[agents] First CFP: AutoSoft 2011 at CBSoft

[Marcelo Blois Ribeiro]

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               1st Call for Papers and Participation

 

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2nd Workshop on Autonomous Software Systems - AutoSoft 2011 at CBSoft

 

              September, 27, 2011, São Paulo - Brazil

 

              http://www.lti.pcs.usp.br/autosoft/

 

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         Important Dates:

 

June 24, 2011  Paper Submission Deadline

July 15, 2011  Notification about submissions

July 22, 2011  Camera ready copy

 

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Call for papers and Participation

 

 

------ Motivation

 

Many systems no longer depend on the traditional human operator to

achieve some or all of the complex properties and adaptable behavior

patterns necessary to meet demanding operational situations. Prime

drivers for this shift toward systems that comprise minimal or no

human element are the benefits of enhanced system performance, reduced

life cycle costs and the ability to operate in hazardous or remote

environments.

 

In this sense, autonomous systems represent the next great step in the

fusion of computing, sensing, and software to create intelligent

systems capable of interacting with the complexities of the real

world. The transition from passive to autonomous components turned

software architectures into complex platforms that may contain many

components that dynamically interact, and engage in complex

coordination protocols. Transportation, aerospace, defense and finance

are amongst some of the sectors shifting towards replacing the human

operator by architectures and implementation technologies that are

intended to provide overall system improvements.

 

------   Goals

 

An important goal of this workshop is to extend the state of the art

in both engineering and application in the context of autonomous

systems. The main idea is to bring together researchers and

practitioners, involved in the development of techniques and

applications of Autonomous Software Systems, to discuss the latest

developments, trends and innovations concerning the theory and

practice of such software.

 

------   Topics of Interest

 

The workshop will encourage submissions related to all topics in the

area of Autonomous Software Systems, including (but not limited to)

the following:

 

- Agent systems and agent-oriented software engineering

- Autonomous systems simulation

- Domain-specific applications of autonomous software systems

- Embedded systems

- Emergent intelligence for autonomous systems

- Games and autonomous applications

- Industry applications of autonomous software systems

- Methods, infrastructures and tools for autonomous systems

- Motion planning and scheduling

- Ontologies for autonomous applications

- Robotics and automation applications

- Safety in autonomous software systems

- Semantics for autonomous negotiation, orchestration, composition and

execution

- Service-oriented computing and autonomous software systems

- Trust in autonomous societies

- Unmanned systems technology

- Verification of autonomous systems

 

 

 

------  Chairs

 

Anarosa Brandão: anarosa.brandao AT poli.usp.br

 

------   Organizing Committee

 

Blois, Marcelo (PUC-RS, Brazil) 

Brandão, Anarosa Alves Franco (USP, Brazil) 

Camargo Jr, João Batista (USP, Brazil) 

Choren, Ricardo (IME-RJ, Brazil)

 

------   Steering Committee

Bordini, Rafael (UFRGS, Brazil) 

Lucena, Carlos José Pereira de (PUC-Rio, Brazil) 

Osório, Fernando (USP, Brazil) 

Sichman, Jaime Simão (USP, Brazil) 

Silva, Viviane Torres da (UFF, Brazil)

 

 

------  Format and Submissions

 

Authors are invited to submit technical, original papers that should not have been published or submitted to other workshops, journals or book chapters. We encourage authors to present novel ideas, critique 

of existing work, and practical studies and experiments related to autonomous software systems. Papers can be written in Portuguese or 

English, must be no longer than 10 pages, including all the figures 

and references. All submissions must be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and must follow the IEEE 2-column conference format available at:

http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/pubs/confpubcenter/pdfs/samplems.pdf.

 

Submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three reviewers. 

Accepted papers will be published in conjunction of the CBSoft proceedings. Furthermore, the publication of a paper is subject to 

the registration of at least one of its authors to present it in the workshop.

 

Submissions must be via JEMS at: 

https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1382