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
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
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).
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title | Details |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| Brian
Henderson-Sellers, UTS |
Agent-oriented methodologies – the value of method engineering | ||
| Ralph
Rönnquist, AOS |
Agent
engineering at AOS |
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| 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
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| 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
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29/11/02
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Wayne Wobcke, UNSW CSE | Agent Dynamic Logic (ADL) and operational semantics for agent programming languages |
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25/10/02
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James Harland, RMIT CSIT | Agents via Mixed mode Computation in Linear Logic |
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27/09/02
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Lin Padgham, RMIT CSIT | Intelligent management of interacting goals within an agent |
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30/08/02
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Thomas Juan, UoM CSSE | Assembling Agent Oriented Software Engineering Methodologies from Features |
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26/07/02
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Joshua Hutchison, RMIT CSIT | Flexibility and Robustness in Agent Interaction Protocols: Joshua Hutchison and Michael Winikoff, paper from AAMAS, AgentCities workshop. |
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28/06/02
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Sandy Dance, BMRC | Intelligent Agents in the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Sandy Dance and Malcolm Gorman |
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31/05/02
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Michael Schillo, DFKI | A Critical Analysis of the Effects of Organization on Performance and Robustness of Multiagent Systems |
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26/04/02
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Colin Hales, Versalog | The Road to The Cyber Factory |
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22/03/02
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Dino Zanon, Parks Victoria | Intelligent Agents in National Parks |
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2001
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30/11/01
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David Poutakidis, RMIT CSIT | Debugging Multi-Agent Systems using Design Artifacts: The case of interaction protocols. |
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26/10/01
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Seng Wai Loke, RMIT CSIT | A Scripting Language for Mobile Agent Applications |
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31/8/01
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Emma Norling, UoM | Embodying the JACK Agent Architecture |
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| Andrew Lucas, AOS | Popularising agent technology |
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27/7/01
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Omer Rana, Cardiff University | Agent Based Resource Management in Computational Grids |
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29/6/01
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Leon Sterling, UoM-CS | Report of the recent Autonomous Agents 2001 held in Montreal |
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| Simon Goss, DSTO | Agents, Agency, and Simulation |
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25/5/01
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Michael Papasimeon and Clint Heinze, DSTO | Extending the UML for Designing Jack Agents |
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27/4/01
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Michael Winikoff, RMIT-CS | Developing JACK agents using the JACK Development Environment |
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30/3/01
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Wayne Wobke, UoM-IS | Software Agents and the Future Communications Network |
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23/2/01
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Leon Sterling, UoM-CS | coABS and DAML: the DARPA Agent Initiatives |
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2000 |
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24/11/00
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Lin Padgham, RMIT-CS | Representation of and reasoning about agent capabilities |
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27/10/00
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Geoff Arnold, Sun Microsystems | Multi-agent systems: research, standards and future directions |
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29/9/00
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(various) | Reports from PRICAI-2000 and sidefests |
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| Simon Goss, DSTO | 360 Degree Apppraisal of an Agent Application |
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25/8/00
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No meeting - RoboCup, PRICAI, etc. |
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28/7/00
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(various) | Reports from ICMAS-2000 |
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| Frank Dignum, Technical University of Eindhoven | Issues in Agent Communication |
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30/6/00
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Liz Sonenberg, UoM-IS | Task Oriented Collaboration in Synthetic Environments |
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26/5/00
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Klaus Fischer, DFKI-DMAS | Holonic Multiagent Systems --- Theory and Practice |
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28/4/00
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Ryszard Kowalczyk, CMIS | On Fuzzy e-Negotiation Agents: Autonomous negotiation with incomplete and imprecise information |
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| 31/3/00 | Krystyna Doktor, Monash-EE/CSSE | Modelling emotional effects on dialogue in a collaborative domain |
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| Lin Padgham, RMIT-CS | PAC - a system for modelling agents with personality and cognition |
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25/2/00
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Michael Papasimeon and Clinton Heinze, DSTO | Specifying Requirements in a Multi-Agent System with Use Cases |
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1999 |
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26/11/99
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Bob Kowalski, Imperial College | Agent Architectures, Q & A |
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25/11/99
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Bob Kowalski, Imperial College | From Logic Programming to Multi-Agent Systems |
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18/11/99
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Bob Kowalski, Imperial College | Default Reasoning and Argumentation |
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29/10/99
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Ingrid Zuckerman, Monash-CSSE | Predicting Users' Requests on the WWW |
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| Michael Coburn, AOS | Using JACK Intelligent Agents to enable code reuse in Agent Systems |
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24/9/99
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Michael Winikoff, RMIT-CS | Dealing with conflicts and failure in multi-agent systems |
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| Peter Wallis, SEA | How to Market Agentware: Software Engineering Australia's model for Rapid Technology Deployment |
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9/9/99
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Frank Dignum, Technical University of Eindhoven | Deliberative normative agents |
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1/9/99
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Hiroaki Kitano, RoboCup/Sony | The Vision of RoboCup |
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27/8/99
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(various) | Reports from AgentsWorld and RoboCup'99 |
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30/7/99
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Leon Sterling, UoM-CS | Information Agent Update |
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25/6/99
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Michael Georgeff and David Morley, AAII | dMARS, Agentis and deimos |
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28/5/99
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David Morley, AAII | Agents, Action and Environments |
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30/4/99
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Air Operations Division, DSTO | Agent Leveraged Modelling in Air Operations Division of DSTO |
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9/4/99
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Rainer Unland, University of Essen | A coordination and cooperation model for internet-based multi-agent systems |
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26/3/99
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(various) | Agent-based Software Engineering Workshop #2 |
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26/2/99
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Dhirendra Singh, RMIT-CSE/CS | A Simulator for debugging and testing gameplaying behaviours in Robocup robots |
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| Van Anh Bui, RMIT-CS | Intelligent Trading Agents |
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1998 |
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11/12/98
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Mikhail Prokopenko, CMIS | Designing and Modelling Situated Agents Systematically: Cyberoos'98 |
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30/10/98
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Manuela Veloso, CMU-CS | Planning and Learning for Teams of Autonomous Agents in Dynamic Environments |
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28/9/98
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(various) | Agent-based Software Engineering Workshop #1 |
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28/8/98
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Ralph Rönnquist, AOS | Practical agent programming using JACK Java Agents |
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| Paolo Busetta, UoM-CS | A resilient BDI architecture for multi-agent systems |
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31/7/98
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(various) | Reports from AgentsWorld and RoboCup'98 |
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| Leon Sterling, MU-CSSE | An Agent-based Software Engineering
Resource [DIST grant application] |
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26/6/98
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Rajiv Khosla, LTU-CSSE | Intelligent Multi-Agent Hybrid Systems |
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29/5/98
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Leon Sterling, MU-CSSE | Information Agents research at MU-CSSE |
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24/4/98
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Pierre Marcenac, U. La Reunion, France | Multiagent systems and complex systems simulation: Why and how? |
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Since May 30th, 2007 we have moved the AGENTS-VIC mailing list to a
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| 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) |