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6th MASTA @ EPIA 2011 Thematic Track on Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications 10-13 October 2011, Lisbon, Portugal http://epia2011.appia.pt/masta Submission deadline: May 10, 2011 ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Since 1993, the area of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) has been present in all EPIA Conferences, both as individual tracks and as autonomous workshops. Focusing on a fundamental subject of Artificial Intelligence, the 6th edition of Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications - MASTA 2011 Thematic Track, will be a forum for presenting and discussing the most recent and innovative work on MAS. Departing, from the end of the 1980’s, from the two main branches of Decentralized Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Problem Solving, research on MAS has developed in areas of increasing specialization and autonomy as diverse as agent theories and architectures, cognitive modelling, coordination, negotiation and argumentation, social organization and social simulation, swarm intelligence, and agent-oriented programming. Agent technology has been used to solve real-world problems in a range of industrial and commercial applications, including manufacturing, supply chain management, process control, telecommunications, air traffic control, transportation systems, and business process management. ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Aims and Scope ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Research on MAS has a vigorous, exciting tradition and has led to important theories and systems. However, new trends and concerns are still emerging and form the basis of current and future research. This thematic track is intended to provide a discussion forum on the most recent and innovative work in all areas of MAS. The unifying focus of the thematic track will be on methodological aspects. Both theoretical and practical research should be situated in the context of existing or new methodologies. This will not preclude any specific topic, but preference will be given to research work that establishes some connection with the methodological aspects or to successful applications built upon some methodology. ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Topics of Interest ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Agent theories, Architectures and Languages; * Cognitive models, including emotions and philosophies; * Formal Methods for Modelling Agents and MAS; * Cooperation, Coordination and Teamwork; * Automated Negotiation and Computational Argumentation; * Multi-Agent Evolution, Adaptation and Learning; * Trust and Reputation in MAS; * Communication: protocols and languages; * Artificial Social Systems; * Agent-Oriented Software Engineering; * Multi-Agent Simulation and Modelling; * Norms and Institutions in MAS; * Ethical and Legal issues raised by Agents and MAS; * Industrial and Commercial Applications; * Scalability and Performance of MAS. ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Submission Information ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Submission of papers is made electronically through the Conference website (epia2011.appia.pt). Authors must remove their names from the papers and should take reasonable care not to indirectly disclose their identity (blind reviewing process). Papers should be no longer than 12 pages, including figures and references, and should be formatted according to the Springer's LNCS/LNAI format, following the instructions on Springer’s website ( http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 ). Papers of higher quality will be published in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), by Springer (proceedings indexed by the Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge). All other accepted papers will be published in the local proceedings. ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Important Dates ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Full Paper Submission: May 10, 2011 * Notification of Acceptance: June 10, 2011 * Camera-ready Papers: July 1, 2011 * Conference Date: October 10-13, 2011 ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Organizing Committee ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Paulo Urbano Departamento de Informática Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa Edifício C6, Piso 3, Campo Grande 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal pub [at] di [dot] fc [dot] ul [dot] pt Cesar Analide Departamento de Informática Universidade do Minho Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal analide [at] di [dot] uminho [dot] pt Fernando Lopes Departamento de Modelação e Simulação Laboratório Nacional de Energia (LNEG) 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal fernando [dot] lopes [at] ineti [dot] pt Henrique Lopes Cardoso Departamento de Engenharia Informática Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal hlc [at] fe [dot] up [dot] pt ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Additional Information ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Additional information can be found at the Conference website (epia2011.appia.pt/masta) or asked for by e-mail, using the address masta2011 [at] appia [dot] pt. ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Steering Committee ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eugénio Oliveira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Helder Coelho, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal João Balsa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Luís Reis, Universidade do Porto, Portugal ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Program Committee ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Alejandro Hérnandez, Universidad Veracruzana, Spain Alexander Pokahr, University of Hamburg, Germany Amal Elfallah, Université Paris VI, France Amílcar Cardoso, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Ana Paula Rocha, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Andrea Omicini, Università di Bologna, Italy António Pereira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal António Rocha Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Carlos Martinho, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Christian Lemaître, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico Cristiano Castelfranchi, ISTC-CNR, Italy Eugénio Oliveira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal F. Jordan Srour, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Frank Dignum, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands Helder Coelho, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Huib Aldewereld, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands Jaime Sichman, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil Javier Bajo, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain Javier Carbó, Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Spain João Balsa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal João Leite, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal John-Jules Meyer, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands Jomi Hübner, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil Jordi Sabater-Mir, IIIA-CSIC, Spain Jörg Müller, TU Clausthal Institut für Informatik, Germany Juan Burgillo, Universidade de Vigo, Spain Juan M. Corchado, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain Laurent Vercouter, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France Luís Botelho, ISCTE, Portugal Luís Correia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Luís Macedo, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Luís Moniz, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Luís Reis, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Marc Esteva, IIIA-CSIC, Spain Michael Fisher, University of Liverpool, UK Murat Sensoy, University of Aberdeen, UK Neil Yorke-Smith, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Nicoletta Fornara, Università della Svizzera Italiana (University of Lugano), Switzerland Nuno Lau, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Olivier Boissier, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France Onn Shehory, IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel Pablo Noriega, IIIA-CSIC, Spain Paolo Torroni, Università di Bologna, Italy Paulo Ferreira Jr., Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal Pavlos Moraitis, Université Paris Descartes, France Pedro Mariano, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Reyhan Aydogan, Bogazici University, Turkey Rosa Vicari, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Santiago Ontañón Villar, IIIA-CSIC, Spain Virginia Dignum, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Wamberto Vasconcelos, University of Aberdeen, UK Wojtek Jamroga, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Ya'akov Gal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Yun-Gyung Cheong, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technologies, South Korea Yves Demazeau, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, France ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6th Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications - MASTA @ EPIA 2011 Thematic Track @ EPIA 2011 Lisbon, PORTUGAL http://epia2011.appia.pt/masta masta2011@appia.pt ---------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -