The First International Conference and Exhibition on
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The Practical Application of Intelligent Agents & Multi-Agent Technology
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Monday 22nd April - Wednesday 24th April 1996, London, UK
Westminster Central Hall, London
The Commercial Value of Agents:- Exploration Through Practical Applications
This exciting European Union sponsored event includes powerful industrial
and commercial applications of agent-based software, and presentations from
leading international companies successfully using agent technology. The
annual PAAM conference provides a major international forum for information
exchange, and includes plenary sessions, a multi-track conference,
introductory and advanced tutorials, poster session, round-table
discussions, workshops, and full industrial exhibition. The event will
provide unrivalled insights into agent-based applications, systems,
development tools, and techniques.
Part of the Practical Application Expo'96 (which also includes the PAP and
PACT conferences on Logic Programming and Constraint Technology
respectively) the PAAM event has so far attracted the support of a number
of official bodies and companies including the European Unions Network of
Excellence in Computational Logic, PMG, IEE, IEEE Expert, IF Computer, LPA,
ILOG, PrologIA, Fulcrum Technologies, BMC Software, Unicom, SGES, AISB, AI
Watch Newsletter, PC AI Magazine, .EXE, Siemens Nixdorf, Rank Xerox, and
BT.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Pattie Maes MIT Media Lab, USA (Tuesday 23rd April)
Robin Smith BT, UK (Tuesday 23rd April)
Mike Georgeff Australian AI Institute, Australia (Wednesday 24th April)
Nick Jennings University of London, UK (Wednesday 24th April)
Bob Kowalski Imperial College, UK (Wednesday 24th April)
TUTORIALS (Monday 22nd April)
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1. Pattie Maes MIT Media Lab, USA
2. Barry Crabtree BT, UK
3. Nick Jennings University of London, UK
Mike Woolridge Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
4. Chris Bloom General Magic, USA
Martin Roemer Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik, Germany
5. Mark Fox University of Toronto, Canada
(All tutorials will take place on Monday 22nd April except for the joint
PAAM/PACT tutorial which will be given by Mark Fox on Thursday 25th April)
WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS
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Agents in Manufacturing (Thursday 25th April)
Agents in Telecommunications (Friday 26th April)
PROVISIONAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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******************** TRACK A - Personal/User agents ********************
Information Filtering /WWW - I
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A WWW Interface to an Adaptive Hypermedia System
F. Espinoza and K. Hook, SICS, Sweden
Towards Practical Interface Agents which Manage Internet-Based Information
C.L. Green, D. Bayer and P. Edwards, University of Aberdeen, UK
Agent-based Information Filtering in a Flight Simulator Maintenance Environment
S. Pelletier, Centre for Information Technology Innovation, Canada
PAWS an Agent for WWW-Retrieval and Filtering.
A. Falk and Ing-Marie Jonsson, Ericcson, Sweden
Information Filtering/WWW - II
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Information Discovery and Filtering Using
a Multi-agent Evolving Ecosystem
A. Moukas, MIT, USA
Architecture for Agent-Mediated Personalised News Services
M. Turpeinen, J. Saarela, M. Korkea-aho, T. Puskala and R. Sulonen,
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Constraint-based Information Gathering for a Network Publication System
U.M. Borghoff and R. Pareschi, Rank Xerox, France
H. Karch, Rank Xerox, Germany
M. Nohmeier and J. Schlichter, University of Munchen, Germany
Musag: An Agent That Learns What You Mean
C.Goldman, A. Langer and J. Rosenschein, Hebrew University, Israel
Industrial Systems - I
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A Multi-agent System for Cooperative Network-Faults Management
