Program of AOIS at CAiSE'99

Heidelberg (Germany), June 14-15, 1999
Location: Conference Hotel (Hotel Europäischer Hof), Room `Heidelbergsaal'
 
Monday  June 14
09:00 - 09:30 Workshop Opening
09:30 - 10:20 Mike Huhns (Univ. S. Carolina, USA)  
Interaction-Oriented Programming via Agent Teams (Invited Talk)
10:20 - 10:30 Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:25 Assistant Agents that Distribute Knowledge 
Ralf Kühnel (Humboldt Univ., DE)
11:25 - 11:30 Discussion
11:30 - 11:55 Implementation Model for Agents with Layered Architecture in a Transactional Database Environment 
Peter Lockemann and Khaled Nagi (Univ. of Karlsruhe, DE)
11:55 - 12:00 Discussion
12:00 - 12:25 Persistent Agents for Manufacturing Information Systems 
Martin Kollingbaum and Duncan McFarlane (Univ. of Cambridge, UK)
12:25 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:50 John Mylopoulos (Univ. Toronto, CA) 
Requirements-Driven Information Systems Development (Invited Talk)
14:50 - 15:00 Discussion
15:00 - 15:25 An Agent-Oriented Methodology: High-Level View and Intermediate Models 
M. Elammari and W. Lalonde (Carleton Univ., CA)
15:25 - 15:30 Discussion
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 18:00 Panel Discussion  
Will Agent-Orientation Reshape IS Theory and Practice? 
Or: Is AOIS a Solution Looking for a Problem? 
Cristiano Castelfranchi (National Research Council, Italy), Mike Huhns (Univ. S. Carolina, USA), Stefan Kirn (Techn. Univ. Ilmenau, DE), John Mylopoulos (Univ. Toronto, CA)
18:00 - 19:30 Break
19:30 - ? Official Workshop Dinner at the Restaurant zum Güldenen Schaf 
Tuesday  June 15
09:00 - 09:50 Stefan Kirn (Techn. Univ. Ilmenau, DE) 
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering for Real World Business Applications (Invited Talk)
09:50 - 10:00 Discussion
10:00 - 10:25 A Conceptual Framework for Agent-Oriented and Role-Based Workflow Modeling 
Lei Yu (Univ. of St. Gallen, CH)
10:25 - 10:30 Discussion
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:25 Business Rules' Approach to the Modelling, Design, and Implementation of Agent-Oriented Information Systems 
Kuldar Taveter (Technical Research Center of Finland)
11:25 - 11:30 Discussion
11:30 - 12:20 Cristiano Castelfranchi (National Research Council, Italy) 
How and Why Should Agents Trust Each Other (Invited Talk)
12:20 - 12:30 Discussion
Registration:  Online   Fax Form (pdf)     Further information: Gerd Wagner