Joseph Kopena

AAMAS Conference 2008 Conference Paper

Coordination of First Responders Under Communication and Resource Constraints

• Robert Lass
• Joseph Kopena
• Evan Sultanik
• Duc Nguyen
• Christopher Dugan
• William Regli

This paper discusses the application of distributed constraint optimization to coordination in disaster management situations under sub-optimal network conditions. It presents an example system for the problem of shelter assignment and outlines some of the challenges and future research directions that must be addressed before real-world deployment of distributed constraint optimization becomes a reality.

AAMAS Conference 2005 Conference Paper

Service-Based Computing for Agents on Disruption and Delay Prone Networks

• Joseph Kopena
• Guarav Naik
• Maxim Peysakhov
• Evan Sultanik
• William Regli
• Moshe Kam

AAAI Conference 2005 System Paper

The AI Technologies of the Philadelphia Area Urban Wireless Network Testbed

• Gustave Anderson
• Andrew Burnheimer
• Vincent Cicirello
• David Dorsey
• Chris Dugan
• Iris Howley
• Moshe Kam
• Joseph Kopena

Drexel University’s College of Engineering has been working with local law enforcement and transportation officials to develop a Philadelphia Area Urban Wireless Network Testbed (PA-UWNT). The PAUWNT is a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) consisting of PDAs (HP iPAQs), Tablet PCs, and laptops. The PAUWNT integrates: (1) the industrial-strength mobile agent platform of Lockheed’s Advanced Technology Laboratories known as the Extendable Mobile Agent Architecture (EMAA) (2) an 802.11b wireless network with ad hoc routing; and (3) lightweight computing platforms such as PDAs and Tablets. MANETs, such as the PA-UWNT, can allow for a ‘bring your own network” solution to communications and management of rescue workers at the location of a natural disaster, where traditional networking infrastructure is not likely to exist or at best is likely to be inoperable. One of the goals of the PA-UWNT is to enable researchers at Drexel University to study research problems of importance to the enabling of police, fire, security, and other emergency personnel to communicate and collaborate effectively over MANETs.

AAAI Conference 2004 System Paper

Intelligent Systems Demonstration: The Secure Wireless Agent Testbed (SWAT)

• Gustave Anderson
• Vincent Cicirello
• Saturnino Garcia
• Joseph Kopena
• Andy Mroczkowski
• Gaurav Naik
• Joshua Shaffer
• Kenneth Tsang

We will demonstrate the Secure Wireless Agent Testbed (SWAT), a unique facility developed at Drexel University to study integration, networking and information assurance for next-generation wireless mobile agent systems. SWAT is an implemented system that fully integrates: (1) mobile agents, (2) wireless ad hoc multi-hop networks, and (3) security. The demonstration will show the functionality of a number of decentralized agent-based applications, including applications for authentication, collaboration, messaging, and remote sensor monitoring. The demonstration will take place on a live mobile ad hoc network consisting of approximately a dozen nodes (PDAs, tablet PCs, and laptops) and hundreds of mobile software agents.