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

Articolo

2011

Monitoring Older People with the RoboCare Domestic Environment: Interaction Synthesis and User Evaluation

Cesta, Amedeo, Cortellessa, Gabriella, Rasconi, Riccardo, Pecora, Federico, Scopelliti, Massimiliano, Tiberio, Lorenza

Source: Computational intelligence (Online) 27 (2011): 60–82. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8640.2010.00372.x, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Cesta, Amedeo ; Cortellessa, Gabriella; Rasconi, Riccardo; Pecora, Federico ; Scopelliti, Massimiliano ; Tiberio, Lorenza/titolo:Monitoring Older People with the RoboCare Domestic Environment: Interaction Synthesis and User Eva

Ontologies, rules and linked data to support Crisis Managers Training

Celino, Irene, Dell'Aglio, Daniele, De Benedictis, Riccardo, Grilli, Sara, Cesta, Amedeo

Source: Learning technology newsletter 13 (2011): 3–7., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Celino, Irene ; Dell'Aglio, Daniele ; De Benedictis, Riccardo ; Grilli, Sara ; Cesta, Amedeo/titolo:Ontologies, rules and linked data to support Crisis Managers Training/doi:/rivista:Learning technology newsletter/anno:2011/pag

Research on Cognitive Robotics at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy

Pezzulo, Giovanni, Baldassarre, Gianluca, Cesta, Amedeo, Nolfi, Stefano

Source: Cognitive processing (Print) 12 (2011): 367–374. doi:10.1007/s10339-011-0402-3, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Pezzulo, Giovanni ; Baldassarre, Gianluca ; Cesta, Amedeo ; Nolfi, Stefano/titolo:Research on Cognitive Robotics at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy/doi:10.1007/s10339-0

Solving Job Shop Scheduling with Setup Times through Constraint-based Iterative Sampling: an Experimental Analysis

Oddi, Angelo, Rasconi, Riccardo, Cesta, Amedeo, Smith, Stephen F.

Source: Annals of mathematics and artificial intelligence 62 (2011): 371–402. doi:10.1007/s10472-011-9264-8, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Oddi, Angelo ; Rasconi, Riccardo ; Cesta, Amedeo ; Smith, Stephen F./titolo:Solving Job Shop Scheduling with Setup Times through Constraint-based Iterative Sampling: an Experimental Analysis/doi:10.1007/s10472-011-9264-8/rivis

Training Crisis Managers in Strategic Decision-Making

Cesta, Amedeo, Cortellessa, Gabriella, De Benedictis, Riccardo, Strickland, Keith

Source: ERCIM news 85 (2011): 47–48., info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Cesta, Amedeo ; Cortellessa, Gabriella ; De Benedictis, Riccardo ; Strickland, Keith/titolo:Training Crisis Managers in Strategic Decision-Making/doi:/rivista:ERCIM news/anno:2011/pagina_da:47/pagina_a:48/intervallo_pagine:

Contributo in volume

2011

Simulations for Crisis Management - PANDORA's Box

Dastbaz, Mohammad, Cesta, Amedeo

Source: Intelligence management: knowledge driven frameworks for combating terrorism and organized crime, edited by B. Akhgar, S. Yates, pp. 111–131. London: Springer, 2011

Contributo in atti di convegno

2011

A Goal-Oriented Autonomous Controller for Space Exploration

Ceballos, Antonio [1], Bensalem, Saddek [2], Cesta, Amedeo [3], De Silva, Lavindra [4], Fratini, Simone [3], Ingrand, Felix [4], Ocòn, Jorge [1], Orlandini, Andrea [3], Py, Frederic [5], Rajan, Kanna [5], Rasconi, Riccardo [3], Van Winnendael, Michel [6]

Source: 11th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation. Proceedings (ASTRA 2011), pp. 1A_1–8, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, 12-14 April 2011

Applying AI action scheduling to ESA's space robotics

Diaz, Daniel [1], Rodriguez-Moreno, Maria Dolores [1], Cesta, Amedeo [2], Oddi, Angelo [2], Rasconi, Riccardo [2]

Source: 11th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation. Proceedings (ASTRA 2011), pp. 5B_4–8, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, 12-14 April 2011

Applying Iterative Flattening Search to the Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Alternative Resources and Sequence Dependent Setup Times

Oddi, Angelo [1], Rasconi, Riccardo [1], Cesta, Amedeo [1], Smith, Stephen F. [2]

Source: Workshop on Constraint Satisfaction Techniques for Planning and Scheduling Problems. Proceedings (COPLAS 2011), pp. 15–22, Freiburg, Germany, 13 June 2011

APSI-based Deliberation in Goal Oriented Autonomous Controllers

Fratini, Simone [1], Cesta, Amedeo [1], Orlandini, Andrea [2], Rasconi, Riccardo [1], De Benedictis, Riccardo [1]

Source: 11th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation. Proceedings (ASTRA 2011), pp. 5B_1–7, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, 12-14 April 2011

Assessing the tolerance of a telepresence robot in users with Mild Cognitive Impairment - A protocol for studying users' physiological response

Tiberio, Lorenza [1], Padua, Luca [2], Pellegrino, Anna Rita [2], Aprile, Irene [2], Cortellessa, Gabriella [1], Cesta, Amedeo [1]

Source: HRI 2011 Workshop on Social Robotic Telepresence. Proceedings, pp. 23–28, Lausanne, Switzerland, 6 March 2011

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2011

Monitoring Older People with the RoboCare Domestic Environment: Interaction Synthesis and User Evaluation

Ontologies, rules and linked data to support Crisis Managers Training

Research on Cognitive Robotics at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy

Solving Job Shop Scheduling with Setup Times through Constraint-based Iterative Sampling: an Experimental Analysis

Training Crisis Managers in Strategic Decision-Making

2011

Simulations for Crisis Management - PANDORA's Box

2011

A Goal-Oriented Autonomous Controller for Space Exploration

Applying AI action scheduling to ESA's space robotics

Applying Iterative Flattening Search to the Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Alternative Resources and Sequence Dependent Setup Times

APSI-based Deliberation in Goal Oriented Autonomous Controllers

Assessing the tolerance of a telepresence robot in users with Mild Cognitive Impairment - A protocol for studying users' physiological response

Commentary on: "P&S Requirements for ePartner-supported Astronaut-Rover Teams during Planetary Surface Operations"

Enriching APSI with Validation Capabilities: the KEEN environment and its use in Robotics

Generating Controllers for Flexible Plan Execution: a TGA approach

Iterative Flattening Search for the Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem