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Subject: TR: AUTONOMOUS AGENTS & MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS (1st Int Joint Conf)
From: Amblard Frederic (frederic.amblard@CLERMONT.cemagref.fr)
Date: jeu jui 19 2001 - 15:00:32 CEST
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Mike Wooldridge [mailto:M.J.Wooldridge@csc.liv.ac.uk]
Envoyé : jeudi 19 juillet 2001 14:38
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Objet : CfP: AUTONOMOUS AGENTS & MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS (1st Int Joint
Conf)
** Preliminary Call for Papers **
First International Joint Conference on
AUTONOMOUS AGENTS & MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS (AAMAS 2002)
Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna, Italy
July 15-19, 2002
http://lia.deis.unibo.it/aamas2002/
http://www.autonomousagents.org/2002/
"Bringing People and Agents Together"
Oct. 30, 2001 Deadline for electronic abstracts of submitted papers
Nov. 6, 2001 Deadline for electronic submission of papers
MOTIVATION
Agents (adaptive or intelligent agents and multi-agent systems) are
one of the most prominent and attractive technologies in Computer
Science at the beginning of the new century. Agent and MAS
technologies, methods, and theories are currently contributing to many
diverse domains such as information retrieval, user interface design,
robotics, electronic commerce, computer mediated collaboration,
computer games, education and training, smart environments, ubiquitous
computers, social simulation, etc. They are not only a very promising
technology, they are emerging as a new way of thinking, a conceptual
paradigm for analyzing problems and for designing systems, for dealing
with complexity, distribution and interactivity, and perhaps a new
perspective on computing and intelligence. Yet to realize this
promise further advances are required in agent architectures,
languages, theories, and design techniques.
To accept this challenge, three very successful and high level events
- AA (International Conference on Autonomous Agents)
- ICMAS (International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems), and
- ATAL (International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and
Languages)
have decided to build on their past successes and converge in 2002 in
a Joint Conference.
The aims of this joint venture are:
to strengthen the relationships within the Agent community, to enhance
selection and quality; to encourage richer exchanges between
theoretical research and applications, modeling and engineering, and
between the micro and the macro levels of agent modeling; to foster
collaboration between information science and technology and the
cognitive and the social sciences.
CONFERENCE THEME
The theme of the conference is Bringing People and Agents Together
As agent-based computing becomes ever more widespread, it is
increasingly important for agents to interactive effectively with
people and with other agents. In addition to the research topics that
are normally represented at the component conferences, we particularly
encourage submissions that address issues of how to improve
interaction and collaboration among agents and people.
SUBMISSIONS
The conference welcomes submissions of original, high quality papers
covering any of the subject areas mentioned below. We encourage
experimental, methodological, theoretical and applications
papers. Papers that address isolated agent capabilities per se (such
as planning or learning) are discouraged, unless they are placed in
the overall context of autonomous agent architectures or of MAS
organization and performance. Evaluation is considered a desirable
component of any submission.
In addition to conventional conference papers, we strongly encourage
the submission of papers that focus on implemented systems or software
or robotic prototypes. These papers require a demonstration of the
prototype at the conference and should include a detailed
project/system description specifying hw/sw features and requirements.
The conference also encourages submissions of proposals for workshops,
tutorials, posters, and robotic and software demonstrations.
CONFERENCE TOPICS and AREA KEYWORDS
AAMAS'02 topics include, but are not restricted to:
* action selection and planning for agents
* agencies; holonic, complex, collective agents; micro/macro agents
* agent architectures (behavior based, reactive, neural, layered,
hybrid, modular, BDI, emotion-based; etc.)
* agent architectures as cognitive models and models of mind
* agent-based software engineering
* agent-based workflow management and process control
* agent communication languages and protocols
* agent programming languages and environments
* argumentation, persuasion, and deception
* autonomy oriented computation robots
* autonomous robots and robot teams
* bidding and bargaining agents
* coalition formation
* agent architectures as cognitive models and models of mind
* cognitive robotics
* conflicts, conflict resolution, and negotiation
* conversational agents
* coordinating multiple agents and multiple activities
* coordination infrastructures
* deontic relations: commitments, obligations, permissions, authority,
responsibility, rights, representation, delegation, empower, etc.
* electronic commerce, markets, auctions and exchanges
* emotion and personality
* evolution, adaptation and learning
* formalisms and logics for agents and MAS (of action, intentional
attitudes, ability, obligations, mutual mental states, speech acts,
coordination and cooperation, etc.);
* logic programming for agent and MAS; cognitive robotics
* groups, teams, organizations, and societies; group dynamics,
* human-like, lifelike, and believable qualities of synthetic agents
* interface agents and conversational agents
* lessons learned from deployed agents
* methodologies and tools for specification, design, implementation,
testing, validation, and benchmarking;
* middle-agents (e.g., matchmakers, brokers, routers)
* mobile agents
* moral and political issues in building or applying autonomous
intelligent entities
* motivation, goal selection and theories of rational agency
* multiagent-based simulation for sociobiological, social, economic,
and environmental issues
* ontologies for agents and social modeling; ontologies in agent-based
information systems and knowledge management
* perception and action in agents
* philosophical foundations of agents
* privacy, security and agents; conceptual, technical, and legal issues.
* robustness, fault tolerance, performance, dependability, etc.
* scalability and complexity issues
* self-organizing systems and emergent organization
* agents and social navigation on the Web (stigmergy, traces,
imitation, reputation, recommendation, etc.)
* social order, conventions, norms, social control; cultural norms and
institutions
* standards for agents and MAS
* theories of agency and autonomy (agenthood, initiative,
pro-activity; reliability, delegation, trust, control)
* user and agent modeling; social reasoning and social intelligence
DOCTORAL MENTORING PROGRAM
Each student with an accepted paper or poster will be matched with an
established researcher in the same area for a one-on-one interaction
providing a valuable feedback to the students. Moreover an informal
reception will be organized for the doctoral students and mentors have
time to interact. A limited number of student scholarships will be
available to support student travel to the conference.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Paper submission is a two-part process:
1. You must send in an electronic title page and abstract. This must
be done via the conference submission WWW page. Title pages must be
submitted no later than October 30, 2001. If you are genuinely unable
to complete the online form (e.g., you do not have WWW access), then
please contact the conference program chairs as soon as possible.
2. You must submit both electronic and hardcopies of your papers. Paper
submissions must arrive no later than November 6, 2001. Submissions
received after this date will not be considered for
publication. Authors should submit four (4) copies of papers. In
addition, authors will be required to electronically submit (ftp)
their papers in pdf (preferred) or postscript format. Directions will
be emailed to the author after submitting the abstract.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The electronic title ftp area and the electronic paper
submission ftp area are likely to be very busy on October 30 and
November 6. You are strongly urged to submit your abstract and your
paper as far in advance of 30 October and November 6 respectively.
Submitted papers must be formatted in the style of ACM conference
proceedings (except that authors' names and affiliations should be
omitted along with "Categories and Subject Descriptors" as well as
"General Terms"). Templates (Word, Word Perfect and LaTeX) are
available at: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html
In order to make blind reviewing possible, authors should omit their
names and affiliations from the paper. In place of their names and
affiliations, they should provide the list of content areas and their
paper's tracking number.
Electronically submitted papers must be formatted for A4 paper, but
may be printed on 8 1/2" x 11" instead. Papers must be no longer than
8 pages, using the style files provided; consult the Web pages for
complete formatting instructions. Over-length papers will either be
rejected or penalized in the review process.
Authors should specify (e.g., in a footnote) if the primary author of
the paper is a student, so that the paper can be considered for the
best student paper award.
Policy on Multiple Submissions: AAMAS will not accept any paper which,
at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been
published or accepted for publication in a journal or another
conference.
IMPORTANT DATES
OCT. 30, 2001 deadline for electronic abstracts of submitted papers
NOV. 6, 2001 deadline for electronic submissions of papers
JAN. 7, 2002 deadline for workshop and tutorial proposals
JAN. 15, 2002 paper acceptance notifications sent to authors
INQUIRIES
Please send program suggestions and inquires to:
* Cristiano Castelfranchi
University of Siena
Dep. of Communication Sciences "Cognitive Science", Italy
mailto:castel@www.ip.rm.cnr.it
* W. Lewis Johnson
Director, Center for Advanced Research in Technology for Education
(CARTE)
USC / Information Sciences Institute, USA
mailto:johnson@isi.edu
ABOUT BOLOGNA
Although not as famous as Venice and Florence, Bologna is indeed one
of the most beautiful towns of Italy, being its medieval historical
center one of the biggest and better preserved in Europe. Bologna
hosts the most ancient university of the world, which is also one of
the biggest in Italy. As everybody knows, Bologna has both the best
food and the best nightlife in Italy. In addition, Bologna is the
ideal place where to stay to visit other wonderful places: Venice,
Florence, Ravenna, and Rimini can all be reached in 1 hour by train,
Rome in 3 hours. The airport of Bologna (BLQ) has frequent direct
connections to all major European Hubs.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE VENUES
The first two days of the conference, July 15-16, featuring workshops
and tutorials, will take place at the Faculty of Engineering of the
University of Bologna, at walking distance from the city center. The
main conference July 17-19 will take place in Palazzo Re Enzo, which
is in the very center of Bologna. Former residence of the city
governor, this 13th century building combines the beauty and charm of
the past with the comfort of a modern conference center.
CONFERENCE OFFICIALS
GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
* Maria Gini - University of Minnesota, USA
* Toru Ishida - Kyoto University, Japan
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
* Cristiano Castelfranchi - Universita di Siena, Italy
* W. Lewis Johnson - University of Southern California, USA
LOCAL ORGANIZATION CO-CHAIRS
* Andrea Omicini - Universita di Bologna, Italy
* Franco Zambonelli - Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
FINANCE CO-CHAIRS
* Jeffrey Bradshaw - University of West Florida, USA
* Michael Huhns - University of South Carolina, USA
Publicity Chair:
* Evangelos E. Milos, Dalhousie University, Canada
Tutorials Chair:
* Chris Dellarocas, MIT, USA
Workshops Chair:
* Keith Decker, University of Delaware, USA
Exhibits Chair:
* Anna Ciampolini, Università di Bologna, Italy
Software Demonstration Chair:
* Paolo Ciancarini, Università di Bologna, Italy
Robotics Demonstration Co-Chairs:
* Gerhard Kraetzschmar, Universität Ulm, Germany
* Enrico Pagello, Università di Padova, Italy
Mentoring Doctoral Students Chair:
* Michael Luck, University of Southampton, UK
Sponsorship Chairs:
* Mike Wooldridge, University of Liverpool, UK (Europe/Africa)
* Van Parunak, ERIM, USA (Americas)
* Chengqi Zhang, Deakin University Geelong, Australia (Asia/Pacific)
Registration Chair:
* Enrico Denti, Università di Bologna, Italy
Regional Liaisons:
* Kazuhiro Kuwabara, NTT, Japan (Asia/Pacific)
* Anna Reali Costa, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (Americas)
SENIOR PROGRAM COMMITTEE
* Elisabeth André, Universität Augsburg, Germany
* Justine Cassell, MIT Media Laboratory, USA
* Phil Cohen, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
* Yves Demazeau, Institut IMAG, France
* Marco Dorigo, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
* Alexis Drogoul, Université de Paris VI, France
* Ed Durfee, University of Michigan, USA
* Tim Finin, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, USA
* Nick Jennings, University of Southampton, UK
* Hiroaki Kitano, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Japan
* Sarit Kraus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
* Yves Lesperance, York University, Canada
* Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
* Maja Mataric, University of Southern California, USA
* John-Jules Meyer, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
* Hidey Nakashima, AIST, Japan
* Gian Pietro Picco, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
* Tuomas Sandholm, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
* Sandip Sen, University of Tulsa, USA
* Jaime Simão Sichman, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
* Candace Sidner, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory, USA
* Carles Sierra, IIIA-CSIC, Catalonia, Spain
* Munindar Singh, North Carolina State University, USA
* Liz Sonenberg, University of Melbourne, Australia
* Von-Wun Soo, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
* Milind Tambe, University of Southern California, USA
* Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
* Mike Wooldridge, University of Liverpool, UK
* Makoto Yokoo, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan
* Chengqi Zhang, Deakin University Geelong , Australia
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Giacomo Cabri, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Marco Mamei, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Gianluca Moro, Università di Bologna / Cesena, Italy
Alessandro Ricci, Università di Bologna / Cesena, Italy
Paolo Torroni, Università di Bologna, Italy
Mirko Viroli, Università di Bologna / Cesena, Italy
HOSTING ORGANIZATIONS
Università di Bologna
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
SPONSORS
Sponsors include the ACM Special Interest Group for Artificial
Intelligence (SIGART) and the International Foundation for Multi-Agent
Systems (IFMAS)