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STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM in Intelligent Computer Systems

SEPICS Project

Presented by Emmanouil Sinadinakis

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CONTENT

Presentation of the student

Presentation of the HERON laboratory

Reasons for choosing SEPICS project

My mission during this internship

Internship project

Goals to achieve

Questions

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PRESENTATION OF STUDENT

Emmanouil Sinadinakis

Undergraduate student of Applied Informatics and Multimedia Department, TEI of Crete.

Member of European project entitled GUARANTEE (Guardian Angel For The Extended Home Environment)

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PRESENTATION OF THE LABORATORY

University of Montreal (Universite de Montreal)• Computer Science Department

Research interests of the HERON Laboratory Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) Artificial Intelligence Human-computer interaction Emotional Intelligence

Program Supervisor: Claude Frasson / Professor / Director of the HERON laboratory

My Supervisor: Pierre Chalfoun / Doctorate candidateEU Supervisor: George Papadourakis, TEI of Crete

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REASONS FOR CHOOSING SEPICS

University of Montreal is an excellent chance that was offered to me for studying abroad

Developing my knowledge

Opportunity to be a member of a new project

Experience Canadian culture and lifestyle

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o Implementation of a real-time Multi-Agent architecture essential for the construction of an Intelligent learning System.

Achievements until now Following an agent methodology (TROPOS) and using an agent platform

(JADE) in JAVA in a Windows environment using Eclipse

oConceiving key tasks regarding database connectivity and user modeling

Achievements until now Create, modify and search an XML file in JDOM using Java language to create the learner model

MY MISSION DURING THIS INTERNSHIP

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INTERNSIP PROJECTS SO FAR

I. Intelligent tutoring system architecture

II. Agent Environment in the JADE platform

III. Example of a JADE application

IV. Modeling learners with XML

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I. ITS architecture

Database Agent

Expert Agent

Tutor Agent

Learner Agent

Interface Agent

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II. Agent Environment in the JADE platform

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AGENT ENVIRONMENT

AGENTS ARE:

Autonomous

Proactive

Social

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JADE PLATFORM

• JADE (Java Agent Development Framework) is a software framework to develop agent-based applications.

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RUN A GUI PLATFROM

Cmd: Java jade. Boot –gui

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III. EXAMPLE OF A JADE APPLICATION OF BUYER & SELLER AGENT

TAOM4E, a tool for working TROPOS methodology in Eclipse

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GOALS OF A SELLER AGENT

Goals to achieve by a Seller Agent1. Register in Yellow Page2. Add books3. Update Catalogues of Books4. Propose Offers5. Sell Required Book

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RUN A SELLER AGENT

• Cmd: java –classpath .\lib\jade.jar;.\bin\ jade.Boot –container Seller1:bookTrading.BookSellerAgent

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GOALS OF A BUYER AGENT

Goals to achieve by a Buyer Agent1. Submit book title2. Acquire list of Seller Agents

from Yellow Page3. Choose the best price4. Buy book

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RUN A BUYER AGENT

•Cmd: java –classpath .\lib\jade.jar;.\bin\ jade.Boot

–container Buyer1: bookTrading.BookBuyerAgent (RING)

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IV. Modeling learners with XML

Create an XML File in JDOM using JAVA

Modify an XML File in JDOM using JAVA

Filtering an XML File in JDOM using JAVA (search for specific data)

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GOALS LEFT TO ACHIEVE

Based on the presented JADE example:

Implementing the Database agent in the ITS

Implementing the Expert agent in the ITS

o Implementing the curriculum agent with the rest

o Implementing the Tutor and Learner Agent

o Integrate changes with the interface

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QUESTIONS ?

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TROPOS METHODOLOGY OF MY EXAMPLE (TAOM4E Tool)

•Buyer and Seller Agent

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TAOM4E Tool