[agents] Call for Papers --- WESAAC-2015

[Baldoino Santos Neto]

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                1st Call for Papers --- WESAAC-2015
    9th Workshop-School on Agents, Environments, and Applications

                 Campus Praia Vermelha, UFF -- Niteroi, RJ -- Brazil
                         01-03 of June 2015
               <http://www2.ic.uff.br/~wesaac2015/index.html>
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************ Invited Talks and Courses ************
- Invited Talks:
    Ana Cristina Bicharra (UFF, Brazil)
    Cristiano Castelfranchi (ISTC, Italy)
    Sebastian Rodriguez (UTN, Argentina)
    Guillermo Simari (UNS, Argentina)
  
- Invited Courses:
    Sebastian Rodriguez (UTN, Argentina)
    Guillermo Simari (UNS, Argentina)
    Rafael Bordini (PUC-RS,Brazil)
    Taranti  (CASNAV, Brazil)
    Maíra Gatti (IBM, Brazil)
    Jaime Sichman (USP, Brazil)
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Motivation
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Many current computational systems no longer depend on human
intervention to operate in complex dynamic environments. Some of the
key features that allow such systems to autonomously operate include
the ability to make rational decisions and to react to changes in a
timely way. In that respect, agent systems and multi-agent
environments provide a computing paradigm that supports the
development of intelligent systems that are able to cope with the
complexities associated with such dynamic scenarios.


Aims
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The area of agent-based systems is widely known and has numerous
papers published internationally every year. However, nationally there
are few events in this area and no other national event also provides
tutorials and short courses specifically on the main topics of
research within autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. WESAAC is
therefore of great importance as a national event in this area, aiming
to both prepare future generations of Brazilian researchers and to
disseminate the current projects of Brazilian researchers. WESAAC aims
to be a forum for the discussion of work at all levels, including
undergraduate, MSc, and PhD projects currently being
conducted. Fundamentally, WESAAC is the best opportunity for Brazilian
undergraduate and specially postgraduate students to attend courses by
some of the most prominent researchers working in this area throughout
the world.


Committees
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General Chairs: Viviane Torres da Silva (UFF) and Ricardo Choren (IME)
Programme Committee Chair: Baldoino Fonseca dos Santos Neto (UFAL)


WESAAC Steering Committee:

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Anarosa Alves Franco Brandão - USP, Brasil
Diana Francisca Adamatti - FURG, Brasil
Rejane Frozza - UNISC, Brasil
Gustavo Alberto Giménez Lugo - UTFPR, Brasil
João Luis Tavares da Silva - UCS, Brasil
Jomi Fred Hubner - UFSC, Brasil
Rafael Heitor Bordini - PUCRS, Brasil

Important Dates

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Abstract Submission Deadline: February 04,  2015

Paper Submission Deadline: February 08, 2015

Paper Acceptance Notification: March 02, 2015

Final Version Deadline: March 16, 2015


Paper Submission
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Researchers and students are invited to submit papers in Portuguese or
English, as a PDF file formatted according to the SBC style
(compulsory) available at
<http://www.sbc.org.br/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=195&task=view.download&catid=32&cid=38>.

The proceedings are published electronically (with an ISBN). Three
separate tracks have been created for paper submission: (i) full
papers, (ii) short papers (i.e., extended abstracts), and (iii) short
papers written by *undergraduate* students.

Full papers, reporting work with solid results, must have no more than
12 pages and will be presented orally in a plenary session. Short
papers, reporting ongoing work or position papers, must have between 4
and 6 pages and will be presented in poster sessions.

Papers must be submitted through EasyChair
<https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wesaac2015>. For queries
related to paper submission, please send an email to
<wesaac2015.pcchair at gmail.com>. For general queries, please email
<wesaac.2015 at gmail.com>.