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Subject: Fw: MAAMAW'01 Call for Papers
From: francois bousquet (bousquet@cirad.fr)
Date: ven fév 16 2001 - 21:04:50 CET
> MAAMAW'01
>
> 10th European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems
>
> "Multi-Agent Systems Organisations"
>
> 2-4 May 2001, Annecy, France
>
>
> Under the auspices of AFIA, the French AI association
> With support of AgentLink II, European Network of Excellence for
> agent-based computing
> Sanctioned by IFMAS, International Foundation on Multi-Agent Systems
>
>
> GENERAL DESIGN
>
> MAAMAW'01 will be the 10th issue of the MAAMAW series of workshops, the
> major event about Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) research regularly held in
> Western Europe since 1989. As the ICMAS series are becoming yearly, the
> MAAMAW workshops will move back to their original spirit. The MAAMAW
> workshop promotes interdisciplinary grounding, innovative work, recent
> results, large place for discussion, for a limited audience (100) in a
> convivial site.
>
> The special topic of the 10th European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems
will
> be devoted to "Multi-Agent System Organisations". Submission of papers is
> encouraged to feed the discussion. Pre-proceedings will be distributed at
> the workshop as well as a voucher for the final volume to be published as
> part of the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence color cover subline
> published by Springer Verlag.
>
> Thanks to the support of our sponsors, and in particular from the
AgentLink
> Network of Excellence and from the MAS Chapter of the French AI
Association
> (AFIA), we expect the estimated registration price (workshop pack
including
> proceedings as well as full lodging and boarding for three days in a 3*
> hotel from Tuesday May 1 evening to Friday May 4 afternoon) to be around
> 470 EURO (double) or 550 EURO (single).
>
> WORKSHOP TOPICS
>
> MAS theoretical models are often borrowed from Human and Social Sciences
as
> well as from Life Sciences. MAS computational models are not only
supported
> by Mathematics but also by Physics. The choice of Multi-Agent
Organisations
> as the central theme of MAAMAW'01 underlines the interdisciplinary
> grounding of Multi-Agent systems. It also promotes organisations as a key
> component of Multi-Agent systems.
>
> We will investigate the scientific foundations of organisations from
> different cross-disciplinary perspectives. We will work on how
> organisations can be represented and processed, from static to dynamic
> ones, from programmed to emergent ones. We will evaluate the impact of
> organisations in the analysis and design processes, and we will study how
> organisations can be developed and deployed in real applications.
>
> Keeping in mind the MAS organisations perspective, the topics of the
> workshop include but are not limited to :
>
> o Scientific foundations
> o Theoretical and computational models
> o Heterogeneous and open multi-agent systems
> o Environmental aspects of multi-agent systems
> o Social aspects of multi-agent systems
> o Interaction mechanisms and protocols
> o Cooperation and conflict resolution
> o Coordination and multi-agent planning
> o Multi-agent systems learning
> o Multi-agent systems methodology
> o Testbeds and benchmarks
> o Innovative applications
>
> As the aim of the workshop is discussion, original papers describing
> innovative approaches, original applications, and evaluations illustrating
> the progress of ideas and techniques, as well as visionary papers are
> particularly welcome.
>
> PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
>
> Olivier Boissier SIMADE, ENS Mines de Saint-Etienne, France
> Magnus Boman KTH, Stockholm University, Sweden
> Cristiano Castelfranchi Cognitive Science Department, University of
> Siena, Italy
> Krzysztof Cetnarowicz Institute of Informatics, AGH, Krakow, Poland
> Helder Coelho Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon,
> Portugal
> Yves Demazeau LEIBNIZ-IMAG, CNRS, Grenoble, France (cochair)
> Aldo Dragoni Institute of Computer Science, University
> of Ancona, Italy
> Alexis Drogoul LIP6, University of Paris 6, France
> Barbara Dunin-Keplicz Institute of Informatics, Warsaw
> University, Poland
> Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni LIPN, University of Paris 13, France
> Ana Garcia AI Department, Polytechnic University of
> Madrid, Spain
> Francisco J. Garijo Telefónica I+D, Madrid, Spain (cochair)
> Marie-Pierre Gleizes IRIT, University of Toulouse, France
> Vladimir Gorodetski Institute of Computer Science, Saint
> Petersburg, Russia
> Nick Jennings ECS Department, University of Southampton, UK
> Matthias Klusch DFKI, Saarbrücken, Germany
> Scott Moss CPM, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
> Jean-Pierre Müller CS Department, University of Neuchatel,
> Switzerland
> Eugenio Oliveira Faculty of Engineering, University of
> Porto, Portugal
> Andrea Omicini DEIS, University of Bologna, Italy
> John Perram MIP, University of Southern Denmark,
> Odense, Denmark
> Jeffrey Rosenschein CS Department, Hebrew University,
> Jerusalem, Israel
> Michael Schroeder CS Department, City University London, UK
> Carles Sierra AI Research Institute, CSIC
> Barcelona, Spain
> Jan Treur Faculty of Sciences, Free
> University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
> Gerhard Weiss CS Institute, Technical University Munich, Germany
> Mike Wooldridge CS Department, University of Liverpool, UK
> SUBMISSION PROCESS
>
> MAAMAW'01 being mainly a workshop, innovative and recent papers written in
> English, even if already submitted to regular conferences, are welcomed
for
> submission. The length of the papers should be between 10 and 15 pages
> (assuming Times 12 as font and A4 page format). The style for submission
is
> free. The submissions, in PDF or Postscript format only, will have to be
> sent, electronically only, to maamaw01-pc@imag.fr before 23 March 2001.
>
> The papers will be reviewed by at least two programme committee members.
> Selection criteria will focus on relevance to the special topic,
> originality with respect to the state of the art, and potential for
> discussion. Papers may be accepted for regular or poster presentation.
> Notification to authors will be sent by 9 April 2001. Revised papers for
> inclusion in the workshop pre-proceedings, and authors registrations will
> be due by 23 April 2001.
>
> Final proceedings will be published as part of the Lecture Notes in
> Artificial Intelligence color cover subline published by Springer Verlag.
> The edited volume will include the second revision of full papers,
extended
> versions of several poster papers; as well as contributions of the invited
> speakers. Final releases of the papers will have to follow Springer Verlag
> LNAI style ( see http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html ).
>
> IMPORTANT DATES
>
> 23 March 2001 Deadline for submission.
> 09 April 2001 Notification to authors of acceptance / rejection.
> 23 April 2001 Deadline for reception of papers for pre-proceedings
> 02-04 May 2001 Presentation at the MAAMAW'01 workshop
> 23 May 2001 Deadline for reception of papers for final proceedings
> End July 2001 Publication of final proceedings
>
> ORGANISING COMMITTEE
>
> The workshop is organised by the MAGMA Research Group of the LEIBNIZ-IMAG
> laboratory in collaboration with the IAD-SMA Working Group of the AFIA
> Association.
>
> Christof Baeijs, LEIBNIZ-IMAG (cochair)
> Josiane Carry, LEIBNIZ-IMAG, Grenoble, France
> Humbert Fiorino, LEIBNIZ-IMAG, Grenoble, France
> Rejane Frozza, LEIBNIZ-IMAG, Grenoble, France
> Marc-Philippe Huget, LEIBNIZ-IMAG (cochair)
> Sylvie Pesty, LEIBNIZ-IMAG, Grenoble, France
> Pierre-Michel Ricordel, LEIBNIZ-IMAG, Grenoble, France
> Jean-Claude Rigoureau, Annecy, France
> João-Luis Tavares, LEIBNIZ-IMAG, Grenoble, France
>
> The organising committee can be reached at night and day by email at
> maamaw01-oc@imag.fr or by fax at +33 4 76 57 50 81, or during working
hours
> by phone at +33 4 76 57 47 76 (Christof Baeijs), +33 4 76 57 49 04
> (Marc-Philippe Huget).
>
>
> FURTHER INFORMATION
>
> VENUE
>
> The MAAMAW'01 workshop will be held in Annecy, France. Annecy is a
charming
> town on the shores of one of the cleanest lakes in Europe. Its castle, old
> town and narrow streets are interwoven with canals. It contains a large
> number of original historic monuments which have been carefully preserved
> and restored. Annecy is also a modern, dynamic, sporting city with leading
> industries such as Salomon ski manufacturer, and Dassault aeronautics.
>
> Annecy is easy to reach by air (with direct flights from all major cities
> in Europe to Lyon Saint-Exupéry or Geneva, where a bus connection to
Annecy
> is available several times a day), by train (via direct TGV from Paris,
> Geneva, or Lyon), and by car (by highway from Grenoble, Lyon, and Geneva).
>
> The workshop will take place in the ATRIA congress centre, in the centre
of
> the town.
>
> REGISTRATION
>
> Local organisation is handled by Wagonlit Evénement. The indicative
> registration fee will range between approximately 470 EURO (double room)
> and 550 EUROS (single room). This fee includes a copy of the
> pre-proceedings available at the conference, as well as the final edited
> proceedings (available after the workshop). It also includes the
tea/coffee
> breaks during the workshop, 3 nights accommodation including breakfast (so
> arrival on Tuesday evening and departure on Friday afternoon), dinners and
> lunches. Participants will stay at the Novotel hotel located next to the
> congress location, or in nearby hotels of the same 3* category at a
walking
> distance from the Congress Centre. A conference dinner coupled to a social
> event and the traditional MAAMAW gift, are also included in this
> registration fee.
>
> Further touristic arrangements (hotels, circuits) can be organised for
> participants willing to stay longer before or after the event. They will
be
> processed by the staff of Wagonlit Evénement.
>
> GRANT PROGRAMME
>
> AgentLink II, the IAD-SMA Chapter of the AFIA, and other sponsors are
> supporting the MAAMAW'01 workshop through the provision of grants for
> student authors of full accepted papers. This support aims in general to
> partially cover travel and/or registration fees for the workshop. In order
> to apply for this student support, please send detailed affiliation, a
> short curriculum vitae, and request for travel and stay support to
> maamaw01-oc@imag.fr by 30 March 2001 at the latest. Notification of
> acceptance of applications will be given by April 13, 2001.
>
> MAAMAW'01 WEB SITE
>
> Detailed and up-to-date travel information, including registration, is
> maintained at the workshop's website ( see
> http://www-leibniz.imag.fr/MAAMAW2001/ ).
>
>
>
>
>
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