final call for papers: Workshop on Logics and Agent Programming Languages

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Call for Papers

WORKSHOP ON LOGICS AND AGENT PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

July 27-31 2009
http://www.agents.cs.nott.ac.uk/events/lapl09

to be held as part of ESSLLI 2009 (21st European Summer School in Logic, 
Language and Information, Bordeaux, France) July 20-31 2009 
http://esslli2009.labri.fr/

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

To create a language for programming entities capable of intelligent 
behaviour (`agents'), researchers and developers must address deep 
questions such as: what are the basic constituent parts of an intelligent 
agent; how should the agent `think' (e.g., which deliberation strategy 
should it employ -- should it plan a precise sequence of actions in advance 
or should it adopt an abstract plans with gaps `to be filled-in later'); 
what relationship should there be between the agent's beliefs and its 
goals, etc. In seeking to address these questions, researchers have drawn 
heavily on formal models of agents and on agent logics, including epistemic 
logics, logics of action, dynamic logic, coalition logics etc. For example, 
the development of agent programming languages such as AgentSpeak were 
heavily influenced by the BDI (Beliefs, Desires and Intentions) logics 
developed to understand what an agent's behaviour should be. These 
interactions have resulted in an extremely fruitful cross fertilisation 
between work in logic and computation, and the application of logical 
techniques to address key practical issues such as the verification of 
agent programs (i.e., will an agent program meet the specification set out 
by its developers).

The development of agent programming languages continues to go hand in hand 
with the development of logics to express properties of agent programs and 
associated verification techniques, with work on various aspects of agent 
programming, agent logics and verification. The workshop will provide a 
forum for advanced PhD students and researchers in these areas to compare 
methodologies, exchange ideas and identify challenges in agent programming 
languages and writing reliable agent programs.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* agent programming languages
* agent logics
* verification of agent programs

PUBLICATION

Accepted papers will appear in pre-proceedings published by ESSLLI. We
aim to publish a selection of revised and expanded papers as a journal
special issue.

SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit a paper describing original or recently 
published work. Submissions should not exceed 15 pages in LaTeX 11pt 
article style. The following formats are accepted: pdf, ps. Please submit 
on line at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lapl09

All enquiries to lapl09 at cs.nott.ac.uk

IMPORTANT DATES

March 4 2009 (Extended) deadline for submissions
April 15 2009 Notification of acceptance
June 1 2009 Deadline for proceedings

ORGANISERS

Natasha Alechina University of Nottingham, UK
Brian Logan University of Nottingham, UK

INVITED SPEAKER

Giuseppe De Giacomo Sapienza Universita' di Roma, Italy


PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Thomas Agotnes Bergen University College, Norway
Rafael Bordini University of Durham, UK
Mehdi Dastani Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
JŸrgen Dix Technische Universitaet Clausthal, Germany
Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, University Paris VI, France
Michael Fisher University of Liverpool, UK
Giuseppe De Giacomo Sapienza Universita' di Roma, Italy
Andreas Herzig  IRIT, UniversitŽ Paul Sabatier, France
Koen Hindriks Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Gerhard Lakemeyer Aachen University of Technology, Germany
Yves LespŽrance York University, Canada
Hector Levesque, University of Toronto, Canada
John-Jules Ch. Meyer Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
Steven Shapiro University of Toronto, Canada
Neil Yorke-Smith, AIC, SRI International, USA



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