=================================================================== 8th International KES Conference on Agents and Multi-agent Systems – Technologies & Applications (AMSTA-14) Chania - Crete, Greece 18 - 20 June 2014 http://amsta-14.kesinternational.org/ Proceedings published by Springer ===================================================================
**LAST CALL - DEADLINE A WEEK TODAY** KES-AMSTA-2014 is an international scientific conference for research in the field of agent and multi-agent systems. The aim of the conference is to provide an internationally respected forum for scientific research in the technologies and applications of agent and multi-agent systems. Agents and multi-agent systems are related to a modern software paradigm which has long been recognised as a promising technology for constructing autonomous, complex and intelligent systems. This conference will provide an excellent opportunity for researchers to discuss modern approaches and techniques for agent and multi-agent systems and their applications. The conference will be co-located under the KES Smart Digital Futures umbrella with our other Intelligent Systems conferences: IIMSS and IDT along with the new STET (Smart Technology-based Education and Training) conference. Registration gives access to all of these conferences, together with a paper published in one set of proceedings Please see the Smart Digital Futures website http://smartfutures.kesinternational.org. The conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the series Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing indexed by ISI Proceedings, DBLP. Ulrich's, EI-Compendex, SCOPUS, Zentralblatt Math, MetaPress, and Springerlink. =============== Conference Scope =============== Agent Systems Formal models of agency. Agent architectures. BDI architecture. Learning, evolution, and adaptation. Perception and action. Communication: languages, semantics, pragmatics, protocols, and conversations. Knowledge representation Computational complexity. Autonomous or humanoid robots. Social robots and robot teams. Autonomy aspect. Cognitive models, including emotions and philosophies. Embodied and believable agents. Emergent behaviour. Ontologies. Multi-agent Systems Cooperative distributed problem solving. Task and resource allocation. Mechanism design, auctions, and game theory. Modelling other agents and self. Multi-agent planning. Negotiation protocols. Multi-agent learning. Conflict resolution. Trust and reputation management. Privacy, safety and security. Scalability, robustness and dependability. Social and organizational structures. Verification and validation. Novel computing paradigms (autonomic, grid, P2P, ubiquitous computing). Brokering and matchmaking. Agent-oriented software engineering, including implementation languages and frameworks. Mobile agents. Per-formance, scalability, robustness, and dependability. Verification and validation. E-business agents. Pervasive computing. Privacy, safety, and security. Tools and Applications Simulation systems. Web services and service-oriented computing. Artificial social systems. Autonomic computing. Case studies and reports on deployments. Computational infrastructures. Information retrieval. Web services and semantic web. E-learning sys-tems. E-institutions. E-commerce. ============= Invited Sessions ============= Here is a list of the current Invited Sessions: IS01: Learning Paradigms and Applications: Agent-based Approach Chair: Prof. Mirjana Ivanović University of Novi Sad, Serbia Co-chaired by: Costin Badica University of Craiova, Romania Zoran Budimac University of Novi Sad, Serbia Prof. Lakhmi Jain University of South Australia, Australia IS02: Digital Economy Chair: Dr. Arkadiusz Kawa Poznan University of Economics, Poland Co-chaired by Dr. Jessica Chen-Burger University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Dr. Konrad Fuks Poznan University of Economics, Poland IS03: Logical Models of Agency. Chair: Prof. Barbara Dunin-Kęplicz University of Warsaw, Poland IS04: Agent-based Modeling and Simulation Chair: Dr. Roman Šperka Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic IS05: Self-organizing multi-agent systems: Technologies and applications Chair: Dr. Iva Bojic University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatia Co-chaired by Dr. Jose Luis Fernandez-Marquez, University of Geneva, Switzerland Co-chaired by Prof. Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo University of Geneva, Switzerland =============== Dates & Deadlines =============== General Track Papers Submission of Papers: 27 January 2014 Notification of Acceptance: 24 February 2014 Upload of Final Publication Files: 10 March 2014 Invited Session and Workshops Submission of Invited Session Proposals: Continue to submit Submission of Papers: Set by Session Chair Upload of Final Publication Files: 10 March 2014 (Publication files are the word processor source in MS Word or LaTeX together with a final PDF.) **Early Registration Deadline All delegates to main conference: 14 March 2014 **Inclusion in Proceedings Every paper for inclusion in the published proceedings must have at least one author who has registered for the conference with payment by: 14 March 2014. Conference Sessions: 18 - 20 June 2014 ======= Location ======= The conference will take place on the island of Crete in Greece, at the Minoa Palace Resort & Spa a luxury 5* beachside hotel, built within maintained gardens and having a dedicated conference centre. The Minoa Palace lies 12km west of the city of Chania and a 30 minute drive from Chania International Airport. Chania is one of the most beautiful cities in Greece and thought by many to be the most picturesque in Greece. Chania is a bustling city with both old and modern sections famed for the Venetian Harbour, the old port, the narrow shopping streets and waterfront restaurants. ========== Organisation ========== Honorary Chairs: I. Lovrek, University of Zagreb, Croatia L. C. Jain, University of South Australia Conference Chair: G. Jezic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Executive Chair: R.J. Howlett, University of Bournemouth, UK Programme Chair: M. Kusek, University of Zagreb, Croatia Publicity Chair: I. Bojic, University of Zagreb, Croatia =============== Further Information =============== Please note that the above deadlines are provisional and subject to change. For further information on all the above, please visit the conference website at the top of the page. For general enquiries about the conference, please contact: [email protected] For registration enquiries, please contact: [email protected] You can follow us for updates on: Twitter: @KESIntl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KesInternational
