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FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
Second Symposium on Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
AISB'02 Convention, April 2002, Imperial College, London
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Sponsored by AISB and AgentLinkII
MOTIVATION
In recent years, Intelligent agents and multi-agent systems have become
a highly active area of AI research. Intelligent Agents have been
developed and applied successfully in many domains, such as e-commerce,
human-computer interaction, entertainment, process management and
traffic control. When designing agent systems, it is impossible to
foresee all the potential situations an agent may encounter and specify
an agent behavior optimally in advance. Agents therefore have to learn
from and adapt to their environment. This task is even more complex when
nature is not the only source of uncertainty, and the agent is situated
in an environment that contains other agents with potentially different
capabilities, goals, and beliefs. Multi-Agent Learning, i.e., the
ability of the agents to learn how to cooperate and compete, becomes
crucial in such domains. The goal of this symposium is to increase
awareness and interest in adaptive agent research, encourage
collaboration between ML experts and agent system experts, and give a
representative overview of current research in the area of adaptive
agents. The symposium will serve as an inclusive forum for the
discussion on ongoing or completed work in both theoretical and
practical issues.
The proposed symposium is a continuation of AAMAS. AAMAS was held as
part of AISB-01 in York, March 2001.
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CHAIR: Eduardo Alonso
Department of Computing
City University
Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
CO-CHAIRS: Daniel Kudenko, University of York
Dimitar Kazakov, University of York
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
Kurt Driessens, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
Pete Edwards, University of Aberdeen, UK.
Eugenio Oliveira, University of Porto, Portugal.
Michael Schroeder, City University, UK.
Kostas Stathis, City University, UK.
Niek Wijngaards, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Luc Steels, from Free University of Brussels, will give a keynote talk
at the symposium.
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TOPICS OF INTEREST
The proposed symposium will focus on (but is not limited to) the
following areas:
- Learning and adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems
- Logic-based learning
- Learning and communication
- Natural selection, language and learning
- Evolutionary agents and emergent Multi-Agent structures
- Industrial applications of learning agents
- Distributed Learning
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SUBMISSIONS
Initially, we require an extended abstract, up to four pages in length
(at least 10pt font). The following formats are acceptable:
- Paper: A4, 3 copies
- Email: PDF, Postscript, or MS Word
Please submit your abstracts on or before 21st December 2001. Please
post or email submissions to the programme chair (address given above).
Full papers (submitted after the extended abstract has been accepted)
should be no longer than 12 pages. Accepted symposium papers will be
published by AISB and the proceedings will have an ISBN number.
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TIMETABLE
Abstract submission DEADLINE: 21st December 2001
Notification re. extended abstracts: 31st January 2002
Submission of full papers: 11th March 2002
Convention: 2nd - 5th April 2002
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CONTACTS
If you have any questions about this symposium, please contact the
programme chair, either at the address given above, or by email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you have any questions about the AISB'02 convention, please contact
the convention chair, Jeremy Pitt: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
