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Document title

FIPA Secretariat Report from the London, 2003 Meeting

Document number

f-out-00150

Document source

FIPA Secretariat

Document status

Preliminary

Date of this status

Date as: 2003/11/19

Change history

 

Initial

 

Report on FIPA Secretariat activites

 

12 October 2002  – 19 November, 2003

 

Annex 1          FIPA Membership List

Annex 2          FIPA Membership – Status of Payment

Annex 3          List of FIPA Reflectors

Annex 4          List of the FIPA Members’ Official Representatives.

 

 

FIPA Membership

 

·          The current List of FIPA Members is shown in Annex 1

 

·          The 2003/2004 membership invoices were mailed in July 2003.  While the FIPA membership fees remain at CHF 1,750 for an Associate and CHF 5,000 for a Principal membership, the rates charged in US Dollars and Euros had to be adjusted to more closely reflect today’s currency exchange rates.  The adjusted fees are US$ 3,800 and Euro 3,200 for a Principal Membership and US$1,300 and Euro 1,100 for an Associate Membership. 

 

·          The current Status of 2003/2004 membership payment is shown in Annex 2.  Payments still outstanding have been reflected in red on the report.  Please contact the FIPA Secretariat if there are questions or to provide evidence that payment has been made. 

 

·          New Associates members to the 2003/2004 membership year are: NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and ICAR-CNR Institute  -   WELCOME!

 

·          Unfortunately Robert Bosch GmbH; TeliaSonera, Tryllian and Universidad Carlos have decided not to renew their membership for 2003/2004 and AEGIS has ceased their existence.

 

·          Lost Wax Ltd. And University of Karlskrona Ronneby have not yet paid their 2002/2003 memberships and have failed to respond to any of numerous inquiries from the secretariat.  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center had submitted a PO for the 2002/2003 dues but failed to pay and have not responded to any further inquiries either.

 

·          The list of the FIPA members’ Official Representatives is shown in Annex 4.  Member Delegates are reminded that the Official Representatives are the only points of contact for the correspondence between the Secretariat and Member Companies.  It is very important that Companies nominate their representatives and that any change in representatives or their contact information be communicated to the Secretariat.

 

General

 

·          As of the 1st of July, 2003, FIPA has moved its domicile from the firm of Jacquemoud & Stanislas in Geneva to a smaller law firm that can more effectively attend o our needs.  The new official domicile of FIPA herewith is:  Law offices of Me. Joelle Knopfel, 7, place de la Fusterie, P.O. Box 3362, 1211 Geneva 3, Switzerland.

 

·          The collection and formatting of the financial data for the current FIPA accounts for the 4th fiscal quarter and fiscal year-end has been performed.  KPMG has performed the annual audit, which will need to be approved by the General Assembly and signed by the President and Treasurer.  The collection and formatting of the financial data for the current FIPA accounts for the 1st fiscal quarter has also been performed.

 

·          FIPA Inform Volume 4 Issue 1 has been published and is available on the FIPA website.  For additional hardcopies please contact the Secretariat. 

 

 

Mailing Lists

 

·          The Planning and Scheduling mailing list (ps@fipa.org) has been dissolved.

 

A complete list of the current 18 mailing lists is shown in Annex 3.

 

Web Site and Electronic Documentation Management

 

·          Management and updating of website is now fully handled by the Secretariat.  Please send contributions and suggestions for the website to the secretariat at secretariat@fipa.org.

 

·          FIPA is very interested in receiving notification of any FIPA related papers being published so they can be maintained on the FIPA webpage as a service to the FIPA community.  Papers of interest include those specifically about the work of FIPA, as well as more generally those that discuss aspects of multi-agent systems that are related to FIPA’s work.  If you have an article, paper or technical report you would like to add to this site, please go to http://www.fipa.org/resources/documents.html

 

·          Please be reminded to submit any relevant press releases or news stories for publication. Current Press releases and instructions on how to submit an article are found on the website and are easily accessible via the FIPA home page or directly at http://www.fipa.org/resources/press_releases.html

 

·          Please remember the existence of the Job Corner page on the FIPA website.  Members and non-members alike are invited to post relevant job openings.  Current job postings and submission form for available positions are easily accessible through the FIPA home page or directly at http://www.fipa.org/resources/job_corner.html

 

·          All members are invited to send their comments, additions and completions, as well as updates to existing information on the website to the Secretariat.

