FCT Relatório Científico 2008 [LABORATÓRIO
DE INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL E CIÊNCIA DE COMPUTADORES]
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Group Description |
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Title of Research
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(RG-COMP-Norte-Porto-27-1966) |
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Principal Investigator: |
Eugénio da
Costa Oliveira |
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Main Scientific Domain: |
Engenharia
Electrotécnica e Informática |
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Group Host Institution: |
Universidade
do Porto |
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Funding, source, dates |
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Funding, source,
dates |
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Plurianual Program funded by FCT 41 738 Eur RESPLAN funded by QREN 2009-2010 75000 Eur ACORD - Adaptative Coordination
of Robotic Teams (FCT - PTDC/EIA/70695/2006) Partners: FEUP/LIACC and
Univ.Aveiro/IEETA Dates: January 2008 –
December 2009 Funding FCT 95000 Eur 13 Scholarships for PhD
students funded by FCT 2009 1 scolarship for a
researcher holding a MSc SAPO 2009 Our DAIR Group have
submitted 8 project proposals to FCT |
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Objectives
& Achievements |
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Objectives |
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- Distributed, Dynamic and
Decentralized problems There are classes of problems
that inherently are of a distributed, dynamic and decentralized nature as
those which occur when different and heterogeneous entities need to
interoperate over a computer network. To deal with this kind of problems, a)
Electronic Institutions (EI) and b) teams' coordination methodologies, both
assume a relevant role for c) MAS-based applications. a) EI provide services like
negotiation mediation, ontology mapping, contract drafting, monitoring and
enforcement, trust and reputation indices evaluation for consortia and
Virtual Organizations’ life-cycle automatic assistance. These problems are
better addressed through an Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS)
paradigm. However improvements are required both on the theoretical and
practical aspects of MAS, in order to achieve better interoperability,
decision making, agents and teams’ coordination. Our approaches include the
use of more sophisticated negotiation protocols and agents’ adaptation
capabilities, defining Normative environments for contract drafting and
operations monitoring and computing Trust and Reputation information for
agent-based simulation platforms. Also contributions on formalizing advanced
cognitive and Emotion-like architectures have been done. b) Coordination strategies are
being developed for teams of autonomous agents that perform complex tasks in
rich, dynamic, both cooperative and adversarial environments. We are
exploring new coordination protocols such as setplays and formations
definition processes, as well as methodologies for analyzing team behaviors
in different application domains. We also defined a common framework for the
implementation of a platform to control different agents/robots to be used in
cooperative robotic tasks. We are also aiming at developing
new realistic agent based, intelligent, simulators. For this purpose we are
developing new intelligent simulation methodologies that enable automatic
calibration of simulation models, and methodologies that enable the
introduction of humans in the simulation loop as intelligent agents. c) Selected application
domains for MAS are B2B model interaction problems, agents’ team coordination
strategies for mobile agents (robosoccer competitions, aerial mini-vehicles
for pollution tracking), Intelligent Text Mining and question-answering
systems, Air Lines operations’ disruption management, city traffic control,
adaptive and reconfigurable control solutions for automation and
manufacturing systems, E-learning systems and ontology development for Nursing
Practices. Through the MAS-T2er Lab
Project (Laboratory for MAS-based Traffic and Transportation Engineering
Research) we intend to implement an integrated multi-agent system that
applies a methodological approach that allows for the assessment of today’s intelligent
transportation solutions through the metaphor of agents. The application
domain in the MAS-T2er Lab framework is then conceptualised in terms of
agents and three basic subsystems are identified, namely the real world, the
virtual domain, and the control strategies inductor. The latter includes
expert agents that observe synthetic population, can directly intervene and
experiment on it, and apply coordination policies to tune the behaviour of
some elements in order to improve overall performance. Then operational
parameters of the real world are adjusted to reflect the control policies
tested in the virtual domain. Hierarchical Reinforcement
Learning and non-supervised learning in alarm detection is also an issue we
are addressing. Complementary we also address other Distributed Systems
related issues, like scheduling multi-user jobs in clusters and, for
manufacturing systems, economic performance assessment. We intend to go from
here to the so called “cloud computing” as a kind of service-based computing.
We also deal with the multi-media area, using users’ emotions assessment
through biometric sensors readings for dynamically change multi-media
contents delivery. |
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Main Achievements |
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What we believe is of most
importance to stress out is that DAI&R Group has evolved through the
inclusion of 4 more PhDs enhancing the scope of our applications domains
(medical, manufacturing) and impact on the society (patents, contracts). Also, besides becoming more
solid in important areas like our Electronic Institution multi-agent system
based platform for B2B interoperability, we have progressed in other areas
where we had, in the past, very incipient results. This is mainly the case of
our work on intelligent Text Mining through which we had reached closed
contacts with one of the most important Portuguese PT-related companies
(Sapo.pt). During 2008, DAI&R group
published 12 articles in international Journals plus 67 papers in peer
reviewed proceedings and books. Many have been indexed in the ISI scientific
publications Data Base, or have been published in the proceedings of well
ranked conferences (indexed at CORE and CS-ranking.org).We had 10
publications in Springer Lecture Notes Series and 8 in IEEE International
Conferences. 42 Master thesis have been completed
(one got the award for the best thesis in a specific domain at FE University
of Porto). Most of the thesis have been done in cooperation with companies,
also improving the group visibility in the non-academic world. Although in
the previous three-year period, our group had 4 PhD theses concluded, we have
none for 2008. However we expect at least 4 more in the next two years. Recent comers to the group
significantly enhanced our productivity both concerning patents (1 patent and
3 pre-registered patents) and prototypes (17) making more evident the group
flavor on applied science and technology. Another sign of our
progressive influence on the non-academic environment is the number (and
quality) of contacts with organizations and companies: 13 actions, including
with important companies like Schneider Electric GmbH, TAP airlines and Sapo
(telecommunications) or Institutes like the “Instituto de Neurociências”. Concerning the recognition
by our scientific peers, we have been also involved in Conferences’
organization (7) at different levels, as it is the case of the European
Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Area Chair) and participated in 64
scientific meeting Program Committees. We consider a good sign of
international recognition, the fact that our members participate in the
Editorial Board or P. C. Board of 16 International Journals. During 2008 the members of
the group have been very active in preparing and submitting research project
proposals (10 proposals). |
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Group Productivity |
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Publications in peer review
Journals |
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Luis Nunes
and Eugénio Oliveira: "Communication during
Learning in Heterogeneous Teams of Learning Agents", in Intelligent
Decision Technologies, V.2 Nr.3, pp.153-166, October 2008, IOS Press. António Castro, Eugénio
Oliveira (2008). “The Rationale behind the Development of an Airline
Operations Control Centre using GAIA based Methodology”, Int. J.
