© Simon Buckingham Shum 1 Mobile Agents Project Leads: Maarten Sierhuis & Bill Clancey (Human-Centered Computing, NASA Ames) CoAKTinG: Simon Buckingham

1 © Simon Buckingham Shum

Mobile Agents Project Leads: Maarten Sierhuis & Bill Clancey

(Human-Centered Computing, NASA Ames)

CoAKTinG: Simon Buckingham Shum, Marc Eisenstadt,

Jiri Komzak, Michelle Bachler, Al Selvin (KMi, Open University)

Dave De Roure, Nigel Shadbolt, Danius Michaelides, Kevin Page

(IAM, Southampton U.)

NASA Mobile Agents Testbed

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RIACS/NASA Ames Research CenterMobile Agents ProjectMaarten Sierhuis

KMi Open UniversityCoAKTinG ProjectSimon Buckingham-Shum & Al Selvin

Southampton UniversityCoAKTinG ProjectKevin PageDanius MichaelidesDave De RoureNigel Shadbolt


Large scale NASA e-science field trials:Large scale NASA e-science field trials:

Interoperability with other databases, Interoperability with other databases, software agents and collaboration toolssoftware agents and collaboration tools

Clancey, W.J., Sierhuis, M., Alena, R., Berrios, D., Dowding, J., Graham, J.S., Tyree, K.S., Hirsh, R.L., Garry, W.B., Semple, A., Buckingham Shum, S.J., Shadbolt, N. and Rupert, S. (2005). “Automating CapCom Using Mobile Agents and Robotic Assistants.” 1st Space Exploration Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 31 Jan-1 Feb, 2005, Orlando, FL. Available from: AIAA Meeting Papers on Disc [CD-ROM]: Reston, VA, and as Advanced Knowledge Technologies ePrint 375: http://eprints.aktors.org/375

3 © Simon Buckingham Shum Image Credits--- Mars: NASA/JPL/MSSS; Earth: NASA/JSC; Composite: MSSS


NASA e-science field trials NASA e-science field trials (2004 and 2005)(2004 and 2005)

Distributed Mars-Earth planning and data analysis toolsfor Mars Habitat field trial in Utah desert, supported from US+UK


NASA Mobile Agents ArchitectureNASA Mobile Agents Architecture


Collaboration ConfigurationCollaboration Configuration

Scientist (Mars)

Scientist (Earth)

Scientist (Earth)

Scientist (Mars)

Scientist (Earth)

Software Agent Architecture

(Mars)

Compendium used as a collaboration medium at all Compendium used as a collaboration medium at all intersections: intersections: humans+agents, reading+writinghumans+agents, reading+writing maps maps


Dialogue Mapping and Conversational Dialogue Mapping and Conversational Modelling in NASA e-science teamsModelling in NASA e-science teams

RST-telecon-2005-03-01.ii.avi DM: 00:50:59 CM: 1:13:19


NASA testbed:NASA testbed:Compendium activity plans for surface exploration, constructed Compendium activity plans for surface exploration, constructed by by scientists on ‘Earth’scientists on ‘Earth’, interpreted by , interpreted by software agents on ‘Mars’software agents on ‘Mars’

The Compendium nodes and relationships in this plan were interpreted by Brahms software agents for monitoring and coordinating astronaut and robot activity during surface

explorations.



CoAKTinG NASA testbed:CoAKTinG NASA testbed:Compendium science data map, generated by Compendium science data map, generated by software agentssoftware agents, , for interpretation by for interpretation by Mars+Earth scientistsMars+Earth scientists

The Compendium maps were autonomously created and populated with science data by Brahms software agents that use models of the mission plan, work process, data flow and science data relationships to create the maps.



CoAKTinG NASA testbed:CoAKTinG NASA testbed:Compendium-based photo analysis by Compendium-based photo analysis by geologistsgeologists on ‘Mars’ on ‘Mars’



NASA testbed:NASA testbed:Compendium scientific feedback map Compendium scientific feedback map from Earth scientists to from Earth scientists to Mars colleaguesMars colleagues



CoAKTinG NASA testbed:CoAKTinG NASA testbed:Compendium ‘portal map’ for Compendium ‘portal map’ for Earth scientistsEarth scientists, with the key links , with the key links they need to prepare for a virtual meeting to analyse Mars they need to prepare for a virtual meeting to analyse Mars scientists’ datascientists’ data



Collaborative sensemaking in e-Science:Collaborative sensemaking in e-Science:Meeting Replay tool Meeting Replay tool for Earth scientists, synchronising video of Mars crew’s discussion as they annotate their mission plans as they annotate their mission plans


NASA MR Clip: 00:50

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