[agents] CfP PRIMA 2011: The 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems

[Hoa Dam]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

PRIMA 2011
The 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems
Wollongong, Australia
November 16-18, 2011

www.prima2011.org

* Conference Theme: Agents for Sustainability *

IMPORTANT DATES

Workshop/Tutorial proposals: June 3, 2011

Workshop/Tutorial notifications: June 17, 2011

Paper submission: July 1, 2011

Final author notification: August 5, 2011

Camera-ready papers: August 26, 2011

Early registration deadline: September 15, 2011

Registration deadline: November 1, 2011

Workshops and Tutorials: November 14-15, 2011

Conference dates: November 16-18, 2011

* Invited Speaker: Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA) *

Agent computing is an exciting, transformational approach to developing computer systems that can
rapidly and reliably solve real-world problems that usually demand human knowledge and expertise.
The value, power and flexibility of agent and multi-agent systems has been demonstrated in application
areas such as logistics, manufacturing, simulation, robotics, decision-support, entertainment,
and especially in online market environments. As one of the largest and fastest growing research fields
of computer science, agent research today includes a wealth of topics, as outlined below. The PRIMA-2011
PC invites submissions of original, unpublished, theoretical or applied work on any such topic, and
encourages reports on the development of prototype and deployed agent systems, and of experiments that
demonstrate novel agent system capabilities.

THEME. The conference theme for PRIMA 2011 of Agents for Sustainability seeks to especially encourage
thought leadership in the agent community as to how agent computing can be applied to enhance sustainable
practices in our world, from agriculture to personal resource usage to the design and operation of more
sustainable cities. Papers addressing this theme, across the range from innovative early work to reports
on systems in production, are welcomed, as also are papers that continue to explore the Agents and Services
theme of PRIMA 2010, which addressed connections to service science and service-oriented computing.

SUBMISSION. PRIMA 2011 proceedings will be published by Springer as a volume in the LNAI series and
proceedings will be available at the conference. Papers should be 12-15 pages in length in Springer
LNCS format and submitted as a PDF file. PRIMA 2011's reviewing process, overseen by a Senior Program
Committee (SPC), will allow authors to respond to reviewers' comments prior to final paper selection,
and will also provide a "shepherding" process for borderline papers that will see a PC or SPC member
work with the authors to provide additional support during the paper revision process. Papers will
be judged on originality, significance, presentation, and technical soundness. A broad range of agent
topics are of interest, but all papers should clearly identify how their scientific or technical
contributions advance the state-of-the-art of agent computing practice or have a strong potential
so to do. A footnote should identify those papers whose first author is a student.

ORGANIZATION

Honorary Chair
R. Sadananda (NICTA, Australia)

General Chairs
Aditya Ghose  (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Guido Governatori (NICTA, Australia)

Program Chairs
Jane Hsu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
David Kinny (Kyoto University, Japan)

Deputy Program Chairs
Hoa Dam (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Serena Villata (University of Turin, Italy)

Senior Program Commitee
Stephen Cranefield (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Ryszard Kowalczyk (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Michael Luck (King's College London, UK)
John-Jules Meyer (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Iyad Rahwan (Masdar Institute, UAE)
Carles Sierra (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)
Munindar Singh (North Carolina State University, USA)
Von-Wun Soo (National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Wiebe van der Hoek (University of Liverpool, UK)
Mary-Anne Williams (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

Workshop Chairs
Stephen Cranefield (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Insu Song (James Cook University, Australia)

Tutorial Chairs
Abhaya Nayak (Macquarie University, Australia)
Serena Villata (University of Turin, Italy)

Local Organizing Chairs
Minjie Zhang (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Hoa Dam (University of Wollongong, Australia)

Publicity Chairs
Wayne Wobcke (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Pascal Perez (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Louise Leenen (CSIR, South Africa)

TOPICS

* Agent-Based System Development
Agent programming and communication languages
Agent development environments
Agent-oriented software engineering
Case studies on implemented systems

* Agent Communication
Agent communication languages and protocols
Agent commitments
Network structures and analysis

* Agent-Based Simulation
Emergent behaviour
Simulation-specific issues
Single and multi-agent learning
Computational architectures for learning and adaptation

* Agent Reasoning
Logics for agents and multi-agents
Reasoning (single and multi-agent)
Planning (single and multi-agent)
Cognitive models
Ontological reasoning

* Interface Agents
Practices of Interface Agents
Interface Multi-Agents
Virtual agents
Collaborative Interface Agents
Autonomous Interface Agents

* Agent Societies and Social Networks
Artificial social systems
Trust and reputation
Social and organizational structure
Privacy, safety and security
Normative multi-agent systems
Ethical and legal issues

* Agent Theories, Models and Architectures
BDI and other models of agency
Modelling the dynamics of MAS
Formal verification of MAS

* Agent Technologies for Service Computing
Service composition with agent collaboration
Service brokering and agency
Personalized services with agent adaptation
SLA definition and monitoring as agent goals

* Agent Cooperation and Negotiation
Cooperation, coalition formation and coordination
Distributed problem solving
Formal models for modelling other agents and self
Argumentation, persuasion, negotiation and bargaining

* Agent Systems
Software agents
Mobile agents
Agent-based assistants
Agent-based virtual enterprise
Embodied agents and their applications
Socially situated planning software and pervasive agents

* Real-World Robotics
Coordination in multi-robot systems
Modelling and analysis of multi-robot systems
Tools that are relevant for multi-robot studies
Applications of multi-robots to real-world problems

* WWW and Semantic Web Agents
Web-based agents
Ontology agents
Semantic Web agents
Human-agent interaction

* Other Related Areas
Collective intelligence
Service science
P2P, Grid computing
Financial markets and algorithmic trades
Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence
Knowledge and data intensive systems
Perceptive animated interfaces
Tools and standards
Ubiquitous software services
Virtual humans

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Hoa Khanh Dam
Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering
University of Wollongong
Email: hoa at uow.edu.au<mailto:hoa at uow.edu.au>
Web:   http://www.uow.edu.au/~hoa