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp.350-377. Henrique Lopes Cardoso, Eugénio Oliveira (2008). “Electronic Institutions for B2B: Dynamic Normative Environments”,
Artificial Intelligence & Law (special issue on Agents, Institutions and
Legal Theory), Springer, Vol. 16, No. 1, March 2008, pp. 107-128, ISSN
0924-8463. Paulo Leitão, Francisco
Restivo (2008): "A holonic approach to dynamic manufacturing
scheduling", Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Int.
Journal, V.24(5), pp. 625-634, October 2008. P. Leitão, “Agent-based
Distributed Manufacturing Control: A State-of-the-art Survey”, accepted for publication
in the International Journal Engineering Applications of Artificial
Intelligence. P. Leitão and F. Restivo,
“Implementation of a Holonic Control System in a Flexible Manufacturing
System“, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics – Part C:
Applications and Reviews, vol. 38, nº 5, 2008, pp. 699-709. Vasco F. Teles, Francisco
Restivo (2008): "Innovation in Information Systems applied to the Shoes
Retail Business", in Computer-Aided Innovation (CAI), pp. 107-118, July
2008 Daniel Moura, Jorge G.
Barbosa, João Manuel R. S. Tavares and Ana M. Reis, "Calibration of
bi-planar radiography with a minimal-size calibration object", International Journal of
Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, pp. S352--S353, v.3,number 1,June
2008. C. M. Chituc, Toscano, C.;
Azevedo, A. "Interoperability in collaborative networks: independent and
industry specific initiatives. The case of the footwear industry”. Computers
in Industry, 59(7), September 2008, pp.741-757. DOI: 10.1016/
j.compind.2007.12.012. B. Malheiro, "Reason
Maintenance Systems: Tools for Foundations-based Belief Revision", Wiley
Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Ed. Benjamin Wah,
Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Electronic Version, September 2008. Available at
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470050118.ecse440. Pedro Duarte, Bruno Azevedo, Maria João Guerreiro,
Catarina Ribeiro, Rui Bandeira, António Pereira, Manuela Falcão, Dalila Serpa
and João Reia, "Biogeochemical modelling of Ria Formosa (South Portugal)", in Hydrobiologia, v.611, n.1, pp.115-132, October 2008, Rosaldo J. F. Rossetti1, Ronghui Liu, and Eugénio C. Oliveira. “Towards
an Artificial Traffic Control System”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent
Transportation Systems, Special Issue on Artificial Transportation Systems
and Simulation (submitted). |
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Other publications
International |
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Indexed in ISI Data Bases: A. Castro, E. Oliveira:
"Solving Airline Operations Problems Using Specialized Agents in a
Distributed Multi-Agent System", in Enterprise Information Systems,
LNBIP, V.12, pp. 173-184, Springer J. Teixeira, V. Vinhas, E.
Oliveira, L. P. Reis: "General-Purpose Emotion Assessment Testbed Based
on Biometric Information", in New Directions in Intelligent Interactive
Multimedia, Studies in Computational Intelligence Series, Vol.142,
pp.533-543, Springer D. Pereira, E. Oliveira, N.
Moreira: "Formal Modelling of Emotions in BDI Agents published in
Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems", in Computational Logic in
Multi-Agent Systems, LNCS, V.5056, pp. 62-81,Springer, October 2008 H. L. Cardoso, E. Oliveira (2008). “A Contract Model for Electronic Institutions”, in J.S. Sichman et al.
(eds.), Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems
III, LNAI, V. 4870, pp. 27-40, Springer D. Félix, L. P. Reis, An
Experimental Approach to Online Opponent Modeling in Texas Hold'em Poker, in
G. Zaverucha and A. L. Costa (Eds.) Advances in Artificial Intelligence -
SBIA 2008, Proceedings of the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence Salvador, Brazil, LNCS, Springer, Volume 5249, pp. 83-92 P. A.F. Ferreira, E. F.
Esteves, R. J.F. Rossetti, E. Oliveira, "A Cooperative Simulation
Framework for Traffic and Transportation Engineering", in Y. Luo (Ed.)
Cooperative Design, Visualisation, and Engineering, Proceedings of the 5th
International Conference, CDVE 2008, Calvia, Mallorca, LNCS, Springer, V.
5220/2008, pp. 89-97 L. Mota, L. P. Reis A Common
Framework for Cooperative Robotics: an Open, Fault Tolerant Architecture for
Multi-league RoboCup Teams, First International Conference on Simulation
Modeling and Programming for Autonomous Robots (SIMPAR 2008),
Springer-Verlag, LNAI, Vol. 5325. pp. 171-182 J. Teixeira, V. Vinhas, E.
Oliveira, L. P. Reis, Multichannel Emotion Assessment Framework Gender and
High-Frequency Electroencephalography as Key-Factors, in 10th International
Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, pp. 331-334, Barcelona, (CORE
Ranking:B) V. Vinhas, E. Oliveira, L.
P. Reis: "Realtime Dynamic Multimedia Storyline Based on Online Audience
Biometric Information", in KES- Intelligent Interactive Multimedia
Systems and Services, pp.545-554 (CORE Ranking:B; CS-ranking=0,61) R. Gimenes, D. C. Silva, L.
