Welcome to the Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia (IAM) Group.
IAM is a broad-based, multi- and inter- disciplinary group focusing on the design and application of computing systems for complex information and knowledge processing tasks. We seek to undertake world-class research in the theory, design, implementation and application of such systems and to provide leadership on their potential socio-economic impact. Our main focus is on the development of systems composed of multiple actors, some human some artificial agents, from different organisations that act based on the best available information and interact in flexible ways in order to achieve their individual and collective aims. More
Featured Project: Open Impact
Recent Publications
Harnad, S. (2009) Open Access Scientometrics and the UK Research Assessment Exercise. Scientometrics, 79 (1).
Bernstein, M., Van Kleek, M., Karger, D. and schraefel, m. (2007) Information Scraps: How and Why Information Eludes our Personal Information Management Tools. Transactions on Information Systems . (In Press)
Harnad, S., Brody, T., Vallieres, F., Carr, L., Hitchcock, S., Gingras, Y., Oppenheim, C., Hajjem, C. and Hilf, E. (2008) The Access/Impact Problem and the Green and Gold Roads to Open Access: An Update. Serials review, 34 (1). pp. 36-40.
Harnad, S. (2007) The Green Road to Open Access: A Leveraged Transition. In: The Culture of Periodicals from the Perspective of the Electronic Age, pp. 99-105, L'Harmattan.
Guan, T., Zaluska, E. and Roure, D. (2008) A Semantic Service Matching Middleware for Mobile Devices Discovering Grid Services. In: Third International Conference on Grid and Pervasive Computing.
Sparkling victory for ECS researchers in Lemonade Game
A team of three researchers from the School of Electronics and Computer Science defeated agents designed by researchers from Princeton University, Brown University, Rutgers University, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Michigan to win the inaugural Lemonade Game Tournament, contested on the Web earlier this month and run by Yahoo! researcher Martin Zinkevich.
ECS Professors lead development of data.gov.uk
Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt have led the development of the new data.gov.uk web site launched today by the Government.
New app to measure carbon intensity of the UK electricity grid
As temperatures drop below freezing and demand for energy soars, engineers at the University of Southampton have launched a new iPhone application to monitor the UK electricity grid.
