+++ Apologies for multiple copies due to cross postings +++ CALL FOR PAPERS - EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE ********************************************* Third German Conference on Multi-Agent System Technologies (MATES 05), September 11 - 13, 2005, Koblenz, Germany http://www.mates2005.de/ * Incorporating the 9th International Workshop on Cooperative Information Agents (CIA 2005) * Co-located with the 28th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI 2005) * Co-sponsored by Siemens, Germany; Whitestein Technologies, Switzerland; German Computer Society (GI); European Coordination Action for Agent-Based Computing (AgentLink III) ********************************************* IMPORTANT DATES Submission of papers *** EXTENDED: APRIL 18, 2005 *** Notification of authors: June 3, 2005 Camera-ready papers: June 20, 2005 Conference: September 11-13, 2005 ********************************************* Please find more information about Aims & Scope, Topics, and Submission Details on the conference website at http://www.mates2005.de/. The proceedings of MATES 2005 will be published as volume 3550 in the Springer series of Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence (LNAI). These proceedings are considered as joint proceedings with CIA 2005. MATES and CIA 2005 jointly issue a "MATES/CIA 2005 Best Paper Award". This award is sponsored by Siemens, Germany. CIA 2005 issues a "CIA 2005 System Innovation Award" to acknowledge and stimulate development of highly innovative systems of intelligent information agents. This award is sponsored by Whitestein Technologies, Switzerland. MATES 2005 provides limited financial support to a limited number of students who are co-authors of accepted papers to give their presentation at the MATES 2005 conference. *************************************************************** The MATES/CIA 2005 Organizational Board Matthias Klusch (DFKI Saarbruecken, D) Michael Huhns (U South Carolina, USA) Torsten Eymann (U Bayreuth, D) Franziska Kluegl (U Wuerzburg, D) Winfried Lamersdorf (U Hamburg, D)