1. Agent Architecture using EiA
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2. Why is Everything “Alive”?
Pervasive Computing
Low cost / function
Decreasing size
Market demand
Unexplored potential
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3. World of EiA
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4. World of EiA
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5. World of EiA Gentex Smartbeam An automatic headlight-brightness system
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6. World of EiA
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7. Project Goals Middleware enabled agent composition
E2 Reference Implementation
Bleeding Today
Refactor SUO system
Push agents into mainstream use
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8. Description Eclipse-2 (E2) core XML described interfaces
Abilities added during run-time
Late binding to modules
Reuse existing modules (web services, Java applications, etc.)
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9. Team/Resources Fayetteville based Strong faculty guidance
Dynamic student team
Open source
Software focus
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10. Technology Web Services, WSDL, & SOAP Skip UDDI, CORBA, & J2EE
Distributed components
Implementation irrelevant
Easily changed (interpreted and disjoint)
Human & machine readable
Skip UDDI, CORBA, & J2EE
Cuts out benefits of these technologies
Necessarily limits scope
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11. Protégé Ontology Tool Organize Model in class / object instance style
Java extendable
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12. Current Status Accomplishments Behind Schedule Delay Factors
Pluggable core platform
Demo uses of E2
Messaging, Persistence, API Encapsulation
Behind Schedule
SUO replacement
Web services tie
Delay Factors
Steep learning curve
No local experts
Broad scope
Student life
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13. EiA Project Today
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14. Work in Progress E2 Platform Changes SUO Replacement
MBNLI & Software Controllers
Simulation Subset Views
National Weather Service XML Feed Visualization
Dynamic GUI
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15. Light Switch: Bright Idea
<Demo E2 Plug-ins>
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16. Light Switch: Toggle and Dim
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17. Light Switch, Cont.
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18. EiA Class Diagram
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19. Aria (amigo) Robots
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20. Aria Robots cont’d Java & C++ API Open Source Simulator
Port Robot Controller to E2
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21. Micro License Agent
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22. SUO demo: World Agent
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23. SUO demo: Initializing an agent
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24. SUO demo: Publish/Subscribe
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25. SUO demo: Levels of Ability
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26. SUO demo: Messaging Views
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27. SUO demo: Messaging Views
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28. SUO demo: Alert Info
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29. SUO demo: Alert Info
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30. Competitive Analysis Eclipse EiA Strengths EiA Weaknesses
Established open source project
Widely used
Stream lined plug-in process
Strong user and support base
EiA Strengths
Not limited to IDEs, or Java Classes
Flexible in GUI library, plug-in types and locations
EiA Weaknesses
Low budget
Newly established
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31. Competitive Analysis, Cont.
E-commerce Automation
Dynamic & distributed prototype
Pinpoints a target audience
Agent cooperation & workflow help each other
EiA Strengths
Limitless scope
Automation capable
EiA Weaknesses
Prototype does not implement brokers
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32. Competitive Analysis, Cont.
Ultra*Log formerly Cougaar
Long running, well funded via DARPA
Leverages CORBA, message passing, and now XML interfaces
EiA Strengths
Minimal code base
EiA Weaknesses
Baby stages of deployment
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33. Future Work Fault Tolerance Replica Management
Workflow Setup & Execution
Policy Management
Enclave Experiments
Dynamic Federations
Ontology Mediation
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34. Related Documents KIMAS ’05 Papers E2 Plug-in Software Architecture
EiA Agent Architecture
Natural Language Service for Controlling Robots and Other Agents
Digital Rights
Evolving Multi-Agent and P2P Networks Using WSDL and SOAP
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