 

·          The home page for FIPA is available at  http://www.fipa.org

 

·          A FIPA mirror is fully working at   UMBC (USAhttp://fipa.umbc.edu/

 

·          The Secretariat is reachable at:     secretariat@fipa.org

 

 

FIPA delegates are reminded that:

·         If your e-mail address is modified, please auto-subscribe the new address, auto unsubscribe the old address and inform the Secretariat in order to update the Data Base and to make appropriate correction in the reflectors for which the auto- (un) subscribe facility is not implemented.

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FIPA delegates are invited to contact the Secretariat with any corrections or suggestions for improvement on the secretarial activities/services.

Any input will be more than welcome!

 

ANNEX 1

 

FIPA 2003-2004 Membership

 

 

 

Member

Company

Headquarters

1.       

Assoc

Agent Software

Mountain View, USA

2.       

Assoc

Agents Victoria

Melbourne, Australia

3.       

Principal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento das Telecomunicações e Técnicas de Informatíca

Lisboa, Portugal

4.       

Principal

British Telecommunications

London, UK

5.       

Assoc.

CACI – Federal

Arlington, VA

6.       

Principal

Communication Technologies, Ltd.

Sendai, Japan

7.       

Assoc.

Datasim Education BV

Amsterdam, Holland

8.       

Assoc.

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

9.       

Principal

Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute

Taejon, Korea

10.   

Principal

France Telecom

Paris, France

11.   

Principal

Fujitsu Limited

Tokyo, Japan

12.   

Principal

IBM Corporation

Armonk, USA

13.   

Assoc.

ICAR/CNR Institute

Palermo, Italy

14.   

Assoc.

Imperial College of Science Technology & Medicine

London, UK

15.   

Principal l

Intel Corporation

Hilsboro, USA

16.   

Assoc.

James Odell Associates

Ann Arbor, USA

17.   

Principal

KDDI Research & Development Laboratories, Inc.

Saitama, Japan

18.   

Principal

Lost Wax Ltd.

Richmond, UK

19.   

Assoc.

Minutor Oy

Tampere, Finland

20.   

Principal

MITRE Corporation

McLean, USA

21.   

Principal

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

Kanagawa, Japan

22.   

Principal

Motorola

Schaumburg, USA

23.   

Assoc.

NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, USA

24.   

Assoc.

Nihon Unisys

Tokyo, Japan

25.   

Principal

Nippon Hoso Kyokai

Tokyo, Japan

26.   

Principal

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)

Tokyo, Japan

27.   

Assoc.

NIST (Natl. Institute of Standards and Technology)

Gaithersburg, USA

28.   

Assoc.

Queen Mary & Westfield College - University of London

London, UK

29.   

Principal

Rockwell Automation

Milwaukee, USA

30.   

Principal

Sandia National Laboratories

Livermore, USA

31.   

Assoc.

SGI Soluciones Globales Internet

Tres Cantos, Spain

32.   

Principal

Siemens AG

München, Germany

33.   

Principal

Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer

Paris, France

34.   

Principal

Telcordia Technologies

Austin, USA

35.   

Principal

Telecom Italia Lab

Torino, Italy

36.   

Principal

The Boeing Company

Delaware, USA

37.   

Principal

Toshiba Corp.

Tokyo, Japan

38.   

Assoc.

University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

39.   

Principal

University of Karlskrona/Ronneby (HK/R)

Ronneby, Sweden

40.   

Assoc.

University of Otago

Dunedin, New Zealand

41.   

Assoc.

University of West Florida

Pensacola, USA

42.   

Principal

Victor Company of Japan, Co. Ltd.

Yokosuka, Japan

43.   

Principal

Whitestein Information Technology Group AG

Zug, Switzerland

 

 

 

 

ANNEX 2

 

FIPA 2003/2004 Membership

Payment Status 11/6/2003

 

 

Company

City

Invoice Nr

Payment received

1.       

ADETTI

Lisboa

01

 

2.       

Agents Software

Mountain View

47

 

3.       

Agents Victoria

Melbourne

31

 

4.       

British Telecommunications

London

02

 

5.       

CACI – Federal

Arlington, VA

47

OK

6.       

Communication Technologies, Ltd.

Sendai

03

OK

7.       

Datasim Education BV

Amsterdam

46

OK

8.       

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Lausanne

32

OK

9.       

Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute

Taejon

04

 

10.   

France Telecom

Paris

05

 

11.   

Fujitsu Limited

Tokyo

06

 

12.   

IBM Corporation

Armonk

07

 

13.   

ICAR/CNR

Palermo

46

OK

14.   

Imperial College of Science Technology & Medicine

London

33

 

15.   

Intel Corporation

Phoenix

08

 

16.   

James Odell Associates

Ann Arbor

34

 

17.   

