ModelAge‘97

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                            ModelAge'97
                       4th ModelAge Workshop
                    ``FORMAL MODELS OF AGENTS''

             Certosa di Pontignano (Italy), 15-17 January 1997
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                          CALL FOR PAPERS


The goal of this workshop is to bring together a limited, interdisciplinary
group for an in-depth discussion on formal models of agents.  Agent
is a concept covering software artifacts and human beings, individuals
and societies.  This concept is emerging in disciplines as diverse as
organisation theory, artificial intelligence, logic, data bases,
philosophy, requirements engineering.
These models try to describe, predict and analyse the internal "facets" of
agents (beliefs, goals, etc.) as well as their external individual and
collective behaviour.

The workshop will have a limited attendance, no parallel sessions, large
slots for discussion.

SCIENTIFIC TOPICS

The general theme is formal models of agent, integrating several ``facets''
including e.g.:
- belief
- knowledge
- abilities
- intentions
- goal
- commitments
- communication
- behaviour
- choice
- freedom

Papers reporting ongoing research are welcome (see below).
Authors are invited to present and compare the possible design alternatives
relevant to their work.


IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of papers:           October 5, 1996
Notification of acceptance:     November 15, 1996
Proceedings version due:        December 15, 1996
Workshop:                       January 15-17, 1997
Book version due:               January 31, 1997

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Cristiano Castelfranchi,        CNR, Roma
Amedeo Cesta,                   CNR, Roma
Rose Dieng,                     INRIA, Sophia
Eric Dubois,                    Univ. Namur
Jose Fiadeiro,                  Univ. Lisbon
Andrew Jones,                   Univ. Oslo
Hector Levesque,                Univ. Toronto
John Mylopoulos,                Univ. Toronto
John-Jules Meyer,               Univ. Utrecht
Wolfgang Nejdl,                 Univ. Hannover
Mark Ryan,                      Univ. Birmingham
Gunter Saake,                   Univ. Magdeburg
Pierre-Yves Schobbens,          Univ. Namur
Krister Segerberg               Univ. Uppsala
Yao-Hua Tan,                    Univ. Rotterdam
Roel Wieringa.                  V. Univ. Amsterdam

ORGANIZATION

The Institute of Psychology of the Italian CNR (IP-CNR) is responsible for
the local organization.  The organization chair is:

Amedeo Cesta
IP-CNR
Viale Marx 15
I-00137 Rome, Italy
phone: +39-6-86090209
fax: +39-6-824737
e-mail: modelage97@pscs2.irmkant.rm.cnr.it

RELATED EVENTS

Previous ModelAge meetings were held in Namur, Sophia-Antipolis and Sesimbra.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Papers are solicited as a basis for selection and discussion, and
copies will be made available at the beginning of the workshop.

It is intended to publish a book containing selected papers
in a major publishing house, immediately after the workshop.

Authors are invited to submit either:
- three paper copies by usual mail,
- or an (electronic) PostScript version by e-mail
to the Chair of the Program Committee:

Pierre-Yves Schobbens

Fac. Univ. Notre-Dame de la Paix        eMail:  pys@info.fundp.ac.be
Institut d'Informatique                 Phone:  +32 81 72 49 90
Rue Grandgagnage 21                     Telex:  59222 FacNam B
B-5000 Namur, BELGIUM                   Fax:    +32 81 72 49 67

Submitted papers should be written in English.
The first page should bear:
1- the name, affiliation, address, e-mail, phone and fax of all authors.
2- the submission information: whether this or a similar paper has been
or will be submitted to another workshop or conference.
3- whether the article is also submitted for the post-proceedings.
4- optionally, the request for blind reviewing.
5- an abstract.
6- a list of keywords.

Electronic versions should be carefully designed to use only standard
PostScript features, and to be transmissible without corruption by
e-mail.

Papers should be between 800 and 6000 words (between 2 and 15 pages).
Submissions will be judged on significance, originality, quality and
clarity by at least two independent reviewers.

All accepted papers will be made available  at the beginning of the conference,
under the form of a technical report, not formally published.

The post-proceedings will be published by a major scientific publisher.

LOCATION

Risen in the 14th century in the open country, at the frontier between the
States of Siena and Florence, the Certosa (Charterhouse) of Pontignano
maintains its original aspect of a haven of peace in the celebrated region
of Chianti. The large Renaissance remakings have left unchanged that
harmony with nature which distinguished the Carthusian life. The hills
accompany the way to the near Siena (about 10 kilometres from Pontignano);
olive trees and grapevines surround the Certosa and a tended land
penetrates into it and turns to precious gardens, with no separation
between the natural environment and the Certosa's harmonious architectural
structure, made more precious with many works of art.

UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION
at WWW address:
              http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~pys/ModelAge/WS97/