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PhD Topic : Norm emergence in artificial agent societies

Supervisors : Dr. Maryam Purvis, Prof. Martin Purvis and Assoc.Prof. Stephen Cranefield

 

Areas of Interest

  •   Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) and agent based social simulations

  •   Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs) and Coloured Petri nets (CPNs)

  •   Distributed Computing  and Software Engineering

  •   Technology enabled active and collaborative learning

 

Publications

2007

28 Savarimuthu, B. T. R, Purvis M. A, Cranefield, S, and Purvis, M. K, Mechanisms for Norm Emergence in Multi-Agent Societies, Proc. of the Sixth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA,14th-18th May, pp. , 2007.
27 Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Cranefield, S, Purvis, M. A., Purvis, M. K., Role Model Based Mechanism For Norm Emergence in Artificial Agent Societies, Proc. of the International Workshop on Coordination, Organization, Institutions and Norms (COIN), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 14th May, pp. 1-12, 2007.
26 Deng, X., Foukia, N., Savarimuthu, B.T.R, Building Privacy Infrastructure for Culturally Sensitive Information of New Zealand Maori, Accepted to be published in Workshop of HP Software University Association (HP-SUA), 2007.

2006

25 Purvis, M.A., Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Purvis, M.K., Architecture for active and collaborative learning in a distributed classroom environment, Accepted to be published in the Journal of Advanced Technology and Learning, ACTA press, ISSN:1710-225, 3:4 (2006) 225-232.  
24 Purvis, M.A., Purvis, M.K., Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Facilitating collaboration in a distributed software development environment using P2P architecture, Revised and extended book chapter, Accepted to be published in Lecute Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
23 Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Purvis, M.A., Purvis, M.K., Agent Based Web Service Composition In The Context Of A Supply-Chain Based Workflow, Proceedings of First International Workshop on Coordination of Inter-Organizational Workflow: Agent and Semantic Web based Models (CIOW-2006), Hakodate, Japan 8th May, pp. 27-34, 2006.
22 Purvis, M.A., Purvis, M.K., Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Facilitating collaboration in a distributed software development environment using P2P architecture, Proceedings of Fifth International Workshop on Agents and Peer-to-Peer Computing (AP2PC 2006), Hakodate, Japan, 9th May, pp. 160-167, 2006.
21 Noria, F., Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Purvis, M.K., Han, Y., Trust and Security Enhancements in an Agent-based Workflow Management System, Proceedings of First International Workshop on Privacy and Security in Agent-based Collaborative Environments (PSACE 2006), Hakodate, Japan, 9th May, pp. 128-136, 2006.
20 Savarimuthu B.T.R., Purvis, M.A., Purvis, M.K., Creating ontologies for a collaborative, multi-agent based workflow system, In: Katarzyniak R. (ed.), Ontologies and Soft Methods in Knowledge Management, Advanced Knowledge International, Adelaide, Australia, Volume 4, ISBN 0-9752150-2-7, pp 201-218, 2006.
19 Ehrler, L., Fleurke, M., Purvis, M. A. and Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Agent-Based Workflow Management Systems(Wfmss) : JBees- A Distributed and Adaptive WFMS with Monitoring and Controlling Capabilities, Journal of Information Systems and e-Business , ISSN: 1617-9846, Journal no. 10257, Volume 4, Number 1, pp 5-23, 2006, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
18 Purvis, M. A., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M. K., Making Classroom Teaching and Learning an Enjoyable Experience!, Association for Computing Machinery New Zealand Bulletin, ISSN 1176-9998, ACM New Zealand Chapter, Palmerston North, NZ.

