[agents] 17th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS, EUMAS 2020

[Emmanouil Rigas]

[apologies for cross-posting]

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17th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
EUMAS 2020
April 22-23, Thessaloniki, Greece
https://eumas2020.csd.auth.gr/eumas2020/
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AIMS AND SCOPE
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In the last two decades, we have seen a significant increase of  
interest in agent-based computing. This field is now set to become one  
of the key intelligent systems technologies in the 21st century. The  
aim of the EUMAS series is to provide a forum for academics and  
practitioners in Europe at which current research and application  
issues are presented and discussed.

EUMAS 2020, the 17th instalment of the conference series, follows the  
tradition of previous editions (Oxford 2003, Barcelona 2004, Brussels  
2005, Lisbon 2006, Hammamet 2007, Bath 2008, Agia Napa 2009, Paris  
2010, Maastricht 2011, Dublin 2012, Toulouse 2013, Prague 2014, Athens  
2015, Valencia 2016, Evry 2017, Bergen 2018), and aims to encourage  
and support activity in the research and development of multi-agent  
systems, in academic and industrial efforts.

The conference aspires to be the primary European forum for  
researchers interested in the theory and practice of autonomous agents  
and multi-agent systems.  EUMAS enables researchers to meet, present  
challenges, preliminary and mature research results in an open and  
informal environment. To attract students as well as experienced  
researchers, preliminary as well as mature work, EUMAS 2020 offers  
three submission types and formal proceedings. Also, we will be  
working hard to arrange for the post-publication of selected papers in  
the form of a special issue of a high-quality journal in the area.

EUMAS 2020 is a designated event of the European Association of  
Multi-Agent Systems (EURAMAS): http://www.euramas.org  
<http://www.euramas.org/>

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Action and Planning
- Adaptation and Learning
- Agent Architectures
- Agent Programming Languages
- Agent Development Methodologies and Tools
- Agent-Based Simulations and Modeling
- Agent Organisations and Institutions
- Agent-oriented Software Engineering
- Agents and Complex Systems
- Applications of Multi-agent Systems
- Argumentation
- Automated negotiation
- Biologically inspired approaches
- Cognitive Models
- Collective and Swarm Intelligence
- Collective Intentionality
- Communication, Cooperation, and Coordination
- Deep Reinforcement Learning in Multi-Agent Domains
- Economic Models
- Electronic Commerce
- Ethical behaviour of multi-agent systems
- Formal Modelling
- Game-Theoretic Methods
- Logics for Multi-Agent Systems
- Logics for Strategic Reasoning
- Machine Learning for Multi-Agent Systems
- Multi-Agent Learning
- Multi-Robot Systems
- Negotiation
- Self-organisation
- Semantic Web Agents
- Socio-technical Systems
- Theories of Agency
- Trust and Reputation
- Verification
- Virtual Agents
- Voting and Judgment Aggregation Models for Multi-Agent Systems

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SUBMISSIONS
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EUMAS 2020 welcomes both original, unpublished papers, and papers that  
have been recently published in a relevant conference or journal.

We offer three types of submissions:

(1) *Full original papers* of 12 to 15 pages, describing work that has  
not been published or accepted for publication, nor is currently under  
review by another conference or journal.

(2) *Short original papers* of 6 to 8 pages reporting on views,  
ambitions or work in progress that has not been previously published,  
accepted for publication, or is not currently under review by another  
conference or journal.

(3) *Published papers* up to 15 pages reporting on interesting and  
relevant work that has been published (or accepted for publication) in  
the last 18 months.

Each submission will be peer-reviewed. All submissions should be  
formatted according to Springer's LNCS format. For templates and  
instructions for authors, see   
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html . We request the  
submission of title and abstract prior to paper submission to support  
the tight schedule of reviewing. Authors must submit their abstracts  
and papers through the EUMAS 2020 Easychair submission site  
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eumas2020.

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Keynote Speakers
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Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, University of Southampton, UK
Talk title (tentative): “Emerging Challenge Areas for AI and  
Multi-Agent Systems: From Sports to Maritime”

Pavlos Moraitis, University of Paris, France
Talk title (tentative): “Computational Argumentation: From Theory to Market”

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Best Paper Award
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A Best Paper Award will be presented at the conference. The Award will  
be accompanied by a monetary prize for the recipients, and is  
sponsored by the journal “Computers”   
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computers .

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CONFERENCE CHAIRS
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Nick Bassiliades (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Georgios Chalkiadakis (Technical University of Crete)

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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https://eumas2020.csd.auth.gr/eumas2020/committees/

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LOCAL ORGANISERS
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Nick Bassiliades (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Kalliopi Kravari  (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Emmanouil Rigas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

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IMPORTANT DATES
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- Deadline for title and abstract registration: January 28, 2020
- Deadline for papers submission: February 4, 2020
- Notification to authors: March 4, 2020
- Camera-Ready Papers: March 11, 2020
- Conference: 22 & 23 April 2020

All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC-12, i.e. while it is still the  
respective date anywhere in the world.

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CONTACT DETAILS
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EUMAS Organising Committee :  eumas2020 at csd.auth.gr