P. Reis, E. Oliveira, Flight Simulation Environments Applied to Agent-Based
Autonomous UAVs, 10th I. C. on Enterprise Information Systems, pp.243-246,
(CORE Ranking:B; CS-ranking=0,61) O. R. Fernandes, A. P. Rocha, E. Oliveira (2008). “Ontology Development in Home Automation Used in Automatic VE Formation”,
A. Azevedo (eds.), Innovation in Manufacturing Networks, Eighth IFIP I. C. on
Information Technology for Balanced Automation Systems, pp.161-168. (CORE
Ranking:B) M. I. Ramirez, P. M. Abreu,
L. P. Reis, Using a Datawharehouse to Extract Knowledge from ROBOCUP Teams,
ICEIS 2008 - 10th I. C. on Enterprise Information Systems, pp.511-514, (CORE
Ranking:B; CS-ranking=0,61) Not ISI indexed: H. L. Cardoso, E. Oliveira,
“Norm Defeasibility in an Institutional Normative Framework”, 18th European
Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IOS Press, pp. 468-472, (CORE
Ranking:A; CS-ranking=0,76) D. Félix and L. P. Reis,
Opponent Modelling in Texas Holdem Poker as the Key for Success, 18th
European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Frontiers in Artificial
Intelligence and Applications, Volume 178, IOS Press, pp. 893-894, (CORE
Ranking:A; CS-ranking=0,76) J. Teixeira, V. Vinhas, E.
Oliveira and L.P. Reis, "A New Approach to Emotion Assessment Based on
Biometric Data", WI-IAT '08 - IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on
Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, Sydney, pp. 505-511, 2008.
(CORE Ranking:B; CS-ranking=0,82) R. J. F. Rossetti and P. A.
F. Ferreira and R. A. M. Braga and E. Oliveira,"Towards an Artificial
Traffic Control System", 11th I. IEEE C. on Intelligent Transportation
Systems, ITSC 2008,pp.14-19, Beijing H. L. Cardoso, D. D. Teixeira, E. Oliveira (2008). “An Ontology-Mapping Service for Agent-Based Automated Negotiation”, K.
Fischer, A. J. Berre, J. P. Muller & J. Odell (eds.), AAMAS’08 Workshop
on Agent-based Technologies and Applications for Enterprise Interoperability
(ATOP), pp. 1-12, Estoril J. G. Barbosa, M. P.
Monteiro, A List Scheduling Algorithm for Scheduling Multi-user Jobs on
Clusters, in High Performance Computing for Computational Science - VECPAR
2008, 8th International Conference, LNCS, V.5336, pp.123-136 D. C. Moura, J. G. Barbosa,
J. M. R. S. Tavares, A. M. Reis, Calibration of Bi-planar Radiography with a
Rangefinder and a Small Calibration Object, in ISVC08 - 4th International
Symposium on Visual Computing, LNCS, V. 5358, pp.572-581 H. L. Cardoso, E. Oliveira (2008). “A Context-based Institutional Normative Environment”, in J. F. Hübner
& O. Boissier (eds.), AAMAS’08 Workshop on Coordination, Organization,
Institutions and Norms in Agent Systems (COIN), pp. 119-133, Estoril P. Leitão,
“Self-organization in Manufacturing Systems: Challenges and Opportunities”,
Proceddings of the Second IEEE I. C. on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing
Systems, Venice, Italy N. Fonseca, A. P. Rocha. Fragmentation
and Frontier Evolution for Genetic Algorithms Optimization in Music
Transcription, in Advances in Artificial Intelligence - 11th Ibero-American
Conference on Artificial Intelligence, LNAI, Geffner, R. Prada, I. M.
Alexandre, N. David (eds), pp. 442-451, V.5290 J. M. Mendes, P. Leitão, A.
W. Colombo and F. Restivo, “High-Level Petri Nets Control Modules for
Service-Oriented Devices: A Case Study”, 34th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Industrial Electronics Society (IECON’08), Orlando, pp. 1487-1492 P. Leitão, J. M. Mendes and
A. W. Colombo, “Decision Support System in a Service-oriented Control
Architecture for Industrial Automation”, 13th IEEE I. C. on Emerging
Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA’08), pp. 1228-1235, Hamburg, J. M. Mendes, P. Leitão, A. W.
Colombo and F. Restivo, “Service-Oriented Control Architecture for
Reconfigurable Production Systems”, 6th IEEE International Conference on
Industrial Information (INDIN’08), pp. 744-749. J. M. Mendes, P. Leitão, A.
W. Colombo and F. Restivo, “Service-oriented Process Control using High-Level
Petri Nets”, 6th IEEE I. C. on Industrial Information (INDIN’08), pp. 750-755 P. Leitão and J. Mendes,
“Agent-based Inter-Organizational Workflow Management System for Electronic
Institutions”, IEEE I. C. on Distributed Human-Machine Systems (DHMS’08), pp.
188-193 Athens |
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Other publications
National |
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Publications not included in
“International Conferences” slot: P. A.F. Ferreira and E. F.
Esteves and R. J.F. Rossetti and E. Oliveira, "Extending microscopic traffic
modelling with the concept of situated agents",eds.A. L. C. Bazzan and
F. Klugl and S. Ossowski,in Agents in Traffic and Transportation, AAMAS,
pp.86-93,Estoril L. Sarmento, J. F. Teixeira,
E. Oliveira,"Assessing the Impact of Thesaurus Based Expansion
Techniques in QA-centric IR", Evaluating Systems for Multilingual and
Multimodal Information Access. Revised, eds. C. Peters et al., Springer,
CLEF, Aarhus R. A. M. Braga, R. J. F.
Rossetti, L. P. Reis, E. Oliveira, “Applying multi-agent systems to simulate
dynamic control in flexible manufacturing scenarios”, Agent-Based Modeling
and Simulation Symposium, 19th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems
Research. Vienna, Trappl, R. (Ed.) v.2, pp.488-493. Vienna P. Leitão, “A Bio-Inspired
Solution for Manufacturing Control Systems”, IFIP International Federation
for Information Processing, Vol. 266, Innovation in Manufacturing Networks,
A. Azevedo (ed.), pp. 303-314, Springer J. Silva and F. Restivo. F. E-assessment through
Social Networks in a Portuguese High School Context - A Conceptual Framework,
ICL 2008, Villach, Austria. H. Marques, O. Holland and
R. Newcombe, "A Modelling Framework for Functional Imagination",
AISB08 Symposium on Computing and Philosophy A. Restivo, A. Aguiar,
"Disciplined Composition of Aspects using Tests". Linking Aspect
Technology and Evolution (LATE'08), Brussels M. G. Soares e B. Malheiro,
“EGNOS Based Virtual Reference Stations”, ECUMICT’2008, Ed. L.de Backer,
Nevelland v.z.w., pp. 183-195, Gent M.B. Malheiro, Invited contribution
to the Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Ed.
