SELMAS 2002

 SELMAS 2002 - Program

1st
International Workshop on Software
Engineering for Large-Scale
Multi-Agent Systems

Sunday, May 19, 2002 *
Orlando, Florida - USA

In
Conjunction with ICSE 2002

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SELMAS
2002
will be a full-day event, structured around sessions of theme-oriented
presentations. The format of the sessions will combine 15-minute presentations
on submitted position papers and focused discussion groups. Following the paper
presentations, the workshop participants will engage in structured discussion,
which is intended to highlight common themes, to identify problems and issues.
The idea is to foster the exchange of ideas and information in an informal
setting, but with some boundaries placed on topics and time to ensure that the
workshop stays on schedule. We encourage all participants - whether or not
they are giving formal presentations - come prepared to share his/her
experiences, perspectives, problems and ideas on software engineering for
large-scale multi-agent systems. The discussions will be moderated by the
session chairs.

8:00
– 10:00

Opening
Session

Session
1 – Modeling and Structuring MAS: When and How

Presentations:

Paper
1: Sustainable Information Ecosystems

Rune
Gustavsson and Martin Fredriksson

( Department
of Software Engineering and Computer Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Ronneby -
SWEDEN)

Paper 2:
Large-Scale
Agent Systems: A World Modeling Perspective

Eric
Yu and Luiz Cysneiros

( Department
of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto - CANADA)

Paper 3:
The
Reflective Blackboard Architectural Pattern for Developing Large-Scale
Multi-Agent Systems

Otavio
Silva, Alessandro Garcia and Carlos Lucena

( Computer
Science Department – TecComm Group

, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio
de Janeiro
- BRAZIL )

Paper 4:
Engineering
Mobility in Large Multi Agent Systems: A Case Study in Urban Traffic
Management

Marco
Mamei and Michael Mahan

( Dipartimento
di Ingegneria dell’Informazione ­ Università di Modena e Reggio
Emilia, Modena ITALY

Nokia
Research Center Agent Technology Group 5, Burlington - USA)

Discussion: MAS
Modeling and Structuring – When and How

10:00
– 10:30
Break

10:30
– 12:00

Session 2 –
Dependability and Reusability in Large MAS

Presentations:

Paper 1:
Dynamic and
Adaptive Replication for Large-Scale Reliable Multi-Agent Systems

Zahia
Guessoum, Jean-Pierre Briot, S. Charpentier, Samir Aknine, Olivier
Marin, Pierre Sens

( LIP6,
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris - FRANCE)

Paper 2:
A
Declarative Approach to Agent-Centered Context-Aware Computing in Ad Hoc
Wireless Environments

Gruia-Catalin
Roman, Christine Julien and Amy Murphy

( Department
of Computer Science, Washington University, Washington-USA

Department
of Computer Science, University of Rochester, Rochester-USA)

Paper 3:
Reuse in
Agent-based Application Development

Rosario
Girardi

( Department
of Computer Science, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luis - BRAZIL)

Paper 4:

Application-Specific Reuse in Multi-Agent System Development

Tom
Holvoet and Elke Steegmans

( Department
of Computer Science, KULeuven, Leuven - BELGIUM)

Discussion:

Issues in Dependability and Reusability Aspects

12:00
– 1:30
Lunch Break

1:30
– 3:30

Session 3 –
Experiments and Tools for Large Multi-Agent Systems

Presentations:

Paper 1:
What Can
Cellular Automata Tell Us About the Behavior of Large Multi-Agent
Systems

Maria
Silvia Gatti, Monia Spallanzani, Andrea Rolli and Franco Zambonelli

( Dipartimento
di Ingegneria dell’Informazione ­ Università di Modena e Reggio
Emilia, Modena ITALY

Dipartimento
di Elettronica Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Bologna,
Bologna ITALY

Dipartimento
di Scienze e Metodi dell’Ingegneria, Università di Modena e Reggio
Emilia, Modena ITALY)

Paper 2:
A
Multi-Agent Framework for an Architecting Process Environment

Rodion
Podorozhny and Dewayne Perry

( UT
Advanced Research In Software Engineering (UT ARISE), University of
Texas Austin, Texas - USA)

Paper 3:
Introducing
the Marshland Design Optimization Tool for Mobile Multi-Agent Systems

Arthur
Alexander Reyes

( Department
of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington,
Arlington - USA)

Paper 4:
Smartweaver:
An Agent-Based Tool for Aspect-Oriented Development

Andrés
Díaz Pace, Marcelo Campo and Federico Trilni

( ISISTAN
Research Institute UNICEN University Campus Universitario, Tandil -
ARGENTINA)

Discussion:

Developing MAS - Appealing
Tools and Experiments

3:30
– 4:00
Break

4:00 -
5:30
Panel

SoC+Agents
TecComm Group - Software Engineering
Laboratory
Pontifical
Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
URL:
www.teccomm.les.inf.puc-rio.br/SoCAgents

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