A Framework for Physical and Social Collaboration: Towards the Smarter Planet Vision

Funding: 2012: $75,000
2013: $70,000
2014: $75,000

Project Member(s): Williams, M., Wightwick, G., Johnston, B.

Funding or Partner Organisation: IBM Australia
Australian Research Council (ARC Linkage Projects)

Start year: 2012

Summary: Increasingly intelligent and connected technologies are reshaping the nature of collaboration, business and work. These technologies will make possible entirely new forms of collaboration which will lead to significant opportunities for Australian government and industry. This project's objective is to develop and validate a new, pragmatic approach to the development of intelligent systems that can undertake collaborative action. Using formal logics and practical, hybrid models of collaboration, action and behaviour, the approach will allow smart buildings, smart homes and smart cities to share resources effectively and engage seamlessly with users.

Keywords: Knowledge Representation;Automated Reasoning;Logic-based Methods;Intelligent Agents

FOR Codes: Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics, Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences, Conceptual Modelling, Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services