http://www.planet-noe.org

European Networkof Excellence in

AI Planning

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 & EventsECP 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

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

Int. Conf. Information and Communication Tecnologies and Programming: TCU announcement and presentationSofia, Bulgaria June 2002

3rd International 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

http://www.planet-noe.org

European Networkof Excellence in

AI Planning

Technical Coordination Unit on Planning and Scheduling for the Web.

Alfredo Milani

University of Perugia, Italy