D-SIFTER Research Project @ IUPUI

This Project is supported, in part, by National Science Foundation.

D-SIFTER adds a distributed flavor to the SIFTER project. The D-SIFTER project is an interdisciplinary effort by the Department of Computer and Information Science at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington. The current and the past members of the D-SIFTER group are:

Rajeev Raje, Dept. of Computer & Information Science, IUPUI.
Snehasis Mukhopadhyay, Dept. of Computer & Information Science, IUPUI.
Mathew Palakal , Dept. of Computer & Information Science, IUPUI.
Javed Mostafa, School of Library & Information Science, IU.
Mingyoung Qiao
Gleb Bahumatov
John Fieber
Michael Boyles
Artur Papiez
Nila Patel

The primary goals of the D-SIFTER project are:

To develop a distributed and multi-agent-based information filtering system, which will rank-order the incoming documents, present them to the user and learn the user profile, with a minimal user interaction.
To access the suitability of various distributed-object models/technologies (such as CORBA, RMI, etc.) to the domain of distributed information filtering.
To investigate the inter-agent communication protocols and explore the possibility of using market-based economic models for inter-agent collaboration.

The current version of D-SIFTER is based on a simple agent (or filter) collaboration model and employs three different economic schemes for the compensation demanded. This prototype is implemented in Java-RMI and tested successfully under Solaris. Please see the technical papers for the necessary technical details.

Here is a screen shot of the D-SIFTER in action.

Publications Related to D-SIFTER:

R. Raje, S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Boyles, A. Papiez, N. Patel, M. Palakal, and J. Mostafa. "A Bidding Mechanism for Web-Based Agents Involved in Information Classification", World Wide Web Journal, Special Issue on Distributed World Wide Web Processing: Applications and Techniques of Web Agents, 1(1998) 155-165 -- Editor: Osman Balci -- Guest Editors: Paolo Ciancarini, Robert Tolksdorf and Jan Vitek -- Publisher: Baltzer Science, The Netherlands.

R. Raje, S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Boyles, N. Patel, and J. Mostafa. "On Designing and Implementing a Collaborative System Using the Distributed-Object Model of Java-RMI", Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices Journal} -- Editor: Marcin Paprzycki -- Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., (To Appear).

R. Raje, S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Boyles, A. Papiez and J. Mostafa. "An Economic Framework for a Web-based Collaborative Information Classifier", Proceedings of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development, SE'97 Conference, 1997.

R. Raje, S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Boyles, N. Patel, and J. Mostafa. "On Designing and Implementing a Collaborative System Using Java-RMI", Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Advanced Computing, 1997.

R. Raje, S. Mukhopadhyay. M. Boyles, N. Patel, J. Mostafa. "D-SIFTER: A Collaborative Information Classifier", Proceedings of the First International Conference on Information, Communications, & Signal Processing, 1997.

M. Boyles, N. Patel, R. Raje, S. Mukhopadhyay. "The Effects of a "Time-out" Period for a Distributed Information Filtering System". Proceedings of the Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference, 1997.

M. Boyles, N. Patel, R. Raje, S. Mukhopadhyay. "A Collaborative Approach to Information Filtering", Proceedings of the Argonne National Conference for Undergraduate Research in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, 1996.

M. Boyles, N. Patel, R. Raje, S. Mukhopadhyay. "A Distributed Environment for Collaborative Information Filtering", Proceedings of the Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference, 1996.

SIFTER-related publications are available at the SIFTER home.

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