Call for papers, KES-AMSTA 2009

[Zeynep Kiziltan]

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                        CALL FOR PAPERS
            The 3rd KES International Symposium on
    AGENTS AND MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS - TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS
                        (KES-AMSTA-09)
                        Uppsala, Sweden
                    June 3 - June 5, 2009

            http://amsta-09.kesinternational.org/

INTRODUCTION

KES-AMSTA-2009 is an international scientific symposium for research
in the field of agent and multi-agent systems. The aim of the
symposium is to provide an internationally respected forum for
scientific research in the technologies and applications of agent
and multi-agent systems.

Agents and multi-agent systems are related to a modern software
paradigm which has long been recognized as a promising technology
for constructing autonomous, complex and intelligent systems. This
symposium will provide and excellent opportunity for researchers to
discuss modern approaches and techniques for agent and multi-agent
systems and their applications.

KES-AMSTA-2009 is organized by KES International and Uppsala
University, Sweden, and will take place in Uppsala.

IMPORTANT DATES

 Submission of papers: 10 Nov. 2008
 Notification of acceptance: 10 Jan. 2009
 Final papers to be received: 1 Feb. 2009
 Authors / Early registration: 16 Feb. 2009
 Symposium: 4 Jun - 5 Jun 2009

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Agent Systems Formal models of agency. Agent architectures. BDI
architecture. Learning, evolution, and adaptation. Perception and
action. Communication: languages, semantics, pragmatics, protocols,
and conversations. Knowledge representation Computational
complexity. Autonomous or humanoid robots. Social robots and robot
teams. Autonomy aspect. Cognitive models, including emotions and
philosophies. Embodied and believable agents. Emergent behaviour.
Ontologies.

Multi-agent Systems Cooperative distributed problem solving. Task
and resource allocation. Mechanism design, auctions, and game
theory. Modelling other agents and self. Multi-agent planning.
Negotiation protocols. Multi-agent learning. Conflict resolution.
Trust and reputation management. Privacy, safety and security.
Scalability, robustness and dependability. Social and organizational
structures. Verification and validation. Novel computing paradigms
(autonomic, grid, P2P, ubiquitous computing). Brokering and
matchmaking. Agent-oriented software engineering, including
implementation languages and frameworks. Mobile agents.
Per-formance, scalability, robustness, and dependability.
Verification and validation. E-business agents. Pervasive computing.
Privacy, safety, and security.

Tools and Applications Simulation systems. Web services and
service-oriented computing. Artificial social systems. Autonomic
computing. Case studies and reports on deployments. Computational
infrastructures. Information retrieval. Web services and semantic
web. E-learning sys-tems. E-institutions. E-commerce.

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

Papers are invited from prospective authors with interests on the
indicated symposium topics and related areas of application. All
contributions should be original and not published elsewhere or
intended to be published during the review period. Contributions
from more applied related fields in industry and commerce are very
welcome.

All accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors who must
register for the conference and pay the fee. To ensure high quality,
all papers will be thoroughly reviewed by the KES-AMSTA-09
International Programme Committee. The symposium proceedings are
planned to be published by Springer-Verlag in LNCS/LNAI series
(subject to confirmation). Submitted papers should be prepared in
LNCS/LNAI style and should not exceed 10 pages. Extended versions of
selected papers will be considered for publication in special issues
to be included in several journals indexed by ISI, KES Journal and
Int. Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems. Ph.D.
students are invited to submit papers to Doctoral Track. Special
sessions are also welcome.

POST-CONFERENCE PUBLICATION

A selected number of accepted and personally presented papers will
be expanded and revised for possible inclusion in special issues for
the following prestigious international journals and books: -
Knowledge and Information Systems: An International Journal
(Springer, ISI/SCI indexed) - International Journal of Software
Engineering and Knowledge Engineering  (Springer, ISI/SCI indexed) -
Journal of Universal Computer Science (Graz University,  ISI/SCI
indexed) - Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems 17(3)  (IOS Press,
ISI/SCI indexed) - International Journal of Intelligent Information
and Databse Systems (Inderscience, EI, Inspec, DBLP indexed) -
Edited book (title will be announced later), to be published by
Springer in series  Studies in Computational Intelligence - Edited
book (title will be announced later) to be published by IGI Global
Publishers in series Computational Intelligence and its Applications


Note that only papers personally presented at the symposium will be
considered for invitation to the special issues and books.

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION

The symposium proceedings are planned to be published by
Springer-Verlag in LNCS/LNAI series (subject to confirmation).
Submitted papers should be prepared in LNCS/LNAI style and should
not exceed 10 pages. Extended versions of selected papers will be
considered for publication in special issues to be included in
several journals indexed by ISI, KES Journal and Int. Journal of
Intelligent Information and Database Systems. Ph.D. students are
invited to submit papers to Doctoral Track. Special sessions are
also welcome.

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEES

 Honorary Chair:     L. Magnusson, Uppsala University, Sweden
 General Co-Chairs:  A. Håkansson, Uppsala University, Sweden and N.T.
Nguyen, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
 Executive Chair: R.J. Howlett, University of Brighton, UK
 Program Co-Chairs:  R.L. Hartung, Franklin University, USA, and D.
Sharma, Canberra University, Australia
 Local Organizing Chair: T. Palm, Uppsala University, Sweden
 Publicity Co-Chairs: Z. Kiziltan, University of Bologna, Italy and E.
Moradian, Uppsala University, Sweden
 Invited Session Chair:  L.C. Jain, University of South Australia, Australia
 Doctoral Track Chair:   A. Pietrusiewicz, Wroclaw University of
Technology, Poland

 KES-AMSTA-2009 is part of the AMSTA Series
 Chair: N.T. Nguyen,
 which is a sub-series of KES International Conference Series,

 Chairs L.C. Jain and R.J. Howlett

CONTACT DETAILS

 Email: amsta-09 at kesinternational.org
 Postal Address:- KES International 2nd Floor, 145-157 St John Street
London EC1V 4PY United Kingdom

Best regards,
    KES-AMSTA-09 Organizing Committee