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Subject: Fw: RASTA'03 - announcement
From: francois_bousquet (francois_bousquet@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Feb 17 2003 - 12:10:08 CET
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From: "Mario Paolucci" <mario.paolucci@KATAMAIL.COM>
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-- | | First announcement for RASTA03 | | Call for papers and participation | | Second International Workshop on Regulated Agent-Based Social Systems: | Theories and Applications (RASTA'03) | | Workshop date: 23 June, 2003 | in connection with ICAIL 2003 | the Ninth International Conference on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and LAW | 24 - 28 June, 2003 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | | http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TGI/events/rasta03 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | | The wide range of social theories offers many different solutions to | problems found in complex (computer) systems. Which theories, to apply how | and when is a major challenge. In developing agents and multi-agent-systems | computer scientists have used sociological terms like negotiation, | interaction, contracts, agreement, organisation, cohesion, social order, or | collaboration. | The realisation that the behaviour of societies cannot fully be explained by | macro-theories only, and the progress made in agent technology opened the | way to new models of societies in which both macro-theories and | micro-theories are incorporated. However, the integration of these theories | is still insufficient. The development of the socionics research area and | the increased interest in dynamics of behaviour and structures of or within | agents in hybrid organisations requires the investigation of new modelling | concepts. | When looking at the actually implemented systems many difficult challenges | have to be solved with respect to the behaviour and the relationships within | the involved and implemented entities of a system. Especially the | introduction of norms and institutions in the social world has helped to | organize our world. The transfer of these concepts into the field of MAS | seems to be a promissing direction. At the same time the complete | understanding of establishment of norms and institutions still needs | research. Most interesting is that MAS are now seen as a good vehicle in | terms of metaphors, concepts, and tools to support this research direction. | Social networks have been a good tool to provide an effective tool for | sociologists studying individual behaviors in a complex social system and | testbed for the study and evaluation of artificial agent societies. The | mutual dependencies between organizations and their personal / artificial | actors is a demanding testbed for theories and applications of MAS. | The way to approach all these challenges can be from theoretical, | experimental, empirical, prototypical, applied etc. work. We expect to have | again many different directions which will lead to an interesting discussion | during and after the workshop as last time in Bologna at the AAMAS. | | Main topics of interest: (for the detailed list see | http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TGI/events/rasta03) | | - Social theories relevant for the development of agent systems from the | fields of Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Law, Economics, | Cognitive Sciences, Organizational Sciences, or Game Theory | | - Social concepts and models of | compositionality, communication, coordination, and cooperation | | - Emotions | | - Cognitive/neural grounding of social behavior | | - Social background of agents theories | | - Agents and Law | | - Role of social theories in agent systems | | - Norms and Institutions in MAS | | - Reputation and reputational systems on the web | | - Social simulation and its relationship to electronic institutions | | - Applications like: knowledge management, reputation management, and | computer supported collaborative learning and working | | - Formal foundations, e.g. verification and validation | | - Empirical studies | | Timetable: | | Deadline for submissions: March 12, 2003 | Notification of acceptance: April 12, 2003 | Deadline for final papers: May 13, 2003 | Workshop: June 23, 2003 | | | In case of any questions, please contact us: | mailto:rasta03@informatik.uni-hamburg.de | | Best regards, | Gabriela Lindemann | Daniel Moldt | Mario Paolucci