[agents] CfP: 2nd AAAI-Workshop on Multiagent Interaction without Prior Coordination

[Stefano V. Albrecht]

*Call for Papers*

Second AAAI-Workshop on Multiagent Interaction without Prior 
Coordination (MIPC 2015)
At the 29th Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-15)
Website: http://conferences.inf.ed.ac.uk/mipc2015

This workshop focuses on models and algorithms for multiagent 
interaction without prior coordination (MIPC). Interaction between 
agents is the defining attribute of multiagent systems, encompassing 
problems of planning in a decentralized setting, learning other agent 
models, composing teams with high task performance, and selected 
resource-bounded communication and coordination. There is significant 
variety in methodologies used to solve such problems, including symbolic 
reasoning about negotiation and argumentation, distributed optimization 
methods, machine learning methods such as multiagent reinforcement 
learning, etc. The majority of these well studied methods depends on 
some form of prior coordination. Often, the coordination is at the level 
of problem definition. For example, learning algorithms may assume that 
all agents share a common learning method or prior beliefs, distributed 
optimization methods may assume specific structural constraints 
regarding the partition of state space or cost/rewards, and symbolic 
methods often make strong assumptions regarding norms and protocols. In 
realistic problems, these assumptions are easily violated — calling for 
new models and algorithms that specifically address the case of ad hoc 
interactions. Similar issues are also becoming increasingly more 
pertinent in human-machine interactions, where there is a need for 
intelligent adaptive behavior and assumptions regarding prior knowledge 
and communication are problematic.

Effective MIPC is most likely to be achieved as we bring together work 
from many different areas, including work on intelligent agents, machine 
learning, game theory, and operations research. For instance, game 
theorists have considered what happens to equilibria when common 
knowledge assumptions must be violated, agent designers are faced with 
mixed teams of humans and agents in open environments and developing 
variations on planning methods in response to this, etc. The goal of 
this workshop is to bring together these diverse viewpoints in an 
attempt to consolidate the common ground and identify new lines of attack.

For more information, visit http://conferences.inf.ed.ac.uk/mipc2015


*Topics*

The workshop will discuss research related to multiagent interaction 
without prior coordination, as outlined in the workshop description 
above. A non-exclusive list of relevant topics includes:

- Learning and adaptation in multiagent systems without prior coordination
- Agent coordination and cooperation without prior coordination
- Team formation and information sharing in ad hoc settings
- Teammate/opponent modelling and plan recognition
- Human-machine interaction without prior coordination
- Game theory/incomplete information applied to ad hoc agent coordination

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**Talk-Only Option*

This year, we offer a talk-only option for authors of relevant papers 
that have been published in journals or conference proceedings. 
Interested authors are encouraged to send their paper (in PDF or PS 
format) and publication details via e-mail to mipc2015 at easychair.org. If 
the paper is deemed relevant for the workshop, we will allocate a 
presentation slot for the authors in the workshop program.


*Important Dates*

- Submission deadline: November 9, 2014
- Notification of acceptance: November 23, 2014
- Camera-ready copies: November 25, 2015
- Workshop: January 26, 2015

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**Workshop Program*

As in the previous workshop, the MIPC 2015 program will consist of a mix 
of paper presentations, invited talks, and an expert panel. Details will 
be posted on the website.


*Organization*

Program chairs:
- Stefano Albrecht (University of Edinburgh)
- Jacob Crandall (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology)
- Somchaya Liemhetcharat (A*STAR Singapore)

Advisory committee:
- Subramanian Ramamoorthy (University of Edinburgh)
- Peter Stone (University of Texas at Austin)
- Manuela Veloso (Carnegie Mellon University)
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