[agents] Final CfP: AT2AI-6 at AAMAS2008: EXTENDED DEADLINE: Feb. 1st
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Call for Papers:
Sixth International Workshop
"From Agent Theory to Agent Implementation"
AT2AI-6
<URL: http://www.ofai.at/research/agents/conf/at2ai6/>
at2ai6 (AT) ofai (DOT) at
at the Seventh International Conference on
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2008)
<URL:http://gaips.inesc-id.pt/aamas2008/>
May 21-13, 2008, Estoril, Portugal (EU)
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Submission deadline: February 1, 2008
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"From Agent Theory to Agent Implementation" (AT2AI) is a forum to
present and discuss experiences and innovative ideas that help to
strengthen the connection and dialogue between theory and practice of
agent-oriented systems.
AT2AI builds upon the success of previous editions that promoted the
exchange of ideas and experiences, needs and opportunities between
researchers, practitioners and further stakeholders working on and
with the whole range of theoretical and application-oriented aspects
of agent technology. Of particular relevance to the workshop are
reflections that share insights and lessons learnt when applying
specific agent theories or technologies to application problems, or,
from the recipients' end, when contracting agent technologies to
provide a service envisioned. The workshop will critique methods,
methodologies, and other tools meant to help system designers to
perceive the full range of options offered by the agent-oriented
approach and to accomplish the mapping between available agent
technology and application needs. Other stakeholders should be
rewarded with a better understanding of the current potential of and
challenges for agent-oriented systems.
Introduction & Background
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Since its first edition in 1998, the symposium series "From Agent
Theory to Agent Implementation" has been not only documenting the
progress in agent-related technologies, but also managed to contribute
to the rapid development of this area. AT2AI actively promotes the
exchange of ideas and experiences between researchers and
practitioners working on the whole range of theoretical and
application-oriented issues of agent technology. It covers both the
micro and macro aspects of agent-oriented design, and discusses the
relations of drawing boards and partly idealised models to modelling
tools and frameworks to deployment, management and maintenance of
implementations. The focus of AT2AI lies in the discussion of direct
experience reports from all stakeholders, so as to remain well aware
of the actual target domains while using the language of current agent
terminology.
Previous AT2AI editions produced a first blueprint of a layered
ecology of technologies for the development of agent based
applications (see http://www.ofai.at/~paolo.petta/conf/at2ai3/ and the
editorial: "Engineering Agent Systems: Best of ``From Agent Theory to
Agent Implementation (AT2AI-3)''" of Applied Artificial Intelligence
16(9-10):671-67, 2003 --- available as OFAI TR-2002-41 from
http://www.ofai.at/tr-online/). This perspective considers middleware,
tools, off-the shelf platforms, integrated development environments
(IDEs), and the like, with respect to their practical value to improve
the application performance delivered. The qualities of these support
technologies can in turn be improved and better exploited with the
design of architectural frameworks and the deployment of
standards. The evolution of these in turn can be assisted by the
development of sound theoretical foundations and related formal
methods. Methodologies are considered as working know-that and
know-how, capturing and maintaining the best practises how to
identify, align, and process application- and environment-derived
(bottom-up) and support technology related (top-down) requirements and
options.
AT2AI also compiled an updated inventory against the maturing agent
field: the status of logic-based approaches was addressed in
particular; but evidence was also provided for how routine
consideration of a multitude of perspectives is finally starting to
meet the requirements posed by serious application needs (including
e.g. issues of privacy and flexible access right management). These
results have been published in the triple issue of Applied AI 20(2-4),
2006.
AT2AI-6 is aimed at pushing the envelope further still, as more
substantial experiences with more sizeable and persisting systems
deployed become available. In addition to the understanding of what
approaches and aspects can contribute in which ways to system
resilience, sustainability, and other properties of practical
importance, further reflection is now starting to identify inherent
dynamical properties that are particular to agent-oriented systems and
that may enable to expand the range of application support
significantly. This for example includes consideration of the pros and
cons of functional and physical approaches to encapsulation, and
accepting and devising solutions to cope with limited control over the
environment and system coherence at the macro level.
