Forwarded message from [M.J.Wooldridge@csc.liv.ac.uk (Mike Wooldridge)] sent originally on Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:22:05 +0000 (GMT): : [NOTE NEW DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS.] : : CALL FOR PAPERS : : The First International Workshop on : : AGENT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (AOSE-2000) : : June 10, 1999 - Limerick, Ireland : : http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~mjw/aose2000/ : : To be held at : the 22nd International Conference on : Software Engineering (ICSE-2000) : : Software engineers have derived a progressively better understanding : of the characteristics of complexity in software. It is now widely : recognised that *interaction* is probably the most important single : characteristic of complex software. Software architectures that : contain many dynamically interacting components, each with their own : thread of control, and engaging in complex coordination protocols, are : typically orders of magnitude more complex to correctly and : efficiently engineer than those that simply compute a function of some : input through a single thread of control. : : Unfortunately, it turns out that many (if not most) real-world : applications have precisely these characteristics. As a consequence, a : major research topic in computer science over at least the past two : decades has been the development of tools and techniques to model, : understand, and implement systems in which interaction is the norm. : Indeed, many researchers now believe that in future, computation : itself will be understood as chiefly as a process of interaction. : : Since the 1980s, software agents and multi-agent systems have grown : into what is now one of the most active areas of research and : development activity in computing generally. There are many reasons : for the current intensity of interest, but certainly one of the most : important is that the concept of an agent as an autonomous system, : capable of interacting with other agents in order to satisy its design : objectives, is a natural one for software designers. Just as we can : understand many systems as being composed of essentially passive : objects, which have state, and upon which we can perform operations, : so we can understand many others as being made up of interacting, : semi-autonomous agents. : : This recognition has led to the growth of interest in agents as a new : paradigm for software engineering. In this workshop for ICSE2000 we : will seek to examine the credentials of agent-based approaches as a : software engineering paradigm, and to gain an insight into what : agent-oriented software engineering will look like. : : PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS : : An informal proceedings will be printed and distributed at the : workshop. Revised papers from the workshop will be formally published : by Springer-Verlag shortly after the workshop is held. : : TOPICS OF INTEREST : : We welcome the submission of all papers on aspects of agent oriented : software engineering, but particularly the following: : : * Methodologies for agent-oriented analysis and design : : * Relationship of agent-oriented software to other paradigms (e.g., OO); : : * UML and agent systems; : : * Agent-oriented requirements analysis and specification; : : * Refinement and synthesis techniques for agent-based specifications; : : * Verification and validation techniques for agent-based systems; : : * Software development environments and CASE tools for AOSE; : : * Standard APIs for agent programming; : : * Formal methods for agent-oriented systems, including specification : and verification logics; : : * Engineering large-scale agent systems; : : * Experiences with field-tested agent systems; : : * Best practice in agent-oriented development; : : * Market and other economic models in agent systems engineering; : : * Practical coordination and cooperation frameworks for agent systems; : : A number of other topics of interest have also been identified for the : workshop; see the workshop WWW site for details. : : SUBMISSION DETAILS : : Those wishing to participate in the workshop should submit an original : research paper of up to 5000 words (approximately 13 pages maximum) to : the workshop chair, to arrive no later than 1 February : 2000. Electronic submission in PostScript or PDF is mandatory. The : first page should include the full name and contact details (including : email, full postal address, and telephone number) of at least one : author. : : IMPORTANT DATES *** PLEASE NOTE NEW DATES AS FOLLOWS *** : : Submissions due Friday February 25, 2000 : Notifications sent Friday March 24, 2000 : Workshop Saturday June 10 2000 : : ORGANISING COMMITTEE : : Paolo Ciancarini (chair) : University of Bologna, Italy : email ciancarini@cs.unibo.it : : Michael Wooldridge (co-chair) : University of Liverpool, UK : email M.J.Wooldridge@csc.liv.ac.uk : : ABOUT ICSE 2000 : : ICSE is the premier international conference on software engineering, : and was attended by 900 delegates in 1999. By holding AOSE-2000 at : ICSE, we hope to build bridges between the software engineering and : agents communities, to the benefit of both. For travel information to : Limerick, see : : http://www.ul.ie/~icse2000/travel.html : : PROGRAM COMMITTEE : : * Dennis Heimbinger : * Michael Huhns : * Nicholas Jennings : * Yannis Labrou : * Jaeho Lee : * James Odell : * Andrea Omicini : * Jan Treur : * Jeffrey Tsai : * Robert Tolksdorf : * Franco Zambonelli

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