+++ Apologies for multiple copies due to cross posting +++ Call for Papers ****************************************************** 4th International Joint Conference AAMAS on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems July 25 - 29, 2005 Utrecht University, The Netherlands ****************************************************** http://www.aamas2005.nl Important dates =============== Electronic abstracts due: DECEMBER 6, 2004 Electronic paper submission deadline: DECEMBER 10, 2004 Notification: February 25, 2005 About the conference ==================== Agents are one of the most prominent and attractive technologies in computer science at the beginning of the new milennium. The technologies, methods, and theories of agents and multiagent systems are currently contributing to many diverse domains such as information retrieval, user interfaces, electronic commerce, robotics, computer mediated collaboration, computer games, education and training, ubiquitous computing, and social simulation. They not only are a very promising technology, but are also emerging as a new way of thinking, a conceptual paradigm for analyzing problems and for designing systems, for dealing with complexity, distribution, and interactivity, while providing a new perspective on computing and intelligence. The AAMAS conference series was initiated in 2002 as a merger of three highly successful related events: AGENTS (International Conference on Autonomous Agents), ICMAS (International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems), and ATAL (International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages). The aim of the joint conference is to provide a single, high-profile, internationally renowned forum for research in the theory and practice of autonomous agents and multiagent systems. In particular, it brings together the world's researchers active in this important, vibrant, and rapidly growing field. AAMAS 2005 events include workshops and tutorials given by distinguished experts in the field, as well as an agent school, and doctoral mentoring program. Please check http://www.aamas2005.nl for latest information on the conference. Topics of interest ================== Topics of interest to AAMAS-05 include, but are not restricted to: * agents & complex systems; computational ecosystems * agent architectures; perception, action & planning in agents * agents & cognitive models * agents & networks: web agents, semantic web, grid, web services, P2P * agent communication: languages, semantics, pragmatics & protocols * agent-mediated electronic commerce & trading agents * agent-oriented software engineering & agent-oriented methodologies * agent programming languages, development environments & testbeds * applications of autonomous agents & multi-agent systems * artificial social systems; conventions, norms, social laws & institutions * autonomous robots & robot teams * coalition formation & teamwork; cooperative distributed problem solving * computational complexity in autonomous agents & multi-agent systems * cooperation & coordination; multi-agent planning * cooperative information systems, middle agents & brokers * distributed & multi-agent constraint satisfaction * game theoretic/economic foundations; algorithmic mechanism design * logics & formal models of agency; verification * multi-agent evolution, adaptation & learning * mobile agents * multi-agent simulation & modeling * negotiation, auctions, social choice mechanisms & argumentation * ontologies for agent systems * privacy & security issues in multi-agent systems * scalability & performance issues, robustness & dependability * synthetic agents; human-like, lifelike & believable qualities * theories of agency & autonomy * trust in agent systems; adjustable autonomy Submission ========== AAMAS-05 encourages the submission of theoretical, experimental, methodological, and applications papers. Theory papers should make clear the significance and relevance of their results to the AAMAS community. Similarly, applied papers should make clear both their scientific and technical contributions, and are expected to demonstrate a thorough evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses in practice. Papers that address isolated agent capabilities (for example, planning or learning) are discouraged unless they are placed in the overall context of autonomous agent architectures or multi-agent system organization and performance. A thorough evaluation is considered an essential component of any submission. Authors are also requested to make clear the implications of any theoretical and empirical results, as well as how their work relates to the state of the art in autonomous agents and multi-agent systems research as evidenced in, for example, previous AAMAS conferences. All submissions will be rigorously peer reviewed and evaluated on the basis of the quality of their technical contribution, originality, soundness, significance, presentation, understanding of the state of the art, and overall quality. In addition to conventional conference papers, AAMAS-05 also welcomes the submission of papers that focus on implemented systems, software, or robot prototypes. These papers require a demonstration of the prototype at the conference and should include a detailed project or system description specifying the hardware and software features and requirements. Please check http://www.aamas2005.nl/paper_submissions.htm for submission details. Organizing committee ==================== General co-chairs Sarit Kraus, Bar-Ilan University / University of Maryland Munindar Singh, North Carolina State University Program co-chairs Sven Koenig, University of Southern California Michael Wooldridge, University of Liverpool Local organization chair Frank Dignum, Utrecht University Local treasurer Virginia Dignum, Utrecht University Finance chair Sandip Sen, University of Tulsa Workshops chair Rino Falcone, ISTC - CNR Tutorials chair Onn Shehory, IBM Israel Demos co-chairs Omer Rana, Cardiff University Thomas Rist, FH Augsburg Doctoral mentoring chair Jürgen Dix, TU Clausthal Publicity chair Matthias Klusch, DFKI Sponsorship co-chairs Monique Calisti (Europe) Zakaria Maamar (Middle East) Kamal Karlapalem (South Asia) Jiming Liu (East Asia) Ana Lúcia Bazzan (Latin America) William Walsh (US & Canada) Publications chair Bin Yu, Carnegie Mellon University Student scholarship chair Barbara Keplicz, Warsaw University Exhibits chair Marie-Pierre Gleizes, IRIT, University Paul Sabatier