Agent ART Group

Department of Computer Science

University of Liverpool

Ashton Building, Ashton Street,

Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK

Current Projects

1. •Negotiation of Ontology Correspondences
   

Recent Projects

1. •BluScreen - Agent-based Intelligent Public Advertising
   

2. •Evolutionary ontologies for open agent environments (EPSRC grant EP/D064287/1)
   

3. •TAO - Transitioning Applications to Ontologies (EU FP6 funded)
   

4. •HIPARSYS - High PErformance and Robust Systems (DTI funded)
   

5. •AgentLink III (EU FP6 funded)
   

6. •myGrid (EPSRC funded)
   

7. •ANS: Autonomic Networked System Management Tool for Ubicomp in the Home (DTI funded)
   

8. •Semantic Firewall (EPSRC funded)
   

9. •DAML - The DARPA Agent Markup Language (DARPA funded)
   

10. •CoABS - Control of Agent Based Systems (DARPA funded)

My current research focus is on the use of knowledge by agents.  Specifically, I have been looking at the use of ontological knowledge to support service discovery, provision and use.  Much of my earlier work in this area included the development of the OWL-S ontologies with the other members of the OWL-S coalition, as well as the use of the OWL-S profile for service discovery.  However, my work has also explored the use of service provision (with Sebastian Stein) and agent self-organization (based on perceived community demand for services, with Mariusz Jacyno).  I’ve also explored the use of service discovery and data harmonisation for Semantic Web Services within Grid environments.

My other research interests include the use of agents in pervasive systems, from discovery of devices, through to the use of awareness for service provision (as illustrated in the BluScreen system for public signage).  I’ve also worked with others on ontology and knowledge engineering issues, from supporting bibliometrics, pervasive social networking, and ontological image description.