[agents] MATES 2008 - Call for Papers

[Dr. Gabriela Lindemann]

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                                     CALL FOR PAPERS

MATES 08 - Sixth German Conference on Multi-Agent System Technologies 

               September 23 - 26, 2008 in Kaiserslautern, Germany

                             www.wi2.uni-trier.de/mates08


AIMS & SCOPE

The German Conference on Multi-Agent system Technologies (MATES) provides an
interdisciplinary forum for researchers, users, and developers to present
and discuss latest advances in research work as well as prototyped or
fielded systems of intelligent agents and multi-agent systems. The
conference covers the whole range of agent- and multi-agent technologies and
aims to promote its theory and applications. 
For the sixth time, the German special interest group on Distributed
Artificial Intelligence organizes this international conference in
cooperation with the steering committee of MATES and thereby continues this
very successful track of events. MATES 2008 will be co-located with the 31st
German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI 2008) and will take place
from September 23 to 26, 2008 in Kaiserslautern. The participants of MATES
2008 will also have full access to the concurrently running program of the
KI 2008 conference. 

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics of interest of MATES 2008 include all aspects of agent-oriented
computing and agent technologies.  Moreover, the principles and methods of
agent-oriented computing in the context of service-oriented architectures
(SOA) are of interest for the MATES community. Furthermore, Ambient
Intelligence (AmI) is a new emerging area for the application for
agent-oriented computing, including, for example, agent-based mobile
environments or sensor networks. 
We solicit research papers that report on recent advances in the area of
intelligent agents and multi-agent systems in general. Also papers reporting
on the successful application of agent technologies in any kind of domain
are very welcome. Additionally, we encourage the submission of elaborated
vision and challenge papers that discuss mid-term and long-term directions
for research and application. 

Topics of interest for MATES 2008 include, but are not limited to:	

 
·	Adaptive agents and multi-agent learning
·	Advanced theories of collaboration: 
         Modelling and formation of teams, coalitions, groups, and
organizations
·	Agents and autonomic computing
·	Agent and multi-agent architectures
·	Agents and peer-to-peer computing
·	Agents and pervasive computing
·	Agents for Ambient Intelligence
·	Agent-based service discovery, matchmaking, brokering, and
composition
·	Agent communication languages
·	Agents for e-business and e-government
·	Agent technologies in the context of service-oriented computing and
architectures
·	Agent to non-agent interoperability
·	Agents in novel applications
·	Application of agent-technologies in industrial practice
·	Artificial social systems: Conventions, norms, institutions; trust
and reputation
·	Autonomous robots and robot teams
·	Commitment, delegation, responsibility, and obligations in
artificial and hybrid societies
·	Complex systems and their management
·	Coordination, negotiation, argumentation, and conflict resolution
·	Deployed agent-based business applications
·	Hybrid human and agent societies
·	User modelling and interface agents
·	Embodied conversational actors and believable agents
·	Mobile agents
·	Model-driven design of multi-agent systems
·	Multi-agent planning and scheduling
·	Multi-agent platforms and tools
·	Multi-agent (social) simulation and (cognitive) modelling with
agents
·	Practical aspects of programming agent systems: 
           Robustness, fault tolerance, scalability and performance
measurement
·	Roles and structures, adaptive learning and cognition in
organizational models
·	Semantics of the dynamics of organizational models
·	Standards for agents and multi-agent systems
 
DOCTORAL MENTORING PROGRAM

MATES 2008 will include a doctoral mentoring program, aimed at PhD students
at advanced stages of their research. This program will provide an
opportunity for students to interact closely with established researchers in
their fields, to receive feedback on their work and to get advice on
managing their careers.

PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings of MATES 2008 will appear in the Springer-Verlag series,
“Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence” (LNAI).

AWARDS

MATES will issue a "MATES 2008 Best Paper Award".

SUBMISSION DETAILS

For the preparation of papers to be submitted, please follow the
instructions for authors available at the Springer LNCS Web page:
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
The length of each paper, including figures and references, should not
exceed 12 pages. Papers that have been accepted or are under review by other
conferences or journals are not eligible for submission. However, we
encourage interdisciplinary contributions submitted or presented in part to
a forum outside of agent technology. The only acceptable document format is
PDF. All papers must be written in English. Submissions not conforming to
the above requirements may be rejected without review. Papers are to submit
by the EasyChair system. 
Please follow the link: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mates2008



Important Dates

·	Submission Deadline:     	11.4.2008 
·	Notification of Acceptance:  	30.5.2008
·	Camera Ready Copy:          	27.6.2008
·	Conference Date:         	23.-26.9.2008

-	23.9.2008: KI 2008 Workshops and Tutorials (open for MATES
participants)
-	24.-25.9.2008: MATES 08 Main Conference Program
-	26.9.2008: MATES 08 Doctoral Mentoring Program

CONFERENCE OFFICIALS
 
Program Co-Chairs:

Ralph Bergmann (U Trier, Germany) 
Gabriele Lindemann (HU Berlin, Germany)

General Co-Chairs:

Stefan Kirn (U Hohenheim, Germany)
Michal Pechoucek (CTU Prag, CZ)

Steering Committee:
 
Hans-Dieter Burkhard (HU Berlin, Germany)
Stefan Kirn (U Hohenheim, Germany)
Matthias Klusch (DFKI, Germany)
Jörg P. Müller (TU Clausthal, Germany)
Rainer Unland (U Essen, Germany)
Gerhard Weiss (SCCH Hagenberg, Austria)
 
Local Arrangements:
Stefan Zinsmeister (DFKI, Germany)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

More than 40 distinguished researchers and practitioners have confirmed
their participation in the program committee of MATES 08. 
See: http://www.wi2.uni-trier.de/mates08/program_committee.html 
 

CONTACTS 

Ralph Bergmann 
Universität Trier
Wirtschaftsinformatik II
D-54286 Trier
Deutschland 

Tel:	+49-651-2013876
Fax:	+49-651-2013396
Email:	bergmann“at“uni-trier.de 


Gabriela Lindemann
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Institut für Informatik                          
Rudower Chaussee 25 
D-10099 Berlin
Deutschland

Tel. +49-30-20933170                  
Fax. +49-30-20933168 
Email: lindeman“at“informatik.hu-berlin.de