KDDI Research & Development Laboratories, Inc.

Saitama

09

 

18.   

Lost Wax Ltd.

Richmond

2nd year

 

19.   

Minutor Oy

Tampere

35

 

20.   

MITRE Corporation

McLean

10

OK

21.   

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

Kanagawa

11

OK

22.   

Motorola

Schaumburg

12

OK

23.   

NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt

13

--

24.   

Nihon Unisys

Tokyo

36

OK

25.   

Nippon Hoso Kyokai

Tokyo

14

OK

26.   

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)

Tokyo

15

 

27.   

NIST

Giathersburg

Prof

OK

28.   

Queen Mary & Westfield College - University of London

London

38

 

29.   

Rockwell Automation

Milwaukee

17

OK

30.   

Sandia National Laboratories

Livermore

18

OK

31.   

SGI Soluciones Globales Internet

Tres Cantos

39

 

32.   

Siemens AG

München

19

OK

33.   

Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer

Paris

20

 

34.   

Telcordia Technologies

Austin

27

 

35.   

Telecom Italia Lab

Torino

21

 

36.   

The Boeing Company

Seattle

22

OK

37.   

Toshiba Corp.

Tokyo

23

Will pay 10/03

38.   

University of Calgary

Calgary

43

OK

39.   

University of Karlskrona/Ronneby (HK/R)

Ronneby

2nd year

 

40.   

University of Otago

Dunedin

44

OK

41.   

University of West Florida

Pensacola

45

 

42.   

Victor Company of Japan, Co. Ltd.

Yokosuka

25

OK

43.   

Whitestein Information Technology Group AG

Zug

26

OK

 

 

 

 

ANNEX 3

 

List of FIPA Mailing Lists

 

List/Reflector

Description

Purpose

Access

Type

adhoc@fipa.org

Ad-Hoc TC

Discussions on Ad-Hoc networks within FIPA

Subscription

Technical Committee

advisory@fipa.org

Advisory Group

Discussions and advice about FIPA organisation

Subscription

Organisation

announce@fipa.org

General announcements

General announcements about FIPA

Moderated

Organisational

board@fipa.org

Board of Directors

Discussion of board level issues within FIPA

Postings by anyone

Organisational

chairs@fipa.org

All chairs

Discussion amongst FIPA Technical Committee, Working Group and Special interest Group chairs

Subscription

Organisational

chat@fipa.org

General Chat and Discussion

General discussion about FIPA Issues

Subscription

General Forum

F4ba@fipa.org

FIPA for Business Applications

Discussions on Business Applications

Subscription

Special Interest Group

fab@fipa.org

FIPA Architecture Board

Discussion about technical matters relating to FIPA and FIPA Specifications

Postings by anyone

Organisational

fac@fipa.org

Finance and Audit Committee

Financial matters relating to FIPA

Postings by anyone

Organisational

image@fipa.org

FIPA Image Committee

Discussion about marketing and PR issues related to FIPA.

Postings by anyone

Organisational

membership@fipa.org

All FIPA Members

Communication to all FIPA members

Moderated

Organisational

methodology@fipa.org

Methodology TC

Discussion about FIPA Methodologies

Subscription

Technical Committee

mnc@fipa.org

Membership and Nominating Committee

Discussion about nominating candidates to positions within the FIPA Board of Directors

Postings by anyone

Organisational

ontology@fipa.org

Ontology Technical Committee

Discussion about the representation and use of ontologies in FIPA

Subscription

Technical Committee

security@fipa.org

Security Working Group

Discussion about security issues in FIPA.

Subscription

Working Group

semantics@fipa.org

Semantics Special Interest Group

Discussion about semantic frameworks and the use of semantic information in FIPA

Subscription

Technical Committee

services@fipa.org

Web Services

Define requirements for services and their use.

Subscription

Technical Committee

workplan@fipa.org

Work Plan Discussion

Discussing new and proposed work plans in FIPA

Subscription

General Forum

 

 


 

ANNEX 4

 

List of Representatives

 

 

Company

Last Name

First Name

Phone  Number

Fax   Number

e-mail

1.     

Agents Software

 

 

 

 

 

2.     

Agents Victoria

Padgham

Lin

+61 3 9925 3214

+61 3 9662 1617

linpa@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au

3.     

ADETTI

Botelho

Luis Miguel

 

 

Luis.Boteho@iscte.pt

4.     

ADETTI

Trigueiros

Maria José

+351 21 790 30 64

+351 1 793 53 00

mjtrig@iscte.pt

5.     

British Telecommunications

Shepherdson

John

+44 1473 605470

+44 1473 642459

john.shepherdson@bt.com

6.     

