-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CfP 7th IEEE International Workshop on Engineering Semantic Agent Systems (ESAS) as part of COMPSAC 2012 Deadline 30.03.2012] Datum: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:10:39 +0200 Von: unlandr@cs.uni-due.de Antwort an: unlandr@cs.uni-due.de An: rainer.unland@icb.uni-due.de

ESAS 2012: The 7th IEEE International Workshop on Engineering Semantic Agent Systems

Held in conjunction with the 36th COMPSAC, the IEEE Signature Conference on Computers, Software, and Applications. COMPSAC 2012 will be held in Izmir (Turkey) on July 16-20, 2012

Important Dates

March 30th: Paper Submission Deadline April 20th: Notification Deadline May 2nd: Camera ready

Goals for the Workshop

ESAS 2012 has two complementary objectives:

i. To inquire into the theory and practice of engineering semantic multi-agent systems, especially methods, means, and best cases. ii. To explore into unifying software engineering methodologies employed in implementing semantic MAS applications across domains.

Workshop Theme

Applying Semantic Technologies in Research and Development of Ontology-Enabled Multi-Agent Systems. Semantic Web technology topics are welcome.

Semantic web technologies render dynamic, heterogeneous, distributed, shared content equally accessible to human reader and software agents. Distributed agents functioning autonomously can utilize semantic Web content to gather and aggregate knowledge, reason and infer new results towards achieving their goals and generating new knowledge. Such knowledge in turn may be disseminated and used to achieve the shared goal of the agents system. Here the vision is to achieve a synergy with multi-agent systems (MAS) technologies whereby both semantics and agents will be equally in the center stage.

ESAS workshop series aims at garnering the synergy of both technologies by taking up both the semantic web and the agent aspects of the common research issue. Topics of interest span a wide spectrum in both theory and practice of autonomous semantic agents, context-aware intelligent agents, agents as semantic web services, software agents, mobile agents, agent architectures, multi-agent systems, agent communities, cooperation and goal seeking through sharing policy and ontology, safety& security in systems, other QoS issues, and so on.

Mobile agent and MAS technologies are crucial in realizing multi-party dynamic application systems. Semantic Web technologies augment MAS by enabling agents with functioning based on the semantics of their mission and of the world around them. Agents, implemented as Web services in developing distributed control and processing applications, entail interesting consequences such as situation awareness, semantic composition of services, context sensitive long-lasting transactions, effecting service policies and quality levels, etc. Complex applications could become realizable with novel features such as factory floor automation for flexible production, collaborative discovery of uncharted geography (for example, cooperative labyrinth discovery), traffic management and info dissemination with facilitation of emergency services, financial markets forecasting with optimization of portfolio gain, etc.

We envisage a strong undercurrent of intelligent software agents, mobile agents, and MAS running through this workshop; side by side with the use of semantic technologies, there are several foci of interest: ? Software Agents, Mobile Agents, and MAS: issues relating to architecture, implementation, coordination, service levels, security of pervasive semantic or otherwise agents. ? Agent, MAS and Semantic Web Technologies: concomitant utilization of specific technologies in agent, MAS, and semantic Web implementations; semantic agent communities& applications; case studies of best-practice MAS applications; projects in the making; ? Ontologies for Agents and MAS: agent cooperation and coordination ontology; ontology of workflow in MAS; ontologies for distributed applications and integration; sharing and semantic interoperability; discovery and operations on ontologies; trust& security issues; ? Platforms for semantic agent and MAS implementation: languages, frameworks, tools, integrated development environments and software engineering practices supporting semantic or otherwise software agent& MAS architectures, coordination, trust& security mechanisms, description, discovery and composition of agent-based services. ? Other subjects of relevance in semantic technologies, semantic software agents, mobile agents, agent-based and multi-agent systems.

