Forwarded message from [klusch@dfki.de (Matthias Klusch)] sent originally on Wed, 27 Oct 1999 19:06:54 +0200: : This message has been posted to multiple, different mailing lists. : Please take our apologies if you receive this message more than once. : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS : : ================================================================== : Special Double Issue of the International Journal on : Cooperative Information Systems : : INTELLIGENT INFORMATION AGENTS: : : THEORY AND APPLICATIONS : : Guest Editor: : : Matthias Klusch : Deduction and Multi-Agent Systems Lab : German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Ltd., Germany : : ================================================================== : : http://www.dfki.de/~klusch/JCISspecial.html : : IMPORTANT DATES : *************** : : - Submission of Manuscripts: NOVEMBER 25, 1999 : : - Notification of Acceptance: MARCH 30, 2000 : : - Publication of Special Issue due to: Fall 2000 : : SCOPE & TOPICS : ************** : : This special double issue of the International Journal on Cooperative Information : Systems is devoted to advances in theory and applications of intelligent : information agents. : : Roughly speaking, an information agent is a computational software entity : that has access to one or multiple, heterogeneous and geographically distributed : information sources; it pro-actively searches for and maintains relevant : information on behalf of users or other agents preferably in a just-in-time fashion. : Such an agent is supposed to satisfy one or multiple of following requirements: : : * Information acquisition and management, i.e., : it may monitor, update, and provide transparent access to one or many different : information sources, retrieve, extract, analyze and filter data (including semi-structured : or even unstructured data). : * Information synthesis and presentation, that is, it is able to integrate heterogeneous : data and to provide unified (and multi-dimensional) views on data. : * Intelligent user assistance by being able, for example to dynamically adapt : to user preferences, any kind of changes in information and network environment. : It may provide convenient individual interactive assistance for everyday business on : the Internet such as a life-like character, recommend sources and future work steps, etc. : : In other words, the agent helps to manage and overcome the difficulties associated with : information overload. In part, there are many approaches and implemented solutions available : from advanced databases, knowledge-bases and distributed information systems technology to : meet some of these demands. The effective and efficient access to information : on the Internet and Web has become a critical research area. : : Information agents technology emerged as part of the more general intelligent software : agent technology around seven years ago mainly as a response to the increasing challenges : of the cyberspace from both, the technological and human user perspective. : It is an inherently interdisciplinary technology encompassing approaches, methods and tools : from different research disciplines such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Advanced Database : and Knowledge Base Systems, Distributed Information Systems, Information Retrieval, : Cognitive Sciences and Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Today, it can be seen as one of : the key technologies for the actual and future Internet and worldwide Web. : : Topics are but not limited to: : : * Architectures of (Systems of) Information Agents : : General and specific architectures of information agents in different : settings and environments. : Approaches for communication and collaboration between (systems) : of information agents. Service matchmaking and brokering. : Inter-Agent Communication languages. : : * Advanced Database and Knowledge-Base Technology : : Interoperability in large-scaled, and uncertain information environments. : Application of Techniques for Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in : open, distributed and dynamically changing environments. : : * Methods of Adaptation and Learning for Systems of Information Agents : : Methods for automated uncertain reasoning for information agents. : Computation and action under uncertainty and limited resources. : Performance and measurement of adaptation of single agent or multiagent : systems in uncertain information environments. : : * Mobility and Issues of Security in the Internet : : Architectures, Environments and Languages for Mobile and Secure : Information Agents and Servers. : Secure agent execution and protection of data servers from malicious agents. : Cooperating Information Agents in wearable computers, hand-held and/or : satellite-based control devices. : : * Rational Information Agents and Electronic Commerce : : Agent-Based Marketplaces, Coalition Formation, Auctions, Negotiations. : Economic models of cooperative problem solving among rational information : agents in open information environments. : Methods for prevention and detection of lying rational information agents. : Electronic Commerce with incomplete and uncertain informations. : Standards for privacy of communication, security, and jurisdiction for : agent-mediated deals. : : * Human-Agent Interaction : : Synthetic Agents, believable avatars, and 3-D multimedia-based : representation of user information spaces in the Internet. : Models and Implementation of Advanced Interfaces for conversation and : dialogue among Information Agents and Users. : : * Systems and Applications : : Systems and Applications of multiple collaborating Information Agents on : the Internet. : : PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPT : ************************* : : The length of the contribution should not exceed 22 pages. : : For guidelines on manuscript preparation please check the relevant : last 5 pages in any issue of the journal, and check the Web site of : the International Journal on Cooperative Information Systems at: : http://www.wspc.com.sg/journals/ijcis/ijcis.html : : SUBMISSION : ********** : : Manuscripts are to be submitted by (electronic) mail to the Guest : Editor (see below). : Authors may suggest the appropriate persons to review/referee their : paper, however, the Editor need not necessarily take up the suggestion. : Authors may request that their identity be kept unknown to the referee. : Camera-ready manuscripts are to be prepared according to the instructions : provided in any issue of the journal, preferably using LATEX or TEX. : : Please submit your manuscript by : : E-Mail (printable POSTSCRIPT - A4 format- AND the original text file) to : : klusch@dfki.de : : XOR : : Mail (5 Hard Copies) to : : Matthias Klusch : DFKI GmbH : Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 : 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany. : : -- : ___________________________________ : Dr. Matthias Klusch : DFKI German AI Research Center Ltd. : Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 : 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany : Phone: +49-681-302 5297 : Fax: +49-681-302 2235 : http://www.dfki.de/~klusch/ : ___________________________________
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