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From PLANET to PLANET II

From PLANET to PLANET II. Susanne Biundo University of Ulm, Germany. Motivation for PLANET. The initial state of PLANET High quality standards in European P&S research Low awareness of the technology in Europe Collaboration mostly on person-to-person bases

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From PLANET to PLANET II

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  1. From PLANET to PLANET II Susanne Biundo University of Ulm, Germany

  2. Motivation for PLANET The initial state of PLANET • High quality standards in European P&S research • Low awareness of the technology in Europe • Collaboration mostly on person-to-person bases • Few pan-European efforts on joint R&D projects • The US DARPA/Rome Laboratory P&S initiative

  3. General Aims of PLANET Build a co-ordinated framework to support P&S research, development, and technology transfer in Europe • Encourage and support pan-European co-operation between research groups and industry • Promote technology transfer through the early involvement of industrial partners • Co-ordinate the training and exchange of researchers and people from industry and administration • Provide an information infrastructure and a representative source of expertise

  4. Various kinds of meetings Exchange Information infrastructure Achievements of PLANET (1) PLANET created a common framework and infrastructure to support pan-European research, development, and technology transfer • Increase of mutual awareness between European research • groups in academia and industry • Involvement of industrial partners • Increase of awareness of the technology outside the field (?)

  5. Development of the Network 65 nodes in 14 countries - 16 industrial companies 7 SMEs - 16 research centres - 33 universities 10 associated members - end-user organisations - consultancy companies - software vendors

  6. Technical Co-ordination Units as the core operating initiatives Achievements of PLANET (2) PLANET concentrated its work on a number of areas of particular interest • maintaining responsiveness • - new technological developments • - needs of network members and community • maintaining continuity • - focused and goal-directed work

  7. Intelligent Manufacturing Ruth Aylett WorkflowManagement Paul Kearney Dynamic Scheduling Simon DeGivry Knowledge Engineering Lee McCluskey Robot Planning Malik Ghallab AerospaceApplications Amedeo Cesta Tim Grant TCUs of PLANET Identification of areas according to current needs, opportunities, and critical mass among network members

  8. Achievement s of PLANET (3) It reflects and identifies • the current state of the technology • recent developments • relations to other fileds and (TCU) areas • problemsand deficiencies w.r.t. real application requirements • issues to be addressed in order to achieve an effectiveand rapid transfer of the technology • directions for potential exploitations • application-driven improvementsof methodologies and techniques • development plans for focused actions PLANET produced a comprehensive road map

  9. Network Activities (1) • Organisation of 20 TCU workshops • Initiation and organisation of the International Summer School on AI Planning • Sponsoring of P&S conferences • Support of cross-site visits • Support of open workshops at conferences • Organisation of general network meetings

  10. Network Activities (2) Technology Information Days - An offer to people form industrial companies and authorities • Overview of the technology • Demonstration of successful industrial applications of planning and scheduling • Reports on increased profitability and responsiveness

  11. PLANET II PLANET II is more consequently settled within the IST Key Action II New Methods of Work and Electronic Commerce • Develop information society technologies to enable • workers and enterprises to increase their competitiveness • in the global market place • improvement of the quality of the individual’s working life • freedom from many constraints on working methods and • organisation • Key R&D requirements include • development of novel architectures and solutions for • interoperability, scalability, customisability, dependability • adoption of user centred design principles

  12. General Aims of PLANET II PLANET II will build upon the achievements of PLANET • continue many of PLANET’s activities in • research and development • technology transfer • training and exchange • providing an information infrastructure • take up additional initiatives • contribute to the KA II work programme • e-work systems: new work place designs, ... • knowledge management: sharing and delivery of knowledge, ... • organisation: team-work, workflow, new services, ...

  13. 4 Training and Exchange Sam Steel, Susanne Biundo 1 Research and Development Co-ordination Malik Ghallab, Lee McCluskey 5 Information Infrastructure and Management Susanne Biundo, Bernd Schattenberg 3 Technical Co-ordination Units Amedeo Cesta, Alfredo Milani 2 Technology Transfer and Communication Ruth Aylett, Tim Grant, Brian Drabble Work packages

  14. WP5: Infrastructure and Management • edition of the newsletter, production of promotion material • construction and maintenance of a P&S bibliography • extension and maintenance of the PLANET Website • moderation of themailinglist • external contacts and co-operations • networkadministrationand co-ordination • organisation of the internal evaluation • co-ordination with the European Commission

  15. TCUs of PLANET II Intelligent Manufacturing Ruth Aylett Web-based Applications Alfredo Milani WorkflowManagement Daniel Borrajo On-line Planning and Scheduling Gerard Verfaillie Knowledge Engineering Lee McCluskey Robot Planning Malik Ghallab AerospaceApplications Amedeo Cesta Tim Grant

  16. Management Structure Network Co-ordinator: Susanne Biundo Network Executive Committee Ruth Aylett Susanne Biundo Daniel Borrajo Amedeo Cesta Brian Drabble Malik Ghallab Tim Grant Lee McCluskey Alfredo Milani Sam Steel Gerard Verfaille Network Administrator: Bernd Schattenberg

  17. Budget and Funding Policy PLANET II received a budget of 250.000 Euro per year • Budget breakdown for one year • network meetings and workshops: 120.000 Euro • cross-site visits, review meetings, etc. : 12.000 Euro • conferences, open workshops, etc. : 14.000 Euro • summer school : 33.000 Euro • special tasks: 26.000 Euro • management: 26.000 Euro • administration: 19.000 Euro • PLANET is required to only partly fund participation in its events

  18. Deliverables No. Name WP PM Type Month D1 Planning Software 2 1.5 Website 3 Repository online D2 Software Catalogue, 2 1.5 Website 3 Case Studies online D3 Newsletter Issue 5 0.5 Magazine 4 D4 Project Presentation 5 - Website 4 D5 Summer School 4 - Report, 6 Proceed. . . . . .

  19. Development of the Network 2 47 nodes in 14 countries - 7 industrial companies 1 SMEs - 13 research centres - 26 universities (10 associated members - end-user organisations - consultancy companies - software vendors)

  20. Conclusion • Strengthen our community include “all” groups • Identify challenges and drive research road maps, scientific working programmes contribute to KA II • Identify new applications in industrial and administrative sectors approach other communities Implementation of PLANET’s ambitious work plan requires help by all members

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