Third Meeting of SIG on Intelligent Information Agents

Preliminary Schedule

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MONDAY, September 20, 1999

9:15 Welcome.
Session 1:  Information Agents R&D in Europe
 Chair:  M. Klusch
9:30 - 10:30 Monitoring the Information Society?
Gard Titlestad
European Commission, DGXIII ISAC/ISPO.
10:30 - 11:00 Open Discussion (No Panel):
How can Information Agent Technology Help with European IS Survey?
11:00 - 11:20 *** Coffee Break ***
11:20 - 12:30 Industrial and Research Collaboration in Information Agents Technology
  • The IJSBERG Project
    C.M. Jonker, VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands [11:20 - 11:50]

  • The ABROSE Project
    A. Leger, CNET France Telecom, France. [11:50 - 12:20]
12:30 - 14:00 *** Lunch Break ***
Session 2:  SIG Working Groups for I2A R&D (I)
 Chairs:  D. Fensel, P. Petta, J. Pitt
14:00 - 15:00 Plenary Presentations of Working Group WG-1:
Agent-Based Mediation Among Information Systems, Data and Knowledge Management

  • D. Fensel (VU Amsterdam, Netherlands):
    WG-1 Roadmap Presentation

  • M.-C. Rousset (Uni Paris-Sud, France):
    A declarative approach for Information Integration: The PICSEL system

  • N. Guarino (LADSEB-CNR, Italy):
    Towards a common ontology for multilingual information access and integration
15:00 - 16:00 Plenary Presentations of Working Group WG-3:

  • J. Pitt (Imperial College, UK):
    Human Agent Factors,
    WG-3 Roadmap Presentation

  • Angela Sasse (University College London, UK):
    Agents, Multimedia and HCI
16:00 - 16:30 *** Coffee Break ***
16:30 - 17:30 Plenary Presentations of Working Group WG-2:
Communication, Coordination and Collaboration Among Information Agents.

  • P. Petta (AAII, Austria):
    WG-2 Roadmap Presentation

  • H. Coelho, N. David, J. Sichman (Uni Lisbon, Portugal):
    Models and Emergent Properties in Social Reasoning with Multiple Partner Coalitions

  • C. Hanachi (University of Toulouse, France):
    Toward Reusable Patterns of Communication Protocols
17:30 - 18:00 Open Discussion on Working Groups' Presentations (Q&A)




TUESDAY, September 21, 1999

Parallel Sessions 3 & 4:  SIG Working Groups for I2A R&D (II)
 Chairs:  D. Fensel, P. Petta
Session 3: WG-1 Meeting
9:00 - 12:30		 Actual and Future Joint Work of Working Group WG-1

Initial Working Group:

  1. D. Fensel, Netherlands
  2. M-C. Rousset, France
  3. N. Guarino, Italy
  4. A. Illaramendi, Spain
  5. E. Mena, Spain
  6. M. Lalmas, UK
  7. C. Knowles, UK
  8. S. Bergamaschi, Italy
  9. M. Klusch, Germany
  10. A. Leger, France
  11. A. Marie Alquier, France
  12. E. Motta, UK
  13. R. Studer, Germany
  14. R. Dieng, France
  15. A. Preece, UK
  16. A.G. Pérez, Spain

Session 4: WG-2/WG-3 Joint Meeting
9:00 - 12:30		 Actual and Future Work of Working Group WG-2/WG-3

Initial Working Group WG-2/WG-3:

  1. P. Petta, Austria
  2. H. Coelho, Portugal
  3. C. Hanachi, France
  4. C. Sibertin-Blanc, France
  5. A. Omicini, Italy
  6. M. Klusch, Germany
  7. J. Pitt, UK
  8. A. Sasse, UK
  9. R. Gustavsson, Sweden
12:30 - 14:30 *** Lunch Break ***
Session 5:  Common Session with AgentLink AMEC, MSEA, ABSS SIG
14:30 - 18:00
Panel 1: The Relationships Among AgentLink SIGs
  • M. Wooldridge, QMW College, London, UK
  • J. Treur (MSEA SIG), VUA, Netherlands
  • M. Klusch (I2A SIG), DFKI, Germany
  • C. Sierra (AMEC SIG), CSIC, Spain
  • R. Conte/S. Moss (ABSS SIG), Italy/UK
Coffee Break (16:00 - 16:30)

Panel 2: The Role of AgentLink SIGs for Agent R&D in Europe

  • G. Titlestad, European Commission, DG XIII ISAC/ISPO
  • N. Sadeh, European Commission, DG XIII
  • M. Wooldridge, QMW College, London, UK
  • J. Treur (MSEA SIG), VUA, Netherlands
  • M. Klusch (I2A SIG), DFKI, Germany
  • C. Sierra (AMEC SIG), CSIC, Spain
  • R. Conte/S. Moss (ABSS SIG), Italy/UK

20:30 *** COMMON DINNER ***




WEDNESDAY, September 22, 1999

Parallel Sessions 6 & 7:  SIG Working Groups for I2A R&D (III)
Session 6: WG-1 Meeting
(Chair: D. Fensel)
9:00 - 10:30		 Actual and Future Projects of Working Group WG-1
Session 7:
WG-2/WG-3 Joint Meeting
(Chair: P. Petta)
9:00 - 10:30		 Actual and Future Projects of Working Group WG-2
10:30 - 11:00 *** Coffee Break ***
Session 8:  Closing Session
Chair: M. Klusch
11:00 - 11:30 Reports from Working Group Meetings (D. Fensel, P. Petta)



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