[agents] 20th European Agent Systems Summer School (EASS-2018)

[Reyhan Aydogan]

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                     * Late REGISTRATION DEADLINE ON JUNE 3rd *

             20th European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS-2018)


        to be held at Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherland

                               18-22 June 2018

          Web site: https://project.dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl/easss/

                   Contact: easss at maastrichtuniversity.nl


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                              About the EASSS 2018
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The 20th European Agent Systems Summer School will be held at the
department
of Data-Science and Knowledge Engineering of Maastricht University in the
Netherlands from June 18th till 22nd, 2018.
The EASSS-2018 will offer a rich program of both introductory and advanced
courses on a broad range of topics in the area of Autonomous Agents and
Multi-Agent Systems. The courses will be taught by leading researchers
in the field and are aimed at Masters and PhD students, but can be attended
by any interested researcher.
EASSS is organised under the auspices of EURAMAS, the European Association
for Multi-Agent Systems.
Since 1999, the annual European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS) has
provided a highly successful forum for knowledge exchange between
researchers
in the field of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. The previous
editions of EASSS took place in Gdansk (2017), Catania (2016), Barcelona
(2015), Chania (2014), London (2013), Valencia (2012), Girona (2011),
Saint-Etienne (2010), Turin (2009), Lisbon (2008), Durham (2007), Annecy
(2006), Utrecht (2005), Liverpool (2004), Bologna (2003), Barcelona (2002),
Prague (2001), Saarbruecken (2000), and Utrecht (1999).



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                                   Tutorials

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Agent-Based Negotiation
Reyhan Aydoğan Catholijn Jonker

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning and Dynamics of Learning
Daan Bloembergen, Michael Kaisers

A shallow introduction to deep learning for agents
Kurt Driessens, Jerry Spanakis

Auctions and Markets: Understanding Incentives for Multi-Agent Systems in
the Presence of Scarcity
Aris Filos-Ratsikas, Paul Tylkin

Logics for strategic reasoning in multi-agent systems
Valentin Goranko

Communication issues in multi-agent decision-making
Nicolas Maudet

Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning
Ann Nowé, Diederik M. Roijers

Introduction to Formal Argumentation Theory
Nir Oren, Federico Cerutti

Epistemic Game Theory
Andrés Perea

Type-based Communication Correctness in Multi-agent Systems
Jorge A. Perez

Distributed Constraint Optimization for the Internet-of-Things

Gauthier Picard, Pierre Rust

Introduction to judgment aggregation
Daniele Porello

Logics of agency
Daniele Porello, Nicolas Troquard

Stable Matchings: in Theory and in Practice
Baharak Rastegari

Predicting Human Decision-Making: From Prediction to Action
Ariel Rosenfeld

Models of the Collective Behaviour of Autonomous Cars
László Z. Varga

Learning Agent Systems for a Reliable, Pro-Active Power Grid Management —
Towards the AI-empowered Grid
Eric Veith

Intelligent Search Techniques
Mark Winands, Cameron Brown

Agent-Based Modelling for Social Simulation
Neil Yorke-Smith



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Descriptions of each Tutorial can be found on the EASSS 2018 website:

      https://project.dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl/easss/?page_id=281

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                                Important Dates
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The registration will open at:     1 March 2018

Deadline for grant application:    13 April 2018

Notification of grant approval:    1 May 2018

Early registration deadline:       6 May 2018

Late registration deadline:        3 June 2018

Summer School:                     18-22 June 2018

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                                 Registration
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The early registration fee is € 305. This will include participation in the
courses, coffee breaks and lunches, and online access to the materials. The
late registration fee will be € 345.

We will organise a social event consisting of a BBQ and drinks. We expect
that the cost will be around € 20.

As in the previous years, we hope to offer some student grants to cover the
early registration fee. More details will be provided soon.

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                                About Maastricht
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Maastricht is the oldest city in the Netherlands. Its oldest remains are
more
than 2000 year old and pre-date the Roman settlement. The city has a
beautiful
historic city centre with nice squares where you can eat and drink
something.

There are different options for traveling to Maastricht. Maastricht has an
airport, named Maastricht-Aachen airport, with connection to a few places
in
Europe. There is a bus going from the airport the train station of
Maastricht.
Another possibility is Eindhoven airport, which has more connections to
cities
in Europe. There is bus going from the airport to train station of
Eindhoven.
There one can take the train to Maastricht, which takes one hour. It is
also
possible to fly to Schiphol airport near Amsterdam, which is the main
airport
in the Netherlands. The train from Schiphol to Maastricht takes two and a
half to three hours with a switch in Amsterdam central station or in
Utrecht
central station. A last option by airplane is flying to Zaventem, the main
airport in Belgium near Brussels. The train from Zaventem to Maastricht
requires one and a half hours.

Maastricht has a train connection to the Netherlands and Belgium. When
using
the German railways, it is recommended to take the train to Aachen and in
Aachen to take the bus to Maastricht. The bus requires less than one and a
half hours.

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                            Scientific Committee
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Jurgen Dix, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
Nico Roos, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Paolo Turrini, University of Warwick, UK

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                         More Information and Contact
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The most up-to-date information about the EASSS 2018 is available on the
website: https://project.dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl/easss/.

Should you have any questions, please contact us at:
easss at maastrichtuniversity.nl.

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