[agents] Final Call for Papers: 14th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2015)

Thu Oct 23 06:20:32 EDT 2014

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           14th International Conference on
    Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2015)
              <http://www.aamas2015.com>

               Istanbul Congress Center
               Istanbul, Turkey

              4-8th of May, 2015
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NEWS
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David Harel (Weizmann Institute) and Nina Balcan (CMU) will give
invited talks at AAMAS-2015!

Important Dates
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Abstract Submission:      12th of November, 2014 (23:59 UTC-12)
Full Paper Submission:    17th of November, 2014 (23:59 UTC-12)
Rebuttal Phase:        14-16th of January,  2015 (23:59 UTC-12)
Author Notification:      28th of January,  2015

About AAMAS
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AAMAS is the leading scientific conference for research in autonomous
agents and multiagent systems. The AAMAS conference series was
initiated in 2002 by merging three highly respected meetings: the
International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (ICMAS); the
International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages
(ATAL); and the International Conference on Autonomous Agents (AA).
The aim of the joint conference is to provide a single, high-profile,
internationally respected archival forum for scientific research in
the theory and practice of autonomous agents and multiagent systems.

Information for Authors
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AAMAS-15 encourages the submission of analytical, empirical,
methodological, technological, and perspective papers. Authors are
requested to pay particular attention to discussing how their work
relates to the state of the art in autonomous agents and multiagent
systems research, as evidenced in, for example, previous editions of
AAMAS and related conferences. All submissions will be rigorously peer
reviewed and evaluated on the basis of the overall quality of their
technical contribution, including criteria such as originality,
soundness, relevance, significance, quality of presentation, and
understanding of the state of the art.

AAMAS 2015, the fourteenth conference in the AAMAS series, seeks the
submission of high-quality papers. The length of each paper is limited
to 8 pages excluding the bibliographic references, except for papers
submitted to the Blue Sky Ideas track, which are limited to 4 pages in
length excluding the references. Reviewing will be double-blind, so
authors must avoid including anything in their papers that can be used
to identify them. Particular attention should be given to the way
previous work is referred to; other frequent sources of breach of
anonymity are the acknowledgements, project names, and links to
supplementary material on the Web. Papers that are over the page limit
or identify the authors may be rejected without reviewing. Please note
that submitting an abstract is required to submit a full paper.
However, the abstracts will not be reviewed and full papers must be
submitted for the review process to begin. All work must be original,
i.e., it must not have appeared in the proceedings of an archival
conference, journal, or book, and may not be under review for another
archival conference or journal. In addition to submissions in the main
track, AAMAS 2015 will be soliciting submissions to four special
tracks: (1) Innovative Applications, (2) Robotics, (3) Virtual Agents
and Humans, and (4) Blue Sky Ideas. The review process for the special
tracks will be similar to the main track, but with program committee
members specially selected for each track. All papers accepted to the
special tracks will be included in the proceedings.

Further submission instructions are available at:

      <http://www.aamas2015.com/en/Submission-Instructions.html>

and the AAMAS-2015 conference management system is available at:

          <http://aamas2015.confmaster.net>

Topics of Interest
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The conference solicits papers presenting original research on
autonomous agents and their interaction. Topics of interest include
(but are not limited to) the following:

* Agent Theories and Models
  - Logic-based agent theories
  - Logics for agents and multi-agent systems
  - Formal models of agency
  - Belief-Desire-Intention theories and models
  - Cognitive models
  - Models of emotions
* Communication and Argumentation
  - Commitments
  - Communication languages and protocols
  - Speech act theory
  - Abstract argumentation frameworks
  - Deductive argumentation
  - Argumentation-based dialogue and protocols
* Cooperation
  - Biologically-inspired approaches and methods
  - Collective intelligence
  - Distributed problem solving
  - Teamwork
  - Coalition formation (non-strategic)
* Agent Societies
  - Organizations and institutions
  - Norms and sanctions
  - Trust and reputation
* Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
  - Ontologies for agents
  - Reasoning in agent-based systems
  - Single and multi-agent planning and scheduling
* Learning and Adaptation
  - Computational architectures for learning
  - Reward structures for learning
  - Evolution and co-evolution
  - Single and multi-agent learning techniques
* Economic Paradigms
  - Electronic markets
  - Equilibrium computation and analysis
  - Social choice theory
  - Auctions and mechanism design
  - Cooperative games
  - Bargaining and negotiation
* Agent-Based Simulation
  - Artificial social systems
  - Emergent behavior
  - Complex systems
  - Social simulation
  - Simulation techniques, tools, and platforms
* Engineering Agent-Based Systems
  - Modelling and specification languages
  - Programming languages for agents and multi-agent systems
  - Development techniques, tools, and platforms
  - Methodologies for agent-based systems
* Verification and Validation of Agent-Based Systems
  - Testing of agent-based systems, including model-based testing
  - Verification of agent-based systems, including model checking
  - Automatic synthesis of protocols
  - Fault tolerance and resilience
* Agents & Mainstream Computing
  - Service-oriented architectures
  - Mobile agents
  - Autonomic computing
  - P2P, web services, grid computing, ...
* Societal Issues
  - Privacy, safety, and security
  - Ethical and legal issues
SPECIAL TRACKS
* Innovative Applications
  - Agent techniques used for innovation
  - Industrial-strength applications of agent systems
  - Ambient intelligence
  - Bio-technology and health care
  - Smart cities
  - Computer games and serious games
  - Aerospace and defence
  - Energy and emissions
  - Agent solutions of significant social and economic impact
  - Other innovative application areas
* Robotics
  - Human-robot interaction, communication and teamwork
  - Machine learning for robotics
  - Mapping, localization and exploration
  - Networked robot/sensor systems, distributed robotics
  - Robot planning and plan execution (including action and motion planning)
  - Robot teams, multi-robot systems, robot coordination
  - Robotic agent languages and middleware for robot systems
  - Swarms and collective behaviour
* Virtual Agents and Humans
  - Embodied cognition
  - Multimodal agent interaction
  - Affective behaviour
  - Socio-cultural behaviour
  - Verbal and non-verbal Behaviour
  - Human-agent interaction
  - Teamwork in human-agent mixed networks
  - Virtual agents in games and education
  - Virtual agents for improving human activities
  - Agent-based analysis of human interactions
  - Competitions among agents and humans
* Blue Sky Ideas (Visions and Challenges in AAMAS)

