| Project | Directors | Collaborators |
|---|---|---|
CoDA
Autonomous self-organization/reorganization of open, real-world multiagent systems (e.g., autonomous oceanographic sampling networks (AOSNs)), including organization/reorganization protocols, distributed task assignment using constraint-based methods, and dynamic, autonomous organizational structure selection. Students: Jaimi Allen, Larry Whitsel. | Roy Turner Elise Turner |
AUSI |
Orca Project
Intelligent mission-level control of real-world agents (e.g., autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)), including context-sensitive reasoning, attention-focusing, integrating planning and plan execution, deciding how to integrate new goals into an ongoing plan, and handling unanticipated events. Students: Erik Albert, Robert Arritt. | Roy Turner Elise Turner |
AUSI University of Paris VI |
Interagent Communication
Interagent communication languages for low-bandwidth domains (COLA), conversational control (CoCo), selecting information to transmit based on its informativeness. Natural language processing. | Elise Turner | AUSI |
Biological Modeling/Computational Biology
Modeling complex biological systems (e.g., predator-prey and community succession). Students: Mark Larsen (Honors thesis) | Roy Turner | Zoologists at the University of New Hampshire and Spring Hill College (AL) |
Computational Chemistry
Modeling the effects of impurities on the structure and properties of ionic crystals. Students: Ben Pomelow (senior project) | Roy Turner | Chemistry, UMaine |
Multimodal Interfaces
Integrating speech and sketching for graphical information systems. (Past project.) | Elise Turner, Roy Turner | Spatial Information Science and Engineering, UMaine |
Unexploded Ordnance/Mine Clearing
Using multiagent systems of robots to clear unexploded ordnances (UXOs) and mines. (Past project.) | Elise Turner | AUSI, Naval Postgraduate School |