++ Apologies for multiple copies due to cross posting ++ Call for Papers of AgentLink-3 supported ----------------------------------------------------- AAMAS-2005 INDUSTRY TRACK Utrecht, the Netherlands July 25-29 2005 http://www.aamas2005.nl/ ----------------------------------------------------- Submission open now -- Deadline: 28 February 2005 http://www.aamas2005.nl/industry_track_submissions.php INTRODUCTION The International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) is the leading international conference in the theory and practice of software agents. The conference attracts delegates from many different backgrounds; from those developing agent-based software products and services to those working in the theoretical foundations of the discipline. The AAMAS-05 conference will be held in July 2005 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and will, for the first time, feature a track specifically intended for industrial participants: the AAMAS Industry Track. The industry track is being organised in cooperation with AgentLink, Europe's IST-funded coordination activity for autonomous agents and multi-agent systems (see http://www.agentlink.org/). WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY TRACK? The AAMAS industry track is a special track at the AAMAS conference that will run in parallel to the regular AAMAS scientific track. It will feature presentations and demonstrations from industrial participants, giving them an opportunity to showcase the state of the art in technology and industrial application of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems to AAMAS delegates and to publish associated papers in a high quality, formal proceedings. The industry track aims to foster mutually beneficial links between those engaged in foundational scientific research and those working to make autonomous agents and multi-agent systems a commercial reality. This enables industrially-based software agent developers and practitioners to participate in AAMAS in a meaningful way and to present their technology and applications to both their peers and the associated scientific community. HOW WILL THE TRACK BE REFEREED? Whereas in the regular conference track the overriding refereeing criterion is clearly scientific excellence, the industry track focuses primarily on the industrial relevance and technological significance of the contribution. Preference will be given to mature work demonstrating concrete industrial/commercial results and business value. Examples of an "ideal" paper might include: (i) a presentation of a particular kind of commercially available software agent technology, together with experience of how this was applied in a field-tested system; or (ii) a report on a field-tested agent-based system. We explicitly discourage the submission of purely speculative papers, proposals, and plans for future work/potential applications. Academic participation in the industry track is acceptable, but please note that we strongly discourage the submission of: (i) papers that merely appeal to potential applications, without demonstrating that they have been meaningfully applied; (ii) academic papers that work with highly abstracted versions of potential applications; or (iii) academic papers that describe software agent systems/platforms without either a real industrial link or genuine application. In general, if you believe that your paper makes a scientific contribution, you should think about submitting to the regular scientific track; whereas, if your paper is an overview of an agent technology, a "practical experience" paper, or similar, then you should probably submit to the industry track. HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE? The industry track invites developers, practitioners, and industrial researchers to submit high quality papers on agent technology and its applications. See the conference web site for paper formatting and submission instructions. Accepted contributions will be formally published in the "Proceedings of the Industry Track of AAMAS-05" and will be distributed at the conference along with the AAMAS-05 main conference proceedings. Selected publications will be encouraged to present their applications in the AgentLink newsletter. The contributions will influence the AgentLink Roadmap to be published in 2005. Note that the Industry Track is part of the AAMAS conference - there is no separate registration for the Industry Track. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for Submission of Contributions - 28 February 2005 Notification of acceptance - 28 March 2005 CO-CHAIRS Michal Pechoucek -- Czech Technical University, AgentLink Donald Steiner -- Quantum Leap Innovations Simon Thompson -- British Telecom Programme Committee: David Allsopp -- Qinetic Fabio Bellifemine -- Telecom Italia Laboratories Jeff Bradshaw -- IHMC Sven Brueckner -- Altarum Monique Calisti -- Whitestein Technologies Jonathan Dale -- Futjitsu Ian Dickenson -- HP Mark Greaves -- DARPA Jon Himoff -- CEO Magenta Martin Hofmann -- Lockheed Martin David Kinny -- Agentis James Lawton -- AFRL Vladimir Marik -- Rockwell Research Center David Martin -- SRI Peter McBurney -- AgentLink Narendra Nanjangud -- IBM Jim Odell -- Agentis Ravi Prakash Gorthi -- Infosys Technologies Christ Priest -- HP Chris Reed -- Calico Jack, Dundee University Ralph Ronnquist -- AOS Australia Jeff Rosenschein -- Hebrew Uni David Sadek -- France Telecom Onn Shehory -- IBM Israel John Shepherdson -- BT Petr Skobelev -- CTO Magenta Niranjan Suri -- IHMC Simon Thompson -- British Telecom