Forwarded message from [mathias.petsch@wirtschaft.tu-ilmenau.de (Mathias Petsch)] sent originally on Fri, 28 Jan 2000 09:31:56 +0100: : If you receive more than one copy, please accept our apologies : : ============================================================== : INTELLIGENT AGENTS FOR COMPUTER SUPPORTED CO-OPERATIVE WORK: : TECHNOLOGY AND RISKS : Workshop at the 4th International Conference on Autonomous Agents : June, 3 - 7, 2000, Barcelona, Spain : (http://www.wirtschaft.tu-ilmenau.de/wi/wi2/agents00-cscw-agents) : : 1st Call For Papers : ================================================================ : : Deadlines: : March 17th: Submission of Papers : April 3rd: Notification of Acceptance : April 10th: Submission of Camera Ready Copy : June 3-4th: Workshop at Agents 2000 : : ================================================================ : : INTRODUCTION: : : The increasing use of networking, coupled with an increasing distribution in the : operations of organisations, results in increasing problems of administration, : management and control of information and co-ordination of work. With the aim of : providing solution to such problems, research into Computer Supported : Co-operative Work (CSCW) is concerned with investigating approaches and : technologies for the support of group work, both within and among organisations, : in which the group members may be distributed geographically. : In parallel with the advances made in CSCW in recent years there have been : interesting developments in the fields of Intelligent Agents and Distributed : Artificial Intelligence (DAI), notably in the concepts, theories and deployment : of intelligent agents as a means of distributing computer-based problem solving : expertise. The concept of intelligent agents has given rise to an exciting new : technology of wide potential applicability. In particular, the paradigm of : multi-agent systems, which is also a focus of interest for researchers in : distributed artificial intelligence, forms a good basis for : (i) the design of CSCW architectures, and : (ii) the support of CSCW operations. : The application of a multi-agent approach to CSCW can help to make information : exchange among the participants easier, provide support to the participants : (e.g. in the form of Decision Support Systems), assist workflows and procedures, : and represent the user in a CSCW system. : But, the introduction of intelligent agents into CSCW systems as well as into : legacy information systems leads to potential new risks, e.g. unauthorised : information gain, unauthorised modification of information, unauthorised : derogation of functionality, or inadmissible loss of connection. Endowing agents : with intelligence increases the risks and threats, compared with conventional : communications and information systems. : : SUBMISSION: : : Topics of interest include but are not limited to: : - user agents in CSCW systems : - DAI architectures and CSCW systems, : - security aspects of agent-based CSCW systems, : - intelligent agents in CSCW (e.g. for decision support, : coordination, automation) : - applications of agent-based/mediated CSCW : : Contributions to the workshop should not exceed 8 pages in length and should be : emailed (electronic version) or posted (paper version, 5 copies) to one of the : contact persons below. : Final versions must conform to the ACM format. Formatting instructions can be : found at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html : : All accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. In addition, : we will invite authors of selected papers to submit an extended versions of : their paper for a subsequent publication in a special issue of an international : journal. : : WORKSHOP ORGANISING COMMITTEE: : N. Abchiche University of Paris (invited) : Ch. Branki University of Paisley : K. Zreik University of Caen (invited) : S. Kirn Technical University of Ilmenau : R. Kowalczyk CSIRO, Melbourne : H. Lecorre France Telekom (invited) : B. Lees University of Paisley : J. Newman Glasgow Caledonian University : M. Petsch Technical University of Ilmenau : D. Riaño University of Tarragona : H. Tian Tongji University, Shanghai : S. Uellner Deutsche Telekom, Research, Darmstadt (invited) : R. Unland University of Essen : : CONTACT PERSONS: : : Mathias Petsch : PF 100 565, Ilmenau, 98764 : Germany : Email: mathias.petsch@wirtschaft.tu-ilmenau.de : Tel: + 49 3677 694056 : Fax: + 49 3677 69 4219 : : Brian Lees : Department of Computing & Information Systems, University of Paisley Paisley PA1 : 2BE, Scotland U.K. : Email: lees-ci0@paisley.ac.uk : Tel: + 44 141 848 3311 : Fax: + 44 141 848 3542 : : FURTHER INFORMATION: : Workshop WWW site : http://www.wirtschaft.tuilmenau.de/wi/wi2/agents00-cscw-agents/ : Conference WWW site http://www.iiia.csic.es/agents2000
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