Conference Chairs
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General Chairs:
Gerhard Weiss  (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
pInar Yolum    (Bogazici University, Turkey)

Program Chairs:
Rafael Bordini (PUCRS, Brazil)
Edith Elkind   (University of Oxford, UK)

For a full list of conference officials, visit
<http://www.aamas2015.com/en/COMMITTEES.html>.

Special Tracks
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AAMAS 2015 will feature the following four special tracks.

* Innovative Applications (Chairs: Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni and
  Milind Tambe)
Due to the growing maturity of the field, there are now agent-based
applications in widespread use across many domains, which generate
significant revenue, save major costs, or support important public
policy and business strategy decision-making. This special track
provides a dedicated forum to present, discuss, and demonstrate
compelling applications, agent system deployment experiences, and new
business ideas. The goal is to foster and promote mutually beneficial
relationships between those doing foundational scientific research and
those making autonomous agents and multiagent systems a commercial or
public policy reality.

* Robotics (Chairs: Alessandro Farinelli and Gal Kaminka)
Papers that advance theory and applications of single and multiple
robots are welcome, specifically those focusing on real robots that
interact with their environment. Papers should clearly explain how the
work addresses challenges in robotics, opportunities for novel
applications, and fundamental research issues in autonomous robotic
systems. The goal is to demonstrate the synergy achieved from
integration of research in agents and robotics.

* Virtual Agents & Humans (Chairs: Catholijn Jonker and Rui Prada)
Virtual agents are embodied agents that emulate autonomous human-like
behavior in simulated interactive or physical environments. We
encourage papers on the design, implementation, and evaluation of
virtual agents as well as challenging applications featuring them. Of
particular interest are papers addressing how humans interact with
virtual agents. The goal is to provide an opportunity for continued
interaction and cross-fertilization between the AAMAS community and
researchers working on virtual agents, and to strengthen links between
the two communities.

* Blue Sky Ideas (Chair: Victor Lesser)
The emphasis of this track is on visionary ideas, long-term
challenges, and new research opportunities that are outside the
current mainstream of the field. This track is designed to overcome
the constraints of the traditional review process, and will serve as
an incubator for innovative approaches, risky and provocative ideas,
and to propose challenges and opportunities for the field in the near
future.

General Information
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All full papers accepted to the main track and the special tracks will
be presented in parallel technical sessions. All the papers will be
published in the conference proceedings and will be permanently
available after the conference at
<http://www.ifaamas.org/proceedings.html>.

In addition, AAMAS 2015 will include:
   * Workshops
   * Demonstrations
   * Posters presentations for full papers and extended abstracts
   * Invited talks and panel discussions
The submission processes for the workshops and demonstrations are
separate from the main paper submission process. Relevant information
will be posted on the relevant pages.

Policies
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Policy on multiple and previous submissions.
Authors may not submit any paper to AAMAS 2015 that has already
appeared in an archival forum. Authors must ensure that no submission
to AAMAS 2015 is under review for another archival forum between the
AAMAS 2015 submission and decision dates.

Policy on harassment at the conference environment.
IFAAMAS is committed to organising the AAMAS conference and its
affiliated events in an environment that is free of harassment for
everyone involved: delegates, organisers, conference workers, and
reviewers. All participants in IFAAMAS events are asked to embrace our
intention to foster a harassment-free scientific community, and to
understand that IFAAMAS will respond appropriately to incidents of
harassment if they occur. The complete IFAAMAS harassment policy is
available in the AAMAS 2015 website at
<http://www.aamas2015.com/en/HARASSMENT-POLICY.html>.

For further details about AAMAS 2015, please visit the website at
<http://www.aamas2015.com>.