International Research Collaborations
2007-10-22
International Research Projects
PalCom AgentLink III JADE-Board OSMOSE
Project description:
PalCom (Palpable Computing) is a European Commission funded 6th Framework IST Integrated Project (under the Future Emerging Technologies strategic objective). The project started on January 1, 2004 and was completed on December 31, 2007 (see related news item).
Project objectives:
The goal of PalCom is to define a new perspective on ambient computing termed "palpable computing." Palpable indicates the manner and contexts through which humans interact with environmentally situated pervasive computation, primarily in terms of visibility and understandability. The project deliverables include a conceptual framework and open architecture for palpable computing, plus an open source toolkit containing software technology created during the course of the project.
Whitestein has contributed significantly to the architectural design, autonomic communication and dynamic resource and contingency management aspects of the project.
Consortium partners:
University of Aarhus, 43D, Aarhus School of Architecture, Kings College London, Lancaster University, Lund University, Malmo University, Siemens AG, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, University of Siena, Whitestein Technologies.
Whitestein Technologies contact:
Dominic Greenwood – E-mail address protected from spam bots, enable JavaScript to view
Agentlink III was a European Commission funded 6th Framework IST Co-ordination Action acting as a European hub for research and development activities related to software agent technology. The project ran from January 1, 2004 until December 31, 2005.
Project objectives:
The goal of AgentLink III was the coordination of research activities in agent-based computing across Europe in order to gain a competitive advantage for European industry by promoting and raising awareness of agent systems technology.
Whitestein led the standardization activities work package.
Consortium partners:
University of Liverpool, British Telecommunications, Czech Technical University, Siemens, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, University of Southampton, Whitestein Technologies.
Whitestein Technologies contact:
Monique Calisti – E-mail address protected from spam bots, enable JavaScript to view
Project description:
The JADE-Board is a non-profit organization founded in March 2003 to promote the evolution and the adoption of JADE by the mobile telecommunications industry as a Java-based de-facto standard middleware for agent-based applications in the mobile personal communication sector.
Project objectives:
The JADE-Board goal is to guide the development of JADE from the primary perspective of establishing its use by key players in the mobile telecommunications sector. Concretely, the Board will facilitate the Open Source community to have a stronger impact on the development of JADE and to allow the global business community to benefit from more stable and reliable software.
Whitestein designed and developed the first version of the JADE Web Service Integration Gateway (WSIG) and co-authored the JADE Book entitled Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE.
Consortium partners:
Telecom Italia Labs, France Telecom R&D, Motorola, Profactor GmbH, Whitestein Technologies.
Whitestein Technologies contact:
Dominic Greenwood – E-mail address protected from spam bots, enable JavaScript to view
Project description
OSMOSE (Open Source Middleware for Open Systems in Europe) was a European ITEA research project to research and develop contributory software to the European ObjectWeb consortium. The project ran from January 1, 2003 until June 30, 2005.
Project objectives:
The overall technical goal of OSMOSE project was the development of a comprehensive set of open source adaptable middleware components to be hosted by the ObjectWeb consortium. The main objectives were (1) to develop a scalable component-based software architecture for distributed middleware, (2) to produce multiple compliant platforms from these middleware components to provide support for diverse target environments, and (3) to enhance and extend the ObjectWeb code base.
Whitestein collaborated closely with EPFL to design and develop the SURF fault tolerance clustering solution and the Generic Notification Service (GENS).
Consortium partners:
Bantry Technologies, Bull, Charles University, EPFL, France Telecom, INRIA, INT, iTEL, Kelua, LIFL, LSR, Lynx, Philips, Telefonica, Telvent, THALES Avionics, THALES Communications, Whitestein Technologies.
Whitestein Technologies contact:
Dominic Greenwood – E-mail address protected from spam bots, enable JavaScript to view
