[agents] EUMAS 2014: 3rd Call for Papers

Tue Sep 9 12:47:38 EDT 2014

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Third 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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*** UPDATE ***
In addition to the LNCS/LNAI proceedings, a special issue of the journal 
Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (Springer) is planned.

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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 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, can meet, present (potentially 
preliminary) research results, problems, and issues in an open and informal but 
academic environment. To attract students and experienced researchers, preliminary 
as well as mature work, EUMAS 2014 offers three submission types and has formal 
proceedings published by Springer as LNCS/LNAI volume. A journal special issue 
is planned as well.

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 of 12 to 15 pages, describing original and unpublished
  work. Simultaneous submission to another venue is not allowed.

(2) Short papers of 6 to 8 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 must 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 JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE

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PROCEEDINGS 
EUMAS has formal conference proceedings published as a Springer LNCS/LNAI 
(post-)proceedings volume (www.springer.com/lncs). Full research papers and 
short papers describing original, unpublished work (categories 1 and 2) accepted 
at EUMAS 2014 will be included in the proceedings. 

JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE 
A special issue of the journal Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence 
(AMAI, Springer, http://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/10472) is planned, 
consisting of a small number of best papers extended with additional unpublished 
original work and fully refereed according to usual journal standards. After the 
conference, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit to the special 
issue.

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IMPORTANT DATES

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

Authors of accepted papers will be given the opportunity to revise the camera ready 
version of their paper(s) in order to incorporate feedback received upon the 
presentation of their work during the conference. 
The deadline for this revision is: January 14, 2015.

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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

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Thomas Ågotnes, University of Bergen 
Natasha Alechina, University of Nottingham 
Fred Amblard, IRIT - University Toulouse 1 Capitole 
Leila Amgoud, IRIT - CNRS 
Luis Antunes, Universidade de Lisboa 
Katie Atkinson, University of Liverpool 
Bernhard Bauer, Uni Augsburg 
Ana L. C. Bazzan, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 
Elizabeth Black, King's College London 
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 
Cristiano Castelfranchi, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, CNR 
Amit Chopra, Lancaster University 
Massimo Cossentino, ICAR-CNR 
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 
Anthony Hunter, University College London 
Wojtek Jamroga, University of Luxembourg 
Tomas Klos, Delft University of Technology 
Franziska Klügl, Örebro University 
Joao Leite, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa 
Brian Logan, University of Nottingham 
Alessio Lomuscio, Imperial College London 
Dominique Longin, IRIT-CNRS 
Emiliano Lorini, IRIT 
Nicolas Maudet, University Pierre et Marie Curie
Aniello Murano, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Felipe Meneguzzi, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul 
John-Jules Meyer, Utrecht University 
Frederic Moisan, Carnegie Mellon University 
Pavlos Moraitis, Paris Descartes University 
Jörg P. Müller, TU Clausthal 
Pablo Noriega, IIIA-CSIC 
Emma Norling, Manchester Metropolitan University 
Peter Novák, Delft University of Technology 
Ingrid Nunes, UFRGS 
Andrea Omicini, Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna 
Nir Oren, University of Aberdeen 
Sascha Ossowski, University Rey Juan Carlos 
Julian Padget, University of Bath 
Wojciech Penczek, ICS PAS and Siedlce University 
Enrico Pontelli, New Mexico State University 
Henry Prakken, University of Utrecht & University of Groningen 
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 
Marija Slavkovik, University of Bergen 
Michael Sonnenschein, University of Oldenburg 
Matthias Thimm, Universität Koblenz-Landau 
Ingo J. Timm, University of Trier 
Paolo Torroni, University of Bologna 
Nicolas Troquard, Laboratory for Applied Ontology 
Luca Tummolini, ISTC-CNR 
Paolo Turrini, Imperial College London 
Karl Tuyls, University of Liverpool 
Wiebe Van Der Hoek, University of Liverpool 
Leon van der Torre, University of Luxembourg 
Wamberto Vasconcelos, Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen 
Laurent Vercouter, LITIS lab, INSA de Rouen 
Serena Villata, INRIA Sophia Antipolis 
Danny Weyns, Linnaeus University 
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
phone: +49 5323 72 7182  