| Betreff: | [WI] CfP & Demos 4th WS on Multi-agent Based Applications for Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Systems (MASGES) ,as part of PAAMS, Sevilla (Spain), 1th-3rd June 2016 |
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| Datum: | Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:34:00 +0100 |
| Von: | Rainer Unland <rainer.unland@icb.uni-due.de> |
| Organisation: | University Duisburg-Essen |
| An: | PAAMS <info@paams.net>, Rainer Unland <Rainer.Unland@icb.uni-due.de> |
Call for Papers and Demos
4th Workshop on Multi-agent Based
Applications for Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Systems
(MASGES)
as part of
14th Conference on Practical
Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS)
Sevilla (Spain), 1th-3rd June, 2016
http://paams.net/workshops/masges
Important dates
Submission
date: 18th January,
2016
Notification
date: 22nd February,
2016
Camera-ready
deadline: 07th March, 2016
Conference
dates: 1st-3rd June,
2016
Workshop motivation and topics
After the explicit commitment of many
countries to support the installation and operation of (small)
renewable energy production sources, energy grids need to
become more intelligent and flexible. Such so called smart
grids probably need to rely on decentralized control and a
highly efficient, flexible and reliable management. Smart
grids need to be capable of autonomously and intelligently
configuring themselves to exploit available resources as
efficiently as possible, to be robust to all kinds of failures
and energy production deviations, and to be extendable and
adaptable in the light of rapidly changing technologies and
requirements. The distributed nature of the underlying control
structure of such systems, and the autonomous behaviour
expected from them points towards multi-agent systems as a
possible underlying implementation platform for the management
software of such grids. But not only energy production and
provision have to change. The house as well as the transportation
means of the future need to be smoothly integrated into
such a smart grid concept, requiring houses and transportation
means to be smart as well. On the economic side, the
electrical power industry was traditionally intensively
regulated with led to a lack of market-price mechanisms. After
the introduction of new regulations it has evolved into a
distributed and competitive industry in which market forces
dictate electricity prices. Electricity markets (EMs) are an
evolving new reality, meaning that researchers lack insight
into numerous open problems associated with them, e.g. the
technical difficulties to understand the internal dynamics of
EMs and the additional complexity in coordinating economic and
financial issues. Thus, the focus of this workshop is on
applications of multi-agent systems technology in smart grids,
smart homes and electricity markets.
Additionally, we are planning various
“demo sessions” to give participants from academia an
opportunity to present their latest developments on practical
applications of agent technology. Project coordinators as well
as PhD students are encouraged to submit the description of
valuable demos resulting from their work.
List of Topics
The
focus of this workshop is on the application of multi-agent
systems in smart grids, smart homes, and electricity markets.
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
•
Coalition
formation strategies for coordinated energy use across
multiple consumers, forming virtual power stations, and
performing intelligent demand management
•
Interactions
and exchange between networks for electricity, gas and heat
• Multi-agent
based simulations of energy grids and markets
•
Multi-Agent
based Smart Grids Testbeds
• 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
• 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
commercial and industrial applications for smart
homes
•
Intelligent
Monitoring, Protection, Communication, Control or Diagnosis in Smart Grids
•
Agent-based
Approaches in Energy Markets;
•
Market
Monitoring and Forecasting
•
Novel
Energy Markets and Trading Strategies
•
Smart
sensors and advanced metering infrastructure
Structure of MASGES
MASGES
will be a full one or two day(s) workshop and demo
presentation and discussion. It will include several
presentation sessions for the accepted paper and possible
demos as well as invited talks on topics of overall workshop
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.
Submission of papers
All
papers and demo descriptions must be formatted according to
the LNCS/LNAI template (see PAAMS homepage – paper submission
for templates etc.), with a maximum length of 10-12 pages,
including figures and references for papers and 2-4 pages for
demos. Both, accepted papers and demos, will be included in
the PAAMS 2016 Proceedings, published by Springer. Papers must
be formatted according to the Springer LNCS formatting
instructions and must be submitted in electronic form (PDF
format) using the Paper Submission System.
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.
Demo applications will be reviewed by
the PC chairs.
Journal publication of excellent
papers
It
is intended to invite authors of excellent papers to submit an
extended version of their paper to 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.
PC Chairs
Rainer
Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, rainer.unland@icb.uni-due.de
(first contact)
Fernando Lopes, LNEG National Research
Institute, Portugal, fernando.lopes@lneg.pt
Program Committee
Alberto Fernández, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos,
Spain
Alberto Sardinha, Technical University of Lisbon,
Portugal
Andreas Symeonidis, University of Thessaloniki,
Greece
Anke Weidlich, Hochschule Offenburg, Germany
Benjamin Hirsch, Etisalat BT Innovation Centre
(EBTIC), UAE
Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen , Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
Instituttet, Denmark
Christian Derksen, Universität Duisburg-Essen,
Germany
Christoph Weber, Universität Duisburg-Essen,
Germany
Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Craiova,
Romania
David Sislak, Gerstner Laboratory, Czech Republic
Fabrice Saffre, Etisalat BT Innovation Centre,
UAE
Frank Allgöwer, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Gauthier Picard, ENS Mines Saint-Etienne, France
Georg Frey, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
Hanno Hildmann, NEC Germany, Germany
Ingo J. Timm, JW Goethe-University Frankfurt,
Germany
Jan Sudeikat, Hamburg Energie GmbH, Germany
Jan Treur, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar, IIIA, CSIC, Spain
Koen Hindriks, Delft University of Technology,
Netherlands
Lars Braubach, University of Hamburg, Germany
Lars Mönch, Fernuniversität Hagen, Germany
Laurent Vercouter, Graduate School of engineering
- Saint-Étienne, France
Marcin Paprzycki, Polish Academy of Sciences,
Poland
Maria Ganzha, Warsaw Technical University, Poland
Massimiliano Giacomin, University of Brescia,
Italy
Matthias Klusch, DFKI, Germany
Miguel Ángel López Carmona, University of Alcalá
de Henares, Spain
Paulo Leitão, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança,
Portugal
Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Peter Palensky, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Sascha Ossowski, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos,
Spain
Stamatis Karnouskos, SAP, Germany
Steven Guan, Xian Jiatong-Liverpool University,
China
Sudip Bhattacharjee, University of Connecticut,
USA
Tiago Pinto, Polytechnic Institute of Porto,
Portugal
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta , Canada
Wolfgang Ketter, Rotterdam School of Management,
The Netherlands
Steering Committee
Fernando
Lopes, LNEG National Research Institute , Portugal
Giancarlo
Fortino, Università della Calabria, Italy
Hugo Morais,
Denmark Technical University, Denmark
Rainer
Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Ryszard
Kowalczyk, Swinburne University of Technology
Zita Vale,
Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
-- “Experience is this valuable asset which allows us to identify the mistake immediately when we are doing it again and again!” “Erfahrung ist jener kostbare Besitz, der uns befähigt, einen Fehler sofort zu erkennen, wenn wir ihn immer wieder machen.” ************************************************************************** Prof. Dr. Rainer Unland University of Duisburg-Essen Institute for Computer Science and Business Information Systems (ICB) Practical Computer Science, especially Data Management Systems and Knowledge Representation Schuetzenbahn 70 45117 Essen, Germany Tel.: (+49) 201-183 3421 IP-Tel. Skype: unlandr Fax: (+49) 201-183 4460 Email: Rainer.Unland at icb.uni-due.de WWW: http://www.dawis.wiwi.uni-due.de/ ***************************************************************************