2005

17 Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Purvis, M.A., Purvis, M.K. and Cranefield, S., Integrating Web Services with Agent Based Workflow Management System (WfMS), Proceedings of IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI 2005), A. Skowron, J. Barthes, L. Jain, P. Morizet-Mahoudeaux, J. Liu, and N. Zhong, (eds.), ISBN 0-7695-2415-X, IEEE Press, Los Alamitos, CA (2005) 471-474.
16 Purvis, M. A., Purvis, M. K., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., George, M. and Cranefield, S., Experiences with Pair and Tri Programming in a Second Level Course, Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: 9th International Conference, KES 2005 Melbourne, Australia, September 14-16, 2005, Proceedings, Part II, Khosla, R., Howlett, R., and Jain, L. C., (eds.) ISSN: 0302-9743, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3684, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 3-540-28897-X, Berlin (2005) 171-177.
15 Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M.A., and Purvis, M.K. and Cranefield, S., An Agent Enhanced Workflow Management System, Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: 9th International Conference, KES 2005 Melbourne, Australia, September 14-16, 2005, Proceedings, Part IV, Khosla, R., Howlett, R., and Jain, L. C., (eds.) ISSN: 0302-9743, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3684, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 3-540-28897-X, Berlin (2005) 215-220.
14 Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M. A., and Purvis, M. K., Different Perspectives on Modeling Workflows in an Agent Based Workflow Management System, Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: 9th International Conference, KES 2005 Melbourne, Australia, September 14-16, 2005, Proceedings, Part IV, Khosla, R., Howlett, R., and Jain, L. C., (eds.) ISSN: 0302-9743, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3684, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 3-540-28897-X, Berlin (2005) 208-214.
13 Savarimuthu, B.T.R, Purvis M.A, Purvis,M.K and Cranefield, S,   Agent-based integration of Web Services with Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs), Accepted to be published in the proceedings of the Fourth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2005), Uterect, Netherlands, 2005.
12 Purvis, M.A.,Savarimuthu, B.T.R and Purvis, M.K, Evaluation of a multi-agent based workflow management system modeled using Coloured Petri Nets, IIn: M. W. BARLEY and N. KASABOV, ed., Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: 7th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2004, Revised Selected Papers , LNAI 3371, Auckland, New Zealand, 8-13 August 2004. Springer-Verlag GmbH, pp 206-216, 2005.
11 Purvis, M.A., Purvis M.K, Haidar, A. and Savarimuthu, B.T.R, A distributed workflow system with autonomous components, In: M. W. BARLEY and N. KASABOV, ed., Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: 7th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2004, Revised Selected Papers , LNAI 3371, Auckland, New Zealand, 8-13 August 2004. Springer-Verlag GmbH, pp 193-205, 2005.
10 Savarimuthu, BTR., Purvis, M.A., Purvis, M.K., and Cranefield, S., Agent-Based Integration of Web Services with Workflow Management Systems, Information Science Discussion Paper Series, Number 2005/05, ISSN 1172-6024, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (2005).

2004

9 Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Purvis,M.K, Oliveira, M and Purvis M.A, Towards Secure Interactions in Agent Societies, In proceedings of Second annual conference on privacy,security and trust (PST 2004), Fredrericton, New Brunswick, Canada, October 2004. Marsh, S., Ed, ISSN 1712-364X, pp 143 - 148.
8 Purvis, M. A., Savarimuthu,B.T.R, and Purvis,M.K,  (2004). A Multi-agent Based Workflow System Embedded with Web Services , In proceedings of the second international workshop on Collaboration Agents: Autonomous Agents for Collaborative Environments (COLA 2004), Beijing, China, September 2004.  IEEE/WIC Press. Ghorbani, A. and Marsh, S., Ed, ISBN 0-9734039-4-2 pp 55-62
7 Savarimuthu, B.T.R and Purvis M.A, A Collaborative mulit-agent based workflow system. In: M. G. Negoita, R. J. Howlett, L. C. Jain (eds.), Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, 8th International Conference, KES2004, Wellington, New Zealand, September 2004, Proceedings, Part II, Springer LNAI 3214, pp. 1187-1193, 2004
6 Purvis, M.A.,Savarimuthu, B.T.R and Purvis, M.K, Evaluation of a multi-agent based workflow management system modeled using Coloured Petri Nets, In  Proc.proceedings of seventh Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents (PRIMA2004), Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 291-302
5 Purvis, M.A., Purvis M.K, Haidar, A. and Savarimuthu, B.T.R, A distributed workflow system with autonomous components, In  Proc. of seventh Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents (PRIMA2004), Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 278-290
4 Savarimuthu, B.T.R. and Purvis, M. A., Towards a Multi-lingual Workflow System: a Practical Outlook, Proceedings of the Australasian Workshop on Software Internationalisation (AWSI2004), Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 32, Australian Computer Society, Bedford Park, Australia (2004) 205-210.
3 Savarimuthu, B.T.R., Purvis, M. A. and Fleurke, M. (2004), Monitoring and Controlling of a Multi-agent Based Workflow System, Proceedings of the Australasian Workshop on Data Mining and Web Intelligence (DMWI2004), Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 32, Australian Computer Society, Bedford Park, Australia (2004) 127-132.

2002

2 A disserataion on Design and Implementation of a firewall for IPv6 networks, a master's thesis submitted at BITS,Pilani India. Supervisor : Professor A. Michael Alphonse, Computer science and Information Systems Group, BITS Pilani.

2001

1 Venkatasubramanian, K., Bastin Tony Roy, S. and Muralikanth Dasari, V. (2001). Teaching and using PSP in a software engineering course - an experience report. In Proc. Software Engineering Education and Training Annual Conference (SEETAC 2001), Chennai, India.

Conferences Attended

Conferences

Date & Place
Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW '04) January 18-22, Dunedin, New Zealand
Eighth international conference on knowledge based information & Engineering Systems (KES 2004) September 20-24, Wellington, New Zealand

       

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