http://software.ucv.ro/~badica_costin/abcmi2009/
organized within the framework of 35th EUROMICRO
Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) 2009
Call for Papers
The field of
agent technology is rapidly maturing. One of key factors that influence this
process is the gathered body of knowledge that allows in-depth reflection on
the very nature of designing and implementing agent systems. As a result, we
know better how to design and implement them. We also understand the most
important issues to be addressed in the process. Therefore, on the top-most
level we see progress in development of methodologies for design of agent-based
systems. Furthermore, these methodologies are usually supported by tools that
support not only top level conceptualization but guide the process towards
implementation (e.g. by generating at least some code). Next, we can see that
new languages for agent based systems are created, e.g. AML or API Calculus.
Separately, tools/platforms/environments that can be used for design and
implementation of agent systems have been through a number of releases,
eliminating problems and adding new, important features. Resulting products are
becoming truly robust and flexible. Furthermore, open source products (e.g.
JADE) are surrounded by user communities, which often generate powerful ad-on
components, further increasing value of existing solutions.
During the
Workshop we are primarily interested in all aspects of the process that leads
from the model of the problem domain to the actual agent-based solution. These
aspects will cover both principled approaches and established practices of
software engineering aimed at producing high quality software. In this context,
research into the application of agent-based solutions to key challenges faced
by software engineering (e.g. reduction of costs and delivery times, coping
with a larger diversity of problems) will be of primary importance.
The workshop welcomes
high-quality papers covering one or more of the following topics of agent
systems research:
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Methodologies for design of agent
systems
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Multi-agent systems product lines
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Modeling agent systems
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Agent architectures
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Agent-based simulations
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Simulating and verifying agent systems
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Agent benchmarking and performance
measurement
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Agent communication, coordination and
cooperation
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Agent languages
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Agent learning and planning
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Agent mobility
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Agent modeling, calculi, and logics
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Agent security
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Agents and Service Oriented Computing
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Agents in the Semantic Web
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Applications and Experiences
History
Agent Based Computing: from Model to Implementation Workshop
is a result of an evolutionary process involving:
1.
Special
Track on Agents, Interactions, Mobility, and Systems – AIMS organized within the framework of
the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
2.
International
Workshop on (Multi-)Agent Systems in E-Business: Concepts, Technologies and
Applications – MASeB organized in 2006, 2007 with the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web
Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology –
WI-IAT and in 2008 with the International Conference on Intelligent
Systems Design and Applications – ISDA.
3.
Agent
Based Computing Workshop – ABC initially organized in 2003, 2005, 2006 within the framework of various multiconferences, and recently (2007 and 2008) within
the framework of the International Multiconference on Computing Science and Information
Technology.
During 2008,
after receiving an invitation to create a track for the SEAA conference, we
have decided that the best approach is going to be to merge the three events
(AIMS, MASeB and ABC) into a single one, and focus it on the, broadly
understood, software-engineering oriented aspects of Agent Based Computing.
This is how the ABC:MI
Workshop has come into being.
Paper Submission and Publication
Papers will be
reviewed by the Program Committee and accepted on their scientific merit and
relevance to the topics of the Workshop. Accepted papers will be included in the
Proceedings that will be published by the IEEE/CS.
Best papers,
accepted and presented at the ABC:MI Workshop, will be
selected for a Special Issue of international journals (more information to
follow).
Important Dates
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16.03.2009 |
Full paper submission |
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27.04.2009 |
Notification of acceptance |
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26.05.2009 |
Final (camera ready) paper due |
Workshop Organizers
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Costin Badica |
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Marcin Paprzycki (Chair) |
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Shahram Rahimi |
Southern |
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Program Committee (tentative)
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Stanislaw Ambroszkiewicz |
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Walter Binder |
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Giacomo Cabri |
Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia |
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Bengt Carlsson |
Blekinge
Institute of Technology |
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Radovan Cervenka |
Whitestein
Technologies AG |
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Krzysztof Cetnarowicz |
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Beniamino di Martino |
Seconda Università di Napoli |
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George Eleftherakis |
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Adina Magda
Florea |
"Politehnica"
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Giancarlo Fortino |
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Vladimir Gorodetsky |
SPII RAS |
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Dominic Greenwood |
Whitestein
Technologies AG |
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Tomas Klos |
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Ioan
Alfred Leția |
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Viorel Negru |
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Benno Overeinder |
NLnet Labs |
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Korea Institute of Science and
Technology |
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Joaquin Peña |
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Alexander Pokhar |
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Thomas E. Potok |
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Jarogniew Rykowski |
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Sattar B. Sadkhan |
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James D. Sissom |
Southern |
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Stanislaw Stanek |
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Paolo Torroni |
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Walt Truszkowski |
NASA - |
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Tatyana Yakhno |
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Arkady Zaslavsky |
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Yu Zhang |
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Hong Zhou |
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Frank Zimmer |
SES ASTRA TechCom
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