[agents] First Call for Papers - WESAAC 2019

[Gleifer Vaz Alves]

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First Call for Papers
---  WESAAC-2019  ---
    13th Workshop-School on Agents, Environments, and Applications

          https://gsigma.ufsc.br/wesaac2019/

          Florianópolis, SC -- Brazil
             02-04th of May 2019

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* This cfp is also available at https://easychair.org/cfp/wesaac2019


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 operate autonomously 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 especially graduate students to attend courses by some
of the most prominent researchers working in this area throughout the world.


Topics of Interest
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Papers submitted to the event should address topics related to autonomous
agents or multi-agent systems, such as (but not restricted to):

* agent architectures and theories (BDI, belief revision, automated
reasoning)
* cooperation/coordination (negotiation, argumentation, reputation)
* agent-based software development (programming languages, platforms,
tools, methodologies)
* agent organizations, societal issues, normative systems, etc.
* agent communication
* social simulations and agent-based simulation
* (formal) specification and verification of multi-agent systems
* machine learning in agent systems
* automated planning in agent systems
* applications of agents and multi-agent systems


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/documentos-da-sbc/summary/169-templates-para-artigos-e-capitulos-de-livros/878-modelosparapublicaodeartigos

The proceedings will be published electronically. Two separate tracks have
been created for paper submission: (i) full papers and (ii) short papers
(i.e., extended abstracts).

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

Papers must be submitted through EasyChair
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wesaac2019


Important Dates
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Abstract Submission Deadline: March 17, 2019
Paper Submission Deadline: March 24, 2019
Notification to authors: April 08, 2019
Final Version Deadline: April 26, 2019


Committee
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General Chair: Jerusa Marchi (UFSC)
Programme Committee Chairs: Gustavo Giménez Lugo (UTFPR) and Gleifer Vaz
Alves (UTFPR)
Local Chairs: Ricardo Silveira (UFSC), Jomi Fred Hübner (UFSC) and Saulo
Popov Zambiasi (UNISUL)

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