British Telecommunications

O'Brien

Paul

+44 1473 60 5464

+44 1473 64 2459

paul.d.obrien@bt.com

7.     

CACI-Federal

TBD

 

 

 

 

8.     

Communication Technologies, Ltd.

Suguri

Hiroki

+81 22 222 2591

+81 22 222 2545

suguri@comtec.co.jp

9.     

Communication Technologies, Ltd.

Urushibata

Eiji

+81 22 222 2591

+81 22 222 2545

eiji@comtec.co.jp

10. 

Datasim Education BV

Duffy

Daniel

+31 20 624 0055

+31 20 420 0075

dduffy@datasim.nl

11. 

Datsim Education BV

Boeker

Martijn

+31 20 624 0055

+31 20 420 0075

mboeker@datasim.nl

12. 

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Faltings

Boi

+41 21 693 2738

+41 21 693 5225

Boi.faltings@epfl.ch

13. 

Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute

Kim

Chae Kyu

+82-42-860-6370

+82 42 860 6671

kyu@etri.re.kr

14. 

Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute

Lee

Jeun Woo

 

 

ljwoo@etri.re.kr

15. 

France Telecom

Sadek

David

+33 2 9605 3131

+33 2 9605 3530

david.sadek@francetelecom.com

16. 

France Telecom

Bouron

Thierry

+33 2 96 05 14 82

+33 2 96 05 19 56

thierry.bouron@francetelecom.com

17. 

Fujitsu Limited

McCabe

Francis

+1 408 530 4549

+1 408 530 4518

fgm@fla.fujitsu.com

18. 

Fujitsu Limited

Dale

Jonathan

+1 408 530 4543

+1 408 530 4515

jdale@fla.fujitsu.com

19. 

IBM Corporation

Levine

David W.

+1 914 784 7427

+1 914 784 6054

dwl@watson.ibm.com

20. 

ICAR/CNR

Cossentino

Massimo

 

 

 

21. 

Imperial College of Science Technology & Medicine

Mamdani

E. H.

+44 171 594 6316

+44 171 823 8125

e.mamdani@ic.ac.uk

22. 

Intel Corporation

Vu

Luan D

+1 480 554 9837

+1 480 554 7311

luan.d.vu@intel.com

23. 

Intel Corporation

Stockman

Mike

+1 480 554 4242

+1 480 554 7311

mike.r.stockman@intel.com

24. 

James Odell Associates

Odell

James

+1 734 994 0833

+1 734 994 0892

email@jamesodell.com

25. 

KDDI Research & Development Laboratories, Inc.

Ono

Chihiro

+81 492 78 7803

+81 492 78 7510

ono@kddlabs.co.jp

26. 

KDDI Research & Development Laboratories, Inc.

Nishiyama

Satoshi

+81 492 78 7321

+81 492 78 7510

tomo@kddlabs.co.jp

27. 

Lost Wax Ltd.

Lunn

Ian

+44 20 8949 51 66

+44 20 89392626

ian.lunn@lostwax.com

28. 

Lost Wax Ltd.

Osborn

Steve

+44 020 8948 5166

+44 20 89392626

steve.osborn@lostwax.com

29. 

Minutor Oy

Koivuniemi

Kari

+358 3 3653 988

+358 3 365 3966

Kari.Koivuniemi@cs.tut.fi

30. 

Minutor Oy

Paajanen

Reijo

 

+358 3 3165901

 

31. 

MITRE Corporation

Tyler

John G.

+1 703 883 65 11

 

jtyler@mitre.org

32. 

MITRE Corporation

Piszcz

Alan

+1 703 883 7124

+1 703 883  3308

apiszcz@mitre.org

33. 

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

Kino

Shigenori

+81 467 41 2981

+81 467 41 2137

kino@isl.melco.co.jp

34. 

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

Masataka

Kawaguchi

+81 467 41 2981

+81 467 41 2137

masataka@isl.melco.co.jp

35. 

Motorola

Charlton

Patricia

+33 01 69354822

+33 01 69352501

Patricia.Charlton@motorola.com

36. 

NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center

Truszkowski

Walt

+1 301 286 8821

+1 301 286 1768

walt.truszkowski@gsfc.nasa.gov

37. 

Nihon Unisys

Hoshina

Tsuyoshi

+81 3 55 46 73 94

+81 3 55 46 78 49

tsuyoshi.hoshina@unisys.co.jp

38. 

Nihon Unisys

Kawabe

Haruyuki

+81 3 55 46 73 95

+81 3 55 46 78 49

haruyuki.kawabe@unisys.co.jp

39. 

Nippon Hoso Kyokai

Kim

Yeun-Bae

+81-3-5494-2306

+81-3-5494-2371

Kimu.y-go@nhk.or.jp

40. 

Nippon Hoso Kyokai

Murasaki

Yasuhiro

+81-3-5494-2458

+81-3-5494-2371

Murasaki-y-fy@nhk.or.jp

41. 

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)

Araragi

Tadashi

+81 774 93 5252

+81 774 93 5285

araragi@cslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp

42. 

NIST

 

 

 

 

 

43. 

Queen Mary & Westfield College - University of London

Poslad

Stefan

+44 (0)20 7882 3754

+44 (0)20 7882 7997

stefan.poslad@elec.qmul.ac.uk

44. 

Rockwell Automation

Marik

Vladimir

+420 2 21500201

+420 2 21500350

vmarik@ra.rockwell.com

45. 

Rockwell Automation

Hall

Kenwood

+1 440 646 7322

+1 440 646 7327

Khhall@ra.rockwell.com

46. 

Sandia National Laboratories

Pancerella

Carmen

1 925 294 3538

1 925 294 3538

carmen@sandia.gov

47. 

Sandia National Laboratories

Berry

Nina M.

+1 510-294-3842

+1 925 294 1225

nmberry@ca.sandia.gov

48. 

SGI Soluciones Globales Internet

Pascual Diaz

Jesus

+34 91 806 1600

+34 91 806 1699

jmpascual@sgi.es

49. 

SGI Soluciones Globales Internet

Gonzalo San Jose

Sergio

+34 91 806 1600

+34 91 806 1699

sgonzalo@sgi.es

50. 

Siemens AG

Berger

Michael

+49 89 636 51035

+49 89 636 41423

michael.berger@mchp.siemens.de

51. 

Siemens AG

Kober

Rudolf

+49 89 636 53384

+49 89 636 41423

rudolf.kober@mchp.siemens.de

52. 

Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer

Gitton

Sylvain

+33 1 5342 9306

+33 1 5342 9314

sylvain.gitton@sncf.fr

53. 

Telcordia Technologies

Nodine

Marian

+1 512 478 8923

+1 512 472 2550

nodine@research.telcordia.com

54. 

Telecom Italia Lab

Bellifemine

Fabio Luigi

+39 011 228 6175

+39  011 228 6190

fabio.bellifemine@tilab.com

55. 

The Boeing Company

Kerstetter

Michael

+1 425 865 3589

+1 425-865-2964

michael.s.kerstetter@boeing.com

56. 

Toshiba Corp.

Kawamura

Takahiro

+81 44 549 22 37

+81 44 520 1841

Takahiro@isl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp

57. 

Toshiba Corp.

Ohsuga

Akihiko

+81 44 548 5474

+81 44 520 5856

ohsuga@ssel.toshiba.co.jp

58. 

University of Calgary

Ulieru

Mihaela

+1 403 220 5806

+1 403 282 6855

ulieru@ucalgary.ca

59. 

University of Calgary

Norrie

Douglas H.

 

 

Norrie@enme.ucalgary.ca

60. 

University of Karlskrona/Ronneby (HK/R)

Gustavsson

Rune

+46 457 787 92

+46 457 161 03

rgu@bth.se

61. 

University of Otago

Purvis

Martin

+64 3 479 8318

+64 3 479 8311

mpurvis@infoscience.otago.ac.nz

62. 

University of Otago

Cranefield

Stephen

+64 3 479 8083

+64 3 479 8311

scranefield@infoscience.otago.ac.nz

63. 

University of West Florida

Bradshaw

Jeffrey M.

+1 425-865-6086

+1 206-865-2965

jbradshaw@ai.uwf.edu

64. 

University of West Florida

Suri

Niranjan

+1 850 474 3430

+1 850 474 3023

nsuri@ai.uwf.edu

65. 

Victor Company of Japan, Co. Ltd.

Shoichiro

Saito

+81 468 36 9851

+81 468 36 0420

saitosh@krhm.jvc-victor.co.jp

66. 

Victor Company of Japan, Co. Ltd.

Tsuchikane

Yoshiyuki

+81-468-36-9581

+81-468-36-9430

dokin@krhm.jvc-victor.co.jp

67. 

Whitestein Information Technology Group AG

Brantschen

Stefan

+41 41 711 1566

+41 41 711 1560

sbr@whitestein.com

68. 

Whitestein Information Technology Group AG

Walliser

Marius

+41 79 302 0059

+41 41 711 1560

mw@whitestein.com