SerenA: a multi-site pervasive agent environment that supports serendipitous discovery in research

Jamie Forth; Thanasis Giannimaras; Geraint A.  Wiggins; Robert Stewart; Diana Bental; Ruth Aylett; Deborah Maxwell; Hadi Mehrpouya; Jamie Shek; Mel Woods

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38073-0_8

SerenA: a multi-site pervasive agent environment that supports serendipitous discovery in research

Jamie Forth
, Thanasis Giannimaras
, Geraint A. Wiggins
, Robert Stewart
, Diana Bental
, Ruth Aylett
, Deborah Maxwell
, Hadi Mehrpouya
, Jamie Shek
, Mel Woods

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Abstract

We present SerenA, a multi-site, pervasive, agent environment that suppers serendipitous discovery in research. The project starts from the premise that human users cannot be aware of all the research information that is relevant to their work, because of the compartmentalisation of research into fields around particular journals, and, simply, because there is too much to know. In particular, the Semantic Web provides a resource which can assist, but there is more to be discovered than the things that a user might deliberately search for. SerenA, then, attempts to assist researchers by presenting them with information that they did not know they needed to know about their research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Subtitle of host publication	11th International Conference, PAAMS 2013, Salamanca, Spain, May 22-24, 2013. Proceedings
Editors	Yves Demazeau , Toru Ishida, Juan M. Corchado, Javier Bajo
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	85-96
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642380730
ISBN (Print)	9783642380723
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38073-0_8
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	11th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems - University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain Duration: 22 May 2013 → 24 May 2013 http://www.paams.net/paams2013/

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Name	Lecture notes in computer science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	7879
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Abbreviated title	PAAMS 2013
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Salamanca
Period	22/05/13 → 24/05/13
Internet address	http://www.paams.net/paams2013/

Keywords

Serendipity
Semantic web
pervasive agents

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Designing a semantic sketchbook to create opportunities for serendipity
Woods, M., Maxwell, D., Makri, S., Bental, D., Kefalidou, G. & Sharples, S., 2012, BCS-HCI '12 Proceedings of the 26th Annual BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference on People and Computers. Swinton: British Computer Society, p. 357-362 (Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)).
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Forth, J., Giannimaras, T., Wiggins, G. A., Stewart, R., Bental, D., Aylett, R., Maxwell, D., Mehrpouya, H., Shek, J., & Woods, M. (2013). SerenA: a multi-site pervasive agent environment that supports serendipitous discovery in research. In Y. Demazeau , T. Ishida, J. M. Corchado, & J. Bajo (Eds.), Advances on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: 11th International Conference, PAAMS 2013, Salamanca, Spain, May 22-24, 2013. Proceedings (pp. 85-96). (Lecture notes in computer science; Vol. 7879). Springer . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38073-0_8

Forth, Jamie ; Giannimaras, Thanasis ; Wiggins, Geraint A. et al. / SerenA : a multi-site pervasive agent environment that supports serendipitous discovery in research. Advances on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: 11th International Conference, PAAMS 2013, Salamanca, Spain, May 22-24, 2013. Proceedings. editor / Yves Demazeau ; Toru Ishida ; Juan M. Corchado ; Javier Bajo. Berlin : Springer , 2013. pp. 85-96 (Lecture notes in computer science).

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Forth, J, Giannimaras, T, Wiggins, GA, Stewart, R, Bental, D, Aylett, R, Maxwell, D, Mehrpouya, H, Shek, J & Woods, M 2013, SerenA: a multi-site pervasive agent environment that supports serendipitous discovery in research. in Y Demazeau , T Ishida, JM Corchado & J Bajo (eds), Advances on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: 11th International Conference, PAAMS 2013, Salamanca, Spain, May 22-24, 2013. Proceedings. Lecture notes in computer science, vol. 7879, Springer , Berlin, pp. 85-96, 11th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Salamanca, Spain, 22/05/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38073-0_8

SerenA: a multi-site pervasive agent environment that supports serendipitous discovery in research. / Forth, Jamie; Giannimaras, Thanasis; Wiggins, Geraint A. et al.
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Forth J, Giannimaras T, Wiggins GA, Stewart R, Bental D, Aylett R et al. SerenA: a multi-site pervasive agent environment that supports serendipitous discovery in research. In Demazeau Y, Ishida T, Corchado JM, Bajo J, editors, Advances on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: 11th International Conference, PAAMS 2013, Salamanca, Spain, May 22-24, 2013. Proceedings. Berlin: Springer . 2013. p. 85-96. (Lecture notes in computer science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-38073-0_8

SerenA: a multi-site pervasive agent environment that supports serendipitous discovery in research

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