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The Agents-in-Melbourne group was formed in 1998 to foster R&D collaboration between industry and research groups using intelligent software agents.

Activities AAMAS Meetings Mailing list Participating organisations

Last updated: Sebastian Sardina, Mon May 28 17:43:28 EST 2007


Activities

Meetings have been held since April 1998, generally on the last Friday of each month, with notice by email. 

Initial participants were largely research organisations, but industry participation is now increasing.  Some currently participating organisations are listed here.



AAMAS


AAMAS 2008 will be held on May 2008 in Portugal  (DEADLINE: October 23th, 2007)

AAMAS 2007 (14 - 18 May 2007 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA).

AAMAS 2006 (8 - 12 May 2006 at Future University-Hakodate, Japan).

AAMAS 2005 (25 - 29 July 2005 at Utrecht University, The Netherlands).

AAMAS 2004 (19 - 23 July 2004 at Columbia University, New York City) papers are online.

AAMAS 2003 (14 - 18 July in Melbourne, Australia).


Meeting details

2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998

Date Speaker(s) Title Details
2007
June 14th (10am-4pm) Various and two guest speakers: David Morley (SRI, International) and John Lloyd (ANU).

AGENTS-VIC Winter Workshop
A mix of presentation and discussion sessions, and possibly will include a "poster" session for research students.
2006
25/08/06 Ayodele Oluyomi (UofM)
Agent Oriented Patterns abstract & meeting report & slides
28/07/06
Xuan Thang Nguyen
Modeling and Solving QoS Composition
Problem Using Fuzzy DisCSP
abstracts
Jian Feng Zhang
Agent-based Distributed Planning
30/06/06
(various: RMIT, Swinburne, UofM)
Topics on Negotiation
abstracts & slides
26/05/06
Lin Padgham & Kuldar Taveter
Report on AAMAS-06 conference in Hakodate, Japan
abstract
28/04/06
Kuldar Taveter (The University of Melbourne)
The DigitalFriend abstracts & slides
Bao Quoc Vo (RMIT University)
Mechanism for specifying the external interface to composite and component services
Boris Wu (Swinburne University of Technology)
Decentralized service enactment for the ASAPM  project at CIAMAS
Jian Ying Zhang (Swinburne University of Technology)
Adaptive Service Agreement and Process Management in Service Grid (ASAPM)" and "Adaptive Service Grid" (ASG)
31/03/06 Swinburne, UoM, RMIT Agents-VIC Research Roundup abstract & slides

2005

25/11/05
Gregory Kersten, Concordia University
Software agents' collaboration with negotiators: Results from experiments abstract, slides
28/10/05
Kuldar Taveter, UoM CSSE Agents and Model-Driven Architecture: First Steps abstract, slides
30/09/05
John Premjeet Page, Monash CSSE Securing Mobile Agent Communities
abstract, slides
26/08/05
(various)
Reports from AAMAS 2005 and IJCAI 2005
abstract
24/06/05
Jakub Brzostowski, Swinburne CIAMAS On possibilistic case-based reasoning for selecting partners in multi-attribute negotiation abstract, slides
Xuan Thang Nguyen, Swinburne CIAMAS Integration of Web Services and Software Agents using WS2Jade abstract, slides
27/05/05
Liz Sonenberg, UoM-IS
Designing artificial organisations: lessons from the other side abstract, slides
29/04/05
Glenn Jayaputera, Monash CSSE
eHermes: The Dynamic MAS Generator abstract, slides (pdf, now only 431k)
18/03/05
Steve Goschnick, UoM-IS Userfriendly Orchestration of Web Services using the DigitalFriend multiagent system (MAS) abstract + papers, slides

2004

26/11/04
Peter Braun, Swinburne CIAMAS
Mobile Agents – Where are we heading? abstract, slides
29/10/04
Jim Odell
Agent UML 2.0: Too radical or not radical enough? abstract, download slides (8Mb pdf) and read offline
24/09/04
Steven Versteeg, UoM CSSE A Computational Study of the Crayfish Escape Circuit abstract
27/08/04
Lin Padgham & Michael Winikoff, RMIT CSIT
Prometheus and PDT
abstracts & slides
Shanika Karunasekera & Leon Sterling, UoM CSSE
ROADMAP and project experience
Brian Henderson-Sellers, UTS
Agent-oriented methodologies – the value of method engineering
Ralph Rönnquist, AOS
Agent engineering at AOS
30/07/04
(various) Reports from AAMAS 2004 abstract
25/06/04
Amy Unruh, UoM CSSE
Managing Semantic Compensation in a Multi-Agent System abstract and papers, slides (pdf)
28/05/04
Emma Norling, UoM CSSE Folk Psychology for Human Modelling: Extending the BDI Paradigm abstract, slides (ppt)
Peter Wallis, Ramjet Software Intention without Representation abstract, slides (html)
30/04/04
Ralph Rönnquist and Rick Evertsz, AOS Agent-oriented Human Behaviour Modelling abstract
26/03/04
Monash, Swinburne, UoM, RMIT
Agents-VIC Research Roundup abstract & slides

