[agents] IEEE ICA 2016: IEEE International Conference on Agents (IEEE ICA 2016), Matsue, Japan, September 28 - September 30, 2016

[Katsuhide Fujita]

[We apologize for multiple CFP]

The deadline for paper submission was extended because of some requests.
The new deadline of paper submission is **July 7, 2016.**
It would be very helpful if you could submit the papers to ICA2016 and distribute the attached CFP to many colleagues. 


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Call for Papers

IEEE ICA 2016
IEEE International Conference on Agents (IEEE ICA 2016)
Kunibiki Messe (Shimane Prefectural Convention Center), Matsue, Japan
September 28 - September 30, 2016
http://www.itolab.nitech.ac.jp/ICA2016/

:::Scope and Background:::
Intelligent agents are software entities which can carry out some actions on behalf of clients with some degree of autonomy. Through sensing the status of environment, agents perform some operations based on some possessed knowledge in order to change or influence the environment towards their goals. A Multi-Agent System (MAS) is a group or society of agents, and agents interact with others in the group cooperatively and/or competitively in order to reach their individual or common goals. In general, agents possess five common properties which are autonomy (some level of self-control), adaptivity (the ability to learn and improve performance with experience), reactivity (the ability to perceive the environment and to respond in a timely fashion to changes that occur), proactivity (the ability not only to act simply in response to their environment but also to exhibit goal-directed behaviour by taking the initiative) and sociability (the ability to interact, communicate and work with other agents). Research on agent techniques and MASs mainly focus on improving existing or invent innovative frameworks, models, mechanisms, approaches and algorithms to improve agents effectiveness and efficiency in those five aspects for advanced autonomous problem solving abilities in complex environments.

:::Topics:::
We envision a future society where computational agents and humans (physical agents) are living, working and snuggling with each other. Harmonious collaboration among computational agents and humans are of importance in the next-generation society. ICA2016 will call for papers related to the following topics on agents: 
- Decision making techniques
- Multi-agent communication and interaction protocols
- Negotiation and argumentation
- Game theory and auctions
- Social computing
- Cooperation, collaboration and coordination mechanisms
- Self-organization and self-adaptation
- Computational reasoning 
- Machine learning
- Complex systems and system dynamics
- Collective intelligence
- Programming languages
- Internet of things, agents, and people
- Systems designs, development and implementation
- Human and multi-agent systems interaction
- Social science and humanities
- Ethical, legal, and social issues
- Future visions and grand challenges
and other related areas.

Agent technique and multi-agent system are very important fields in Artificial Intelligence (AI). We believe that ICA2016 will attract attentions from not only AI researchers, but also domain experts and industrial investigators who are interested in the applications of AI techniques.

:::Type of Papers:::
- Regular oral presentation (English)
- Regular poster (English)

:::Submission:::
We encourage submission in the CPS format. You can find the format requirements on IEEE CPS website: http://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/. The format of the final manuscript should be no more than 6 pages for regular papers and 2 pages for poster papers in length. Submission is entirely automated by a paper management tool, which is available from the main web site: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieee-ica2016 Authors must first register their own account by obtaining a password, and then follow the instructions.
All accepted papers will be provided an oral presentation and/or a poster. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three PC members or experts in the field. Multiple submission policy  is applied for papers. Pas that are being submitted to other conferences, whether verbatim or in essence must reflect this fact on the title page. Papers that do not meet this requirement are subject to rejection without the review.
All accepted papers in the regular oral presentation/poster will appear in the Conference Proceedings to be published by CPS. They will be indexed by EI, SCOPUS, INSPEC, DBLP and Thomson ISI. In addition, selected accepted papers will appear in Conference Post-proceedings to be published by Springer.
 
:::Special issues:::
  - Int’l Journal of Smart Computing and Artificial Intelligence
  - Information Engineering Express – International Journal
  - IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

:::Venue:::
ICA2016 workshop will be held in the Kunibiki Messe (Shimane Prefectural Convention Center), Matsue, Japan. More information regarding to the workshop venue is on the Kunibiki Messe webpage(http://www.kunibikimesse.jp/14.html).
The banquet will be held in Yushien (Japanese Botanical Garden).

:::Important Dates:::
Full paper submission due: July 7, 2016 (Extended)
Poster paper Submission due: July 7, 2016 (Extended)
Notification: July 25, 2016
Early registration due: August 10, 2016
Cameraready due: August 10, 2016
IEEE ICA 2016: September 28 –  September 30  2016

:::Organization:::
Steering Committees
Prof. Chengqi Zhang, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Dr. Yves Demazeau, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Prof. Takayuki Ito, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Prof. Minjie Zhang, University of Wollongong, Australia
Prof. Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
Prof. Chunyan Miao, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Prof. Catholijn Jonker, TU Delft, Netherlands

General Chairs
Prof. Takayuki Ito, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Prof. Minjie Zhang, University of Wollongong, Australia

Program Chairs
Prof. Katsuhide Fujita, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Dr. Chao Yu, Dalian University of Technology, China

Financial, Local, and Web Chairs
Prof. Tokuro Matsuo, AIIT, Japan
Dr. Fenghui Ren, University of Wollongong, Australia

Publication Chairs
Prof. Satoshi Takahashi, University of Electro Communications, Japan
Prof. Quan Bai, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Publicity Chair
Prof. Naoki Fukuta, Shizuoka University, Japan