A. Cancer, J. J. Sanchez and M. Garijo, E.T.S.I., Spain.
A Multi-Agent System for the Control of Pressurized Water Reactors in an
Accidental Situation
P. Elias, CEA/Cadarache, France.
E. Chaouraqui, I.U.S.P.I.M.-D.I.A.M, France
Principals and Develpoment of a Medical Multi-Agent Software
C. Piquemal-Baluard, b. Carpuat and P. Glize, IRIT, France
Industrial Systems - II
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Agents At Work- Real Pragmatics of Applying Agent Technology
R. James, GlaxoWellcome, UK
Concurrency Coordination in Agent-based
Operational Design of Chemical Processes
M.L. Lu, H.S. Li, R. Batres, Y. Naka and Z.Z. Shi, Tokyo Institute of
Technology, Japan
Intelligent Agents in Systems Management: A Developers Experience
T. Young, BMC Software, UK
Personal Assistants
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Socia: Non-Committed Meeting Scheduling with Desktop Vision Agents
H. Yamaki, M. Kajihara, G. Tanaka, T. Nishimura, H. Ishiguro, T. Ishida,
Kyoto University, Japan
Meeting Scheduling: an Application for Protocols Driven Cooperation
O. Belakhdar and J. Ayel, University of Savoy, France
PASHA II - Personal Assistant for Scheduling Appointments
S. Schmeier and A. Schupeta, DFKI, Germany
A Multi-Agent Referral System for Matchmaking
L.N. Foner, MIT, USA
Lessons from Open Sesame! a User Interface Learning Agent
A. Caglayan, M. Snorrason, J. Jacoby, J. Mazzu and R. Jones,
Charles River Analytics, USA
Agent Based Commerce
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Intelligent Agents in Virtual Enterprises
K. Fischer, J.P. Muller, DFKI, Gerrmany
I. Heimig, A-W. Scheer, IWI, Germany
Kasbah: An Agent Marketplace for Buying and Selling Goods
A. Chavez and P. Maes, MIT, USA
Agent-based Electronic Consumer Catalogs
R. Schrooten, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Intelligent Agents for the Realization of Electronic Market Services
S. Albayrak, U. Meyer, B. Bamberg, S. Fricke and H. Tobben, Technical
University of Berlin, Germany
Collecting Shops and Services Information with Software Agents
K. Takahashi, Y. Nishibe, I. Morihara and F. Hattori, NTT, Japan
Financial Information Engineering Based on Intelligent Agents
D. Wenger, Swiss Bank, Switzerland
Towards a Virtual Marketplace: Architectures and Strategies
B. Tsvetovatyy and M. Gini, University of Minnesota, USA
******************** TRACK B - Agents in Business ***************
Manufacturing
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The Multi-Agent Approach in Scheduling and
Control of Manufacturing Systems
K. Schaeffer, V. Patriti, P. Charpentier, P. Martin and D. Spath,
CRAN GGP, France
AMACOIA: A Multi-Agent System for Designing Flexible Assembly Lines
F. Sprumont and J.P Muller, IIIA-University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
An Agent Oriented Schedule Management System-Intellidiary
J. Wada, Fujitsu Laboratories, Japan
Multi-Agent Approach for Manufacturing Systems Optimization
G. Fleury, J-Y. Goujon, M. Gourgand and P. Lacomme,
University of BlaisePascal, France
Agents in Multi-Media services
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An Agent System For Media on Demand Services
K. Nygren, M. Jonsson and O. Carlvik, Ericsson Telecom, Sweden
Agents for Distributed Multimedia Information Management
D. De Roure, W. Hall, H. Davis and J. Dale, University of Southampton, UK
Intelligent Agents, Mobility and Multimedia Information
C.S. Winter, R. Titmuss and B. Crabtree, BT Labs, UK
Multi-Agent Resource Management System for Multimedia Systems
J. Dospisil, Monash University, Australia
E. Kendall, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
T. Polgar, ISSC, Australia
Business Management - I
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MACIV - A DAI Based Resource Management System
J.M. Fonseca, UNINOVA, Portugal
E. de Oliveira and A. Steiger-Garcao, FEUP, Portugal
An Intelligent Multi-Agent Architecture for Support of
Process Reuse in a Workflow Management System
T. Hall and N. Shahmehri, Linkoping University, Sweden
Using Intelligent Agents to Manage Business Processes
N.R. Jennings, J.L. Alty, E.H. Mamdani, A. Struthers, M..E. Wiegand and
P.O. O'Brien, University of London, UK
Business Management - II
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Team Knowledge for Goal-sharing Conflicts in Concurrent Process Engineering
M. Zhang, X.Z.Wang, C. McGreavy, University of Leeds, UK
Interorganizational Workflow Management with Mobile Agents in COSM
M. Merz, B. Liberman and W. Lamersdorf, Hamburg University, Germany
Mediation Agents in Multi-Party Decision Making: An Experiment
W. Van de Velde, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Approaches & Methodologies
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Production Sequencing as Negotiation
M. Wooldridge, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
S. Bussmann and M. Klosterberg, Daimler Benz AG, Germany
Development Tools for the Open Agent Architecture
D. Martin and A. Cheyer, SRI International, USA
G.L. Lee, ETRI, Korea
A Report of a Case Study with Agents in Simulation
P. Marcenac, Iremia, France
An Inter-Agent Communication Model for
Real-Time Distributed AI Applications
Cambridge Consultants Ltd, UK
A Practical Approach to Designing
and Building Intelligent Software Agents
F. Farhoodi, CSC Computer Sciences Ltd, UK
I. Graham, SBC, UK
********** Posters ***********
DEAL: A DElegated Agent Language for Developing Network
Management Functions
S. Znaty, M. Lion and J-P. Hubaux, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Switzerland
Integration of Heterogeneous Databases Using WAVE Cooperative Agents
S. AL-Jabir, P.S. Sapaty and M. Underhill, University of Surrey, UK
A Testbed for Animating Multi-Agent Systems
J. Cunningham, L. Kamara and J.Pitt, Imperial College, UK
An Approach Based On Fuzzy Associative Memory For Learning Interface Agents.
