[agents] Call for Papers - Intelligent Agent Technology 2015 (IAT'15)

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			CALL FOR PAPERS

IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology 2015 (IAT'15) December 6-9, 2015 / Singapore

Homepage: http://wi-iat15.ntulily.org 

Sponsored By:
 IEEE Computer Society
 Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC)
 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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The 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology 
(IAT'15) will be held in Singapore on December 6-9, 2015, hosted by the Joint 
NTU-UBC Research Centre of Excellence in Active Living for the Elderly (LILY) 
at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Living Analytics Research 
Centre at Singapore Management University (SMU). Co-located with the 2015 
IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'15), IAT'15 is 
sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Intelligent 
Informatics (TCII), Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC), ACM-SIGAI, and Memetic 
Computing Society.

IAT'15 will feature special thematic workshops, technical sessions, tutorials 
and panels. Conference programme will further include a welcome reception, 
keynotes, demos, poster sessions, and a banquet. Attendees only need one 
registration to attend all technical events.

TOPICS AND AREAS (INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO)

* Autonomy-Oriented Computing
* Agent and Multi-Agent Systems Engineering
* Agent and Multi-Agent Systems Modeling
* Knowledge and Information Agents
* Autonomous Auction and Negotiation
* Distributed Problem Solving
* Cooperation & Coordination
* Agent Systems Applications

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Workshop/Special Session Proposal Submission		February 15, 2015
Submission of Regular/Special Session Papers		April 15, 2015
Tutorial Proposal Submission		                June 1, 2015
Workshop Paper Submission		                June 1, 2015
Notification on Conference Paper Acceptance	        July 1, 2015
Notification  on Workshop Paper Acceptance	        July 15, 2015

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PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
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IAT'15 solicits original work submitted as a regular paper (limited to 8 
pages) or as short paper (limited to 4 pages) in IEEE 2-column format. Each 
paper will be peer-reviewed by at least three PC members on the basis of 
technical quality, relevance, originality, significance and clarity. Accepted 
papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer 
Society Press and indexed by EI. Selected IAT'15 papers will be further 
invited for expansion and publication in Web Intelligence and Agent Systems 
and other international Journals. 

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CALL FOR TUTORIALS/WORKSHOPS/SPECIAL SESSIONS/PANELS
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IAT'15 solicits proposals for tutorials, workshops, special sessions and 
panels on specific topics of interests, which will form an integral part of 
the conference program. Inquiries and submission of proposals should be 
addressed to the respective chairs.

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AWARDS
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Best Paper awards will be conferred at the conference on the authors of (1) 
the best research paper, (2) the best student paper. Application-oriented 
submissions will be considered for the best application paper award.

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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General Chairs
* Ah-Hwee Tan, Singapore
* Yuefeng Li, Australia

Program Chair
* Ee-Peng Lim, Singapore

Program Vice-Chairs
* Atsuhiro Takasu, Japan
* Hoong-Chuin Lau, Singapore
* Chunyan Miao, Singapore

IAT Technical PC Chairs
* Sarvapali Ramchurn, UK
* Anita Raja, USA
* Bo An, Singapore

Local Organizing Chair
* Meng-Hiot Lim, Singapore

Finance Chair and CyberChair-Master
* Juzhen Dong, Japan

Industry and Sponsorship Chairs
* Xiaoli Li, Singapore
* Richi Nayak, Australia

Workshop Chairs
* Bryan Kian-Hsiang Low, Singapore
* Einoshin Suzuki, Japan
* Jason Watson, Australia

Tutorial Chairs
* Pradeep Reddy Varakantham, Singapore
* Yue Xu, Australia 

Publicity Chairs
* Xiaohui Tao, Australia
* Teck-Hou Teng, Singapore

Demo/Poster Chair
* Zhiqi Shen, Singapore

Panel Chairs
* Hady Lauw, Singapore
* Neil Yorke-Smith, Lebanon

Award Chairs
* Raj Sunderraman, USA
* Ee-Peng Lim, Singapore

Webmaster
* Yuting Zheng, Singapore