Program Committees
Ah-Hwee Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Akihiko Ohsuga, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Akihiro Yamashita, Hokkaido University,Japan
Akira Namatame, National Defense Academy, Japan
Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC), France
Andrea Omicini, Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita di Bologna, Italy
Arai Sachio, Chiba University, Japan
Athirai A. Irissappane, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Atsushi Iwai, Gunma University, Japan
Atsushi Iwasaki, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Balbo Flavien, ISCOD / Henri Fayol Institute, France
Bo An, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Bryan Kian Hsiang Low, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Budhitama Subagdja, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Chyon Hae Kim, Iwate University, Japan
Daisuke Hatano, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Dayong Ye, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Di Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ei-Ichi Osawa, Future University Hakodate, Japan
Emma Norling, CPM Manchester, UK
Fei Fang, University of Southern California, US
Feng Wu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Fujio Toriumi, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Fumihiro Kumeno, Nippon Institute of Technology, Japan
Fumio Hattori, Ritusmeikan University, Japan
Fuyuki Ishikawa, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Gang Li, Deakin University, Australia
Giacomo Cabri, Universita degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Hajime Mizuyama, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Han Yu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Hao-Lan Zhang, Zhejiang University, China
Hideki Fujii, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Hirohiko Suwa, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Hiromitsu Hattori, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Hirotaka Osawa, Tsukuba University, Japan
Hisashi Hayashi, Toshiba, Japan
Hitoshi Yamamoto, Rissho University, Japan
Ho-fung Leung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Hung-Hsuan Huang, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Isamu Okada, Soka University, Japan
Itsuki Noda, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Ivan-Marsa Maestre, Universidad de Alcala, Spain
Jaime Sichman, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jianye Hao, Tianjin University, China
Jie Zhang, University of Oxford, UK
Jimmy Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Joerg Mueller, TU Clausthal, Germany
Juan Antonio Rodriguez Aguilar, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, US
Katsutoshi Hirayama, Kobe University, Japan
Kazunori Iwata, Aichi University, Japan
Kazuto Sasai, Tohoku University, Japan
Kenichi Takahashi, Tottori University, Japan
Kenji Tei, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Kiyoshi Izumi, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Koichi Moriyama, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Kosuke Shinoda, The University of Electro-Communications,  Japan
Laurent Vercouter,  Laboratoire d'Informatique, du Traitement de l'Information et des Systèmes (LITIS) / INSA de Rouen, France
Leandro Marcolino, University of Southern California, US
Leonardo Garrido, Tecnologico de Monterrey Campus Monterrey., Mexico1
Maito Lopez-Sanchez, University of Barcelona, Spain
Marc-Philippe Huget, University of Savoie, France
Mark Klein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
Masaaki Suzuki, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Masao Kubo, National Defense Academy, Japan
Masayuki Otani, Kyoto University, Japan
Massimo Cossentino, National Research Council of Italy, Italy
Matthias Klusch, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
Megumi Fujita, Nara Women's University, Japan
Michimasa Inaba, Hiroshima City University, Japan
Miguel-Angel-Lopez Carmona, Universidad de Alcala, Spain
Mingyu Guo, University of Adelaide, Australia
Nariaki Nishino, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Neil Yorke-Smith, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Nikolaos Matsatsinis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Nobuhiro Ito, Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan
Paolo Ciancarini, University of Bologna, Spain
Paul Scerri, Carnegie Mellon University, US
Pradeep Varakantham, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Prithviraj Dasgupta, University of Nebraska at Omaha, US
Rafik Hadfi, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Reyhan Aydogan, Ozyegin University, Turkey
Rino Falcone, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione, Italy
Rym Wenkstern University of Texas at Dallas, US
Ryo Kanamori, Nagoya University, Japan
Ryutaro Ichise, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Sachiyo Arai, Chiba University, Japan
Satoshi Kurihara, The University of Electro-Communicaitons, Japan
Setsuya Kurahashi, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Shaheen Fatima, Loughborough University, UK
Shantanu Chakraborty, NEC Central Laboratory, Japan
Shigeo Matsubara, Kyoto University, Japan
Shigeru Fujita, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
Shih-Fen Cheng, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Shohei Kato, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Suguru Ueda, Kyushu University, Japan
Susel Fernandz, Universidad de Alcala, Spain
Tadachika Ozono, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Takahiro Uchiya, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Takashi Nakazawa, Shizuoka University, Japan
Takeshi Nagae, Tohoku University, Japan
Tao Qin, Microsoft Research Aisa, China
Teck-Hou Teng, Singapore Management University , Singapore
Tim Baarslag, University of Southampton, UK
Tohgoroh Matsui, Chubu University, Japan
Toshiharu Sugawara, Waseda University,  Japan
Toshihiro Matsui, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Tsunenori Mine, Kyushu University, Japan
Valentin Robu, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Von-Wun Soo, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
William Yeoh, New Mexico State University, US
Xiangdong An, York University, Canada
Xiaocong Fan, Pennsylvania State University, US
Xiaohui Tao, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Xudong Luo, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Yang Gao, Nanjing University, China
Yang Yu, Nanjing University, China
Yasuhiko Kitamura, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Yichuan Jiang, Southeast University of China , China
Yifeng Zeng, Teesside University, UK
Yue Xu, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Yuichi Sei, The University of Electro-Communications,  Japan
Yukihisa Fujita, Hitachi Ltd., Japan
Yuko Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan
Yuqing Tang, Carnegie Mellon University, US
Yuu Nakajima, Toho University,  Japan
Zhiqi Shen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore