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Second GSFC/IEEE
Workshop on Radical Agent Concepts
Corporate Sponsor - IBM
20-22 September 2005
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor's Center
Greenbelt, MD, USA
The Second NASA Workshop on Radical Agent Concepts (WRAC) will be held
the 20th-22nd of September, 2005 at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Visitor's Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Aims and Scope
This workshop is a unique opportunity to present new and evocative ideas
on agent-based systems. The organizers encourage and welcome submittals
of incipient concepts and initial research that would revolutionize
agent-based systems. These ideas do not have to be backed up by
demonstrations or working prototypes. Through the sharing among
participants and early publication of these ideas and concepts it is
hoped that agent-based systems will take a leap forward.
Over the past few years, agent-orientation has emerged as a powerful
paradigm in computing (artificial intelligence, distributed systems,
robotics, and artificial life). Agent-orientation could be the
foundation for the next generation of computing systems. New agent
concepts and techniques could bring further developments to this
promising area of research. Such work is often strongly inspired by
theoretical or empirical studies of human behavior, social intelligence,
psychology, arts, biology, computer science and philosophy.
This workshop aims to bring together, in an inter-disciplinary event,
original (out-of-the-box) thinkers, practitioners and academics with an
interest in radical (innovative) concepts for agent-based systems. The
workshop will provide a forum to present the latest research findings in
any aspect of agent-orientation. The organizers welcome participation by
those working in agent architectures, agent communities, agent
communications, agent modeling, agent applications and other agent
related areas. We are particularly seeking novel papers on innovative
ideas, pushing the envelope of current technology or future concepts.
Contributions of advanced concepts without a prototype or working system
are welcomed and "out of the box" thinkers are encouraged to participate.
The workshop will be structured so as to allow the participants adequate
time for discussion and interaction, to exchange ideas and reflect on
the motivations, scientific grounds and practical consequences of the
concepts presented. Poster sessions will allow for additional detailed
and technical discussions.
Radical agent topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Social Aspects of Agents
� Agent communications
� Agent / human symbiosis
� Ontology negotiation among heterogeneous agents
� Agent control and coordination issues
� Agent cooperation in distributed environments
� Socially intelligent agents
Agent Architectures
� Biological analogs for agent behaviors and architectures
� Novel approaches to formal representation of agents
� Evolutionary and self-organizing mechanisms
� Mobility and adaptive behavior
Autonomic Systems
� Self-configuring
� Self-optimizing
� Self-healing
� Self-protecting
� Learning in autonomic systems
Agent Communities
� Agent communities and sub-community dynamics
� Agent communities as knowledge communities
� Novel approaches to formal representation of agent communities
Agent Intelligence
� Agent self-modeling and self-awareness
� Agent learning and adaptation
� Multi-modal reasoning in intelligent agents
� Emotionally intelligent agents
Any other innovative agent related topics not mentioned above.
Venue
The workshop will be held at the NASA Goddard Visitor's Center, located
in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. NASA Goddard is situated just outside the
Capital Beltway that surrounds Washington DC and is easily accessed from
BWI (Baltimore-Washington International), Dulles International and
Ronald Reagan National Airports.
Participation
To enable adequate discussion, attendance will be limited and will be
limited based on the submission of a short abstract. Student and non-US
citizens are encouraged to participate. Delegates will be responsible
for their own travel costs and accommodations (a corporate rate will be
available at a nearby hotel). A website for the workshop can be found
at http://aaaprod.gsfc.nasa.gov/wrac/home.cfm Details relating to the
workshop, including registration forms, will be available at that site.
The workshop will accommodate presentations concerning not only current
work but also interests and experience related to the workshop theme.
Abstracts or complete papers of current work should be submitted, in PDF
or MS Word format, by 17 June 2005. Abstracts should be at most 4 pages
in 12-point type. Extended abstracts should be submitted online at
http://sttt.cs.uni-dortmund.de/wrac/servlet/Conference/LoginEntry/.
Based on submissions, some participants may also be asked to
participate in panel or poster discussions. Invitations to participate
in the workshop will be issued by July 29, 2005. Proceedings of the
workshop will be published by Springer-Verlag and made available to the
participants after the workshop.
Submissions must be accompanied by additional information for each
person submitting an abstract or listed as author or co-author, as follows:
Name, postal address, affiliation, email address, phone (voice)
If multiple authors, please indicate the primary author or point of contact.
Key Dates
June 17, 2005 --
Abstracts due
July 29, 2005 --
Notice to Submitters
September 19, 2005(evening) --
Workshop Registration
September 20-22, 2005
Workshop
October 14,2005
Final versions of papers due
Organizing Committee
Walt Truszkowski, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Christopher Rouff, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Michael Hinchey, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
James Rash, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Patricia Rago, IBM, Autonomic Systems
Roy Sterritt, University of Ulster Northern Ireland
Contacts
For more information send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sponsors
NASA GSFC
IEEE
IBM
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Second GSFC/IEEEWorkshop on Radical Agent ConceptsCorporate Sponsor - IBM20-22
September 2005 The
Second NASA Workshop on Radical Agent Concepts (WRAC) will be held the
20th-22nd
of September, 2005 at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor’s
Center, Aims and ScopeThis
workshop is a unique opportunity to present new and evocative ideas on
agent-based systems. The organizers
encourage and welcome submittals of incipient concepts and initial
research
that would revolutionize agent-based systems.
These ideas do not have to be backed up by demonstrations or
working
prototypes. Through the sharing among
participants and early publication of these ideas and concepts it is
hoped that
agent-based systems will take a leap forward. Over
the past few years, agent-orientation has emerged as a powerful
paradigm in
computing (artificial intelligence, distributed systems, robotics, and
artificial life). Agent-orientation could be the foundation for the
next
generation of computing systems. New agent concepts and techniques
could bring
further developments to this promising area of research. Such work is
often
strongly inspired by theoretical or empirical studies of human
behavior, social
intelligence, psychology, arts, biology, computer science and
philosophy. This
workshop aims to bring together, in an inter-disciplinary event,
original
(out-of-the-box) thinkers, practitioners and academics with an interest
in
radical (innovative) concepts for agent-based systems. The workshop
will
provide a forum to present the latest research findings in any aspect
of
agent-orientation. The organizers welcome participation by those
working in
agent architectures, agent communities, agent communications, agent
modeling,
agent applications and other agent related areas. We are particularly
seeking
novel papers on innovative ideas, pushing the envelope of current
technology or
future concepts. Contributions of
advanced concepts without a prototype or working system are welcomed
and “out
of the box” thinkers are encouraged to participate. The
workshop will be structured so as to allow the participants adequate
time for
discussion and interaction, to exchange ideas and reflect on the
motivations,
scientific grounds and practical consequences of the concepts
presented. Poster
sessions will allow for additional detailed and technical discussions. Radical agent topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Social Aspects of Agents ·
Agent
communications ·
Agent
/ human symbiosis ·
Ontology
negotiation among heterogeneous agents ·
Agent
control and coordination issues ·
Agent
cooperation in distributed environments ·
Socially
intelligent agents Agent Architectures ·
Biological
analogs for agent behaviors and
architectures ·
Novel
approaches to formal representation of
agents ·
Evolutionary
and self-organizing mechanisms ·
Mobility
and adaptive behavior Autonomic Systems ·
Self-configuring ·
Self-optimizing ·
Self-healing ·
Self-protecting ·
Learning
in autonomic systems Agent Communities ·
Agent
communities and sub-community dynamics ·
Agent
communities as knowledge communities ·
Novel
approaches to formal representation of
agent communities Agent Intelligence ·
Agent
self-modeling and self-awareness ·
Agent
learning and adaptation ·
Multi-modal
reasoning in intelligent agents ·
Emotionally
intelligent agents Any other innovative agent
related topics not mentioned above. VenueThe workshop will be held at the NASA Goddard
Visitor’s Center,
located in ParticipationTo
enable adequate discussion, attendance will be limited and will be
limited
based on the submission of a short abstract.
Student and non-US citizens are encouraged to participate. Delegates will be responsible for their own
travel costs and accommodations (a corporate rate will be available at
a nearby
hotel). A website for the workshop can
be found at http://aaaprod.gsfc.nasa.gov/wrac/home.cfm Details relating to the workshop, including
registration forms, will be available at that site. The
workshop will
accommodate presentations concerning not only current work but also
interests
and experience related to the workshop theme.
Abstracts or complete papers of current work should be
submitted, in PDF
or MS Word format, by 17 June 2005. Abstracts should be at most 4 pages in
12-point type. Extended abstracts should
be submitted online at http://sttt.cs.uni-dortmund.de/wrac/servlet/Conference/LoginEntry/. Based
on submissions, some participants may
also be asked to participate in panel or poster discussions. Invitations to participate in the workshop
will be issued by July 29, 2005. Proceedings of the workshop will be published
by Springer-Verlag and made available to the participants after the
workshop. Submissions
must be accompanied by additional information for each
person submitting an abstract or listed as author or
co-author, as follows: Name, postal address, affiliation, email
address,
phone (voice) If multiple authors, please indicate the
primary
author or point of contact. Key Dates
Organizing CommitteeChristopher
Rouff, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Michael
Hinchey, James
Rash, Patricia
Rago, IBM, Autonomic Systems Roy
Sterritt, ContactsFor
more information send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] SponsorsNASA
GSFC IEEE IBM |