2003

28/11/03
Sandy Dance, BMRC and Ian Mathieson, RMIT CSIT
An Open Meteorological Alerting System: Issues and Solutions abstract, slides
31/10/03
David Shepherdson, AOS
The JACK Usage Report
abstract, slides
26/09/03
Shonali Krishnawamy, Monash CSSE
Investigating Agent Mobility: Modelling, Architectures and Applications
abstract
29/08/03
Binh Tran, RMIT CSIT
Observations & Expectation Reasoning in Agent System
abstract, slides
25/07/03
Michael Rovatsos, TU Munich
Computational Interaction Frames
abstract, slides
4/07/03
Frank Dignum, Utrecht University
Towards Cognitive Agents: the use of 3APL
abstract
30/05/03
Kenichi Yoshimura, RMIT CSIT
An Infrastructure for Agent Collaboration in Open Environments
abstract
2/05/03
(various)
Agent research at RMIT & University of Melbourne
abstract

2002

29/11/02
Wayne Wobcke, UNSW CSE Agent Dynamic Logic (ADL) and operational semantics for agent programming languages
abstract
25/10/02
James Harland, RMIT CSIT Agents via Mixed mode Computation in Linear Logic
abstract
27/09/02
Lin Padgham, RMIT CSIT Intelligent management of interacting goals within an agent
abstract
30/08/02
Thomas Juan, UoM CSSE Assembling Agent Oriented Software Engineering Methodologies from Features
abstract
26/07/02
Joshua Hutchison, RMIT CSIT Flexibility and Robustness in Agent Interaction Protocols: Joshua Hutchison and Michael Winikoff, paper from AAMAS, AgentCities workshop.
abstract
28/06/02
Sandy Dance, BMRC Intelligent Agents in the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Sandy Dance and Malcolm Gorman
abstract
31/05/02
Michael Schillo, DFKI A Critical Analysis of the Effects of Organization on Performance and Robustness of Multiagent Systems
abstract
26/04/02
Colin Hales, Versalog The Road to The Cyber Factory
abstract, slides (ppt)
22/03/02
Dino Zanon, Parks Victoria Intelligent Agents in National Parks
abstract, report

2001

30/11/01
David Poutakidis, RMIT CSIT Debugging Multi-Agent Systems using Design Artifacts: The case of interaction protocols.
abstract, slides (ppt)
26/10/01
Seng Wai Loke, RMIT CSIT A Scripting Language for Mobile Agent Applications
abstract
31/8/01
Emma Norling, UoM Embodying the JACK Agent Architecture
abstract
Andrew Lucas, AOS Popularising agent technology
abstract
27/7/01
Omer Rana, Cardiff University Agent Based Resource Management in Computational Grids
abstract
29/6/01
Leon Sterling, UoM-CS Report of the recent Autonomous Agents 2001 held in Montreal
abstract
Simon Goss, DSTO Agents, Agency, and Simulation
abstract
25/5/01
Michael Papasimeon and Clint Heinze, DSTO Extending the UML for Designing Jack Agents
abstract, slides (pdf), slides (ppt), paper
27/4/01
Michael Winikoff, RMIT-CS Developing JACK agents using the JACK Development Environment
abstract, slides
30/3/01
Wayne Wobke, UoM-IS Software Agents and the Future Communications Network
abstract, slides
23/2/01
Leon Sterling, UoM-CS coABS and DAML: the DARPA Agent Initiatives
abstract

2000

24/11/00
Lin Padgham, RMIT-CS Representation of and reasoning about agent capabilities
abstract, slides
27/10/00
Geoff Arnold, Sun Microsystems Multi-agent systems: research, standards and future directions
abstract, slides
29/9/00
(various) Reports from PRICAI-2000 and sidefests
abstract
Simon Goss, DSTO 360 Degree Apppraisal of an Agent Application
abstract
25/8/00
-
No meeting - RoboCup, PRICAI, etc.
-
28/7/00
(various) Reports from ICMAS-2000
abstract, slides
Frank Dignum, Technical University of Eindhoven Issues in Agent Communication
abstract, slides
30/6/00
Liz Sonenberg, UoM-IS Task Oriented Collaboration in Synthetic Environments
abstract, slides
26/5/00
Klaus Fischer, DFKI-DMAS Holonic Multiagent Systems --- Theory and Practice
abstract, slides
28/4/00
Ryszard Kowalczyk, CMIS On Fuzzy e-Negotiation Agents: Autonomous negotiation with incomplete and imprecise information
abstract, slides
31/3/00 Krystyna Doktor, Monash-EE/CSSE Modelling emotional effects on dialogue in a collaborative domain
abstract
Lin Padgham, RMIT-CS PAC - a system for modelling agents with personality and cognition
abstract, slides
25/2/00
Michael Papasimeon and Clinton Heinze, DSTO Specifying Requirements in a Multi-Agent System with Use Cases
abstract, slides, paper

