Credits

Metaglue was first deployed as an intelligent infrastructure in the MIT AI Lab in 1997, after much hacking by many people.

Contributors

There have been many, many contributors to the Metaglue project. In a somewhat random order, here they are:

Michael Coen

The first and foremost hacker, researcher, inventor, mentor, and father figure to us all. Instrumental in creating most of the ideas within the system, as well as creator of more systems and subsystems than can possibly be enumerated here.

Brenton Phillips

Designer and implementor of the Metaglue core. Really likes the Java exception handling system, occasionally to excess.

Nimrod Warshawsky

Creator of the EHA wrappers that allow the system to proceed swiftly without deadlocking while waiting for agents to start up, and then handle errors gracefully.

Krzysztof Gajos

Hacker on many pieces of the system, and the original author of the Intelligent CD Player, an early generalized information retrieval system, and the resource management piece. Now the manager of the lab, making sure everyone is doing their job.

Luke Weisman

Creator of the drug system, the speech subsystem, and instrumental on giving the system some attitude.

Stephen Peters

MapViewer creation, database integration, and general comic relief. Currently working on expanding the system to handle multiple users and transfer of knowledge between multiple spaces.

Marion Groh

Speech system work, and created an Eliza agent so that the room can psychoanalyze you while you lie on the sofa.

Kevin Wilson

Initial integration with vision code, implementing nifty door cameras and such. Now working on microphone arrays and other neat toys.

Jared Smith-Mickelson

More vision code, making neat systems that use binocular cameras to track people, and controlling cameras to follow you around the room.

Andy Chang

Lots of useful lab work, getting equipment, and creating a tutorial system so that people can walk into a new space and learn what is possible.

Katherine Koch

Useful hacking on systems all over the place, and focusing on integrating the room with the START information retrieval system.

Deb Dasgupta

Worked on replicating agent state, integrating tablet computers, and creating scheduling systems.

Nicholas Hanssens

Restructured logging code, created the LogMonitor agent, and built a system for controlling Windows programs through agent control.

Ruben Brown

Helped Stephen disrupt meetings, various modifications and implemented an information management system.

Peter Finin

Worked on the first pass of the Metaglue Expert System Shell (MESS), made modifications to Luke's drug system.

Stephanie Chiou

Lin Wu

Dan Aguayo

Tyler Horton

Frank Bentley

Amit Bhavsar

Ed Tolson

Ajay Kulkarni

Matthew Mishrikey

... keep adding people here...

Release History

0.1

First release designed for the actual public to see, including speech systems and a few simple agents for lamps, drapes, and projectors.

0.2

First usable release. Adds support for managed agents, solidifies existing code, and includes a simple agent which starts up all the necessary niceties.

0.3

Added agentland.device.drapes.DrapesManager agent for controlling many different drapes sections. Includes speech control for such. Removes deadlocking problem involving X10 devices.

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