2008 Summer Program

May 26 - August 1

Project Description

Schedule

Findings

    Proposal Reports

        Bi-Level Agent Hierarchies (BLAH): A Double-Layered Formalization for Learning and Communication in Multi-Agent Systems by Stephen R. Foster, Jason C. Leezer & Jerremy R. Adams. [Report] [Slides]
        Service Oriented Architecture in Multi-Agent Systems by Umut Onat and Carla Sotomayor. [Report] [Slides]
        Migrated Agent Communication by Aaron Welch. [Report] [Slides]

        Developing Agents to Model Social Situations and Foreclosure Patterns in a Multi-Agent System by Adrian Lopez-Mobilia, Patricia Perez and Luch Elder. [Report] [Slides]

    Midterm Reports

        A Deterministic Model for Analyzing Stochastic Communication Patterns across Graph- Representational Diffusion Networks by Stephen R. Foster. [Report] [Slides]
        Bi-Level Agent Social Trust(BLAST) Model: Simulating Systems of Trust from Internal and External Factors by Jerremy R. Adams. [Report]
        Make Computers Think Like You by Jason Leezer. [Report] [Slides]
        Service Oriented Architecture in Multi-Agent Systems by Umut Onat, Carla Sotomayor and Aaron Welch. [Report]
        The Mortgage Foreclosure Process amongst Homogenous Neighborhoods in San Antonio by Lucy Elder [Report] [Slides]
        Developing Agents to Model Social Situations and Foreclosure Patterns in a Multi-Agent System by Adrian Lopez-Mobilia and Patricia Perez [Report] [Slides]

    Final Reports

        Diffusion of Influence by Stephen R. Foster. [Report]
        Do You Trust Me? A Model for Computing Trust in Social Environments by Jerremy R. Adams. [Abstract] [Report] [Slides] [Poster]
        Giving Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intuition by Jason Leezer. [Abstract] [Report] [Slides] [Poster]
        Service Oriented Architecture in Multi-Agent Systems by Umut Onat and Carla Sotomayor. [Abstract] [Report] [Slides] [Poster]
        Remote Registration and Communication in Migrated Agent Systems by Aaron Welch. [Abstract] [Report] [Slides] [Poster]
        Simulating the Foreclosure Process in a Multi-Agent System by Patricia Perez, Adrian Lopez-Mobilia and Lucy Elder. [Abstract] [Report] [Slides] [Poster]

Calendar

Details about activities are added here.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday


5/27
Orientation Meeting.
Java Review.
An Introduction to AI.
Group Dinner.
5/28
Agents and Multi-Agent Systems.
Spatial Modeling.
Journal Club: VSK Logic presented by Dr. Zhang.
5/29
Decision Theory and Game Theory in MAS.
Building A Research Career.
An Introduction to SwiftVis.
5/30
Weekly Group Summary Meeting.
6/2
6/3
Ice Cream Social
 6/4
Journal Club: An Integrated Trust and Reputation Model for Open MAS presented by Stephen.
6/5
1:30-2:30 Seminar on Matlab presented by Mike Pellon.
2:30-3:30 Seminar on NetLogo presented by Mike Pellon.
3:30-4:30 Applying to Graduate School presented by Mike Pellon.
 6/6
Instrcution to Proposal Report.
Proposal Report is Due.
Proposal Presentation:
3:30-4:00 Stephen, Jerremy and Jason,
4:00-4:30 Umut, Carla and Aaron,
4:30-5:00 Lucy, Adrian and Patricia.
Group Party at Dr. Lewis' House.
6/9
6/10
6/11
Journal Club: Performance Analysis of Mobile Agents Tracking presented by Aaron.
6/12
Presentation on Research Careers.
 6/13
Weekly Group Summary Meeting.
6/16
6/17
Roller Skating with Dr. Lewis.
 6/18
Journal Club: Neighborhood Patterns of Subprime Lending: Evidence from Disparate Cities presented by Lucy.
6/19
6/20
Weekly Group Summary Meeting.
6/23
6/24
6/25
Journal Club: A Statistical Relational Model for Trust Learning presented by Jerremy.
6/26
Scholarly Communication: Posters, Presentations and Papers, Oh My!
6/27
Instrcution to Mid-term Report.
Mid-term Progress Report is Due.
Mid-term Progress Presentation:
1:00-1:30 Stephen,
1:30-2:00 Jerremy,
2:00-2:30 Jason,
2:30-3:00 Break with Refreshments,
3:00-4:00 Adrian, Lucy, Patricia,
4:00-5:00 Aaron, Carla, Umut.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
6/30
7/1
7/2
Journal Club: A RMI Protocol for Aglets presented by Umut.
7/3
Social Activity in Schlitterbahn.
7/4
Weekly Group Summary Meeting.
7/7
7/8
7/9
Journal Club: A Roadmap of Agent Research and Development presented by Patricia.
7/10
What is Graduate School Really Like?
 7/11
Weekly Group Summary Meeting.
7/14
7/15
7/16
Journal Club: No Meeting
7/17
Trends in Scholarly Communication.
 7/18
7/21
7/22
7/23
Journal Club: SwiftVis: Data Analysis and Visulization for Planetary Sciencepresented by Carla.
7/24
Group Dinner.
7/25
Weekly Group Summary Meeting.
7/28
7/29
7/30
Journal Club: Multi-Agent Simulation as a Tool for Modeling Societies: Application to Social Differentiation in Ant Colonies presented by Adrian.
7/31
Trinity University Summer Undergraduate Research Conference:
8:30-10:00, Umut & Carla, and Jerremy, Science Lecture Hall,
10:15-11:45, Aaron and Jason, Science Lecture Hall,
12:00-1:30, Poster Session, All Students, Great Hall,
3:30-5:00, Lucy, Adrian & Patricia, Science Lecture Hall,
6:30-8:00, Banquet & Address by Dr. Curl the recipient of 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
 8/1
Final Report is Due.
Exit Interview.

Last updated: Friday, August 1, 2008 by Yu Zhang.