This workshop has strong links to two other AAMAS workshops: Agent
Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) and Programming Multi-Agent
Systems (ProMAS). These workshops will coordinate their activities,
including the organisation of a joint session. Details will be
published on the AT2AI-6 web site in due course.
Topics of Interest
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Of particular relevance to the workshop are reflections that share
insights about experiences and lessons learnt when applying specific
agent theories or architectures to application problems, or, from the
recipients' end, when contracting agent technologies to provide a
service envisioned. Such discussions and critiques may be aimed at
conceptual vocabulary, methods, methodologies, good and bad management
practices, and other tools and activities: anything that may be of
value for system designers to improve the mapping of their
agent-oriented toolbox to application needs, and for other
stakeholders to better understand the available potential and current
challenges of agent-oriented systems.
Topics of interest therefore include, but are not limited to:
* Conceptual and theoretical foundations
* Agent languages and architectures
* The nature and relation of the micro and macro levels
* Learning and adaptability
* Communication, coordination and collaboration within MAS
* Monitoring and regulation of MAS behaviour
* Reactivity, pro-activeness, autonomy at the macro level
* Use and adaptation of Meta-Models at run-time
* Solutions for (soft-)real-time characteristics
* Social issues in agent societies
* Safety, security, and responsibility
* Granularities of system design (single-agent, multi-agent, ant, ...)
* Agents vs. Middleware vs. Grids vs. Web Services
* Development, engineering, and management methodologies
* User interfaces and usability
* MAS Information interfaces
(handling of discrete and continuous information)
* Testbeds and evaluations
* Applications of agent technology in routine use
* Bio-inspired theories/techniques for MAS implementations
Important dates
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January 25, 2008 Submission deadline
February 25, 2008 Paper acceptance notification
March 5, 2008 Camera-ready copies
May 12/13, 2008 Workshop at AAMAS 2008
Submission
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Submissions are encouraged to cast the presentation in terms of the
schema described below, or to propose changes to it. As the previous
editions of AT2AI have shown, this is a significant aid for the
workshop audience to grasp more readily the significance of the work
presented and to relate it to their own activities: the quality and
variety of feedback provided to authors improves accordingly, often
leading to persisting fruitful contacts.
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Papers should be formatted using Springer LNCS style
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) and have a
maximum of 14 pages.
Papers will have to be submitted through the following page:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=at2ai6 in PDF format.
Reviewing process
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Each paper will be triple reviewed. Criteria for the selection of
papers include: originality, readability, coverage of relevant state
of the art, relevance to themes, soundness, and overall quality. An
affirmative action policy will hold for strongly innovative papers.
Proceedings
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Selected contributions of previous editions were published in Applied
Artificial Intelligence. For the 2008 edition, we again plan to
compile a special issue out of revised and extended versions of
selected papers arising out of the workshop discussions in Applied AI,
Multi-agent and Grid Systems (MAGS), or another journal.
Organising committee
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Bernhard Jung Austrian Research Institute for AI (OFAI), AT
Fabien Michel CReSTIC / LERI, Univ. Reims, FR
Alessandro Ricci DEIS, Università di Bologna, IT
Paolo Petta Austrian Research Institute for AI (OFAI), AT
Programme Committee
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Ardissono, Liliana Gustavsson, Rune
Bauer, Bernhard Hanachi, Chihab
Bergenti, Federico Holvoet, Tom
Boissier, Olivier Hubner, Jomi Fred
Bordini, Rafael Leite, João
Coelho, Helder Omicini, Andrea
Dastani, Mehdi Platon, Eric
Demazeau, Yves Schumacher, Michael Ignaz
Dickinson, Ian Simonin, Olivier
El Fallah Seghrouchni, Amal Vizzari, Giuseppe
Ferber, Jacques Weiss, Gerhard
Giorgini, Paolo Weyns, Danny
Gomez Sanz, Jorge J. van Riemsdijk, Birna
Gouaïch, Abdelkader
<EOT>
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