[agents] Final Call for Papers: EUMAS 2008 - only few days left for submission

[Franziska Klügl]

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THE SIXTH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
Bath, UK, 18th and 19th of December, 2008
http://eumas08.cs.bath.ac.uk/

Abstract Submission Deadline: Sept. 12th 2008
Full Submission Deadline: Sept. 15th 2008
Notification to Authors: Oct. 20th 2008

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In the last two decades, we have seen a significant increase of interest
in agent-oriented technology. It is crucial that both academics and
industrialists within Europe have access to a forum at which current
research and application issues are presented and discussed. Following
in the tradition of past EUMAS (Oxford 2003, Barcelona 2004, Brussels
2005, Lisbon 2006 and Hammamet 2007), the aim of this sixth European
Workshop on MultiAgent Systems is to encourage and support activity
in the research and development of multi-agent systems, in academic
and industrial efforts. This workshop is primarily intended as a
European forum at which researchers and those interested in activities
relating to research in the area of autonomous agents and multi-agent
systems could meet, present(potentially preliminary) research results,
problems, and issues in an open and informal but academic environment.


SUBMISSIONS
Submission of papers describing relevant preliminary or completed work
are invited. EUMAS'08 welcomes also papers that are under submission,
will be presented or have already been presented at relevant
international conferences.
We specially invite submissions by students that we think will receive
valuable feedback from the the discussion-oriented focus of the
workshop. Preliminary student work is welcome; however it has to possess
sufficient substance for serving as a discussion basis and therefore has
to pass the review cycle in the same way as other work.

All submissions should be formatted using Springer LNCS style
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) and have a maximum of 15
pages. We request the submission of title and abstract prior or together
with the paper submission for supporting the tight schedule of
reviewing. The authors can submit their abstracts and papers through the
following webpage:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eumas2008.

The workshop has no formal proceedings; it is intended primarily as a
forum for interaction and discussion. The workshop will provide
electronic (CD) proceedings. Printed proceedings will be available for
an extra fee covering printing costs. Workshop notes will contain all
original papers and abstracts of previously published papers. Depending
on the quality, we intend to invite a selection of extended versions of
the unpublished submissions to be included in relevant journal special
issues.


TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics include but are not limited to:
Action and Planning, Adaptation and Learning, Agent Architectures,
Agent Programming Languages, Agents and Complex Systems, Agent Based
Simulation, Ambient Intelligence, Applications, Argumentation,
Autonomy, Bio-inspired Approaches to Agents and Multiagent Systems,
Cognitive Models, Collective and Swarm Intelligence, Collective
Intentionality, Communication, Competition, Complexity, Cooperation,
Coordination, E-* Applications, Economic Models, Emergence,
Emotion, Formal Models, Game Theoretic Models, Grid Computing,
Methodologies, Negotiation, Organisations and Institutions,
Proactivity and Reactivity, Protocols, Robotics, Self-organisation,
Semantic Web Agents, Agent-based Service Oriented Computing,
Agent-oriented Software Engineering, Standards, Teamwork,
Theories of Agency, Tools, Trust and Reputation,
Ubiquitous Computing, Verification,Virtual Agents


INVITED TALKS
We are happy to announce invited talks by prominent and inspiring
speakers:

Marek Sergot (Imperial College, London) about
"Norms, Action, and Agency in Multi-Agent Systems",

Niek Wijngaards (Thales, Netherlands) about
"Actor-Agent Communities, A Next Paradigm Shift?".

Additionally there will be a dinner talk by
Nigel Franks (School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol)
about "Individual and Collective Decision-Making: Lessons from House
Hunting Rock Ants"


VENUE
EUMAS 2008 will be held at the University of Bath, whose buildings are
set in an attractive campus on a hill above the centre of Bath, a World
Heritage City. The weather in December is cold and often sunny - but
don't forget your umbrella!


IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission Deadline: 12th September
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15th September
Notification to Authors: 10th October
Camera Ready due: 17th November
Early Registration: 31th October
Event: 18th and 19th of December


CONTACT
Franziska Kluegl
franziska.klugl[]oru.se


OFFICIALS

GENERAL CHAIR
Julian Padget
Department of Computer Science
University of Bath, UK

PROGRAM CHAIR
Franziska Kluegl
School of Science and Technology
Orebro University, Sweden

LOCAL CHAIRS:
Marina De Vos
Julian Padget
Department of Computer Science
University of Bath, UK