Planning and Scheduling Technology Laboratory

The laboratory synthesizes technology to empower humans in performing both difficult and everyday tasks. We were born as a group studying automated problem solving with AI techniques. We have extended our interests to artificial systems that together with humans create a mixed-initiative interaction space.

At present we study autonomous and interactive systems, innovative technologies for aging well, human-robot interaction and the automated solution of complex dynamic problems.

Web page:

http://pst.istc.cnr.it/

validation & verification

User Evaluation

timeline-based reasoning

Reasoning for Autonomy

Mixed-Initiative Planning and Scheduling

ICT supports for the aging people

Human-Robot Interaction

Human-Computer Interaction

health systems

constraint-based reasoning

automated problem solving

artificial Intelligence

ambient assisted living

Additional info

Profile

The Planning and Scheduling Technology (PST) Lab has been founded in 1997 as a research group focused on automated and interactive techniques for planning problems. We have obtained results on specialized constraint reasoning, (meta) heuristics for scheduling, mixed-initiative problem solving, timeline-based planning. The group has been involved for over ten years in a collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA). Three of our problem solving tools are in continuous daily use in the mission planning ground facility at ESA-ESOC, Darmstadt. During the last five years we have broadened our research interests toward new areas thus acquiring competences in robotics, ambient assisted living, cognitive systems for training, and health systems for aging well. In FP7 we have projects in different topics (Space, ICT, Security, and AAL).

Associates

Stephen F. Smith, CMU - Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute

Members

Former Members:

Simone Fratini (PhD 2006) ESA - European Space Agency, Germany
Marcelo Oglietti (PhD 2005) CONAE - Argentine Space Agency
Nicola Policella (PhD 2005) ESA - European Space Agency, Germany
Federico Pecora (PhD 2007) Orebro University, Sweden
Lorenza Tiberio (PhD 2014) CCNP SAN PAOLO

Publications

Contributo in atti di convegno

2007

RAXEM: Toward a Systematic Approach to Support Mission Planning

Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., Oddi, Policella, N.

Source: Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Space Applications at IJCAI-07, Hyderabad, India, 2007

Supporting Interaction in the RoboCare Intelligent Assistive Environment

Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Pecora, F., Rasconi, R.

Source: Proceedings of AAAI Spring Symposium on Interaction Challenges for Intelligent Assistants, Stanford, CA, USA, 2007

Validating Scheduling Approaches against Executional Uncertainty

Cesta, A., Policella, N., Rasconi, R.

Source: Proceedings of CAEPIA 2007 Workshop on Planning, Scheduling and Constraint Satisfaction, Salamanca, Spain, 2007

Walk the (Time-)Line: Scheduling and Execution

Cesta, A.

Source: Third Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications (MISTA 2007), Paris, France, August 28, 2007, Paris, 2007

Altro (Documentazione tecnica, Metodologie)

2007

Metodologia di valutazione sperimentale per sistemi robotici diretti a utenti anziani

Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Giuliani, M.V., Pecora, F., Scopelliti, M., Tiberio, L.

Source: 2007

OMPS: Una architettura software a componenti per planning e scheduling

Cesta, A., Fratini, S., Pecora, F.

Source: 2007

RAXEM: Un sistema di supporto alle decisioni per pianificare command uplink in MARS EXPRESS

Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., Oddi, Policella. N.

Source: 2007

Articolo

2006

Clinical Guidelines as Plans: An Ontological Theory

Kumar A., Smith B., Pisanelli M., Gangemi A., Stefanelli M.

Source: Methods of information in medicine 45 (2006): 204–210., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Kumar A., Smith B., Pisanelli M., Gangemi A., Stefanelli M./titolo:Clinical Guidelines as Plans: An Ontological Theory/doi:/rivista:Methods of information in medicine/anno:2006/pagina_da:204/pagina_a:210/intervallo_pagine:204–21

Coping with Change in Scheduling: Toward Proactive and Reactive Integration

Cesta, A., Policella, N., Rasconi, R.

Source: (2006)., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Cesta, A., Policella, N., and Rasconi, R./titolo:Coping with Change in Scheduling: Toward Proactive and Reactive Integration/doi:/rivista:/anno:2006/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume:

From Demo to Practice: the MEXAR Path to Space Operations

Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., Oddi, Policella, N

Source: Lecture notes in computer science 4031 (2006): 421–431. doi:10.1007/11779568_46, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., Oddi, A., and Policella, N/titolo:From Demo to Practice: the MEXAR Path to Space Operations/doi:10.1007/11779568_46/rivista:Lecture notes in computer science/anno:2006/pagina_da:421/pagin

he Impact of Rotary Blood Pump in Conjuction with Mechanical Ventilation on Ventricular Energetic Parameters: Numerical Simulation

De Lazzari C, Darowski M, Ferrari G, Pisanelli DM, Tosti G.

Source: Methods of information in medicine 45 (2006)., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:De Lazzari C, Darowski M, Ferrari G, Pisanelli DM, Tosti G./titolo:he Impact of Rotary Blood Pump in Conjuction with Mechanical Ventilation on Ventricular Energetic Parameters: Numerical Simulation/doi:/rivista:Methods of inform

IPSS: a Hybrid Approach to Planning and Scheduling Integration

R-Moreno, M. D., Oddi, A., Borrajo, D., Cesta, A.

Source: IEEE transactions on knowledge and data engineering (Print) 18 (2006): 1681–1695. doi:10.1109/TKDE.2006.191, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:R-Moreno, M. D.; Oddi, A.; Borrajo, D.; Cesta, A./titolo:IPSS: a Hybrid Approach to Planning and Scheduling Integration/doi:10.1109/TKDE.2006.191/rivista:IEEE transactions on knowledge and data engineering (Print)/anno:2006/pagi

MEXAR2 Support to Space Mission Planners

Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, F., Oddi, Policella, N.

Source: 65 (2006): 14–15., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, F., Oddi, A., and Policella, N./titolo:MEXAR2 Support to Space Mission Planners/doi:/rivista:/anno:2006/pagina_da:14/pagina_a:15/intervallo_pagine:14–15/volume:65