockaert, P. Victor, G.J. Houben, C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW2006), Workshop at the 5th International Semantic Web Conference, 2006

  6. Fuzzy Spatial Relations between Vague Regions [PDF]
    S. Schockaert, C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of IEEE Intelligent Systems Conference, p. 221-226, 2006

  7. Mining Positive and Negative Association Rules from Large Databases [PDF]
    P. Yan, C. Cornelis, X. Zhang, G. Chen
    Proceedings of International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS'06), p. 613-618 (CD-ROM), 2006

  8. Towards a Provenance-Preserving Trust Model in Agent Networks [PDF]
    P. Victor, M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, P. Pinheiro da Silva
    Proceedings of Models of Trust for the Web (MTW'06), Workshop at the 15th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2006), 2006

  9. A Fuzzy Relational Approach to Event Recommendation [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, X. Guo, J. Lu, G. Zhang
    in: Proceedings of 2nd Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI'05), p. 2231-2242 (CD-ROM), 2005

  10. Fuzzy Rough Set Based Web Query Expansion [PDF]
    M. De Cock, C. Cornelis
    in: Proceedings of Rough Sets and Soft Computing in Intelligent Agent and Web Technology, International Workshop at WIIAT2005 (2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology), p. 9-16, 2005

  11. A Clear View on Quality Measures for Fuzzy Association Rules [PDF]
    M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of FSSCEF 2004 (International Conference on Fuzzy Sets and Soft Computing in Economics and Finance), p. 54-61, 2004

  12. Triangle and Square: a Comparison [PDF]
    G. Deschrijver, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    Proceedings of Tenth International Conference on Information Processing and Management in Knowledge-Based Systems, p. 1389-1395, 2004

  13. Fuzzy Rough Sets: Beyond the Obvious [PDF]
    M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of FUZZ-IEEE2004 (2004 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems), Volume 1, p. 103-108, 2004

  14. Intuitionistic Fuzzy Modal Logic Operations: a New Outlook
    K. T. Atanassov, G. Deschrijver, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre, D. A. Orozova
    in: Proceedings of Scientific Conference "Contemporary technologies - 03", p. 32-39, 2003

  15. Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets and Interval-Valued Fuzzy Sets: a Critical Comparison [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, K. T. Atanassov, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of Third International Conference on Fuzzy Logic and Technology (M. Wagenknecht, R. Hampel, eds.), p. 159-163, 2003

  16. Fuzzy Association Rules: a Two-Sided Approach [PDF]
    M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of FIP2003 (International Conference on Fuzzy Information processing: Theories and Applications), p. 385-390, 2003

  17. The Quest for Optimal Paths in Fuzzy Weighted Graphs [PDF]
    P. De Kesel, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of International Conference on Fuzzy Information Processing-Theories and Applications (Y. Liu, G. Chen, M. Ying, K.Y. Cai, eds.), p. 687-691, 2003

  18. Linguistic Hedges in an Intuitionistic Fuzzy Setting [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of FSKD'02 (1st International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery), Volume I, p. 101-105, 2002

  19. Assessing Degrees of Possibility and Certainty within an Unreliable Environment [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of RASC2002 (4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Soft Computing), p. 194-199 (CD-ROM), 2002

  20. On the Structure and Interpretation of an Intuitionistic Fuzzy Expert System [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of EUROFUSE 2002 (B. De Baets, J. Fodor, G. Pasi, eds.), p. 173-178, 2002

  21. Intuitionistic Fuzzy Relational Calculus: an Overview [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, M. De Cock, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of IS'2002 (First International IEEE Symposium Intelligent Systems), Volume I, p. 340-345, 2002

  22. Intuitionistic Fuzzy Connectives Revisited [PDF]
    G. Deschrijver, C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, p. 1839-1844, 2002

  23. Classification of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Implicators: an Algebraic Approach [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    in : Proceedings of 6th Joint Conference on Information Sciences (H. J. Caulfield, S. Chen, H. Chen, R. Duro, V. Honavar, E. E. Kerre, M. Lu, M. G. Romay, T. K. Shih, D. Ventura, P. P. Wang, Y. Yang, eds.), p. 105-108, 2002

  24. Survey of the Research on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets [PDF]
    M. Nikolova, N. Nikolov, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver
    in : Proceedings of 6th Joint Conference on Information Sciences (H. J. Caulfield, S. Chen, H. Chen, R. Duro, V. Honavar, E. E. Kerre, M. Lu, M. G. Romay, T. K. Shih, D. Ventura, P. P. Wang, Y. Yang, eds.), p. 117-120, 2002

