| Betreff: | [WI] Call for Papers and Demos,,2nd Workshop on Multi-agent Based Applications for Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Systems (MASGES) as part of PAAMS, Salamanca (Spain), 4-6.6.2014 |
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| Datum: | Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:26:46 +0100 |
| Von: | Rainer Unland <rainer.unland@icb.uni-due.de> |
| Organisation: | University Duisburg-Essen |
| An: | undisclosed-recipients:; |
Call for Papers and Demos
2nd Workshop on Multi-agent Based
Applications for Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Systems
(MASGES)
as part of
12th Conference on Practical
Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS)
Salamanca (Spain), 4th-6th June,
2014
Important dates
Submission date papers, 20th January,
2014
Submission date papers, 24th February,
2014
Notification of acceptance, 24th
February, 2014
Camera-ready deadline, 10th March,
2014
Conference dates, 4th-6th June, 2014
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 8-12 pages, including figures and references
for papers and 2-4 pages for demos. Both, accepted papers and
demos, will be included in the PAAMS 2014 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.
Grants
The BISITE research group (http://bisite.usal.es) of
the University of Salamanca, organiser of PAAMS 2014, offers 40
grants to facilitate the attendance to doctoral and young
doctors both to the event itself (including Workshops and
Special Sessions) and to the parallel collocated events. More
information can be found here: http://www.paams.net/grants
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
Fernando Lopes, LNEG National Research Institute,
Portugal, fernando.lopes@lneg.pt
Rainer
Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, rainer.unland@icb.uni-due.de
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
Bernhard
Bauer, Universität Augsburg, Germany
Bo
Nørregaard Jørgensen , Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Instituttet,
Denmark
Carlos
Ramos, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
Christian
Derksen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Christoph
Weber, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Costin
Bădică, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
David
Sislak, Gerstner Laboratory, Czech Republic
Fabrice
Saffre, British Telecom, UK
Frank
Allgöwer, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Georg Frey,
Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
Hanno
Hildmann, NEC Germany, Germany
Huib
Aldewereld, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Ingo J.
Timm, JW Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany
Jan
Sudeikat, Hamburg Energie GmbH, Germany
Jan Treur,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
John
Collins, University of Minnesota, USA
Joseph
Barjis, TU Delft, 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, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Massimiliano
Giacomin, University of Brescia, Italy
Mathijs de
Weerdt, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Matteo
Vasirani, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Matthias
Klusch, DFKI, Germany
Miguel Ángel
López Carmona, University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Nir Oren,
University of Aberdeen, UK
Olivier
Boissier, ENS Mines Saint-Etienne, France
Ori Marom,
Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands
Paolo
Torroni, University of Bologna, Italy
Paulo
Leitão, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal
Paulo
Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Peter
Palensky, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Sascha
Ossowski, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Sebastian
Lehnhoff, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Germany
Stamatis
Karnouskos, SAP, Germany
Steven Guan,
Xian Jiatong-Liverpool University, China
Sudip
Bhattacharjee, University of Connecticut, USA
Tiago Pinto,
Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
Wamberto
Vasconcelos, University of Aberdeen, UK
Wolfgang
Ketter, Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands
Zakaria
Maamar, Zayed University, UAE
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
-- “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/ ***************************************************************************