Project Overview Recent Developments & Future Work Susanne Biundo University of Ulm

General Objectives increase awareness, visibility, and international collaboration promote the orientation of research towards application requirements support high-quality training and teaching promote the transfer of the technology

increase awareness, visibility, and

international collaboration

promote the orientation of research towards

application requirements

support high-quality training and teaching

promote the transfer of the technology

WP1: Synergy in research and development WP2: Technology transfer and communication WP3: Technical co-ordination units WP4: Training and exchange WP5: Information infrastructure and management Work Packages

WP1: Synergy in research and development

WP2: Technology transfer and communication

WP3: Technical co-ordination units

WP4: Training and exchange

WP5: Information infrastructure and management

Technical Co-ordination Units Aerospace Applications Workflow Management Robot Planning Knowledge Engineering Intelligent Manufacturing On-line Planning and Scheduling Web-based Applications

Pan-European Impact PLANET II has a considerable impact on the organisation of pan-European collaboration. increased awareness and collaboration between European planning groups approach by ESA to regard PLANET II as an ESA Competence Network formation of a Spanish national Network of Excellence on Planning, Scheduling, and Temporal Reasoning

PLANET II has a considerable impact on the

organisation of pan-European collaboration.

increased awareness and collaboration between European planning groups

approach by ESA to regard PLANET II as an

ESA Competence Network

formation of a Spanish national Network of

Excellence on Planning, Scheduling, and

Temporal Reasoning

International Presence PLANET II raised the international weight of European P&S. organisation of AIPS’02 in Toulouse formation of ICAPS council and steering committee organisation of ICAPS’03 in Trento

PLANET II raised the international weight of

European P&S.

organisation of AIPS’02 in Toulouse

formation of ICAPS council and steering

committee

organisation of ICAPS’03 in Trento

Co-ordination of Research PLANET II organised and supported six technical work- shops and supported the AIPS’02 planning competition. four workshops at AIPS’02, April 23-24, Toulouse AI Planning and Scheduling for Autonomy in Space Applications , July 6, Manchester Web-based Resources and Knowledge Interchange Formats for AI P&S , July 23, Lyon, co-located with ECAI’02

Awareness and Visibility PLANET II promoted pan-European collaboration across community borders and between academia and industry. participation in the European Commission’s EoI exercise I-PLANS Dyna-Tool PLANSERVE I4GMES AMIR participation in the E2002 and ICT&P conferences in Prague and Primorsko (Bulgaria)

PLANET II promoted pan-European collaboration

across community borders and between academia

and industry.

participation in the European Commission’s

EoI exercise

I-PLANS Dyna-Tool PLANSERVE

I4GMES AMIR

participation in the E2002 and ICT&P

conferences in Prague and Primorsko (Bulgaria)

PLANET II attracted students and young researchers to the field. contribution to the AIPS’02 scholarship programme (PLANET II, AAAI, NASA) organisation of the 2nd International Summer School on AI Planning and Scheduling doctoral consortium at ICAPS’03 3rd summer school Training and Teaching

PLANET II attracted students and young researchers

to the field.

contribution to the AIPS’02 scholarship

programme (PLANET II, AAAI, NASA)

organisation of the 2nd International Summer

School on AI Planning and Scheduling

doctoral consortium at ICAPS’03

3rd summer school

Information Infrastructure PLANET II improved its information supply and infrastructure as a service to the community. construction of research website construction of case study repository implementation of new PLANET website structure and layout

PLANET II improved its information supply and

infrastructure as a service to the community.

construction of research website

construction of case study repository

implementation of new PLANET

website structure and layout

Internal Evaluation 40% of member nodes participated main interests technical aspects applications of P&S technology (75%) benefits for members information about latest news in the area workshops, conferences, summer schools exchange with other nodes knowledge of real world planning problems

40% of member nodes participated

main interests

technical aspects

applications of P&S technology (75%)

benefits for members

information about latest news in the area

workshops, conferences, summer schools

exchange with other nodes

knowledge of real world planning problems

Internal Evaluation main sources for news in the field

Internal Evaluation intended contributions

Internal Evaluation Topics large-scale (production) scheduling real-world applications

Topics

large-scale (production) scheduling

real-world applications

Internal Evaluation High interest

Internal Evaluation Topics actual applications of planning (rather than of scheduling) applications in traffic management/planning

Topics

actual applications of planning

(rather than of scheduling)

applications in traffic

management/planning

Internal Evaluation Topics developing marketing materials on P&S and delivering them to potential industrial users integration of planning and scheduling techniques

Topics

developing marketing materials on

P&S and delivering them to

potential industrial users

integration of planning and

scheduling techniques

Internal Evaluation Topics combination of AI and OR techniques constraint and mathematical programming in production p&s mixed-initiative, interactive p&s multi-agent scheduling real-life, large-scale (production) scheduling cognitive planning

Topics

combination of AI and OR techniques

constraint and mathematical

programming in production p&s

mixed-initiative, interactive p&s

multi-agent scheduling

real-life, large-scale (production)

scheduling

cognitive planning

Readiness to Contribute High acceptance of our media

Information Infrastructure cont. Project presentation new design and structure of project web site common look-and-feel of all pages complete information site workshop and summer school proceedings reports, presentations newsletter issues pointers to repositories and events

Information Infrastructure cont. PLANET News realisation of new concept magazine-like : articles, reports, announcements, challenge problems, ... ISSN : 1619-0204 TCU-specific leaflets, posters 150 subscribers to PLANET II mailinglist

Future Work Complete our work in PLANET road maps curriculum exploitation plan Continue our collaboration within FP6

Complete our work in PLANET

road maps

curriculum

exploitation plan

Continue our collaboration within FP6