Orchid Project

Accountable Information Infrastructure

 

This work area will investigate the models and techniques for combining multiple forms of meta-information that makes information accountable, including provenance, trust and reputation and exploit it to present uniform views over information originating from multiple sources in HACs.

Driven by the applications, the investigation will be both conceptual and practical: it will research models and algorithms, but also decentralised architecture to offer effective accountability services to applications. Such services will be made available online to inform actors during their decision-making activities and offline to audit actors to ensure accountability.

Progress against Objectives

  • Design and implementation of an API for registering interest in some provenance events and for sending notifications when such events occur. This was successfully integrated into AtomicORCHID.
  • The development of a generic methodology for analysing provenance information based on provenance network metrics. The method was successfully demonstrated in Provstore and AtommicORCHID applications.
  • Development of a graph analysis technique based on aggregating provenance types that is capable of generating provenance graph summaries to facilitate the understanding of complex provenance information.
  • The design and deployment of an alternative reality game ‘The Apocalypse of MoP’ in collaboration with Urban Angel, an artistic production company, to explore usability and comprehension of provenance information.

Key Aims for 2015

  • To carry out quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data of user interactions with provenance in The Apocalypse of MoP to understand common graph layout patterns and how they relate to user understanding of provenance.
  • To continue work on identifying common provenance patterns. The focus of this work will be on developing pattern extraction techniques tailored for provenance graphs with the emphasis on scalability.
  • To investigate the application of matrix decomposition techniques over the corpus of provenance graphs from ORCHID applications.

Work Area Lead

Luc Moreau

Researchers

agents | citizen-science | applications | crowdsourcing | disaster response | smart grid | accountable information architecture |agent-based computing | agile teaming | disaster recovery |flexible autonomy | decentralised control | energy management |HACs | human-agent interaction |human computer interaction | human agent collectives | incentive engineering | machine learning |mechanism design | ORCHID |

