[agents] CFP PRIMA 2012 Malaysia Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems

[Koen Hindriks - EWI]

                                                                                PRIMA 2012

    The 15th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems

                                                                Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
                                                                    September 3-7, 2012
                                                                http://www.prima2012.org/

                                    Co-located with PRICAI 2012, DC 2012 and PKAW 2012

Paper submission: March 30, 2012
Author notification: May 28, 2012
Camera-ready papers: June 15, 2012

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. The PRIMA 2012 Program Committee invites submissions of
original, unpublished, theoretical and applied work on any such topic, and encourages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.

PRIMA 2012 proceedings will be published by Springer as a volume in the LNAI series and
proceedings will be available at the conference. Submitted papers should be 12-15 pages
in Springer LNCS format and must be in a form suitable for "double-blind" review.
Each submission will be subject to peer review in two rounds coordinated by an international
Senior Program Committee, and authors will be able to provide a short "rebuttal" of the
reviews before final decisions are made. 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 to do so.
Submitted papers should not be under review or submitted for publication elsewhere during
the review period.

Springer LNCS Author Instructions: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
Submission: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=prima2012
Enquiries: prima2012-pc-chairs at cse.unsw.edu.au

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Organization

General Chairs
  Sandip Sen  (University of Tulsa, USA)
  Toshiharu Sugawara (Waseda University, Japan)

Local Arrangements Chairs
  Dickson Lukose (MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia)
  Cheah Wai Shiang (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia)

Sponsorship Chairs
  Longbing Cao (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
  Matthias Klusch (DFKI Saarbruecken, Germany)
  Sarvapali Ramchurn (University of Southampton, UK)
  Jie Zhang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Program Chairs
  Iyad Rahwan (Masdar Institute, UAE and MIT, USA)
  Wayne Wobcke (University of New South Wales, Australia)

Senior Program Committee
  Stephen Cranefield (University of Otago, New Zealand)
  Frank Dignum (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
  Guido Governatori (NICTA, Australia)
  Katsutoshi Hirayama (Kobe University, Japan)
  Kate Larson (University of Waterloo, Canada)
  Rey-Long Liu (Tzu Chi University, Taiwan)
  Alessio Lomuscio (Imperial College London, UK)
  Andrea Omicini (University of Bologna, Italy)
  Jeremy Pitt (Imperial College London, UK)
 David Pynadath (University of Southern California, USA)
  Alex Rogers (University of Southampton, UK)
  Paolo Torroni (University of Bologna, Italy)

Tutorial Chair
  Edith Elkind (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Workshop Chairs
  Sherief Abdallah (British University in Dubai, UAE and University of Edinburgh, UK)
  Hiromitsu Hattori (Kyoto University, Japan)

Publicity Chairs
  Jacob Crandall (Masdar Institute, UAE and MIT, USA)
  Koen Hindriks (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

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Topics

Foundations of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
  Logics of Agency
  Logics of Multi-Agent Systems
  Normative Systems
  Computational Game Theory
  Uncertainty in Agent Systems
  Agent and Multi-Agent Learning
  Agent and Multi-Agent System Architectures

Agent Programming Languages and Platforms
  Multi-Agent System Languages and Platforms
  BDI Architectures and Extensions
  Normative Multi-Agent Systems
  Agent-Oriented Software Engineering
  AOSE Methodologies
  Tools for Agent and Multi-Agent System Development
  Formal Specification and Verification
  Deployed System Case Studies

Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation
  Simulation Languages and Platforms
  Artificial Societies
  Virtual Environments
  Workflow Simulation
  Emergent Behaviour
  Modelling System Dynamics
  Application Case Studies
  Collaboration/Coordination/Communication
  Agent Communication Languages and Protocols
  Distributed Problem Solving
  Teamwork Models
  Coalition Formation
  Argumentation, Negotiation, Bargaining
  Auctions and Mechanism Design
  Trust and Reputation
  Computational Voting Theory

Hybrid Technologies
  Agents in Planning
  Agent-Based Scheduling
  Agent-Based Optimization
  Distributed Constraint Satisfaction
  Agents and Data Mining
  Semantic Web Agents
  Agents and Grid Computing
  Agents and Service Oriented Computing
  Agents and Pervasive Computing
  Robotics and Multi-Robot Systems

Application Domains
  Healthcare
  Transport/Logistics
  Emergency/Disaster Management
  Energy/Utility Management
  Sustainability/Resource Management
  Games/Entertainment
  eBusiness/eCommerce/eGovernment
  eResearch/eLearning
  Security/Surveillance
  Smart Cities

Applications
  Adaptive Personal Assistants
  Embodied Conversational Agents
  Virtual Characters
  Multi-Modal User Interfaces
  Autonomous Systems
  Mobile Agents
  Human-Robot Interaction
  Social Recommender Systems

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