[agents] EUMAS 2014: call for papers

Nils Bulling bulling at in.tu-clausthal.de
Mon Jun 23 08:52:34 EDT 2014


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First Call for Papers
EUMAS 2014 - 12th European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems

December 18-19, 2014
Prague, Czech Republic
http://agents.fel.cvut.cz/eumas2014/          

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INTRODUCTION

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In the last two decades, we have seen a significant increase of interest in 
agent-based computing. This field is now set to become one of the key technologies 
in the 21st century. 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 previous editions of EUMAS (Oxford 2003, Barcelona 
2004, Brussels 2005, Lisbon 2006, Hammamet 2007, Bath 2008, Agia Napa 2009, 
Paris 2010, Maastricht 2011, Dublin 2012, Toulouse 2013), the aim of this 
12th European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems is to encourage and support activity 
in the research and development of multi-agent systems, in academic and industrial 
efforts. 

This conference 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. To attract students as well as experienced 
researchers, preliminary as well as mature work, EUMAS 2014 offers three 
submission types and formal proceedings as well as post-proceedings in form of a
journal special issue are planned.

EUMAS 2014 is a designated event of the European Association of Multi-Agent 
Systems (EURAMAS): http://www.euramas.org 

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TOPICS OF INTEREST

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Topics of interest 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 Multi-Agent Systems, Cognitive Models, Collective and 
Swarm Intelligence, Collective Intentionality, Communication, Competition, 
Complexity, Cooperation, Coordination, e-*Applications (e-commerce, etc.), 
Economic Models, Emergence, Emotion, Formal Models, Game Theoretic Models, 
Grid Computing, Logics for Multi-Agent Systems, Methodologies, Negotiation, 
Organisations and Institutions, Proactivity and Reactivity, Protocols, 
Robotics, Self-organisation, Semantic Web Agents, Agent-based Service Oriented 
Computing, Socio-technical Systems, Agent-oriented Software Engineering, 
Standards, Teamwork, Theories of Agency, Tools, Trust and Reputation, 
Ubiquitous Computing, Verification, Virtual Agents. 


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SUBMISSIONS 

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EUMAS 2014 welcomes both original, unpublished papers, as well as papers that are 
under submission or have been published in a relevant conference, conference or 
journal. We specially invite submissions by students that we think will receive 
valuable feedback from the discussion-oriented focus of the conference. 
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. 

Authors are invited to submit papers in the following three categories:

(1) Full research papers up to 15 pages, describing original and unpublished
  work. Simultaneous submission to another venue is not allowed.
  
(2) Extended abstracts of 4-5 pages reporting on original and unpublished work 
  in progress or system descriptions. Simultaneous submission to another venue 
  is not allowed.
  
(3) Full research papers up to 15 pages reporting on interesting and relevant 
  work that has been published (or accepted for publication) in the last 
  18 months.
 
Each submission will be peer-reviewed. All submissions should be formatted 
following Springer's LNCS format. For templates and instructions for authors, see  

	http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html

We request the submission of title and abstract prior the paper submission for 
supporting the tight schedule of reviewing. The authors must submit their abstracts 
and papers through the EUMAS 2014 Easychair submission site: 

	https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eumas2014


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PROCEEDINGS AND SPECIAL ISSUE

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This year, we plan to have formal conference proceedings. Currently we are 
negotiating with Springer to have proceedings published with them in the series:

 	Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS), 
	http://www.springer.com/series/7899

Depending on quality, selected full research papers and extended abstracts describing 
original, unpublished work (categories 1 and 2) accepted at EUMAS 2014 will be 
included in the proceedings. 

After the conference, we plan to invite authors of selected papers to extend and 
re-submit their work to be considered for inclusion in a journal special issue. 
The submissions to that special issue will be subject to another reviewing and 
selection process.


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IMPORTANT DATES

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Abstract submission deadline: September 26, 2014
Paper submission: September 29, 2014
Author notification: November 7, 2014
Camera-ready deadline: December 1, 2014
Conference: December 18-19, 2014


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PROGRAM CHAIR

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Nils Bulling, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany


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LOCAL ORGANIZERS 

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Jiri Vokrinek, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
Michal Jakob, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic


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PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmed members)

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Thomas Ågotnes, University of Bergen 
Fred Amblard, IRIT - University Toulouse 1 Capitole 
Leila Amgoud, IRIT - CNRS 
Guido Boella, University of Torino 
Olivier Boissier, ENS Mines Saint-Etienne 
Elise Bonzon, LIPADE - Université Paris Descartes 
Vicent Botti, DSIC 
Dídac Busquets, Imperial College London 
Amit Chopra, Lancaster University 
Mehdi Dastani, Utrecht University 
Paul Davidsson, Malmö University 
Tiago De Lima, University of Artois and CNRS 
Marina De Vos, University of Bath 
Frank Dignum, Utrecht University 
Juergen Dix, Clausthal University of Technology 
Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, LIP6 - University of Pierre and Marie Curie 
Rino Falcone, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies-CNR 
Klaus Fischer, DFKI GmbH 
Nicola Gatti, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano 
Valentin Goranko, Technical University of Denmark 
Davide Grossi, Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool 
Koen Hindriks, Delft University of Technology 
Tomas Klos, Delft University of Technology 
Franziska Klügl, Örebro University 
Joao Leite, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa 
Brian Logan, University of Nottingham 
Dominique Longin, IRIT-CNRS 
Emiliano Lorini, IRIT 
John-Jules Meyer, Utrecht University 
Frederic Moisan, Carnegie Mellon University 
Pavlos Moraitis, Paris Descartes University 
Jörg P. Müller, TU Clausthal 
Emma Norling, Manchester Metropolitan University 
Peter Novák, Algorithmics, Dept. of Software and Computer Technology, EEMCS, Delft University of Technology 
Andrea Omicini, Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna 
Nir Oren, University of Aberdeen 
Sascha Ossowski, University Rey Juan Carlos 
Wojciech Penczek, ICS PAS and Siedlce University 
Enrico Pontelli, New Mexico State University 
Franco Raimondi, Middlesex University 
R. Ramanujam, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai 
Alessandro Ricci, University of Bologna 
Regis Riveret, Imperial College London 
Valentin Robu, Heriot-Watt University 
Antonino Rotolo, CIRSFID, University of Bologna 
Michael Rovatsos, School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh 
Jordi Sabater Mir, IIIA-CSIC 
Michael Sonnenschein, University of Oldenburg 
Matthias Thimm, Universität Koblenz-Landau 
Paolo Torroni, University of Bologna 
Nicolas Troquard, Laboratory for Applied Ontology 
Luca Tummolini, ISTC-CNR 
Paolo Turrini, Imperial College London 
Wamberto Vasconcelos, Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen 
Laurent Vercouter, LITIS lab, INSA de Rouen 
Serena Villata, INRIA Sophia Antipolis 
Cees Witteveen, Delft University of Technology 
Neil Yorke-Smith, American University of Beirut 
    


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CONTACT

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In case of questions about the program please do not hesitate to contact us. 
For questions related to

-the program and submission process, please contact: 
	
		Nils Bulling (eumas2014 at easychair.org)

-the organization, contact: 
	
		Jiří Vokřínek (jiri.vokrinek at fel.cvut.cz)
		Michal Jakob (jakob at agents.fel.cvut.cz)



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Dr. Nils Bulling
Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
http://www.nilsbulling.com
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