[agents] Call for Papers - WESAAC 2022

[Maiquel De Brito]

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Call for Papers

---  WESAAC-2022  ---

16th Workshop-School on Agents, Environments, and Applications

http://wesaac2022.ufsc.br

Blumenau, SC -- Brazil

August 31st  - September 2nd,  2022

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Motivation

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

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

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;

* agents in embedded and robotic systems;

* applications of agents and multi-agent systems;



Paper Submission

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 using the following url:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wesaac2022

At least one author of the accepted paper is required to register and
attend the conference to carry out the presentation.




Important Dates

Abstract Submission Deadline: June 5th, 2022

Paper Submission Deadline: June 12th, 2022

Notification to authors: July 29th, 2022

Final Version Deadline: August 21st, 2022



Venue

WESAAC will be held at the Campus Blumenau of the Federal University of
Santa Catarina (UFSC), in Blumenau-Brazil.



Program

To be announced.



Conference Indexing

WESAAC is indexed at Qualis Conferences (as B4).



Committee

Chairs: Maiquel de Brito (UFSC), Maicon Zatelli (UFSC) e Augusto Cesar
Pinto Loureiro da Costa (UFBA)



Contact

maiquel.b at ufsc.br
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