PRIMA 2011 Call for Papers

[Wayne Wobcke]

CALL FOR PAPERS

PRIMA 2011

The 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of 
Multi-Agent Systems

Wollongong, Australia//
November 16-18, 2011

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

*Conference Theme: Agents for Sustainability*

*Important Dates *

*Workshop/Tutorial proposals
*June 3, 2011

*Workshop/Tutorial notifications
*June 17, 2011

*Paper submission*
July 1, 2011

	

*Final author notification*
August 5, 2011

*Camera-ready papers*
August 26, 2011

*Early registration deadline*
September 15, 2011

	

*Registration deadline*
November 1, 2011

*Workshops and Tutorials*
November 14-15, 2011

*Conference dates*
November 16-18, 2011

*Invited Speaker: Milind Tambe (University of Southern California, USA)*

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original, unpublished, theoretical or applied work on any such topic, 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.

*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 2011 proceedings will be published by Springer as a 
volume in the LNAI series and proceedings will be available at the 
conference. 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 Program 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 (NICTA, Australia)

*General Chairs*
Aditya Ghose(University of Wollongong, Australia)
Guido Governatori (NICTA, Australia)

*Workshop Chairs*
Stephen Cranefield (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Insu Song (James Cook University, Australia)

*Tutorial Chairs*
Abhaya Nayak (Macquarie University, Australia)
Serena Villata (University of Turin, Italy)

*Local Organizing Chairs*
Minjie Zhang (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Hoa Dam (University of Wollongong, Australia)

*Publicity Chairs*
Wayne Wobcke (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Pascal Perez (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Louise Leenen (CSIR, South Africa)
	

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

*Deputy Program Chairs*
Hoa Dam (University of Wollongong, Australia)
Serena Villata (University of Turin, Italy)

*Senior Program Commitee*
Stephen Cranefield (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Ryszard Kowalczyk (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Michael Luck (King's College London, UK)
John-Jules Meyer (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Iyad Rahwan (Masdar Institute, UAE)
Carles Sierra (IIIA-CSIC, Spain)
Munindar Singh (North Carolina State University, USA)
Von-Wun Soo (National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Wiebe van der Hoek (University of Liverpool, UK)
Mary-Anne Williams (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

*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
SLA definition 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

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