Forwarded message from [gw@INF.FU-BERLIN.DE (Gerd Wagner)] sent originally on Thu, 6 Apr 2000 12:10:05 +0200: : AAAI-2000 Workshop on : AGENT-ORIENTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS (AOIS-2000) : July 30, 2000, Austin (Texas, USA) : http://www.AOIS.org : : Call for Participation / Call for Position Papers : : Preliminary Program: : http://www.AOIS.org/2000/Program-AAAI.html : : Call for Position Papers: : http://www.AOIS.org/CfPP.html : : IMPORTANT DATES : April 14 deadline for requesting a priority : invitation to attend : May 1 deadline for submitting position papers : to be included in the workshop notes : : INVITED TALKS : James Odell (James Odell Associates, USA) : Extending UML for Agent-Based Representation : William E. McCarthy (Michigan State Univ, USA) : REA Economic Agents as Homines Economici in an : Agent-Oriented Information Systems Environment : : WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION : : Agent-Orientation is emerging as a powerful new paradigm : in computing. Agent-oriented concepts and techniques : could well be the foundations for the next generation of : mainstream information systems. : : Information systems have become the backbone of all kinds : of organizations today. Yet the inflexibilities in current : technologies and methods have also resulted in poor : performance, incompatibilties, and obstacles to change. : As many organizations are reinventing themselves to meet : the challenges of global competition and e-commerce, : there is increasing pressure to develop and deploy new : technologies that are flexible, robust, and responsive : to rapid and unexpected change. : : Agent concepts, which originated in artificial intelligence : but which have further developed and evolved in many areas : of computing, hold great promise for responding to the new : realities of information systems. The workshop will focus : on how agent concepts and techniques will contribute to : meeting information systems needs today and tomorrow. : : PARTICIPATION : : Participation in the workshop is by invitation only. : Priority is given to those who request a priority : invitation before April 14 and/or submit a position : paper. Send your request for an invitation to attend : and/or your position paper by eMail to Gerd Wagner, : gw@inf.fu-berlin.de : : ===== Start of ISWorld List Footer ===== : ISWorld list is a service of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) : (http://www.aisnet.org) hosted at University College Dublin. For archives, : subscribing, or posting "norms" see http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist : ===== End of ISWorld List Footer =====

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