[Vki-list] EUMAS 2008 - Deadline Extended to 22/9 for abstracts and 24/9 for full submissions

[Franziska Klügl]

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THE SIXTH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS Bath, UK, 18th and 
19th of December, 2008 http://eumas08.cs.bath.ac.uk/


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Abstract Submission Deadline: Sept. 22th 2008
Full Submission Deadline: Sept. 24th 2008
Notification to Authors: Oct. 20th 2008

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In the last two decades, we have seen a significant increase of interest 
in agent-oriented technology. It is crucial that both academics and 
industrialists within Europe have access to a forum at which current 
research and application issues are presented and discussed. Following 
in the tradition of past EUMAS (Oxford 2003, Barcelona 2004, Brussels 
2005, Lisbon 2006 and Hammamet 2007), the aim of this sixth European 
Workshop on MultiAgent Systems is to encourage and support activity in 
the research and development of multi-agent systems, in academic and 
industrial efforts. This workshop is primarily intended as a European 
forum at which researchers and those interested in activities relating 
to research in the area of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems 
could meet, present(potentially preliminary) research results, problems, 
and issues in an open and informal but academic environment.


SUBMISSIONS
Submission of papers describing relevant preliminary or completed work 
are invited. EUMAS'08 welcomes also papers that are under submission, 
will be presented or have already been presented at relevant 
international conferences.
We specially invite submissions by students that we think will receive 
valuable feedback from the the discussion-oriented focus of the 
workshop. Preliminary student work is welcome; however it has to possess 
sufficient substance for serving as a discussion basis and therefore has 
to pass the review cycle in the same way as other work.

All submissions should be formatted using Springer LNCS style
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) and have a maximum of 15 
pages. We request the submission of title and abstract prior or together 
with the paper submission for supporting the tight schedule of 
reviewing. The authors can submit their abstracts and papers through the 
following webpage:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eumas2008.

The workshop has no formal proceedings; it is intended primarily as a 
forum for interaction and discussion. The workshop will provide 
electronic (CD) proceedings. Printed proceedings will be available for 
an extra fee covering printing costs. Workshop notes will contain all 
original papers and abstracts of previously published papers. Depending 
on the quality, we intend to invite a selection of extended versions of 
the unpublished submissions to be included in relevant journal special 
issues.


TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics include but are not limited to:
Action and Planning, Adaptation and Learning, Agent Architectures, Agent 
Programming Languages, Agents and Complex Systems, Agent Based 
Simulation, Ambient Intelligence, Applications, Argumentation, Autonomy, 
Bio-inspired Approaches to Agents and Multiagent Systems, Cognitive 
Models, Collective and Swarm Intelligence, Collective Intentionality, 
Communication, Competition, Complexity, Cooperation, Coordination, E-* 
Applications, Economic Models, Emergence, Emotion, Formal Models, Game 
Theoretic Models, Grid Computing, Methodologies, Negotiation, 
Organisations and Institutions, Proactivity and Reactivity, Protocols, 
Robotics, Self-organisation, Semantic Web Agents, Agent-based Service 
Oriented Computing, Agent-oriented Software Engineering, Standards, 
Teamwork, Theories of Agency, Tools, Trust and Reputation, Ubiquitous 
Computing, Verification,Virtual Agents


INVITED TALKS
We are happy to announce invited talks by prominent and inspiring
speakers:

Marek Sergot (Imperial College, London) about "Norms, Action, and Agency 
in Multi-Agent Systems",

Niek Wijngaards (Thales, Netherlands) about "Actor-Agent Communities, A 
Next Paradigm Shift?".

Additionally there will be a dinner talk by Nigel Franks (School of 
Biological Sciences, University of Bristol) about "Individual and 
Collective Decision-Making: Lessons from House Hunting Rock Ants"


VENUE
EUMAS 2008 will be held at the University of Bath, whose buildings are 
set in an attractive campus on a hill above the centre of Bath, a World 
Heritage City. The weather in December is cold and often sunny - but 
don't forget your umbrella!


IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission Deadline: *22th September*
Full Paper Submission Deadline: *24th September*
Notification to Authors: 20th October
Camera Ready due: 17th November
Early Registration: 31th October
Event: 18th and 19th of December


CONTACT
Franziska Kluegl
franziska.klugl[]oru.se


OFFICIALS

GENERAL CHAIR
Julian Padget
Department of Computer Science
University of Bath, UK

PROGRAM CHAIR
Franziska Kluegl
School of Science and Technology
Orebro University, Sweden

LOCAL CHAIRS:
Marina De Vos
Julian Padget
Department of Computer Science
University of Bath, UK