B. Wah, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Silva and F. Restivo. Towards the convergence of
technologies using Open Standards in Social Networking Software, EDEN 08, Lisbon J. M. Mendes, J. de Sousa,
P. Leitão, A. W. Colombo and F. Restivo, “Event Router-Scheduler for the
Modular Anatomy of Service-oriented Automation Components”, 6th CIRP, Naples J. Barbosa, J. M. Mendes and
P. Leitão, “Specifications of a Device Interface for Service-oriented
Automation Control Components”, IMS’08, Szcecin, Poland J. M. Mendes, A. Rodrigues,
P. Leitão, A. W. Colombo and F. Restivo, “Distributed Control Patterns using
Device Profile for Web Services”, MSW’08, Munich J. Teixeira, V. Vinhas, E.
Oliveira, L. P. Reis, Emotion Assessment Tool for Human-Machine Interfaces -
Using EEG Data and Multimedia Stimuli Towards Emotion Classificationin – in
Assuncao P; Faria S (Eds.) SIGMAP 2008, pp. 185-188 J. Teixeira, V. Vinhas, E.
Oliveira, L. P. Reis: "Multichannel Emotional Assessment Framework-
Positive and Negative Emotional Dichotomy",ICINCO, pp.249-252 Martins C.T., Azevedo A.,
Pinto H.S., Oliveira E (2008), "Towards an Ontology Mapping Process for
Business Process Composition", IFIP, Volume 266, ed. A. Azevedo,
Springer, pp. 169-176 R. Braga, M. Petry, L. P.
Reis, E. Oliveira, Multi-Level Control of an Intelligent Wheelchair in a
Hospital Environment using a Cyber-Mouse Simulation System. ICINCO 2008, Vol
II. pp.179-182. E. Oliveira, contributor to
“Virtual Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications” (3
Volumes) Eds: J. Kisielnicki, Warsaw University, Poland, IGI Global 2008. L. Sarmento, J. Teixeira and
E. Oliveira, "Experiments with Query Expansion in the RAPOSA (FOX)
Question Answering System", The Cross-Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF),
Aarhus R. Gimenes, D. C. Silva, L.
P. Reis, E. Oliveira: “Using Flight Simulation Environments with
Agent-Controlled UAVs”, 8th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and
Competitions, pp.21-26, Aveiro D. C. Silva, V. Vinhas: "A Flexible
Extended Quarto! Implementation
Based on Combinatorial Analysis", IADIS Gaming 2008: Design for Engaging
Experience and Social Interaction, pp. 59-66, Amsterdam, J. Oliveira, F. Gouyon and
L. P. Reis, Towards an Interactive Framework for Robot Dancing Applications,
L.P.Reis, L.Correia, N.Lau and R.Bianchi (Eds.), IROBOT 2008 - 3rd
International Workshop on Intelligent Robotics, pp. 1-12, Lisbon R. Braga, M. Petry, A. P.
Moreira, L. P. Reis. Intellwheels: A Development
PlatForm for Intelligent Wheelchairs for Disabled People, 5th I. C. on
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Vol I. pp.115-121. Funchal F. Cruz, L. P. Reis, A.
Coelho, Automatic Parameterization For Expeditious Modelling Of Virtual Urban
Environments: A New Hybrid Metaheuristic, Filipe J; Cetto J.A.; Ferrier J.L.
(eds.) ICINCO 2008, pp. 334-337, Funchal P. Alves, N. Lau and L. P.
Reis, Map Visiting In RoboCup Rescue Simulations, in L.P.Reis, L.Correia,
N.Lau and R.Bianchi (Eds.), IROBOT 2008, pp. 49-60, Lisbon J. Silva and F. Restivo. Social Networks Usage in a
Portuguese High School Learning Context, Web 2.0 Meeting, Braga, V. Vinhas, A. Gomes,
"Mouse Control Through Electromyography", in Biosignals 2008, International
Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing, pp. 371-376,
Funchal P. Abreu, P. Mendes:
Mastermind: an augment reality approach: [porting a legacy game to new
interaction paradigms]. DIMEA-3rd ACM I. C. on Digital Interactive Media in
Entertainment & Arts, pp. 205-210, Athens P. Abreu, V. Vinhas e P.
Mendes: Business Intelligence through Real-Time Tracking - Using a Location
System Towards Behaviour Pattern Extraction. ICETE - ICE-B, I. C. on
e-Business, pp.51-57, Porto J. Oliveira, F. Gouyon, L.
P. Reis, “Towards an Interactive Framework for Robot Dancing
Applications“.ARTECH, pp. 52-59, Porto M. Sousa, R. A. M. Braga and
L. P. Reis, Multimodal Interface for an Intelligent Wheelchair, in L.P.Reis,
L.Correia, N.Lau and R.Bianchi (Eds.), IROBOT 2008, pp. 107-118, Lisbon P. Malheiro, R. A. M. Braga
and L. P. Reis, Intellwheels Simulator: A Simulation Environment for
Intelligent Wheelchairs, in L.P.Reis, L.Correia, N.Lau and R.Bianchi (Eds.),
IROBOT 2008, Lisbon L. P. Reis, L. Correia, N.
Lau and R. Bianchi (Eds.), IROBOT 2008, Lisbon F. P. Lopes, P. S. Oliveira,
L. P. Reis, and R. E. Araujo, An Electric Wheelchair as a Tool for Motivating
Students in Power Electronics, SPEEDAM 2008, pp. 481-485 R Camacho, A. Alves, C.
