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AgentLink The ESPRIT Network of Excellence for Agent-based Computing

AgentLink The ESPRIT Network of Excellence for Agent-based Computing. Mike Wooldridge University of London, UK http://www.AgentLink.org/. What is a “Network of Excellence”?. ESPRIT-funded communication and cooperation infrastructure. For industry and academia.

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AgentLink The ESPRIT Network of Excellence for Agent-based Computing

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  1. AgentLinkThe ESPRIT Network of Excellencefor Agent-based Computing Mike Wooldridge University of London, UK http://www.AgentLink.org/

  2. 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.

  3. 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, ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. 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, …

  7. 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, ...

  8. 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

  9. 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, ...

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Industrial Participation? • Major Telcos: • BT, France Telecom, Deutsch Telecom, Nokia, KPN, … • Start-up companies: • Zuno (!), Lining Systems, … • Manufacturing giants • Siemens, Daimler-Benz, ...

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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 :-(

  16. 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:coordinator@AgentLink.org

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