In unison with the main conference, the main theme of ESAS 2012 will be 'Applying semantic Web technologies in developing software agents, mobile agents and multi-agent systems towards achieving trustworthy software systems'. In relation to trustworthiness, topics of interest include the following among others: ? software development, ? software systems, ? systems and agent technology, ? systems and reasoning, ? systems and semantic technology, ? database systems, ? embedded systems, ? game and entertainment systems, ? healthcare information systems, ? Internet access and use for children, ? education, ? entertainment, and so on.

Likely Participants

Researchers and practitioners of software agents, mobile agents, MAS and semantic web technologies are expected to propose papers and to attend the workshop. Those with interests in any aspect of semantic agents and agent-based systems are welcome. Researchers working on realization of multi-agent systems through semantic web technology and ontology-based agent applications, including distributed control, security, interoperability, service levels, and quality issues in such systems, are especially encouraged to propose papers. Enterprises and research centers developing languages, integrated development environments, tools, and middleware that can be employed in engineering the above are encouraged to propose technical papers, demo and tutorial presentations. Prominent researchers of the field will be called upon to deliver invited talk and submit invited papers or position statements.

Post-Workshop Activity

The authors of selected papers may be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for possible publication in a special issue of a relevant journal and/or an edited book. Details will be revealed pending conclusion of negotiations.

A special issue of the best papers of ESAS 2006 has been published with Multiagent and Grid Systems - An International Journal, IOS Press, ISSN 1574-1702; Volume 4, Number 3, 2008, pp: 293-346.

The authors of the papers accepted at ESAS 2007 and 2008 were invited to submit extended versions of their papers for publication in the Special Issue on Engineering Semantic Agent Systems of Expert Systems: The Journal of Knowledge Engineering by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. This special issue has now appeared in Vol 28, Issue 5, 410-487. The authors of ESAS 2009/10 were invited to submit an extended and revised version of their papers for publication in an edited volume titled Semantic Agent Systems: Foundations and Applications by Springer-Verlag; the book has been published (http://www.springer.com/engineering/mathematical/book/978-3-642-18307-2).

Expected Achievements

We expect to create a lively discussion and exchange medium for experts from the two fronts: agent-based systems and ontology-based systems. Equal representation of both by papers is being aimed at.

Importance

Semantic web technologies render dynamic, heterogeneous, distributed, shared content equally accessible to human reader and software agents. Here the vision is to achieve a synergy with multi-agent systems (MAS) technologies whereby agents will be in the center stage. Other workshops have so far missed to garner the synergy of these technologies by taking up either the semantic web aspect or the agent aspect of the shared research issue.

Format

ESAS 2012 will consist of refereed papers, invited papers or position statements by prominent researchers of the field and a wrap-up panel of all authors.

Submission

Papers must be submitted electronically via the ESAS 2012 Submission Page (http://myreview.cs.iastate.edu/ESAS2012/). Please follow the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines to prepare your papershttp://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/submission. All papers will be carefully reviewed by at least three reviewers. Papers can be submitted as regular papers (six pages), and the acceptance will depend on reviewer feedback. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings of the IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2012) by the IEEE CS Press. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must register as a full participant of the workshop in order to have the paper published in the proceedings. Each accepted paper must be presented in person by one of its authors.

Workshop Organizers Duygu CELIK Department of Computer Engineering Istanbul Aydin University Istanbul, Turkey E-mail: duygucelik at aydin.edu.tr

Rainer UNLAND University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Email: Rainer.Unland at icb.uni-due.de

Rolf SCHWITTER Department of Computing Macquarie University Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia Email: rolfs at comp.mq.edu.au

Behnam RAHNAMA Department of Computer Engineering European University of Lefke Gemikonagi, North Cyprus E-mail: behnam at brahnama.com

Mehmet A. ORGUN Department of Computing Macquarie University Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia Email: mehmet.orgun at mq.edu.au

Atilla ELCI (honorary) Computer& Educational Technology Dept. Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey Email: atilla.elci at gmail.comUpdates at http://compsac.cs.iastate.edu/workshop_details.php?id=49&y=

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