Related publications

  • Ramchurn, S. D., Wu, F., Fischer, J. E., Reece, S., Jiang, W., & Roberts, S. J., et al. (2016). Human-agent collaboration for disaster response. Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 1-30. Get Bibtex Citation
    @article{
      orchid251,
      title = {Human-agent collaboration for disaster response },
      author = {Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Feng Wu and J.E. Fischer and Steven Reece and W Jiang and Stephen J Roberts and T Rodden and Nicholas R Jennings},
      year = {2016},
      pages = {1--30},
      journal = {Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems},
    keywords = {Disaster Recovery, Human-Agent Interaction, Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy, Incentive Engineering} }
  • Bachour, K., Wetzel, R., Flintham, M., Huynh, D. T., Rodden, T., & Moreau, L. (2015). Provenance for the People: A User-Centered Look at the W3C PROV Standard through an Online Game. In CHI 2015. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid225,
      booktitle = {CHI 2015},
      title = {Provenance for the People: A User-Centered Look at the W3C PROV Standard through an Online Game },
      author = {Khaled Bachour and Richard Wetzel and M Flintham and T. Dong Huynh and T Rodden and Luc Moreau},
      year = {2015},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Provenance, Accountable Information Infrastructure} }
  • Ramchurn, S. D., Simpson, E., Fischer, J. E., Huynh, D. T., Ikuno, Y., & Reece, S., et al. (2015). HAC-ER: A disaster response system based on human-agent collectives. In AAMAS-15 : 14th Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid230,
      booktitle = {AAMAS-15 : 14th Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems },
      title = {HAC-ER: A disaster response system based on human-agent collectives},
      author = {Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Edwin Simpson and J.E. Fischer and T. Dong Huynh and Yuki Ikuno and Steven Reece and W Jiang and Feng Wu and J Flann and Stephen J Roberts and T Rodden and Nicholas R Jennings},
      year = {2015},
    keywords = {Disaster Recovery, Human-Agent Interaction, Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy, Incentive Engineering} }
  • Huynh, D. T., Ebden, M., Ramchurn, S. D., Roberts, S. J., & Moreau, L. (2014). Data quality assessment from provenance graphs. In International Provenance and Annotation Workshop. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid214,
      booktitle = {International Provenance and Annotation Workshop},
      title = {Data quality assessment from provenance graphs},
      author = {T. Dong Huynh and Mark Ebden and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Stephen J Roberts and Luc Moreau},
      year = {2014},
      keywords = {Provenance, Accountable Information Infrastructure},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/214/1/provanalytics.pdf} }
  • Huynh, D. T., & Moreau, L. (2014). ProvStore: a public provenance repository. In International Provenance and Annotation Workshop. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid215,
      booktitle = {International Provenance and Annotation Workshop},
      title = {ProvStore: a public provenance repository },
      author = {T. Dong Huynh and Luc Moreau},
      year = {2014},
      keywords = {Provenance, Accountable Information Infrastructure},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/215/1/poster-abstract.pdf} }
  • Jennings, N. R., Moreau, L., Nicholson, D., Ramchurn, S. D., Roberts, S. J., Rodden, T., & Rogers, A. (2014). On human-agent collectives. Communications of the ACM. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @article{
      orchid198,
      title = {On human-agent collectives},
      author = {Nicholas R Jennings and Luc Moreau and David Nicholson and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Stephen J Roberts and T Rodden and Alex Rogers},
      year = {2014},
      journal = {Communications of the ACM },
      keywords = {Agent-based Computing, Crowd-sourcing, Disaster Recovery, Energy Management, Human Computation, Provenance, Ubiquitous Computing, Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy, Incentive Engineering},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/198/1/CACM%2520HAC%2520ARTICLE%2520%2520final.pdf} }
  • Moreau, L., Huynh, D. T., & Michaelides, D. (2014). An Online Validator for Provenance: Algorithmic Design, Testing, and API. In 7th International Conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering (FASE'14). Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid180,
      booktitle = {7th International Conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering (FASE'14)},
      title = {An Online Validator for Provenance: Algorithmic Design, Testing, and API },
      author = {Luc Moreau and T. Dong Huynh and Danius Michaelides},
      year = {2014},
      keywords = {Provenance, Accountable Information Infrastructure},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/180/1/validator.pdf} }
  • Keshavarz, A. S., Huynh, D. T., & Moreau, L. (2014). Provenance for online decision making. In International Provenance and Annotation Workshop. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid213,
      booktitle = {International Provenance and Annotation Workshop},
      title = {Provenance for online decision making},
      author = {Amir Sezavar Keshavarz and T. Dong Huynh and Luc Moreau},
      year = {2014},
      keywords = {Provenance, Accountable Information Infrastructure},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/213/1/ProvenanceForOnlineDecisionMaking.pdf} }
  • Huynh, D. T., Ebden, M., Venanzi, M., Ramchurn, S. D., Roberts, S. J., & Moreau, L. (2013). Interpretation of Crowdsourced Activities Using Provenance Network Analysis. In The First AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid158,
      booktitle = {The First AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing},
      month = {November},
      title = {Interpretation of Crowdsourced Activities Using Provenance Network Analysis },
      author = {T. Dong Huynh and Mark Ebden and Matteo Venanzi and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Stephen J Roberts and Luc Moreau},
      year = {2013},
    keywords = {Agent-based Computing, Provenance, Accountable Information Infrastructure} }
  • Moreau, L., & Groth, P. (2013). Provenance: An Introduction to PROV. (Vol. 3) Morgan and Claypool. Get Bibtex Citation
    @book{
      orchid159,
      volume = {3},
      number = {4},
      month = {September},
      author = {Luc Moreau and Paul Groth},
      series = {Synthesis Lectures on the Semantic Web: Theory and Technology},
      title = {Provenance: An Introduction to PROV.},
      publisher = {Morgan and Claypool},
      year = {2013},
    keywords = {Provenance, Accountable Information Infrastructure} }
  • Fischer, J. E., Ramchurn, S. D., Osborne, M. A., Parson, O., Huynh, D. T., & Alam, M., et al. (2013). Recommending energy tariffs and load shifting based on smart household usage profiling. In International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid98,
      booktitle = {International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces },
      title = {Recommending energy tariffs and load shifting based on smart household usage profiling},
      author = {J.E. Fischer and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Michael A Osborne and Oliver Parson and T. Dong Huynh and Moody Alam and N Pantidi and Stuart Moran and Khaled Bachour and Steven Reece and Enrico Costanza and T Rodden and Nicholas R Jennings},
      year = {2013},
      pages = {383--394},
      keywords = {Energy Management, Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/98/1/IUI2013-agentswitch-camera-ready.pdf} }
  • Huynh, D. T., Groth, P., & Zednik, S. (2013). PROV Implementation Report (Technical Report). Get Bibtex Citation
    @techreport{
      orchid161,
      type = {Technical Report},
      title = {PROV Implementation Report},
      author = {T. Dong Huynh and Paul Groth and Stephan Zednik},
      publisher = {W3C},
      year = {2013},
    keywords = {Provenance, Accountable Information Infrastructure} }
  • Ebden, M., Huynh, D. T., Moreau, L., & Roberts, S. J. (2012). Network Analysis on Provenance Graphs from a Crowdsourcing Application. In Fourth International Provenance and Annotation Workshop. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid71,
      booktitle = {Fourth International Provenance and Annotation Workshop},
      month = {June},
      title = {Network Analysis on Provenance Graphs from a Crowdsourcing Application},
      author = {Mark Ebden and T. Dong Huynh and Luc Moreau and Stephen J Roberts},
      year = {2012},
      pages = {168--182},
      keywords = {Crowd-sourcing, Provenance, Accountable Information Infrastructure},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/71/1/ipaw2012EbdenHuynh.pdf} }
  • Brown, A., Mortier, R., & Rodden, T. (2012). MultiNet: usable and secure WiFi device association. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 42(4), 275-276. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @article{
      orchid114,
      volume = {42},
      number = {4},
      title = {MultiNet: usable and secure WiFi device association},
      author = {A. Brown and R. Mortier and T Rodden},
      year = {2012},
      pages = {275--276},
      journal = {ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review},
      keywords = {Provenance, Trust and Reputation, Accountable Information Infrastructure},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/114/1/p275.pdf} }
  • Crabtree, A., Mortier, R., Rodden, T., & Tolmie, P. (2012). Unremarkable networking: the home network as a part of everyday life. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid115,
      booktitle = {Designing Interactive Systems Conference},
      title = {Unremarkable networking: the home network as a part of everyday life},
      author = {A. Crabtree and R. Mortier and T Rodden and P. Tolmie},
      year = {2012},
    keywords = {Provenance, Trust and Reputation, Accountable Information Infrastructure} }
  • Ebden, M., Huynh, D. T., Moreau, L., Ramchurn, S. D., & Roberts, S. J. (2012). Network Analysis on Provenance Graphs from a Crowdsourcing Application. Proceedings of IPAW 2012. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @article{
      orchid78,
      title = {Network Analysis on Provenance Graphs from a Crowdsourcing Application},
      author = {Mark Ebden and T. Dong Huynh and Luc Moreau and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Stephen J Roberts},
      publisher = {Springer LNCS},
      year = {2012},
      journal = {Proceedings of IPAW 2012},
      keywords = {Provenance, Accountable Information Infrastructure},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/78/1/ipaw2012EbdenHuynh.pdf} }
  • Gil, Y., Miles, S., Belhajjame, K., Deus, H., Garijo, D., & Klyne, G., et al. (2012). PROV Model Primer (Technical Report). W3C. Get Bibtex Citation
    @techreport{
      orchid105,
      type = {Technical Report},
      title = {PROV Model Primer},
      author = {Yolanda Gil and Simon Miles and Khalid Belhajjame and Helena Deus and Daniel Garijo and Graham Klyne and Paolo Missier and Stian Soiland-Reyes and Stephen Zednik},
      year = {2012},
      institution = {W3C},
    keywords = {Provenance, Accountable Information Infrastructure} }
  • Mortier, R., Rodden, T., Lodge, T., McAuley, D., Rotsos, C., & Moore, A. W., et al. (2012). Control and understanding: Owning your home network. In Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS). Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid116,
      booktitle = {Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS)},
      title = {Control and understanding: Owning your home network},
      author = {R. Mortier and T Rodden and T. Lodge and D. McAuley and C. Rotsos and A.W. Moore and A. Koliousis and J. Sventek},
      year = {2012},
      pages = {1--10},
    keywords = {Provenance, Trust and Reputation, Accountable Information Infrastructure} }
  • Mortier, R., Rodden, T., Tolmie, P., Lodge, T., Spencer, R., & Crabtree, A., et al. (2012). Homework: putting interaction into the infrastructure. In ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '12. Get Bibtex Citation
    @inproceedings{
      orchid117,
      booktitle = {ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '12},
      title = {Homework: putting interaction into the infrastructure},
      author = {R. Mortier and T Rodden and P. Tolmie and T. Lodge and R. Spencer and A. Crabtree and J. Sventek and A. Koliousis},
      year = {2012},
      pages = {197--206},
    keywords = {Human-Computer Interaction, Trust and Reputation, Accountable Information Infrastructure} }
  • Stranders, R., Ramchurn, S. D., Shi, B., & Jennings, N. R. (2011). CollabMap: Augmenting Maps using the Wisdom of Crowds. In The 3rd Human Computation Workshop. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @inproceedings{
      orchid10,
      booktitle = {The 3rd Human Computation Workshop},
      month = {August},
      title = {CollabMap: Augmenting Maps using the Wisdom of Crowds },
      author = {Ruben Stranders and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and Bing Shi and Nicholas R Jennings},
      year = {2011},
      keywords = {Crowd-sourcing, Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Flexible Autonomy},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/10/1/collabmap.pdf} }
  • Jennings, N. R., Roberts, S. J., Rodden, T., Moreau, L., Rogers, A., Ramchurn, S. D., & Nicholson, D. (2011). ORCHID End of Year Report 2011 (Project Report). Southampton: University of Southampton. Get Bibtex Citation Download as PDF
    @techreport{
      orchid126,
      month = {February},
      author = {Nicholas R Jennings and Stephen J Roberts and T Rodden and Luc Moreau and Alex Rogers and Sarvapali D Ramchurn and David Nicholson},
      address = {Southampton},
      title = {ORCHID End of Year Report 2011},
      type = {Project Report},
      publisher = {University of Southampton},
      institution = {University of Southampton},
      year = {2011},
      keywords = {Accountable Information Infrastructure, Applications, Agile Teaming, Flexible Autonomy, Incentive Engineering},
    howpublished = {http://www.orchid.ac.uk/eprints/126/1/End%20of%20Year%20Report%202011.pdf} }

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