Siva, R. M. Brito, "On Mining Protein Unfolding Simulation data With
Inductive Logic Programming", in Practical Applications of Computational
Biology and Bioinformatics, LNCS, Springer D. Coutinho, A. Sousa and L.
P. Reis, Creating a Local Human-Machine Interface for a Cleaning Robot Using
the Nintendo Wii’s Remote Controller, in L.P.Reis, L.Correia, N.Lau and
R.Bianchi (Eds.), IROBOT 2008, Lisbon F. Cruz, A. Coelho, L. P.
Reis, Hybrid Heuristic Methodologies applied in the Parameterization of
Virtual Urban Environments, in M.Salido and F.Barber (Eds.), PSCS 2008, pp.
63-76, Lisbon L. Ferreira, I. Amado, M.
Liberal, A. Araujo, L. P. Reis, Chauffeur - An NXT Based Automous Driver with
Vision, in Lopes, L.S., Silva, F. and Santos, V. (Eds), 8th Conference on
Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, pp. 99-104, Aveiro |
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Master and Ph.D. thesis
completed |
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MSc Thesis: MIEIC, FEUP: P. Ferreira, Master in
Informatics Engineering, “Specification and Implementation of an Artificial Transport
System”, Awarded the prize Prof. Vasco Sá, D. Carvalho “Detecção de Cliques Fraudulentos por
Reconhecimento de Web Browsers”, A. Mota, Multi-Agent System
for an Airline Operations Control Centre, P. Pinto, Análise de Desempenho no Processamento de
Dados Geográficos Irregularmente Distribuídos, Provenientes de um Sensor
LIDAR A. de O. Rodrigues,
Operations Research Modeling Language for an ERP System P. Campos, Rich Internet Applications - Estudo e Desenvolvimento, R.A. Sêca, An Intelligent
Poker-Agent for Texas Hold’em, P. Mendes, Linguagem de Alto Nível para a Criação de
Agentes de Poker, D. Cabral, Adaptação e Implementação do Módulo
Oracle Retail Merchandise
System (ORMS) aos Processos de Negócio do
Retalhista J. Taborda, IHE Emergency
Department Encounter Summary L.. Barbosa, Agente de Interface com
o Portal DOV F..Cruz, Sistemas de Parametrização
Automática em Ambientes de Modelação Urbana 3D A. Pestana, “Intranet
Implementation for the Construction Institute” D. Silva, STDF2EXF Converter
Development N. Machado, Image Retrieval
for E-Government Documents J. Carvalho, Development of
a B2C Portal - Product Catalog C. Almeida, Session
Initiation Protocol Web Client R. Santos, Design and
Implementation of the Import Control System platform MIEEC, FEUP: M. Petry, Desenvolvimento
do Protótipo e Controlo de uma Cadeira de Rodas Inteligente J. Certo, A Generic
Coordination and Strategy Model for Multi-Agent Systems, J. Teixeira, Recolha e Tratamento de Dados
Biométricos para a Classificação de Emoções J. Oliveira, Microsoft
Robotics Soccer Challenge: Movement Optimization of a Quadruped Robot D. Felix, Artificial
Intelligence Techniques in Games with Incomplete Information: Opponent
Modelling in Texas Hold'em J. Ferreira, Opponent
Modelling in Texas Hold'em: Learning Pre-flop Tactics in Multiplayer Tables R. Teixeira, "Integrated
Security Sub-System for IPBrick", iPortalMais B. Pereira, "Distributed
Backup system for IPBrick", iPortalMais J. Oliveira, Robô Swarm
Sincronizado com Música P. Malheiro, Intelligent
Wheelchair Simulation M. Sousa, Multimodal
Interface for an Intelligent Wheelchair M. Silva, Projecto de Quadro Interactivo de Baixo
Custo utilizando o Comando da Wii J. Campos, FATADesk – Report Center Module R. Silva, Camada de Comunicação em Simulador de
Aviação D. Coutinho, Melhoramento da Interface Local de um
Robô de Serviço Através de Utilização de Comando da Consola WII MEEC, ISEP: J. Lopes, Monitorização Integrada para S. de
Alimentação Distribuídos, N. Pacheco, Aplicação Web para Tratamento
Estatístico de Dados de Teste, PUC Paraná, PPGTS, Brasil: A. Junior. Descoberta de
Regras por Meio do Processo de KDD para Classificação de Microáreas
Homogêneas de Risco. E. Folador. Determinando o
Nível de Evidência no Genoma da Bactéria CHROMOBACTERIUM
VIOLACEUM A. Frantz. Uso de Rede Bayesiana na Probabilidade de Óbito em Unidade de Terapia
Intensiva K. Coelho. S. Especialista Probabilístico para o
Auxílio no Manejo Nutricional de Pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus
Utilizando a Contagem de Carboidratos A.Chi. Desenvolvimento de uma Rede Bayesiana de Apoio à Modalidade e Parâmetros Ventilatórios em Pacientes com Traumatismo Crânio
Encefálico Grave MIECT, U. Aveiro: H. Picado, FC Portugal:
Development of Behaviors for a Simulated Humanoid Robot, N. Almeida, FC Portugal: Arquitectura de Agente de
Controlo de um Robô Humanóide Simulado |
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Patents/propotypes |
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Patents: “Device to monitor and
register the transport and storage temperature of temperature-sensitive
products and method thereof”, PATENT No. 103649, Publication Date 03-11-2008.
