Final Call for Participation: EUMAS 2008

[Tom Crick]

           ***Apologies for multiple copies***

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                 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Sixth European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS 2008)
              University of Bath, Bath, UK
                18th--19th December 2008

              http://eumas08.cs.bath.ac.uk/


       *** registration closes on 30th November! ***

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OVERVIEW

EUMAS 2008 is the sixth edition of the EUMAS meeting series that
started in Oxford in 2003.  This year's meeting retains the traditions
of past events with a focus on student presentation, early results and
re-presentation of recent conference papers.

We are pleased to report there were 71 submissions this year, of which
42 were accepted for full presentations and 12 for short presentations
(overall acceptance rate of 76%). A programme schedule is available 
here: http://eumas08.cs.bath.ac.uk/schedule/.

Co-located with EUMAS 2008, the sixth Agent Technical Fora will run on 
the day prior to the meeting (Wednesday 17th December).  Two fora have 
been announced: "Agent-Oriented Software Engineering" (AOSE) and 
"Self-Organisation in MAS" (SELFORG). The registration deadline is 10th 
December 2008; further information is available from 
http://eumas08.cs.bath.ac.uk/tfg/.


LOCATION

The City of Bath is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in the
south-west of England. Founded by the Romans as a thermal spa, Bath
became an important centre of the wool industry in the Middle Ages. In
the 18th century, under King George III, it developed into an elegant
town with neo-classical Palladian buildings, which blend harmoniously
with the Roman baths.

The University of Bath campus is situated in the hills surrounding the
city and is a leading UK university with an international reputation
for teaching quality and research. Further information about the
University of Bath, how to get here and finding your way around is
available from http://www.bath.ac.uk/getting-here/.

Bath can be easily reached by road, train or air. For international
participants, Bath is best served by either Bristol International
Airport or London Heathrow; we advise strongly against using any of
the other London airports.


REGISTRATION

Registration is open for EUMAS 2008 and information is available
online at:

http://eumas08.cs.bath.ac.uk/registration/

Registration is open until *30th November*. Your registration fee 
includes: the electronic proceedings, a ticket for the welcome reception 
at the Roman Baths, a ticket for the evening banquet, lunch and 
refreshments on both days of the workshop (and accommodation on 
Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th Dec, if selected).  Reduced 
registration fees are available for students.

Thanks to sponsorship from the Engineering and Physical Science
Research Council (EPSRC), we can offer a limited number of student
bursaries.  Please note that only EPSRC-funded students are eligible
for these bursaries.  If you are in receipt of an EPSRC studentship,
and wish to apply, please consult the website for further details.
These bursaries will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.


CONTACT DETAILS

EUMAS 2008 Organisation
Department of Computer Science
University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY
UK
Fax: +44 (0)1225 383493
Email: eumas08 at cs.bath.ac.uk


IMPORTANT DATES

Registration closes:	 		***30th November 2008***
Technical Forum Group registration:	10th December 2008
Technical Forum Group meetings: 	17th December 2008
EUMAS 2008 workshop: 			18th/19th December 2008


OFFICIALS

General Chair
Julian Padget, University of Bath, UK

Program Chair
Franziska Klugl, Orebro University, Sweden

Local Organisation
Marina De Vos, University of Bath, UK
Julian Padget, University of Bath, UK

Publicity/Web
Tom Crick, University of Bath, UK
Owen Cliffe, University of Bath, UK

TF6 Forum Chairs (tf6-chair at irit.fr)
Marie-Pierre Gleizes, IRIT, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Massimo Cossentino, ICAR-CNR, National Research Council, Italy
Michael Luck, King’s College London, UK
Rubén Fuentes, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain