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Agents for the Masses Dr. Craig Thompson,
www.objs.com

• Description
• Project Agility Our objective is to move agent
  technology from proprietary closed-world
  agents-only solutions into the mainstream.
• Our approach is to piggyback agent technology
  onto and leverage widely deployed technologies
  (e.g. distributed objects, Java, Jini, email, the
  web, XML, search engines, and channels).
• This integration of the best of agent technology
  with pervasive infrastructure results in improved
  capability, reduced development effort, greater
  compatibility with existing software, and greater
  potential for mainstream use.

eGents Agents over E-mail useful for
building very disconnected, asynchronous apps

• Results
• Three Agent Technologies
• eGents - agents via email
• WebTrader - agents and services found using
  search engines
• AgentGram - natural language interface wrappers
  for agents accessible over the web
• Architecture, Standards, Tech Transfer
• CoABS NEO TIE, Rome Labs
• OMG Agent Work Group FIPA
• Characterizing the Agent Grid in Handbook of
  Agent Technology, summarized in CoABS Grid Vision
  doc and OMG Agent Technology Green Paper

WebTrader Scalable Service/DataSource
Discovery on the Web
WebTrader in NEO TIE
AgentGram Natural Language Wrappers for
Agents

• Future
• Continue Agents for the Masses theme. Extend
  eGents as described above. Extend WebTrader with
  user-defined search ontologies. Extend grid and
  TIE agents with AgentGram NLI controls. Add
  ChannelAgents.
• Add Grid Control theme to show how environment
  (e.g., threats, traffic, weather) and system-wide
  properties (-ilities and QoS) affect agent
  communication. Hypothesis system properties can
  be inserted into agent communication paths to
  provide these controls.
• Transition to DoD, OMG/FIPA, and industry.