(J. Barbosa, et al) Pre-registration of the
patent DE 102008037446.6 “Reference Model for Service-oriented Multi-agent
Systems in Industrial Automation Production” in the German Patent &
Trademark Office (DPMA), 13 October 2008 (P. Leitão, et al). Pre-registration of the
patent EU 47648rE “High-level Petri net based Engine Embedded in
Micro-Controllers Orchestration at Device Level in Service-Oriented
Automation Systems” in the German Patent & Trademark Office (DPMA), 21
January 2008 (P. Leitão, et al). Pre-registration of the
patent DE 10 2008 002 827.4 “Modular and Functional Structures for
Service-oriented Automation Components” in the German Patent & Trademark
Office (DPMA), 21 April 2008 (P. Leitão, et al). Prototypes: Electronic Institution
Platform,V.2 (in Jade and Jess and including negotiation, Ontology and
Normative Services) 2008. (H. Cardoso et al). MAS-T2er Lab, multi-agent
microscopic traffic simulator allowing different traffic control strategies
(R.Rossetti et al). NetEditor: the MAS-T2er Lab
network editor, for urban traffic networks modelling supported by a GIS
database (R. Rossetti et al). Knowledge Based System for
Systematization of Topical Therapy for Venous Ulcers, (A. Malucelli et al) Framework – Interactive
Robot Dancing System (J. Oliveira, et al) Verbatim - Automatic
Extraction of Quotations from On-line News (L. Sarmento & S. Nunes) Intellwheels: Development
Platform to control intelligent Wheel Chairs (R.Braga) EcoDynamo Software Package
V.2 - Ecological Simulator for Aquatic Ecosystems ( A. Pereira & P.
Duarte) DevelopAgent Software
Package- Experimental Agent for Aquaculture Optimization, (A. Pereira) IIBoard –WIIMote based
Interactive Board (L. P. Reis et al) Intellwheels Simulator –
Intelligent Wheelchair Simulation Application (R. Braga et al) Intellwheels – Intelligent
Wheelchair Protoype (L. P. Reis, et al) STexVM system, a simulated
Virtual Marketplace for trading textiles, V.1. (J.Urbano) FC Portugal 2D – Simulation
2D League Team
– RoboCup (L. P. Reis, J. Certo, L. Mota +
IEETA/UA) LIACC Texas-Hold’em Poker
Simulation System (L. P. Reis et al) PV-League Setup and Team (L.
Mota et al) FC Portugal 3D Humanoid – RoboCup (L. P. Reis + IEETA/UA) Poker Builder – Application
to Create High-Level Poker Strategies (L. P. Reis et al) |
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Organization of conferences |
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Organization of 7
Conferences and Workshops: Artificial Transportation
Systems and Simulation, Beijing, Chair and Co-organiser (R. Rossetti). ECAI08 European Conference on
Artificial Intelligence, Area Chair, Patras, (E. Oliveira) IBERAMIA 2008, Area Chair
for Agents, Lisboa 2008. (E. Oliveira) EUMAS Sixth European
Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems, Advisory Board, Bath, UK (E. Oliveira) DSIE: Doctoral Symposium on
Informatics Engineering, FEUP, Senior Program Committee. (E. Oliveira) WONTO'2008 - 3rd Workshop on
Ontologies and their Applications., Co-Chair, Salvador (A.Malucelli) IROBOT’2008 – 3rd
International Workshop on Intelligent Robotics, Lisbon, (L. P. Reis) Participations in 64
International Conferences Program Committees Editorial Board or the P. C.
Board of 16 International Journals: Journals E. B.: J. of Autonomous Agents and
Multiagent Systems, Springer (E.Oliveira) Agent Oriented Software
Engineering Int. J., InderScience (E.Oliveira) Intelligent Decision
Technologies Int. Journal, IOS Press. (E.Oliveira) Editorial Advisory Board of
Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations : Information Science
Reference (E.Oliveira) ICT'AE - Information and
Communication Technologies for the Advanced Enterprise: An I. J. (L.P. Reis) ELCVIA - Electronic Letters
on Computer Vision and Image Analysis (J.Barbosa) I. J. of Computational
Vision and Biomechanics, ISSN: 0973-6778, Serials Publications (J.Barbosa) I. J. of Imaging, CESER
Publications (J.Barbosa, L.P. Reis) Journals P. C. : Guest-Editor of the IEEE
Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Special Issue on
Artificial Transportation Systems and Simulation (R. Rossetti) Tékhne – Revista de Estudos Politécnicos
/ Polytechnical Studies Review (L.P. Reis) International Journal of
Computational Intelligence, Enformatika (L.P. Reis) SJI - Scientific Journals
International (L.P. Reis) IAJeT - International Arab
Journal of e-Technology (L.P. Reis) RISTI - Revista Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de
Informação (L.P. Reis) IJTS - International Journal
of Tomography & Statistics (Special Issue on Image Processing) (L.P.
Reis) IJCIIT - International
Journal of Computer Interaction & Information Technology (L.P. Reis) |
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Industry contract
research |
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Collaboration with: TAP Air Portugal in the
MASDIMA project for Disruption Management control through a multi-agent
system. TAP allows access to operational information and funded two Master
students (A. Castro, E.Oliveira). SISCOG- Sistemas Cognitivos.
Joint proposal submission of a project to QREN funding program (already
accepted). Using Agents for intelligent scheduling repair in transport
management. Accepted for 2009. (E. Oliveira, A. Castro). Sapo.pt (Portugal Telecom).
Migration of the Verbatim prototype to large-scale public access. Development
of a keyword suggestion system for supporting advertisers in submitting their
ads to the Sapo.pt platform. (L.Sarmento, E. Oliveira). Instituto de Neurociências (private
organization) in project "BioSpine –
Desenvolvimento de Próteses Biocompatíveis e
Próteses Externas / Coletes", to develop an image processing
software to process plain
radiographs. (J. G.
Barbosa and D. C. Moura) Schneider Electric, project
entitled “Mechanisms and Tools for Orchestration and Choreography on Service
Oriented Architectures” (P.Leitão, F.Restivo, J.Mendes). Trenmo S.A., Project: ModP –
Pedestrian Modelling. Funded by Agência de
Inovação/Rede de Competência em Mobilidade (R. Rossetti). THALES. Participation in
TRAPLE: "Tracking People in Large Environments" Project, (Mission
–critical Information Systems). (L.Nunes). Qimonda S.A, (L. Costa, F.
Moreira, J. Campos), Project FATADesk – Report Center Module; Sensor and
Equipment Control and Monitoring, 2006-2008 (L. P.Reis) IT sector – Sistemas de Informação Lda. (A. Monteiro, P. Pinto), Development of the International FrontEnd
Kronos, 2007-2008 (L. P. Reis) Enabler WiPro (H. Portela;
S. Henriques; D. Cabral), Oracle Warehouse Builder; Oracle Retail Merchandise
System, 2006-2008 (L. P. Reis) MOG - Media Objects and
Gadgets, S.A. (V. Teixeira, P. Campos) Advanced Rich Internet Applications
Devlopment, 2008 (L. P. Reis) Alert Life Science (M.