P. Camargo Silva, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany
Intelligent Agents for High-Speed Network Management
F. Somers, Broadcom Eireann Research Ltd, Ireland
On-Off Scheduling Agent for FMS
R. Lau, Schneider Electric, France
M. Lartinez and J. Favrel, INSA-LYON, France
The Virtual Secretary
G. Hartvigsen, S. Johansen, R.A. Widding, G. Bellika and W. Cao, University
of Tromso, Norway
A. Helme, University of Twente, The Netherlands
A Reflective Multi-Agent System for Process Enaction and Evolution
S. Latrous, CRISS, France, F. Oquendo, ESIA, France
Remembrance Agent: A Continuously Automated Information Retrieval System
B.J. Rhodes and T. Starner, MIT, USA
Methods and Tools for the Develpoment of Intelligent Management Agents
M. Anderson and J.N. Clare, Cambridge Consultants Ltd, UK
AEO (Agent-Event-Object) -- Using an Agent-Oriented Architecture to Specify
and Build Electronic Product Catalogs
M. Frisch, University of Darmstadt, Germany
Courtz: an Agent That Pleases You
C. Golman, Y. Mor and J. Rosenschein, The Hebrew University, Israel
Mobile WAVE Intelligence in Distributed Systems
P.S. Sapaty, University of Surrey, UK
PROGRAMME CHAIRS
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Industrial Chair Barry Crabtree, BT, UK
Academic Chair Nick Jennings, University of London, UK
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
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Barry Crabtree BT, UK
Tim Finin University of Maryland, USA
Mark Fox University of Toronto, Canada
Mike Georgeff AAII, Australia
Benjamin Grosof IBM, USA
Seif Haridi SICS, Sweden
Fumio Hattori NTT, Japan
Mike Huhns MCC, Texas, USA
Toru Ishida Kyoto University, Japan
Nick Jennings University of London, UK
Paul Kearney Sharp Laboratories, UK
Victor Lesser University of Massachusetts, USA
Pattie Maes MIT Media Lab, USA
Frank McCabe Fujitsu, Japan
Hyacinth Nwana BT, UK
Tony Rutkowski General Magic, USA
Joerg Siekmann DFKI, Germany
Gert Smolka DFKI, Germany
Donald Steiner Siemens AG, Germany
Kurt Sundermeyer Daimler Benz, Germany
Mario Tokoro Sony, Japan
Peter Wayner Newray Inc, USA
SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITION COORDINATOR
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Clive Spenser, PMG Treasurer, and Marketing Director of Logic Programming
Associates, UK
ORGANISATION
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PAAM'96 is organised by The Practical Application Company Ltd, a fast
growing marketing company specialising in the organisation of conferences
and seminars in advanced software technology.
PAAM'96, The Practical Application Company Ltd
PO Box 137, Blackpool, Lancs, United Kingdom, FY2 9UN
Tel: +44 (0) 1253 358081 Fax: +44 (0) 1253 353811
E-mail: agents@pap.com
WWW: http://www.demon.co.uk/ar/PAAM96/index.html
PRICING
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Attendance is priced on a daily basis and 'Member" pricing applies to
members of Compulog Net, PMG, ALP, SGES, IEE, IEEE, AISB, and sponsoring
companies. Prices are in UK Pounds and are exclusive of VAT (17.5%)
Number of Days
Price Category 1 2 3 4 5
Member 180 360 540 720 900
Non-Member 220 440 660 880 1100
Academic Member 162 324 486 648 810
Academic Non-Member 198 396 594 792 990
Special discounted rates are available for full-time students.
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