[agents] The Italian Workshop on Agents and Multiagent Systems (WOA 2022): first call for papers

[Viviana Mascardi]

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                                  WOA 2022
          23rd edition of the Workshop “From Objects to Agents” (WOA)
                     Genova, Italy, 1-3 September 2022
              https://sites.google.com/view/woa2022/home-page

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Call for Papers
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After the first successful 22 editions in Parma, Modena, Milano, 
Villasimius, Torino, Camerino, Catania, Genova, Palermo, Parma, Rimini, 
Rende, Milano, Torino, Catania, Napoli, Catania, Scilla, Palermo, Parma, 
Bologna (online) and Bologna, the 23rd edition of the Workshop “From 
Objects to Agents” (WOA) will be hosted by the University of Genova from 
September 1 to 3, 2022, in the beautiful location of Casa Paganini - 
InfoMus, in the recently restored monumental building of S.Maria delle 
Grazie La Nuova.

Following the significant interest that all facets of Artificial 
Intelligence (AI) have been recently obtaining, the topic for WOA 2022 is

                              Emotional and Believable Human-Agent 
Interaction

WOA 2022 will bring together researchers to discuss those issues and to 
suggest future research questions and perspectives laying at the 
intersection among Emotional and Believable agents and MAS, and 
Human-Agent Interaction. Therefore, the workshop aims at working as an 
interdisciplinary hub for thinkers, students, researchers, and 
developers who wish to understand and exploit the impact and potential 
of agent- and MAS-based techniques, when combined with Human-Agent 
Interactions.

Topics of Interest:
     Agents theory and technology related to AI or Believable 
Human-Agent Interaction
     Software engineering techniques for agents involving Believable 
Human-Agent Interaction
     Languages and tools for agent-oriented and Believable Human-Agent 
Interaction intelligent systems
     Agent-oriented architectures for Believable Human-Agent Interaction
     eXplainable and ethical AI in agent-oriented models, architectures, 
or systems to support Believable Human-Agent Interaction
     Trust, security, and privacy in the design and development of 
agents capable of a Believable Human-Agent Interaction

Moreover, the following topics are also more than welcome:
     Adaptive, animated, and personality-driven agents
     Agent-oriented software engineering
     Agent-based languages and platforms
     Agent-oriented methods and development tools
     Agents and objects
     Agents and sensor networks
     Agent-based modelling and simulation
     Coordination, cooperation and communication for agents
     Formal models for agents and MAS
     Hardware and software infrastructures for agents and multi-agent 
systems
     Industrial applications of agents and MAS
     Learning, planning and reasoning for agents
     Security, trust and responsibility in MAS
     Software agents and the Web
     Standards and interoperability for agents and MAS
     Theoretical, conceptual and ontological basis of agents and MAS
along with any other MAS-related topic.


Submissions
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Contributions (max 16 pages excluding references) should follow the 
CEURART paper style 
https://it.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-workshop-proceedings-ceur-ws-dot-org/pkfscdkgkhcq

Papers can be submitted in PDF format via EasyChair 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=woa22


Keynote speakers
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We are happy to announce the invited talks by Prof. Antonio Camurri from 
the University of Genova and by Prof. Robert (Bob) Kowalski from 
Imperial College (to celebrate the 50th birthday of Prolog all together!)


Journal Special Issue
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We will organise a Special Issue of Intelligenza Artificiale with the 
best selected and revised WOA 2022 papers.


Important Dates
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Submission deadline: June 25, 2022
Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2022
Camera Ready due: September 15, 2022 (post workshop)
Workshop: September 1st-2nd, 2022
Minischool: September 3rd, 2022
Post-proceedings on CEUR: September 30th, 2022 (tentative)


Scholarships
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AIxIA generously supports the in-presence participation of students 
thanks to scholarships. More details will be available in the WOA 2022 
web site soon.


Organisation
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General Chairs:
Angelo Ferrando, DIBRIS, University of Genova
Viviana Mascardi, DIBRIS, University of Genova

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