Swiss Workshop on Collaborative and Distributed systems

Lausanne, Friday May 2nd 1997

EPFL, Dept de Microtechnique, Room C022

Registration: 100 SFR. (50 SFR for SGAICO members and students) will be paid on site.

REGISTER by sending a simple email to Pierre.Dillenbourg@tecfa.unige.ch.

8 H 30: Introduction

9.00 - 10.30 Theme 1a:

Coordinator: J.-P- Muller

Thierry Dagaeff & Fabrice Chantemargue (Computer Science Dept., University of Fribourg), Distributing agents, (HTML version)
Omar Belakhdar (AI Lab, EPFL). Conversation-based multi-agent architecture for CSCW. Preliminary report. (Postscript version)
Francois Sprumont (IIIA, Universite de Neuchatel), AMACOIA: a Multi-Agent System for Designing Flexible Assembly Lines (Postscript version)
Jean-Pierre Muller (IIIA, Universite de Neuchatel) Formalizing emergent collective behaviour. (Postscript version)

Tea Break

11.00 - 12.30 Theme 1b:

Coordinator: B. Faltings

Jean-Luc Cochard and Eddy Mayoraz , (IDIAP) Towards a Distributed Resolution Strategy Applicable to speech recognition(Postscript version)
Didier Guzzoni, Adam Cheyer, Luc Julia & Kurt Konolige, Physical applications of an agent architecture - Examples in mobile robotics and surgery training systems. ( Postscript version)
Marc Torrens, Rainer Weigel & Boi V. Faltings (AI Lab, EPFL), Java Constraint Library: bringing constraints technology on the Internet using the Java language, (Postscript and word version available)

Lunch

14.00 - 15.30 Theme 3:

Coordinator: P. Pu

Denis Lalanne, George Melissargos and Pearl Pu (EPFL, Lausanne), Solving complex problems with computational and interfacing tools, (gzipped Postscript version )
Markus Stolze (IBM Zurich Research Laboratory). SmartMedia Substrates - Deepening Shared Context in Diagrammatic Domains , (HTML version)
Claudio Lottaz & Ian Smith (AI Lab, EPFL)Collaborative design using constraint solving (HTML version)

Tea Break

16.00 - 17.30 Theme 4:

Coordinator: P. Dillenbourg

Patrick Jermann & Daniel Schneider (TECFA. University of Geneva) Semi-structured interface in collaborative problem solving. (HTML version) or (Postscript version)
Christine Pauli & Kurt Reusser (Paedagogisches Institut, University of Zurich). Supporting collaborative problem solving: supporting collaboration and supporting problem solving. (RTF version)
Pierre Dillenbourg (TECFA. University of Geneva) & David Traum (UMIACS, University of Maryland). The role of a whiteboard in distributed cognitive system.(RTF version)