PRIMA-2011 Preliminary Call for Papers

[Wayne Wobcke]

PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS

The 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of 
Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2011)

/Wollongong//, Australia///

November 16th-18th, 2011

www.prima2011.org <http://www.prima2011.org>

*Conference Theme: /Agents for Sustainability/*

Agent computing is an exciting, transformational approach to developing 
computer systems that can rapidly and reliably solve real-world problems 
that usually demand human knowledge and expertise. The value, power and 
flexibility of agent and multi-agent systems has been demonstrated in 
application areas such as logistics, manufacturing, simulation, 
robotics, decision-support, entertainment, and especially in online 
market environments. As one of the largest and fastest growing research 
fields of computer science, agent research today includes a wealth of 
topics, as outlined below. The PRIMA-2011 PC invites submissions of 
original, unpublished, theoretical or applied work on any such topic, 
and encourages reports on the development of prototype and deployed 
agent systems, and of experiments that demonstrate novel agent system 
capabilities.

*About PRIMA*.Beginning in 1998 as a regional agent workshop, PRIMA has 
grown into an international scientific conference on agents and 
multi-agent systems which attracts high quality, cutting edge research 
from all over the world. Throughout its history PRIMA has focused on 
showcasing the impact of agents on the real world, across the spectrum 
from early research and prototypes to mature, deployed systems. PRIMA 
aims to bring together researchers, developers, and industry leaders who 
are active at the forefront of agent computing, its practices and 
related areas. The 2011 conference builds upon the success of its 
thirteen predecessors, and offers an exceptional opportunity for the 
presentation of original research work, technological advances, and 
analyses of practical issues, problems and challenges in agent computing.

*Theme*.The conference theme for PRIMA-2011 of "Agents for 
Sustainability" seeks to especially encourage thought leadership in the 
agent community as to how agent computing can be applied to enhance 
sustainable practices in our world, from agriculture to personal 
resource usage to the design and operation of more sustainable cities. 
Papers addressing this theme, across the range from innovative early 
work to reports on systems in production, are welcomed, as also are 
papers that continue to explore the "Agents and Services" theme of 
PRIMA-2010, which addressed connections to service science and 
service-oriented computing.

*Submission*.PRIMA proceedings are traditionally published by Springer 
as a volume in the LNAI series. Papers should be 12-15 pages in length 
in Springer LNCS format and submitted as a PDF file. PRIMA-2011's 
reviewing process, overseen by a Senior Programme Committee (SPC), will 
allow authors to respond to reviewers' comments prior to final paper 
selection, and will also provide a "shepherding" process for borderline 
papers that will see a PC or SPC member work with the authors to provide 
additional support during the paper revision process. Papers will be 
judged on originality, significance, presentation, and technical 
soundness. A broad range of agent topics are of interest, but all papers 
should clearly identify how their scientific or technical contributions 
advance the state-of-the-art of agent computing practice or have a 
strong potential so to do. A footnote should identify those papers whose 
first author is a student.

*Organization *

*Honorary Chair: *R. Sadananda (UNSW, Australia)*
General Chairs*
AdityaGhose (Univ. of Wollongong, Australia)
Guido Governatori (NICTA, Australia)

	

*Program Chairs*
Jane Hsu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
David Kinny (Kyoto University, Japan)

*Topics*

*Agent-based system development*
Agent programming and communication languages
Agent development environments
Agent-oriented software engineering
Case studies on implemented systems

*Agent communication*
Agent communication languages and protocols
Agent commitments
Network structures and analysis

*Agent-based Simulation*
Emergent behaviour
Simulation-specific issues
Single and Multi-agent Learning
Computational architectures for learning and adaptation

*Agent Reasoning*
Logics for Agents and Multi-Agents
Reasoning (single and multi-agent)
Planning (single and multi-agent)
Cognitive models
Ontological reasoning

*Interface Agents*
Practices of Interface Agents
Interface Multi-Agents
Virtual Agents
Collaborative Interface Agents
Autonomous Interface Agents

*Agent societies and social networks*
Artificial social systems
Trust and reputation
Social and organizational structure
Privacy, safety and security
Normative Multi-Agent Systems
Ethical and legal issues

*Agent Theories, Models and Architectures*
BDI, and other models of agency
Modelling the dynamics of MAS
Formal verification of MAS

	

*Agent Technologies for Service Computing*
Service composition with agent collaboration
Service brokering and agency
Personalized services with agent adaptation
SLAdefinition and monitoring as agent goals

*Agent Cooperation and Negotiation*
Cooperation, Coalition formation and Coordination
Distributed problem solving
Formal models for modelling other agents and self
Argumentation, Persuasion, Negotiation and Bargaining

*Agent Systems*
Software agents
Mobile agents
Agent-Based Assistants
Agent-Based Virtual Enterprise
Embodied Agents and their Applications
Socially Situated Planning Software and Pervasive Agents

*Real-world Robotics*
Coordination in multi-robot systems
Modelling and analysis of multi-robot systems
Tools that are relevant for multi-robot studies
Applications of multi-robots to real-world problems

*WWW and Semantic Web Agents*
Web-based agents
Ontology agents
Semantic Web agents
Human Agent Interaction

*Other Related Areas*
Collective intelligence
Service science
P2P, Grid computing
Financial markets and algorithmic trades
Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence
Knowledge and Data Intensive Systems
Perceptive Animated Interfaces
Tools and Standards
Ubiquitous Software Services
Virtual Humans

*Important Dates *

*Workshop/Tutorial proposals
*May 6th, 2011

*Workshop/Tutorial notifications
*May 20th, 2011

*Paper submission*
June 3rd, 2011

	

*Final author notification*
July 28th, 2011

*Camera-ready papers*
August 31st, 2011

*Early registration deadline*
September 15th, 2011

	

*Registration deadline*
November 1st, 2011

*Workshops and Tutorials*
November 14th and 15th, 2011

*Conference dates*
November 16th - 18th, 2011

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