Matteo Venanzi PhD Student, IAM Group - School of Electronics & Computer Science...

Matteo VenanziPhD Student, IAM Group - School of Electronics & Computer Science

mv1g10@ecs.soton.ac.uk – B32/4081

www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/mv1g10

Presenting my research area...

Talk at the 4 day Research & Presentation Skills training course.

April 2011

Multi-Agent Systems & Crowdsourcing.

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Outline

Multi-agent systems: key notions

Crowdsourcing domains for Disaster Response

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Autonomous

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Autonomous

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Rational

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Autonomous

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Rational

Self-Interest

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Autonomous

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Rational

Self-Interest

OpenDecentralize

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Autonomous

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Rational

Self-Interest

Humans

OpenDecentralize

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Robots

Devices

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Multi-Agent Systems

Multidisciplinary: AI, Game Theory, Cognitive Science...

UK: the most important European research groups in MAS (Liverpool, Edinburgh, London, Southampton)

Southampton: the world’s biggest research group in MAS (120 researchers)

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Trust in MAS

Evolution of Cooperation.

Relevance:decision-making, anticipatory process, delegation, confident actions.

Forms:expectation, accuracy prediction, stereotypes, mental state.

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Crowdsourcing

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Crowdsourcing

“Crowd” of agents that provide information

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Crowdsourcing

“Crowd” of agents that provide information– ORCHID – 6 Millions pounds research

project funded by the UK research council.

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Crowdsourcing

“Crowd” of agents that provide information– ORCHID – 6 Millions pounds research

project funded by the UK research council.

Crowdsourcing for Disaster Response:

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Crowdsourcing

“Crowd” of agents that provide information– ORCHID – 6 Millions pounds research

project funded by the UK research council.

Crowdsourcing for Disaster Response:– Search and Rescue.– Mapping.– Resource allocation.

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Haiti Earthquake 2010

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Haiti Earthquake 2010

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Haiti Earthquake 2010

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Data Fusion

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Haiti Earthquake 2010

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Data Fusion

Economic MechanismsIncentivise truthful Reports

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Haiti Earthquake 2010

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Data Fusion

Economic MechanismsIncentivise truthful Reports

Real Application Scenario

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Conclusions

General framework of a MAS

Key issues of crowdsourcing in Disaster Response

Thank you.

Questions?

Matteo VenanziPhD Student, IAM Group - School of Electronics & Computer Science

mv1g10@ecs.soton.ac.uk - B32/4081

www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/mv1g10

Presenting my research area...

Talk at the 4 day Research & Presentation Skills training course.

April 2011

Multi-Agent Systems, Trust, Crowdsourcing.