Work Package 2: Technology Transfer and Communication

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Work Package 2Technology Transfer and
Communication

• Ruth Aylett, Tim Grant Brian Drabble

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Overview

• Development work
• Expression of Interest to Framework 6
• Web Site
• Information dissemination
• Future plans

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Development Work

• Develop a prototype web-site and populate with
  initial links and entries
• Contact with groups to provide
• case studies
• benchmarks
• Provide a check on the state of the art
• Ensure relevance to the needs of the community.

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Expression of Interest

• Response to the Framework 6 EOI
• I-PLANS European NoE in Intelligent PS
• Dyna-Tool Tools for Dynamic Organizations
• PLANSERVE Enabling Technologies for Intelligent
  Planning Services
• I4GMES Innovative, Interactive, Integrated
  Infrastructure for Global Monitoring for
  Environment Security
• AMIR Ambient Intelligence Robotics
• Helped establish contact with several new
  industrial companies and organisations
• Development of additional case studies

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Web Site

• A initial version of web-site in now available
• Status
• populated with initial entries and links
• software repository
• catalogue of planning and scheduling software
• case studies
• updated to reflect the new PLANET style formats
  and feedback from reviewers
• provides a useful resource on case studies
  applications
• Will be finished end February 2003

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Web Site (2)

• Case studies have been obtained from several
  organizations
• Boeing (aircraft assembly)
• US Air Force (mission planning)
• Electric Boat (submarine assembly)
• Astrium (spacecraft control)
• Status
• slightly behind schedule, due to lengthy
  discussions regarding suitable examples
• additional links to industrial applications added

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Information Dissemination

• Considerable effort has been spent to organise
  Information Days
• Status
• successful presentation of the event in Rome
• academic attendees 36
• industrial attendees 24
• Future 3 I-days planned (Prague, Germany,
  Barcelona)
• Lessons learned
• long lead period is required for a successful
  event
• single event focus is essential
• difficult to attract non-PLANET industrial
  attendees

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Information Dissemination (2)

• TCU pamphlets development is ongoing
• Status
• complete
• Workflow Management
• Intelligent Manufacturing
• Knowledge Engineering
• Aerospace Applications (additional specific
  materials for ESA events)
• ongoing information gathering
• Robot Planning
• Planning for the Web
• Online Planning and Scheduling

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Future Plans

• Primary focus will be on the web-site
• addition of case studies
• addition of benchmarks, software catalogue
• feedback from PLANET community
• Completion of information materials
• Initial planning of the next information day
  (Prague)
• Start exploitation plan

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Questions

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