Autonomous intelligent appointment interface

Abstract

The AIAI project is about time - that eternally elusive commodity we all crave. It always seems that the more we categorise, split, and plan time, the less we have of it. The more time we spend on planning the less we have to carry out the plans, and the older we get the more plans we have. Today's lifestyle - the result of smaller distances and faster communication - taxes our time even more than ever before. One identifiable pitfall in this scenario which mainly motivates this project is the time spent by many people attempting to schedule meetings and appointments with their colleagues. A state of affairs that is particularly true for workgroups in large institutions, companies, and departments. AIAI attempts to provide such workgroups with a framework that alleviates this burden by providing access independent interfaces, intelligent processing and schedule management. Being autonomous, the system can act as a kind of broker for the members' schedules thus ensuring that optimal use is made of all available timeslots requiring only minimal intervention from end-users.