Guimarães, J. Taborda), Development of HL7 Clinical Document Architecture
Template Tools (also other ALert products), 2007-2008 (L. P. Reis) TAP Air Portugal (A. Castro,
L. Barbosa, A. Mota), Development of Portal DOV at TAP; Development of new
Crew-Scheduling solutions, 2007-2008 (L. P. Reis) |
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Internationalization |
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Collaborative research with: Lyle Ungar Univ.
Pennsylvania (L.Sarmento) A. Kehlenbeck – Google Labs
NYC (L.Sarmento) Shawn Wolfe’s group at NASA
AMES Research Centre (USA) (A. Castro) Document “Route Selection and
AOC Function at TAP Portugal – an Approach to Generalization and Application
to different AOC’s” was produced for TAP Portugal and, possibly for other
European Airlines. (A. Castro). National Delegate to COST
Action 0801 “Agreement Technology” (E. Oliveira). Member of COST Action “Open
European Network for High Performance Computing on Complex Environments”
(J.Barbosa). Associate member of the
Cooperating Objects Network of Excellence (CONET) (P.Leitão). Member of the IEEE
Industrial Electronics Technical Committee on Industrial Agents, (P.Leitão) Member of the IFAC TC5.1
Technical Committee on Manufacturing Plant Control, since July 2004.
(P.Leitão) Invited lecturers and
international courses: “Intelligent Transportation
Systems: a computational approach” offered for the Computer Science
Post-Graduate Programme, at Instituto de Informática, U. F. Rio Grande do
Sul, (R. Rossetti). MAP-I Doctoral Program.
Intelligent Robotics Course (L. P. Reis). MAP-I Doctoral Program.
Cluster and Grid Computing (J.Barbosa). MAP-I is involved in the CMU-Portugal
partnership. Joint supervisions: Microsoft Development Center
Copenhagen ApS (Per Vikkelsøe). MSc Thesis at Microsoft (A. Rodrigues and J.
Rendeiro) and a completely functional prototype was built ( L. P. Reis). Humboldt University, Berlin,
Joint PhD supervision of L. Mota. Doctoral Program, FEUP, (L. P. Reis,
Co-Supervisor – Hans-Dieter Burkhard – Humboldt University of Berlin). PUCRS – Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, PhD Supervision of R. Braga (L. P. Reis) University Southern Denmark,
Denmark, PhD supervision of P. Valente, (Supervisor: Kasper Hallenborg,
U.S.Denmark, Co-supervisor: L. P. Reis) Budapest University of
Technology and Economics, Hungary, MSc supervision of Rui Seca MSc
(Supervisor: L. P. Reis, Co-Supervisor: Dániel Kovács – Budapest U.T.E). IIIA - Artificial
Intelligence Research Institute of Barcelona, Spain. Joint organization of a
Workshop IROBOT 2008 (Organizer: L. P. Reis, R. Bianchi – IIIA). |
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Government/Organization
contract research |
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ABSES – Agent Based
Simulation of Ecological Systems (FCT/POSI/EIA/57671/2004) Principal Researcher: Luís
Paulo Reis Partners: FEUP/LIACC and
CIAGEB (Global Change, Energy, Environment and Bioengineering RDID&D
Unit) in the University Fernando Pessoa (UFP). Dates: May 2005 – April 2008 Funding (75000 Eur):
FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia ACORD - Adaptative
Coordination of Robotic Teams (FCT - PTDC/EIA/70695/2006) Principal Researcher: Luís
Paulo Reis Partners: FEUP/LIACC and
Univ.Aveiro/IEETA Dates: January 2008 – December 2009 Funding (95000 Eur):
FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Uma Plataforma Computacional Baseada em Agentes para
I&D em Sistemas Inteligentes de Transporte Principal Researcher:
Rosaldo Rossetti Dates: 2008 Funding (€9940): DEEC/FEUP TAP Portuguese Airlines
support to produce the document “Route Selection and AOC Function at TAP
Portugal – an Approach to Generalization and Application to different AOC’s”.
Addressed to TAP Portugal Airlines needs and, possibly for other European
Airlines. (A. Castro). IntellWheels – Intelligent
Wheelchair with Multimodal Interface – Multidisciplinary project in the areas
of Robotics, Simulation, Multi-Agent Systems and Health Sciences. A project coordinated by LIACC,
including the parteners: IEETA/UAveiro, ISR-Porto, APPC – Portuguese
Assotiation for Cerebral Plasy and ESTSP and Porto Health Technology High
School. |
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Future Research |
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Objectives |
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- Electronic Institution: DAI&R Group would like,
in the next couple of years, to conclude our past 8 years effort on the
conceptualization and implementation of our Electronic Institution, a
software multi-agent based platform encompassing a set of services (adaptive
negotiation, ontology-based understanding, contract drafting, normative
environment- based monitoring, trust and reputation building and exploration
for advising on partner selection) for facilitating entities (Organizations,
Enterprises) interoperability in a B2B like scenario. Moreover, we will make
efforts for approaching end-users and get from them enough feedback to focus
on the real important needed improvements. In order to get there, we will
enhance the number and quality of simulation tests on using Trust, negotiation
and norms in an integrated way. - Agent-based simulation: Regarding agent-based
simulation R&D, we need to develop a more robust automatic model
calibration agent, using meta-heuristics capable of optimizing the
calibration of generic simulations. EcoSimNet will
be validate by performing experiments with Sungo Bay and Ria Formosa
models for optimization of Bivalve production and environmental impact
studies. We are willing to develop a ready to use, commercial version of the
multi-agent simulation system for ecological simulations – EcoSimNet. We want to intensify our
research efforts within the MAS-T2er Lab Project, bringing to the group more
both post-grad, PhDs and Master, and undergrad students. As a side effect, we
want to increase the number of publications by the group, aiming ISI index
conferences and one more Journal submission in 2009. We aim at release the
first open-source versions of the VD Core Microscopic Simulator and the NetEditor traffic network editor. We will also
intensifying collaboration with international partners, UFRGS, UFSC and UFC,
in Brazil, Leeds Univ. in the UK, U. Rey Juan Carlos, in Spain, and start
other contacts in the US, Europe and China. It will be interesting to
build a Knowledge Transfer platform that will allow us to convert the
