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Technical Coordination Unit on Planning and Scheduling for the Web. Alfredo Milani University of Perugia, Italy. TCU Goals and Motivations. collecting and co-ordinating PLANET nodes active in the application of P&S to:. web based systems web based services
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Technical Coordination Unit on Planning and Scheduling for the Web. Alfredo Milani University of Perugia, Italy
TCU Goals and Motivations. collecting and co-ordinating PLANET nodes active in the application of P&S to: • web based systems • web based services • relevant components of the new information technologies
TCU Goals and Motivations. exploring and pointing out the potential role of P&S as a key factor in the framework of the technologies for the global new IS P&S convey the flexibility typical of knowledge based technologies in support of: new modalities of work, production, commerce, entertainment and education relevant issues: autonomy, adaptation, distribution, mobility, automatic collaborative support
TCU Goals and Motivations. Web as a Trasparent Media or Information Gathering Systems can use the web as a communication media, they act via the web, Data Mining, Learning, Information gathering Web as an Environment Web entities and interactive services are the object of P&S systems, actions and plans on the web are pursuing goals on web entities
TCU Goals • The TCU aims not only a Web focus but also: • Collaborative systems • Distributed and mobile environments • New media/devices
TCU Memberships : • 12 members • 1 associate
WebTCU Actions promoting nodes participation and support to e-commerce conferences and events: • sponsorship of side events (e.g. workshop, panels, seminars etc.) • short info announces about WebTCU and PLANET • reports from IT and P&S conferences to be disseminated among PLANET members, focusing on what is going on/emerging in the field
WebTCU Actions Actions for involving Web & New IT companies: • target for technology transfer • source of relevant issues from marketplace to research info announces at specialised conferences
TCU Activities & Events ECP Workshop on Automated P&S in New Methods of Electronic, Mobile, and Collaborative Work, with KE-TCU Toledo, Spain, September 2001 TCU on P&S for the Web: Kickoff Meeting Toledo, Spain, September 2001 Int. Conf. Information and Communication Tecnologies and Programming: TCU announcement and presentation Sofia, Bulgaria June 2002 ECAI Workshop on Web-based Resources and Knowledge Interchange Formats for AI Planning and Scheduling, with KE-TCU and WFM-TCU Lyon, France, July 2002 3rdInternational Conference on e-commerce: Panel on AI Technologies and e-commerceHong Kong, October 2002
WebTCU next event Working session on WebTCU Roadmap • the roadmap is the main deliverables of a Planet TCU • P&S for the Web is an hot topic! • forthcoming events • new ideas • looking for active contributions
TCU RoadMap preliminary guidelines: • representing and planning with existing services and web services • development of a semantics for web entities oriented to P&S (XML technologies, PDDL Semantic Web ontologies,WfM) • development of models and techniques in distributed, mobile, collaborative P&S
WebTCU Deliverables • Proceedings of the ECP/Planet Workshop on Automated P&S in New Methods of Electronic, Mobile, and Collaborative Work, edited by L.McCluskey, A.Milani • Report of the ECAI/Planet Workshop on Web-based Resources and Knowledge Interchange Formats for AI Planning and Scheduling edited by L.McCluskey, D. Borrajo, A.Milani • Roadmap Draft, soon after the meeting • TCU Web site at www.planet-noe.org
Technical Coordination Unit on Planning and Scheduling for the Web. Alfredo Milani University of Perugia, Italy