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AgentLinkThe ESPRIT Network of Excellence
for Agent-based Computing
Mike Wooldridge
University of London, UK
http://www.AgentLink.org/
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What is a “Network of Excellence”?
ESPRIT-funded communication and cooperation infrastructure.
For industry and academia. Focussed on strategically important
area of information technology. Ultimate goal: promote Euro industry
in these areas.
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What are “Agents”?
Autonomous software components Capable of acting independently to
achieve design objectives Capable of cooperating with other
agents to achieve design objectives Major area of IT R&D:
• telecoms, electronic commerce, industrial control, information management, ...
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What is AgentLink?
Open Network of Excellence for
agent-based computing.
Funding starts Spring 1998.
Intended to give European industry a
head start in a crucial new area of IT.
Build on current activities.
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What will it do?
Four areas of work:• industrial action
gaining advantage for Euro industry
• research coordination excellence & relevance of Euro research
• teaching & training fostering agent skills across region
• communication & infrastructrure facilitating AgentLink work
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Industrial Action
Aims to:• promote awareness & takeup of agents
• foster new collaborations in promising areas of agent technology
• facilitate technology transfer
• support & promote standards (e.g., FIPA)
Activities:• SIGs, industrial mtgs, applications database,
support for collaboration, …
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Research Coordination
Aims to:• promote academic awareness & takeup of
agent research
• foster industrially relevant agent research
• promote new collaborations for technology transfer
Activities:• SIGs, research database, reseach repository,
newsletter, ...
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Teaching & Training
Aims:• foster agent-related R&D skills
• disseminate agent-related courses, reports, syllabuses, …
Activities:• summer schools
• suporting teaching activities at events
• dissemination of agent courses
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Communication & Infrastructure
Aims:• provide a cheap, efficient, effective
communication & management infrastructure for AgentLink
Activities:• dedicated WWW site (www.AgentLink.org)
• regular published newsletter
• mailing lists, ...
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Management Structure
Bottom up management! Aim to give all nodes the opportunity
to participate Each work area has coordinator
• team for each area to carry out work
Mgmt committee • coordinators + area teams
• SIG chairs
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How many members do you
have? Thirty-seven kick-off members
• From thirteen Euro nations
Now 110 “full” members• from all European member states
Approx 40:60 industry:academic
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Industrial Participation?
Major Telcos:• BT, France Telecom, Deutsch Telecom,
Nokia, KPN, …
Start-up companies:• Zuno (!), Lining Systems, …
Manufacturing giants• Siemens, Daimler-Benz, ...
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Special Interest Groups
A key area of AL activity Travel support for regular meetings
• agent mediated electronic commerce
• software engineering
• information agents
• agent-based simulation
• agents for telecoms applications
• coordination & control for real time apps
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The Summer School
The main teaching & training activity Last week of July 1999 Utrecht, the Netherlands AL suport for approx 50 students About 16 courses in total Major international speakers
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Can I Join?
AgentLink is open to:• all Euro industry
• all Euro academic sites that demonstrate relevance of R&D work:
includes EC agent projects includes nationally-funded agent projects includes active agent researchers
Associate status for non-EC nodes• no funding :-(
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To Find Out More…
Mike Wooldridge (AL Coordinator)
Dept of Electronic Engineering Queen Mary & Westfield College University of London London E1 4NS
United Kingdom
http://www.AgentLink.org/ mailto:[email protected]