-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [wkwi] Call for participation: AAMAS'2008 Datum: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:40:40 +0100 (CET) Von: Joerg Mueller joerg.mueller@tu-clausthal.de Antwort an: postmaster@idefix.buva.sowi.uni-bamberg.de An: undisclosed-recipients:;
======================================================= CALL FOR PARTICIPATION SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS AGENTS AND MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS (AAMAS-08) =======================================================
May 12-16, 2008 Estoril, Portugal www.aamas2008.org www.aamas-conference.org
AAMAS is the leading scientific conference for research in autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. The AAMAS conference series was initiated in 2002 as a merger of three highly respected individual conferences: the International Conference in Autonomous Agents, the International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages, and the International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems. The aim of the joint conference is to provide a single, high-profile, internationally respected archival forum for research in all aspects of the theory and practice of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems.
The conference will be held from Monday May 12th until Friday May 16th, 2008 in Estoril, Portugal.
Tutorials and workshops will be held on Monday May 12th and Tuesday May 13th, 2008. Accepted technical papers and invited talks will be presented from Wednesday May 14th through Friday May 16th, 2008. The list of accepted papers is available on the main conference webpage.
Invited speakers include Randy Beard (Brigham Young University), Moshe Tennenholtz (The Technion) and Demetri Terzopoulos (UCLA).
AAMAS-08 will also feature two special paper tracks: one on Multi-Robots and the other on Virtual Agents, along with an Industry and Applications track for descriptions of emerging and already deployed agent applications, and a demonstration session.
Early registration is now open and closes on March 7. Late registration closes on April 21st. http://gaips.inesc-id.pt/aamas2008/registration.html
====================== Topics of interest in AAMAS-08 include, but are not limited to:
Agent-based system development - agent-oriented software engineering - agent development environments - agent languages - case studies and implemented systems - P2P, web services, grid computing
Learning - learning (single and multi-agent) - computational architectures for learning - evolution, adaptation
Agent Reasoning - reasoning (single and multi-agent) - planning (single and mult-agent) - cognitive models - ontological reasoning
Agent cooperation - teamwork, coalition formation, coordination - distributed problem solving - biologically-inspired methods
Agent theories, models and architectures - formal models of agency - modeling other agents and self - BDI, speech act theory - reactive vs deliberative - logic-based methods - bounded rationality
Agent societies and Societal issues - artificial social systems - trust and reputation - social and organizational structure - privacy, safety and security - ethical and legal issues
Agent communication - communication languages - communication protocols - agent commitments
Economic paradigms - electronic markets and institutions - economically-motivated agents - game theory (cooperative and non-cooperative) - social choice theory, voting protocols - auction and mechanism design - argumentation, negotiation and bargaining
Agent-based simulations - emergent behaviour - simulation-specific issues
The conference also welcomes relevant papers from related fields such as P2P computing, web services, autonomic and grid computing, as long as the link is made to relevance and work within the agents community.
====================== *Special track on Multi-Robots:
Papers on theory and applications concerning teams of multiple robots are welcome, namely those focusing on real robots interacting with their surrounding environments. The goal is to foster interaction between researchers on multi-agent and multi-robot systems, so as to provide a cradle for cross-fertilization of concepts from both fields.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - cooperative perception - cooperative localization - middleware for multi-robot systems - multi-robot mapping and localization - networked robots - formal models of multi-robot plans
====================== *Special track on Virtual agents:
Virtual agents are embodied agents in interactive virtual or physical environments that emulate human-like behavior. Papers on the design, implementation, and evaluation of virtual agents are welcome, as well as papers about challenging applications of virtual agents. The goal is to provide an opportunity for interaction and cross-fertilization between the AAMAS community and researchers working on virtual agents and to strengthen links between the two communities.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - verbal and non-verbal expressiveness - models of personality, emotions and social behavior - multi-user/multi-virtual-agent interaction - advanced 3D modeling and animation technologies - applications, experience reports and user studies
==================== ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ====================
General Chairs: Simon Parsons, Brooklyn College, City Univ of NY, USA Joerg P. Mueller, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany * generalchairs -at- aamas2008.org
Program Chairs: Lin Padgham, RMIT University, Australia David C. Parkes, Harvard University, USA * programchairs -at- aamas2008.org
Local Organization Chairs: Ana Paiva, INESC-ID & Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal Luis Antunes, ISR & Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal * localchairs -at- aamas2008.org
Multi-Robots Special Track Chair: Pedro Lima, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal * robotics -at- aamas2008.org
Virtual Agents Special Track Chair: Elisabeth Andre, University of Augsburg, Germany * synthetic -at- aamas2008.org
Workshop Chair: Juan Antonio Rodriguez, AI Research Institute (IIIA), Spain * workshops -at- aamas2008.org
Tutorials Chair: Pinar Yolum, Bogazici University, Turkey * tutorials -at- aamas2008.org
Industrial Track Chairs: Michael Berger, Siemens AG, Germany Satoshi Nishiyama, KDDI Labs, Japan Bernard Burg, Panasonic, USA * industrial -at- aamas2008.org
Exhibits/Demo Chairs: Joelle Pineau, McGill University, Canada Rafael Bordini, University of Durham, UK * exhibits -at- aamas2008.org
Finance Chair: Keith Decker, University of Delaware, USA
Doctoral Mentoring Chairs: Gal Kaminka, Bar Ilan University, Israel Yohei Murakami, National Inst. of I&C Tech., Japan
Publicity Chair: Vincent Conitzer, Duke University, USA
Publications Chair: Franziska Kluegl, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Registration and Local Finance Chair: Joo Balsa, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Student Scholarship Chairs: Sascha Ossowski, U Rey Juan Carlos Madrid, Spain Paul Scerri, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Von Wun Soo, U Hsinchu, Taiwan
Sponsoring Chairs: John Yen, Penn State University, USA Alex Rogers, University of Southhampton, UK Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong