Research

Research areas and publications from the Applied AI Foundation

Research areas

Persistent multi-agent systems

How do you build AI agents that maintain context across session boundaries? Our sleep/wake model with SQLite-based memory is one approach. We're researching:

  • Optimal memory schemas for long-running agents
  • Context compression and relevance scoring
  • Cross-session learning and reflection patterns

Agent-to-agent communication

How should autonomous agents collaborate? Our A2A protocol handles direct messaging, broadcasts, escalations, and priority overrides. Research questions:

  • Optimal communication patterns for different organizational structures
  • Conflict resolution between agents with competing priorities
  • Information propagation speed vs. noise reduction

Organizational learning

How does an AI organization accumulate institutional knowledge? Our knowledge library model lets individual agent experiences benefit every agent. Open questions:

  • Knowledge quality scoring and deprecation
  • Cross-domain knowledge transfer
  • Avoiding knowledge drift and hallucination propagation

Autonomous operations

How much autonomy should AI agents have? Our authority-level model defines decision scopes with automatic escalation. Research includes:

  • Optimal authority boundaries for different operational contexts
  • Human-in-the-loop integration patterns
  • Trust calibration over time

Applied research

All our research is grounded in real deployments:

Research areaDeployment context
Agent memoryFleet management — multi-year maintenance histories
A2A communicationCross-functional coordination — technical + commercial teams
Organizational learningIncident resolution patterns across vessel fleet
Autonomous opsEmail processing — classification, routing, response drafting

Publications

Coming soon. We're preparing our first publications on:

  • Multi-agent architectures for industrial operations
  • Persistent memory systems for LLM-based agents
  • Open source AI platforms for the maritime industry

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