1999

26/11/99
Bob Kowalski, Imperial College Agent Architectures, Q & A
abstract
25/11/99
Bob Kowalski, Imperial College From Logic Programming to Multi-Agent Systems
abstract
18/11/99
Bob Kowalski, Imperial College Default Reasoning and Argumentation
abstract
29/10/99
Ingrid Zuckerman, Monash-CSSE Predicting Users' Requests on the WWW
abstract
Michael Coburn, AOS Using JACK Intelligent Agents to enable code reuse in Agent Systems
abstract, slides
24/9/99
Michael Winikoff, RMIT-CS Dealing with conflicts and failure in multi-agent systems
abstract, slides
Peter Wallis, SEA How to Market Agentware:  Software Engineering Australia's model for Rapid Technology Deployment
abstract
9/9/99
Frank Dignum, Technical University of Eindhoven Deliberative normative agents
abstract, slides
1/9/99
Hiroaki Kitano, RoboCup/Sony The Vision of RoboCup
abstract
27/8/99
(various) Reports from AgentsWorld and RoboCup'99
abstract
30/7/99
Leon Sterling, UoM-CS Information Agent Update
abstract
25/6/99
Michael Georgeff and David Morley, AAII dMARS, Agentis and deimos
abstract, slides
28/5/99
David Morley, AAII Agents, Action and Environments
abstract, slides
30/4/99
Air Operations Division, DSTO Agent Leveraged Modelling in Air Operations Division of DSTO
abstract
9/4/99
Rainer Unland, University of Essen A coordination and cooperation model for internet-based multi-agent systems
abstract
26/3/99
(various) Agent-based Software Engineering Workshop #2
abstract
26/2/99
Dhirendra Singh, RMIT-CSE/CS A Simulator for debugging and testing gameplaying behaviours in Robocup robots
abstract, slides
Van Anh Bui, RMIT-CS Intelligent Trading Agents
abstract, slides

1998

11/12/98
Mikhail Prokopenko, CMIS Designing and Modelling Situated Agents Systematically: Cyberoos'98
abstract, slides
30/10/98
Manuela Veloso, CMU-CS Planning and Learning for Teams of Autonomous Agents in Dynamic Environments
abstract
28/9/98
(various) Agent-based Software Engineering Workshop #1
-
28/8/98
Ralph Rönnquist, AOS Practical agent programming using JACK Java Agents
abstract
Paolo Busetta, UoM-CS A resilient BDI architecture for multi-agent systems
abstract
31/7/98
(various) Reports from AgentsWorld and RoboCup'98
notes
Leon Sterling, MU-CSSE An Agent-based Software Engineering Resource
[DIST grant application]
abstract
26/6/98
Rajiv Khosla, LTU-CSSE Intelligent Multi-Agent Hybrid Systems
abstract
29/5/98
Leon Sterling, MU-CSSE Information Agents research at MU-CSSE
-
24/4/98
Pierre Marcenac, U. La Reunion, France Multiagent systems and complex systems simulation: Why and how?
abstract


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Past and present participating organisations

Agentis Software (Agentis)
Agent Oriented Software (AOS)
Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute (AAII)
Australian Tax Office (ATO)
CSIRO Building, Construction and Engineering (DBCE)
CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences (CMIS)
CSIRO Manufacturing Science and Technology (CMST)
DSTO Air Operations Division (AOD)
Everyday Interactive (EI)
La Trobe University, Computer Science and Computer Engineering (LTU-CSCE)
Monash University, Computer Science and Software Engineering (Monash CSSE)
Niksar P/L (Niksar)
Parks Victoria (ParksVic)
RMIT University, School of Computer Science & Information Technology (RMIT-CSIT, was RMIT-CS)
RMIT University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (RMIT-ECE, was RMIT-CSE)
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (CIAMAS)
Swinburne University of Technology, School of Information Technology (Swin-IT)
Telstra Research Laboratories (TRL)
The University of Melbourne, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (MU-CSSE)
The University of Melbourne, Department of Information Systems (MU-IS)
Victorian Department of Infrastructure (DoI-VIC)