-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] Deadline extension till 7.1.2013 - CfP Workshop Multi-agent Based Applications for Sustainable Energy Systems (MASSES), 11th Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS), Salamanca (Spain), 22nd-24th May, 2013 Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:12:45 +0100 From: Rainer Unland rainer.unland@icb.uni-due.de Organization: University Duisburg-Essen To: undisclosed-recipients:;
*First Workshop on Multi-agent Based Applications for Sustainable Energy Systems (MASSES) *
*as part of*
*11th Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS)*
*Salamanca (Spain), 22nd-24th May, 2013 *
*Important dates*
Submission date 7 January
Notification date28 January
Paper ready deadline25 February
Conference dates22-24 May, 2013
*Workshop motivation and topics*
After the explicit commitment of many countries to support the installation and management of often small renewable energy production sources the old energy grids need to be upgraded to a much more intelligent and flexible grid, not only for electricity but also for gas and heat. Such so called smart grids most likely need to rely on decentralized control and a highly efficient, fast, flexible and reliable management. This requires smart grids to be capable of autonomously and intelligently configuring themselves to make the most efficient use of available resources, to be robust to all kinds of failures and energy production deviations, and to be extendable and adaptable in the face of rapidly changing technologies and requirements. The distributed nature of these systems, and the autonomous behaviour expected of them, points towards multi-agent systems as a possible foundation for the realisation of the management software for such grids. While a lot has to happen on the energy production and provision level the house of the future as well as the transportation means of the future need to be smoothly integrated in such a smart grid concept as well which means that houses need to be smart as well. Thus, the focus of this workshop is on applications of multi-agent systems technology in smart grids and smart homes.
Examples of areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
.Agent-based prediction, adaption and optimization of energy use within homes, buildings, organisations and micro-grids
.Multi-agent based simulations of energy grids and markets
.Coalition formation strategies for coordinated energy use across multiple consumers, forming virtual power stations, and performing intelligent demand management.
.Experiences with MAS-based Smart Grid implementations
.Applications of MAS-based Smart Grid technologies
.MAS-based real time adaptation of energy networks
.MAS-based self-configuration or self-healing of energy systems
.MAS-based load modelling and control
.MAS-based applications for electrical vehicles
.MAS-based control and management of electrical car fleets
.Interactions and exchange between networks for electricity, gas and heat
.MAS-based smart home (building) applications and services
.MAS-based control and management of smart homes
.MAS-based control and management of appliances
.MAS-based control and management of smart homes
.MAS-based commercial and industrial applications for smart homes
*Structure of MASSES*
MASSE will be a full-day workshop and will include several presentation sessions for the accepted paper as well as invited papers on topics of overall interest in order to kick off intense and lively discussions. It is intended to end the workshop with a panel/discussion round in which the relevant results of the workshop will be discussed.
*Review Process*
Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 Program Committee members. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, quality of presentation, practical applicability. Some preference may also be given to papers which address emergent trends or important common themes. In general, papers to be acceptable, must be of substantial relevance for the multi-agent systems research community.
*Journal publication of excellent papers*
It is intended to invite authors of excellent papers to submit an extended version of their paper to either
the IOS Multiagent and Grid Systems journal (MAGS). This journal has a high reputation and is often classified as a B-class journal. If enough high quality papers will be submitted it is planned to publish them as a special issue, otherwise as regular papers;
or Springer's Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence. This new journal focuses on research in applications of the computer-based methods of Computational Collective Intelligence (CCI) and their applications in a wide range of fields such as semantic web, social networks and multi-agent systems.
*Workshop organisers/PC Chairs*
Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy
Ryszard Kowalczyk, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Rainer Unland (primary contact), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Rainer.Unland at icb.uni-due.de
*Program Committee*
Alexander Pokahr, University of Hamburg, Germany
Andreas Symeonidis, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Anke Weidlich, Hochschule Offenburg, Germany
Bao Vo, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Benjamin Hirsch, EBTIC, UAE
Bernhard Bauer, Universität Augsburg, Germany
Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Instituttet http://www.sdu.dk/Om_SDU/Institutter_centre/Mmmi_maersk_mckinney_moeller.aspx?sc_lang=da, Denmark
Christian Derksen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Christoph Weber, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Costin Ba(dica(, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
Cristina Baroglio, Universita' degli Studi di Torino, Italy
David Sislak, Gerstner Laboratory, Czech Republic
Dmitry Zhdanov, University of Connecticut, USA
Fabrice Saffre, Etisalat BT Innovation Centre, UAE
Frank Allgöwer, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Georg Frey, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
Hanno Hildmann, Khalifa University, UAE
Huaglory Tianfield, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Huib Aldewereld, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Ingo J. Timm, JW Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany
Jan Sudeikat, Hamburg Energie GmbH, Germany
Javier Vazquez-Salceda, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
John Collins, University of Minnesota, USA
Lars Braubach, University of Hamburg, Germany
Lars Mönch, Fernuniversität Hagen, Germany
Marcin Paprzycki, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Maria Ganzha, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Martin Tröschel, OFFIS - Institut für Informatik, Germany
Mathijs de Weerdt, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Matthias Klusch, DFKI GmbH, Germany
Ori Marom, Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands
Peter Palensky,AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Sascha Ossowski, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Stamatis Karnouskos, SAP, Germany
Steven Guan, Xian Jiatong-Liverpool University, China
Sudip Bhattacharjee, University of Connecticut, USA
Wolfgang Ketter, Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands
Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE
Lau Hoong Chuin, Singapore Management University, Singapore (t.b.c.)
Zhiguo Gong, University of Macau, Macau (t.b.c.)