knowledge gathered in our MAS-T2er Lab research activities into courses to be
offered in both undergrad and post-graduate levels. Finally, and not so easy
to achieve, we will try to intensify collaboration with the industry, namely
with Trenmo S.A., NDrive
S.A., STCP, and start new contacts, namely with Brisa
S.A. and other intelligent transportation systems stakeholders. - Agent-based teams
coordination: On the agent-based teams
coordination topic, we want to finish the implementation of the software
common framework for creating agent-based software that controls different
robots to be used for several cooperative robotic tasks; Also to develop new
robust coordination and communication methodologies that enable teams of
heterogeneous robots, built and programmed by different entities, to
accomplish complex collective tasks. We will continue to further apply the
developed software common framework and coordination methodologies in several
Robotic Soccer leagues (simulation 2D, simulation 3D, small-size and
middle-size). Finally we hope to develop new methodologies enabling the
creation of Human-Robot heterogeneous teams. - Intelligent Wheelchairs: An important project
(INTELWHEELS – Intelligent Wheelchair development) will continue enabling us
to develop a generic IW framework for easy development of new intelligent
wheelchairs and IW control algorithms. The framework should be flexible
enough to enable easy transformation of commercial wheelchairs into
intelligent wheelchairs with minor hardware changes and to enable the
introduction of new modules and algorithms in the intelligent wheelchair. It
will include a complete IW simulation module enabling to conduct virtual
reality and mixed reality experiments. Our aim is also to develop a
flexible multimodal interface enabling the wheelchair to be commanded at a
very high-level using a high-level command language based on simple commands
such as “go to bedroom”, “wander”, “follow wall”. The commands will be
triggered by user selected input sequences using the multimodal interface.
The wheelchair will enable the user to even use the same type of input
sequences to select its preferred inputs/action association. In order to
enable the user to start using the wheelchair. It is also intended to develop
a patient classification module based on machine learning techniques capable
of identifying the user basic capabilities and enable him to start using the
wheelchair flexible multimodal interface in a straightforward manner. - Text Mining: Once we have been successful
in attracting the attention of an important Portuguese PT related company
(SAPO.PT) we will strength efforts in the direction of better algorithms for
Information extraction from news (event and trend detection) and Web 2.0
media (e.g. Wikipedia). Another exciting and innovative research direction is
starting on “Opinion mining” from user-generated content (blogs and microblogs). We will continue to work on Text
classification and pursuing further developments of tools and resources
(lexicons / ontolgies) for the semantic analysis of
text content in Portuguese. - Intelligent Sports
Analysis: To design and implement a
complete game analysis system, including visualization of soccer games and
associated feedback regarding player’s and team’s performance; to build
soccer (and also other sport’s) player models and tactical situations to
relate team organization and players performance; to design, implement and
install in real soccer fields, a vision system capable of real-time tracking
of players, without human intervention, during a game; to formalize player
and team performance measures and the algorithms enabling its calculus; to
create a simulation system capable of simulating soccer matches using
player’s and team’s models created with the aid of the game analysis system
and expert knowledge. -Flexible Manufacturing
Systems The future research work
will here be focused mainly in the following topics: a) Service-oriented and
multi-agent based control solutions for advanced automation and production systems,
exhibiting distribution, modularity, re-configurability and responsiveness
features and b) Application of
bio-inspiration theories in complex and dynamic systems, namely in
distributed manufacturing systems. - Other topics: Once we are developing a
system for selecting personalized multi-media contents delivery, we will make
efforts to achieve Emotion Classification Engine fine tuning, perform
appropriate validation Tests and finish a related PhD Thesis. Learning and decision-making
methods in the scope of social networks, information visualization and
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Funding, source,
dates |
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expected 25109 FCT Plurianual 2009, depends on outcome of pending evaluation Meanwhile our DAI&R
Group made an effort to submit new project proposals in order to supplement
the needed funding to develop further our research: Project: Project: RESPLAN Accepted for funding
by QREN- Quadro de Referência Estratégico Nacional Dates: 2009-2010 Funding: (for
LIACC-DAI&R group) 75,000€ Project: iControl:
Agent-Based Urban Traffic Control Submitted to the FCT’s 2008
Call Requested Funding:
€138,246.00 Project: Trust-aware
Automatic E-Contract Negotiation in Agent-based Adaptive Normative
Environments Submitted to the FCT’s 2008
Call Requested Funding: 106.128,00€ Project: OPTIMISM - Opinion
Text Mining from Social Meshes Submitted to the FCT’s 2008
Call Requested Funding: (for
LIACC-DAI&R Group) 61.500,00 Project: DS2 - Intelligent
Decision Support for Distributed Supply Chains Submitted to the FCT’s 2008
Call Requested Funding: (for
LIACC-DAI&R Group) 151.296,00 Project: SITBAL - Soccer
Intelligent Tactical Behavioral Analysis and Learning Submitted to the FCT’s 2008
Call Requested Funding: (for
FEUP-DAI&R Group) 69.342,00 Project: INTELLWHEELS - Intelligent
Wheelchair with Flexible Multimodal Interface Submitted to the FCT’s 2008
Call Requested Funding: (for
FEUP-DAI&R Group) 123.192,00 Project: SAVOIR: System of
Agents for Visual Object Information Retrieval in Web Environment Submitted to the FCT’s 2008
Call Requested Funding: (for
FEUP-DAI&R Group) 42.804,00 Project: Geometrical
Modeling of the Scoliotic Spine from Radiographs. Submitted to the FCT’s 2008
Call Requested funding 89.856,00€ Project: LeSS
Agents "Learning Sub-goals and State abstraction for autonomous
Agents" Submitted to the FCT’s 2008
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