1. http://www.planet-noe.org European Network of Excellence in AI Planning Technical Coordination Unit on Planning and Scheduling for the Web. Alfredo Milani University of Perugia, Italy

2. TCU Goals and Motivations. collecting and co-ordinating PLANET nodes active in the application of P&S to: web based systems web based services relevant components of the new information technologies

3. TCU Goals and Motivations. exploring and pointing out the potential role of P&S as a key factor in the framework of the technologies for the global new IS P&S convey the flexibility typical of knowledge based technologies in support of: new modalities of work, production, commerce, entertainment and education relevant issues: autonomy, adaptivity, distribution, mobility, automatic collaborative support

4. TCU Goals and Motivations. Web as a Trasparent Media Traditional P&S systems use the web as a communication media, they act via the web Web as an Environment Web entities and Web services are the object of P&S systems, actions and plans on the web are pursuing goals on web entities

5. TCU Goals and Motivations. Web as an Environment components for web servers (goal guided synthesis/maintenance of web sites) components for supporting online services ( scheduling load distribution to online assistance operators, activation of assistance/emergency chain, online configuration of products) generation/monitoring of supply chain (scheduling, logistics, resources management) user support, user adaptive services (e.g. automatic synthesis monitoring for personalized educational systems, personalized newspapers); P&S components of softbot, (e.g. softbot for automatic auctioning, stockbots etc.) online P&S services ( general or specialized tools which plan or schedule on demand, e.g. for checking/rescheduling activities)

6. TCU Goals and Motivations. The TCU aims not only a Web focus but also: Collaborative systems Distributed and mobile environments New media/devices

7. TCU Activities Workshop on Automated P&S in New Methods of Electronic, Mobile, and Collaborative Work, co-chaired L.McCluskey, A.Milani Toledo, Spain, 11th September 2001 co-sponsored by ECP 8 talks, 30 participants demos, panel discussion TCU Kickoff Meeting Toledo, Spain, 11th September 2001 20 participant nodes

8. TCU Workshop & Panel Travel Assistant (J.L.Ambite, ISI, California) P&S based dynamic integration of web sources (airfares, parking fares,timetables, weather conditions etc ) MEXAR (A. Oddi, CNR, Italy ) mixed-initiative P&S, collaborative development of schedules for spacecraft mission plan Business Process Re-engineering (M.D.Moreno, Univ.Alcala, Spain ) organisations restructure their business processes wrt e-business models AI Software and e-commerce (R.Benjamins, Int.Soft.Comp., Spain) online banking agents and shopping agents reasoning on commercial goals BT Workforce Management System (B. Laithwaite, APSolve, UK) scheduling British Telecom workforce activities in a mobile environment

9. TCU RoadMap preliminary guidelines : assembling and configuring existing primitive services on the web for use in P&S development of a common semantics for web sites oriented to P&S ( link to XML technologies, planning vocabularies, emerging wrapper technologies) development of models and techniques in distributed, mobile, collaborative P&S

10. WebTCU Actions establishing a TCU Web site as place for announcements/info exchange among PLANET members collection of demos & applications of WEB P&S not only a showcase but online demo/applications applications and resources within and outside the network

11. WebTCU Actions definition of the TCU roadmap as the main guideline for the TCU starting by the next TCU Meeting May/June 2002

12. WebTCU Actions promoting nodes participation and support to e- commerce conferences and events: sponsorship of side events (e.g. workshop, panels, seminars etc.) short info announces about WebTCU and PLANET reports from IT and P&S conferences to be disseminated among PLANET members, focusing on what is going on/emerging in the field

13. WebTCU Actions Actions for involving Web & New IT companies: target for technology transfer source of relevant issues from marketplace to research Information Days with focused homogeneus target audience info announces at specialised conferences

14. WebTCU Members growing interest in memberships attracting new PLANET members, also from outside EU (USA, Eastern Europe) Currently: Promoting participations of Web and New IT companies Special actions for:

15. WebTCU Deliverables Proceedings of the ECP/Planet Workshop on Automated P&S in New Methods of Electronic, Mobile, and Collaborative Work, edited by L.McCluskey, A.Milani Workshop Report, edited by L.McCluskey TCU Web site at www.planet-noe.org TCU related articles/reports forthcoming publication on PLANET Newsletter (2 nd ICEC,Vienna, Oct 2001)

16. http://www.planet-noe.org European Network of Excellence in AI Planning Technical Coordination Unit on Planning and Scheduling for the Web. Alfredo Milani University of Perugia, Italy