  25. The Compositional Rule of Inference in an Intuitionistic Fuzzy Logic Setting [PDF]
    C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver
    in : Proceedings of the ESSLLI2001 Student Session (Kristina Striegnitz, ed.), p. 83-94, 2001

Abstracts

  1. PAS: a personal alert system for information retrieval in CRISs [abstract]
    G. Hurtado Martín, C. Cornelis
    Dutch Belgian Database Day (DBDBD'07), Eindhoven, November 2007

  2. Protein Relation Extraction using Full Parsing Information [abstract]
    T. Fayruzov, M. De Cock, C. Cornelis, V. Hoste
    Atila Meeting, Gent, November 2007

  3. Fuzzy Rough Sets: from Theory into Practice [abstract]
    C. Cornelis
    Computer Science Departmental Seminars, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, October 2007

  4. GeneFetch: Enriching Gene Information with Text Mining for Automatic Knowledge Base Construction
    S. Van Landeghem, Y. Saeys, C. Cornelis, M.A. Benotmane, Y. Van de Peer
    in: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Machine Learning in Systems Biology 2007 (MLSB'07), p. 105, Paris, September 2007
    in: Proceedings of Benelux Bioinformatics Conference 2007 (BBC'07), Leuven, November 2007

  5. A Bilattice-Based Trust Model for Personalizing Recommendations [PDF]
    P. Victor, C. Cornelis, M. De Cock
    First Research Contact Day of the Computational Intelligence & Learning Doctoral School 2006, Brussels, November 2006

  6. Enriching Interval-Valued Fuzzy Formal Logic by Modal Operations
    B. Van Gasse, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of Workshop "Intelligent Systems for Data Mining and Information Processing: Methods and Applications", p. 26, Gent, September 2006

  7. Trust Propagation Operators in Social Network Analysis
    P. Victor, C. Cornelis, M. De Cock
    in: Proceedings of Workshop "Intelligent Systems for Data Mining and Information Processing: Methods and Applications", p. 21, Gent, September 2006

  8. Mining Both Positive and Negative Association Rules within the Support-Confidence Framework
    C. Cornelis, P. Yan, X. Zhang, G. Chen
    in: Proceedings of Workshop "Intelligent Systems for Data Mining and Information Processing: Methods and Applications", p. 14-15, Gent, September 2006

  9. Triangle logic: a formal logic for interval-valued residuated lattices
    B. Van Gasse, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of Workshop "Studia Logica", p. 143-144, Torun (Poland), September 2006

  10. Interval-Valued Fuzzy Formal Logic
    B. Van Gasse, C. Cornelis, G. Deschrijver, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Fuzzy Sets Theory and its Applications (E. P. Klement, R. Mesiar, E. Drobna, F. Chovanec, eds.), p. 110, Liptovsky Jan, February 2006

  11. Trust Networks in Recommender Systems
    P. Victor, C. Cornelis, M. De Cock
    in: Proceedings of ORBEL20 (Annual Conference of the Belgian Operations Research society, B. De Baets, H. De Meyer, K. Maes, eds.), p. 78-79, Gent, January 2006

  12. Modelling Vagueness and Uncertainty in Recommender Systems
    C. Cornelis, J. Lu
    in: Proceedings of Workshop on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets and Other Extensions/Applications of Fuzzy Sets (C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre, eds.), p. 17-18, Gent, September 2005

  13. A Broad View of Fuzzy Logic [abstract]
    C. Cornelis
    Logic and Formal Methods Seminar, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, May 2004

  14. Backstage with Support and Confidence in Fuzzy Association Rules
    C. Cornelis, M. De Cock, E. E. Kerre Workshop "On Methods and Applications of Knowledge Discovery to Support Intelligent Business Decisions", Hasselt, February 2004

  15. Intuitionistic Fuzzy Inclusion Measures
    C. Cornelis
    First Warsaw International Seminar on Soft Computing, Warsaw, September 2003

  16. Inference in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Expert Systems
    C. Cornelis, E. E. Kerre
    in: Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Fuzzy Sets Theory and its Applications (E. P. Klement, R. Mesiar, E. Drobna, F. Chovanec, eds.), p. 45, Liptovsky Jan, February 2002

Guest editorial in SCI-listed journal

  1. Special Issue dedicated to the 60th birthday of Etienne E. Kerre
    C. Cornelis, M. De Cock
    Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems 16(4), p. 239-303, 2005

Ph. D. Thesis

Two-Sidedness in the Representation and Processing of Imprecise Information (in Dutch, with English summary) [PDF]

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