[agents] Call for Papers: Multi-Objective Decision Making Workshop (MODeM 2021)

[Patrick Mannion]

TLDR

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   Virtual workshop to be held for the first time on 14-16 July 2021
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   Covering all aspects of multi-objective/multi-criteria/multi-attribute
   decision making
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   Free registration
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   Authors of all original contributions will be invited to submit
   substantially extended versions of their papers to a post-proceedings
   journal special issue of the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent
   Systems (JAAMAS, Impact Factor 1.342, Scimago rank Q2 in AI journals)
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   Further details are available on the workshop website:
   http://modem2021.cs.nuigalway.ie

In recent years there has been a growing awareness of the need for
automated and assistive decision making systems to move beyond
single-objective formulations when dealing with complex real-world issues,
which invariably involve multiple competing objectives. The purpose of this
workshop is to promote collaboration and cross-fertilisation of ideas
between researchers working in different areas of multi-objective decision
making and on the topics of interest below, and to provide a forum for
dissemination of high-quality multi-objective decision making research.

The workshop targets high-quality original papers covering all aspects of
multi-objective decision making, including, but not limited to, the list of
topics below.

 Topics

The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics that we would like to
cover in the workshop:

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   Multi-objective/multi-criteria/multi-attribute decision making
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   Multi-objective reinforcement learning
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   Multi-objective planning and scheduling
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   Multi-objective multi-agent decision making
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   Multi-objective game theory
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   Multi-objective/multi-criteria/multi-attribute utility theory
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   Preference elicitation for MODeM
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   Social choice and MODeM
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   Multi-objective decision support systems
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   Multi-objective metaheuristic optimisation (e.g. evolutionary
   algorithms) for autonomous agents and multi-agent systems
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   Multi-objectivisation
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   Explainable MODeM
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   Applications of MODeM
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   New benchmark problems for MODeM

Programme details

The workshop programme will be spread over 3 days from 14th to 16th July,
consisting of contributed original talks, invited talks, and a panel
discussion. Each day’s live session will be restricted to 2 hours duration,
and scheduled to maximise opportunities for global participation.
Presentations will also be recorded and available outside of these
sessions, with a dedicated Discord channel for discussing each paper
before, during and after the workshop.

Important Dates

Submissions due by midnight (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12) 31st May 2021

Notifications of acceptance: 30th June 2021

Workshop: 14th, 15th and 16th July 2021

Submission details

Papers should be formatted according to the AAMAS 2021 guidelines
<https://aamas2021.soton.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/393/2020/08/aamas2021-formatting-instructions.zip>,
and should be a maximum of 8 pages in length (with additional pages
containing references only). Shorter papers reporting preliminary results
and work-in-progress are also welcome. Submissions should report original
work that has not previously been published elsewhere (with the exception
of papers which have been submitted to the associated special issue of
JAAMAS - see below)

All submissions will be peer-reviewed (single-blind). Accepted work will be
allocated time for poster and possibly oral presentation during the
workshop.

Papers can be submitted through EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=modem2021

Associated Special Issue of JAAMAS

After the workshop, all original contributions presented at MODeM 2021 will
be invited to submit substantially improved and extended versions of their
work, for consideration to be published in a post-proceedings special issue
of the Springer journal Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (JAAMAS,
Scimago rank Q2 in AI journals, Impact factor 1.342).

Submission of preliminary work to the MODeM 2021 workshop does not confer
an automatic entitlement to publish in the JAAMAS MODeM special issue; all
special issue submissions must pass through the same rigorous JAAMAS review
process and meet the standard JAAMAS publication criteria.

The JAAMAS MODeM special issue has an open call for papers; it is not
necessary to submit preliminary work to the MODeM 2021 workshop in order to
have your manuscript considered for publication in this SI. The special
issue is already open for submissions, and will remain open until October
1, 2021. Papers submitted to the SI will be sent out for peer review as
soon as they are received, and first decisions can be expected within 2
months approx.

The CfP for the JAAMAS MODeM SI is available at:
https://www.springer.com/journal/10458/updates/18060632

Organising Committee

Conor F. Hayes School of Computer Science, National University of Ireland
Galway

Patrick Mannion School of Computer Science, National University of Ireland
Galway

Peter Vamplew School of Engineering, Information Technology and Physical
Sciences, Federation University, Ballarat, Australia.

Please send any queries for the organisers to modem.workshop.2021 at gmail.com

Senior Advisory Committee

Carlos A. Coello Coello CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico

Richard Dazeley Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

Enda Howley School of Computer Science, National University of Ireland
Galway

Diederik M. Roijers HU University Of Applied Sciences Utrecht in the
Netherlands; Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Brussels, Belgium

Marcello Restelli Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Program Committee

To be confirmed.
If you are interested in serving on the programme committee please get in
touch with the organisers at modem.workshop.2021 at gmail.com
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