WASP -- Web Agent Support Program

c. Environment.

SE/VU

The software engineering group of the VU involved in the DejaVu project consists of one coordinator (A. Eliëns) two AIOs, that are working in the area of time-based hypermedia systems (J.R. van Ossenbruggen) and the integration of simulation and hypermedia (S.P.C. Sch\"onhage, who is paid by the USF funded SINS project), and one programmer (C.T. Visser) who is responsible for the implementation of DLP and the technical aspects of distributed object systems.

AI/VU

In the AI Section at the VU the research of a number of members of the group focusses on multi-agent systems: Dr. F.M.T. Brazier, drs. P.A.T. van Eck, dr. C.M. Jonker, prof. dr. J. Treur, dr. L.C. Verbrugge. The topics are: compositional formal modeling of multi-agent systems, models for specific types of intelligent agents, cooperation models, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, reflective agents, applications of multi-agent systems (e.g., coordination of design projects), formal semantics of multi-agent systems, verification and validation, defeasible reasoning, task analysis. Some of these topics are addressed in cooperation with researchers from other institutes, with whom joint papers have been and are being prepared; for example, dr. N.R. Jennings (Queen Mary & Westfield), dr H. Johnson, prof dr P. Johnson (Queen Mary & Westfield), prof. dr V.W. Marek and dr. M. Truszczynski (University of Kentucky), prof. dr. H. Herre (University of Leipzig), dr. B.M. Dunin-Keplicz (University of Warsaw).

IS/TUE

The database and hypermedia research group within the Information Systems section of the TUE consists of one associate professor (dr.P. De Bra), also the head of the entire Information Systems section, three UDs (dr. A. Aerts, dr. F. Dignum and dr.ir. G.J. Houben), one part-time professor (dr. J. Paredaens), drs. R. Post, ir. J. Hidders, ir. C. Hoskens (NWO) and two part-time aio's (drs. R. Selj\'ee and drs. L. Matthijssen). A full-time programmer (P. Lemmens) is available to aid in the implementation aspects of Pamela. Dr. De Bra also holds a part-time position at CWI, initiating research efforts on Databases and Internet.

mailto:eliens@cs.vu.nl ( Thu Sep 26 14:04:32 MET DST 1996 )