[agents] PRIMA 2012 -- Submission deadline extended

[Jacob Crandall]

Due to multiple requests, the paper submission deadline for PRIMA 2012  
has been extended until April 10, 2012.

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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

Important Dates   Due to multiple requests, the deadline for paper  
submission has been extended to April 10

Workshop proposals
December 15, 2011
Papers/Tutorial proposals
April 10, 2012

Author notification
May 28, 2012
Camera-ready papers
June 15, 2012

Workshops and Tutorials
September 3-4, 2012
Conference
September 5-7, 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submissions of original, unpublished, theoretical and applied work on  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.

Submission. 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.

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

Organization

General Chairs
Sandip Sen (University of Tulsa, USA)
Toshiharu Suguwara (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)

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)

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

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

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