=================================================================== 9th International KES Conference on Agents and Multi-agent Systems – Technologies & Applications (AMSTA-15) Hilton Sorrento Palace, Sorrento, Italy 17th-19th June 2015 http://amsta-15.kesinternational.org/ ===================================================================
KES-AMSTA-2015 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 and SEEL (Smart Education and E-Learning). Registration gives access to all of these conferences, together with a paper published in one set of proceedings. The conference proceedings will be published in the KES Springer series 'Smart Innovations, Systems and Technologies' and submitted for indexing in Scopus and CPCI which is part of Web of Science. Please see the Smart Digital Futures 2015 website: http://sdf-15.kesinternational.org/ for more information. =============== 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 ============= An invited session consists of a presentation session of 6 to 12 or more papers on a specific conference topic, organised as half or full day mini-conference. We invite senior scientists who have a special interest in a specific conference topic to take responsibility for an invited session, gathering papers from a range of research expertise around the world. If you would like to arrange an Invited Session, please contact: [email protected] Here is a list of the approved sessions so far: IS01: Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation (ABMS) IS02: Digital Economy 2015 IS03: LP:ABA - Learning Paradigms and Applications: Agent-based Approach IS04: Anthropic-Oriented Computing (AOC) IS05: Business Model Innovation and Disruptive Technologies For more details on these sessions please visit: http://amsta-15.kesinternational.org/cmsISdisplay.php ================ Dates and Deadlines ================ General Track Papers Submission of Papers: 5 January 2015 Notification of Acceptance: 16 February 2015 Upload of Final Publication Files: 2 March 2015 Invited Session and Workshops Submission of Invited Session Proposals: 1 December 2014 Submission of Papers: Session Chair Sets Deadline Notification of Acceptance: Session Chair Sets Deadline Upload of Final Publication Files: 2 March 2015 (Publication files are the wordprocessor source in MS Word or LaTeX together with a final PDF.) Early Registration Deadline: 2 March 2015 Every paper for inclusion in the published proceedings must have at least one author who has registered for the conference with payment by: 2 March 2015 ===== Venue ===== The conference will be held at the Hilton Sorrento Palace. This hotel boasts stunning views of Mount Vesuvius and you can also visit the historic ruins of ancient Pompeii, take a short boat trip to the stunningly beautiful island of Capri, or explore the alluring hotspots of Positano and Ravello on the gorgeous Amalfi Coast, with their glorious coupling of rough sea cliffs and vibrant azure waters. Find out more here: http://www.sorrentopalacehotel.com/ =============== 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. 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