Toward semantic web agents: Knowledge Web and AgentLink (SWA)

Introduction

This technical forum aims to foster discussion, and promote collaboration among researchers working in the strictly intertwined areas of multi-agent systems and Semantic Web applications in EU funded initiatives. The Semantic Web is based on the idea of dynamic, heterogeneous, shared knowledge sources providing machine-readable content in a similar way to that in which information is shared on the World Wide Web. Integral to this vision was a synergy with Multi-Agent Systems technology. The TFG is meant to provide researchers involved in Semantic Web and Agents initiatives, and in particular in the EU funded projects AgentLink and Knowledge Web with the opportunity to meet and identify common research issues.

Programme

Tuesday, 1st March
14.15 -14.30	Welcome Valentina Tamma, University of Liverpool Terry Payne, University of Southampton
14.30 - 15.00	Peter McBurney, University of Liverpool AgentLink III
15.00 - 15.30	Jerome Euzenat, INRIA Ontology reconciliation for semantic web and agents
15.30 - 1600	Mike Luck, University of Southampton The AgentLink roadmap
16.00 - 16.15	Discussion
16.15 - 16.30	Coffee break
16.30 - 17.00	Alain Leger, France Telecom Knowledge Web Industry area (tbc)
17.00 - 17.30	Joerg Diederich, L3S Research Center Knowledge Web education Area
17.30 - 18.00	Lyndon Nixon, University of Berlin Semantic Web Spaces
18.00 - 18.15	Wrap up

Wednesday, 2nd March
9.30 -10.30	Terry Payne, Univeristy of Southampton Agents in the Semantic Web
10.30 - 10.45	Coffee break
10.45 - 11.15	Nuno Silva, Instituto Politecnico de Porto Multi-Dimensional Service-Oriented Ontology Mapping
11.15 - 11.45	Julian Padget, University of Bath Semantic Brokerage for Mathematical Services
11.45 - 13.00	Panel discussion "What agents can do for the Semantic Web" "What the Semantic Web can do for agents"
13.00 - 14.15	Lunch break
14.15 - 14.45	Monika Solanki, De Montfort University A Compositional Perspective towards Agent Oriented Services on the Semantic Web
14.45 -15.15	Patrick Storm, Acklin BV Semantic Web, Agents and Natural Language Understanding: Synergy in Business
15.15 - 15.45	Aleksander Pivk, Josef Stefan Institute From Tables to Frames for Agents
15.45 - 16.15	Valentina Tamma Agents that search for digital content
16.15 - 16.30	Coffee break
16.30 - 17.00	Presenter to be confirmed
17.00 - 18.15	Discussion

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