MASTA 2011 - MASTA EPIA 2011: 6th Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications

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Category MASTA 2011

Deadline: May 17, 2011 | Date: October 10, 2011-October 12, 2011

Venue/Country: Lisbon, Portugal

Updated: 2011-05-10 21:39:04 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Thematic Track on Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications

10-13 October 2011, Lisbon, Portugal

http://epia2011.appia.pt/

NEW Submission deadline: May 17, 2011

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Introduction

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Since 1993, the area of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) has been present in

all EPIA Conferences, both as individual tracks and as autonomous

workshops. Focusing on a fundamental subject of Artificial Intelligence,

the 6th edition of Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications - MASTA

2011 Thematic Track, will be a forum for presenting and discussing the

most recent and innovative work on MAS.

Departing, from the end of the 1980’s, from the two main branches of

Decentralized Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Problem Solving,

research on MAS has developed in areas of increasing specialization and

autonomy as diverse as agent theories and architectures, cognitive

modelling, coordination, negotiation and argumentation, social

organization and social simulation, swarm intelligence, and

agent-oriented programming.

Agent technology has been used to solve real-world problems in a range

of industrial and commercial applications, including manufacturing,

supply chain management, process control, telecommunications, air

traffic control, transportation systems, and business process management.

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Aims and Scope

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Research on MAS has a vigorous, exciting tradition and has led to

important theories and systems. However, new trends and concerns are

still emerging and form the basis of current and future research. This

thematic track is intended to provide a discussion forum on the most

recent and innovative work in all areas of MAS.

The unifying focus of the thematic track will be on methodological

aspects. Both theoretical and practical research should be situated in

the context of existing or new methodologies. This will not preclude any

specific topic, but preference will be given to research work that

establishes some connection with the methodological aspects or to

successful applications built upon some methodology.

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Topics of Interest

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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Agent theories, Architectures and Languages;

* Cognitive models, including emotions and philosophies;

* Formal Methods for Modelling Agents and MAS;

* Cooperation, Coordination and Teamwork;

* Automated Negotiation and Computational Argumentation;

* Multi-Agent Evolution, Adaptation and Learning;

* Trust and Reputation in MAS;

* Communication: protocols and languages;

* Artificial Social Systems;

* Agent-Oriented Software Engineering;

* Multi-Agent Simulation and Modelling;

* Norms and Institutions in MAS;

* Ethical and Legal issues raised by Agents and MAS;

* Industrial and Commercial Applications;

* Scalability and Performance of MAS.

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Submission Information

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Submission of papers is made electronically through the Conference

website (epia2011.appia.pt). Authors must remove their names from the

papers and should take reasonable care not to indirectly disclose their

identity (blind reviewing process).

Papers should be no longer than 15 pages, including figures and

references, and should be formatted according to the Springer's

LNCS/LNAI format, following the instructions on Springer’s website

(http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0).

Papers of higher quality will be published in Lecture Notes in

Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), by Springer (proceedings indexed by the

Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge). All other accepted papers will be

published in the local proceedings.

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Important Dates

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* NEW Full Paper Submission: May 17, 2011

* Notification of Acceptance: June 10, 2011

* Camera-ready Papers: July 1, 2011

* Conference Date: October 10-13, 2011

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Organizing Committee

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Paulo Urbano

Departamento de Informática

Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa

Edifício C6, Piso 3, Campo Grande

1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal

pub [at] di [dot] fc [dot] ul [dot] pt

Cesar Analide

Departamento de Informática

Universidade do Minho

Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal

analide [at] di [dot] uminho [dot] pt

Fernando Lopes

Departamento de Modelação e Simulação

Laboratório Nacional de Energia (LNEG)

1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal

fernando [dot] lopes [at] ineti [dot] pt

Henrique Lopes Cardoso

Departamento de Engenharia Informática

Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto

Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal

hlc [at] fe [dot] up [dot] pt

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Additional Information

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Additional information can be found at the Conference website

(epia2011.appia.pt/) or asked for by e-mail, using the address masta2011

[at] appia [dot] pt.

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Steering Committee

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Eugénio Oliveira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Helder Coelho, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

João Balsa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Luís Reis, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

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Program Committee

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Alejandro Hérnandez, Universidad Veracruzana, Spain

Alexander Pokahr, University of Hamburg, Germany

Amal Elfallah, Université Paris VI, France

Amílcar Cardoso, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Ana Paula Rocha, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Andrea Omicini, Università di Bologna, Italy

António Pereira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

António Rocha Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Carlos Martinho, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Christian Lemaître, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico

Cristiano Castelfranchi, ISTC-CNR, Italy

Eugénio Oliveira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

F. Jordan Srour, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Frank Dignum, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

Helder Coelho, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Huib Aldewereld, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jaime Sichman, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Javier Bajo, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain

Javier Carbó, Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Spain

João Balsa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

João Leite, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

John-Jules Meyer, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jomi Hübner, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

Jordi Sabater-Mir, IIIA-CSIC, Spain

Jörg Müller, TU Clausthal Institut für Informatik, Germany

Juan Burgillo, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Juan M. Corchado, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

Laurent Vercouter, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de

Saint-Étienne, France

Luís Botelho, ISCTE, Portugal

Luís Correia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Luís Macedo, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Luís Moniz, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Luís Reis, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Marc Esteva, IIIA-CSIC, Spain

Michael Fisher, University of Liverpool, UK

Murat Sensoy, University of Aberdeen, UK

Neil Yorke-Smith, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Nicoletta Fornara, Università della Svizzera Italiana (University of

Lugano), Switzerland

Nuno Lau, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Olivier Boissier, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne,

France

Onn Shehory, IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel

Pablo Noriega, IIIA-CSIC, Spain

Paolo Torroni, Università di Bologna, Italy

Paulo Ferreira Jr., Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil

Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Pavlos Moraitis, Université Paris Descartes, France

Pedro Mariano, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Reyhan Aydogan, Bogazici University, Turkey

Rosa Vicari, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Santiago Ontañón Villar, IIIA-CSIC, Spain

Virginia Dignum, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Wamberto Vasconcelos, University of Aberdeen, UK

Wojtek Jamroga, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Ya'akov Gal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Yun-Gyung Cheong, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technologies, South Korea

Yves Demazeau, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, France

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6th Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications - MASTA EPIA 2011

Thematic Track EPIA 2011 Lisbon, PORTUGAL

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