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.
by sending a simple email to Pierre.Dillenbourg@tecfa.unige.ch.
How to get there?
Programme
8 H 30: Introduction
9.00 - 10.30 Theme 1a:
Collaboration between artificial agents (fundamentals)
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:
Collaboration between artificial agents (applications)
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:
Human-computer collaboration
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:
Computer-supported collaboration (CSCW-CSCL)
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)