CALL FOR PAPERS
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Workshop on Autonomy Oriented Computation (AOC)
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at 5th International Conference on Autonomous Agents(Agents 2001)
Montreal, Canada, May 29, 2001
(http://robotics.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~jiming/aoc01.html)
(http://isg.enme.ucalgary.ca/aoc01/)
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
Two interesting areas in autonomous agents, namely (1) synthetic autonomy
and (2) multiagent approaches to complex systems, are fast growing and
converging. Some examples are ALIVE, Artificial Fish, Boids, SWARM, and
ANT systems. Lifelike behavior and/or emergent intelligence have been
exhibited in these systems by means of constructing and operating
artifacts. Other research, such as Internet ecology, statistical
mechanics, immune networks, and dynamic economies, has proposed approaches
to understand self-organized phenomena by modeling and simulating
autonomous entities.
While existing approaches to modeling autonomy are successful to some
extent, a generic model or architecture to solve problems in such complex
systems effectively is still absent. A new and promising concept, namely
Autonomy-Oriented Computation (AOC), is needed to unify the methodologies
for effective analysis, modeling, and simulation of the characteristics
of such complex systems as ecological systems, social systems, biological
systems, economical systems, physical and chemical systems, and natural
systems. AOC is an attempt to provide a new computational paradigm that
makes use of the autonomous nature of individual entities in complex
systems. Comparing to other paradigms, such as multiagent-based design/
modeling, artificial life, and evolutionary algorithms, the abilities of
AOC will be appealing. The intent of this workshop is to highlight and
start addressing the theoretical and practical issues concerning AOC.
TOPICS
Topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to, the following
areas:
* [Methodology, Theory and Perspectives of AOC] Measurement of emergence;
measurement of evolvability; self-organization in complex systems;
behavioral monitoring of autonomous societies; performance measurement
for AOC-based systems; formation of roles and social structure in the
communities; embodiment of autonomous entities; and dialectics of
microscopic and macroscopic autonomies
* [Implementation Issues] Guidelines for designing AOC; simulating
environments and languages for AOC; architectural issues; tractability and
scalability of algorithms; visualization of activities in the testing
environments; and the design of local and global interaction rules.
* [Applications] Examples of successful application of AOC to real-life
problems; potential application areas of AOC (e.g. distributed search,
financial market modeling, and data analysis).
* [Comparisons] Strength and weaknesses of AOC vs. other multiagent
paradigms such as evolutionary computation, multiagent simulation,
emergent computation, artificial life, L-systems, evolutionary strategies,
cellular automata; and empirical performance comparison using benchmark
problems.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers should report original work and should not exceed 10 pages including
all figures in the same format as the main conference proceedings. All
papers will be reviewed by the program committee, and selected on their
originality, timeliness, relevance and clarity.
Electronic submission is preferred. Please email a PostScript or PDF copy
of your submission to KC Tsui ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) before March 9,
2001. You may also send hard copies to:
Dr. K C Tsui
Department of Computer Science
Hong Kong Baptist University
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of papers to workshop chairs: March 9, 2001
Camera-ready copies due to workshop chairs: April 16, 2001
Workshop date: May 29, 2001
PAPER PRESENTATION
All presentations must be between 20 to 25 minutes. This will be followed
by a directed discussion.
The workshop will be concluded by a panel discussion on the main topics
covered by and issues rising from the presentations.
WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
Dr. Jiming Liu & Dr. K. C. Tsui Dr. Jianbing Wu
Department of Computer Science Intelligent Systems Group
Hong Kong Baptist University University of Calgary
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Calgary Alberta, Canada
Email: {jiming,tsuikc}@comp.hkbu.edu.hk Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
