<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">====================================================================<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"> Last Call for Papers <div> --- WESAAC-2021 ---<br> 15th Workshop-School on Agents, Environments, and Applications<br><br> <a href="http://wesaac.ufsc.br/2021/" target="_blank">http://wesaac.ufsc.br/2021/</a><br><br> Rio de Janeiro, RJ -- Brazil<br> 10-12th of August 2021<br> <br>======================================================================<br><br><br>Venue<br>=====<br>The WESAAC 2021 will be held virtually.<br><br>Motivation<br>==========<br>Many current computational systems no longer depend on human intervention<br>to operate in complex dynamic environments. Some of the key features that<br>allow such systems to operate autonomously include the ability to make<br>rational decisions and to react to changes in a timely way. In that<br>respect, agent systems and multi-agent environments provide a computing<br>paradigm that supports the development of intelligent systems that are able<br>to cope with the complexities associated with such dynamic scenarios.<br><br><br>Aims<br>====<br>The area of agent-based systems is widely known and has numerous papers<br>published internationally every year. However, nationally there are few<br>events in this area and no other national event also provides tutorials and<br>short courses specifically on the main topics of research within Autonomous<br>Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. WESAAC is therefore of great importance as<br>a national event in this area, aiming to both prepare future generations of<br>Brazilian researchers and to disseminate the current projects of Brazilian<br>researchers. WESAAC aims to be a forum for the discussion of work at all<br>levels, including undergraduate, MSc, and PhD projects currently being<br>conducted. Fundamentally, WESAAC is the best opportunity for Brazilian<br>undergraduate and especially graduate students to attend courses by some<br>of the most prominent researchers working in this area throughout the world.<br><br><br>Topics of Interest<br>==================<br>Papers submitted to the event should address topics related to autonomous<br>agents or multi-agent systems, such as (but not restricted to):<br><br>* agent architectures and theories (BDI, belief revision, automated<br>reasoning)<br>* cooperation/coordination (negotiation, argumentation, reputation)<br>* agent-based software development (programming languages, platforms,<br>tools, methodologies)<br>* agent organizations, societal issues, normative systems, etc.<br>* agent communication<br>* social simulations and agent-based simulation<br>* (formal) specification and verification of multi-agent systems<br>* machine learning in agent systems<br>* automated planning in agent systems<br>* applications of agents and multi-agent systems<br><br><br>Paper Submission<br>================<br>Researchers and students are invited to submit papers in Portuguese or<br>English, as a PDF file formatted according to the SBC style (compulsory)<br>available at <br><a href="http://www.sbc.org.br/documentos-da-sbc/summary/169-templates-para-artigos-e-capitulos-de-livros/878-modelosparapublicaodeartigos" target="_blank">http://www.sbc.org.br/documentos-da-sbc/summary/169-templates-para-artigos-e-capitulos-de-livros/878-modelosparapublicaodeartigos</a><br><br>The proceedings will be published electronically. <br>Two separate tracks have been created for paper submission: (i) full papers and (ii) short papers (i.e., extended abstracts).<br><br>Full papers, reporting work with solid results must have no more than 12<br>pages. <br><br>Short papers, reporting ongoing work or position papers, must have <br>between 4 and 6 pages. Both full and short papers will be presented orally <br>in plenary sessions. <br><br>Papers must be submitted through EasyChair using the following url:<br><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wesaac2021" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wesaac2021</a><br><br><br>Conference Indexing<br>===================<br>WESAAC is indexed at Qualis Conferences (as B4).<br><br><br>Important Dates<br>===============<br>Abstract Submission - <strike>Extended Deadline: May 1st, 2021</strike> Final Deadline: May 12th, 2021<br>Paper Submission - <strike>Extended Deadline: May 7th, 2021</strike> Final Deadline: May 17th, 2021<br>Notification to authors: June 23th, 2021<br>Final Version Deadline: July 5th, 2021<br><br><br>Program<br>=======<br>To be announced.<br><br><br>Committee<br>==========<br>Chairs: Carlos Pantoja (CEFET-RJ)<br>Programme Committee Chair: Maiquel de Brito (UFSC) e Maicon Zatelli (UFSC)<br><br><br>Contact<br>=======<br><a href="mailto:wesaac.mkt@gmail.com" target="_blank">wesaac.mkt@gmail.com</a><br><a href="mailto:pantoja@cefet-rj.br" target="_blank">pantoja@cefet-rj.br</a><br></div></div>
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