CfP: Brazilian Workshop-School on Agents, Environments, and Applications

[Rafael H Bordini]

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               First Call for Papers  ---  WESAAC-2014
    8th Workshop-School on Agents, Environments, and Applications

                      Porto Alegre, RS -- Brazil
                         28-30th of May 2014
               <http://www.pucrs.br/eventos/wesaac2014>
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Important Dates
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Abstract submission:       1st of April, 2014
Paper submission:          7th of April, 2014
Notification to authors:  28th of April, 2014
Camera ready version:     11th of May,   2014


Motivation
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Many current computational systems no longer depend on human 
intervention to operate in complex dynamic environments. Some of the key 
features that allow such systems to operate autonomously include the 
ability to make rational decisions and to react to changes in a timely 
way. In that respect, agent systems and multi-agent environments provide 
a computing paradigm that supports the development of intelligent 
systems that are able to cope with the complexities associated with such 
dynamic scenarios.


Aims
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The area of agent-based systems is widely known and has numerous papers 
published internationally every year. However, nationally there are few 
events in this area and no other national event also provides tutorials 
and short courses specifically on the main topics of research within 
autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. WESAAC is therefore of great 
importance as a national event in this area, aiming to both prepare 
future generations of Brazilian researchers and to disseminate the 
current projects of Brazilian researchers. WESAAC aims to be a forum for 
the discussion of work at all levels, including undergraduate, MSc, and 
PhD projects currently being conducted. Fundamentally, WESAAC is the 
best opportunity for Brazilian undergraduate and specially postgraduate 
students to attend courses by some of the most prominent researchers 
working in this area throughout the world.


Topics of Interest
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Papers submitted to the event should address topics related to 
autonomous agents or multi-agent systems, such as (but not restricted to):

* agent architectures and theories (BDI, belief revision, automated 
reasoning)
* cooperation/coordination (negotiation, argumentation, reputation)
* agent-based software development (programming languages, platforms, 
tools, methodologies)
* agent organisations, societal issues, normative systems, etc.
* agent communication
* social simulations and agent-based simulation
* (formal) specification and verification of multi-agent systems
* machine learning and automated planning in agent systems
* applications of agents and multi-agent systems


Committees
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General Chair: Rafael H. Bordini (PUCRS)

Programme Committee Chair: Viviane Torres da Silva (UFF)

Local Chair: Felipe Meneguzzi (PUCRS)

WESAAC Steering Committee:
Rejane Frozza (UNISC)
João Luis Tavares da Silva (UCS)
Diana Francisca Adamatti (FURG)
Gustavo Alberto Gimênez Lugo (UTFPR)
Jomi Fred Hübner (UFSC)


Paper Submission
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Researchers and students are invited to submit papers in Portuguese or 
English, as a PDF file formatted according to the SBC style (compulsory) 
available at 
<http://www.sbc.org.br/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=195&task=view.download&catid=32&cid=38>.

The proceedings are published electronically (with an ISBN). Three 
separate tracks have been created for paper submission: (i) full papers, 
(ii) short papers (i.e., extended abstracts), and (iii) short papers 
written by *undergraduate* students.

Full papers, reporting work with solid results, must have no more than 
12 pages and will be presented orally in a plenary session. Short 
papers, reporting ongoing work or position papers, must have between 4 
and 6 pages and will be presented in poster sessions.

Papers must be submitted through EasyChair 
<https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wesaac2014>. For queries 
related to paper submission, please send an email to 
<wesaac2014.pcchair at gmail.com>. For general queries, please email 
<wesaac.2014 at gmail.com>.