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CALL FOR PAPERS
Intelligent Agents in Design
Workshop
AID-02 conference July 15 - 17
afternoon of Sunday July 14th
Cambridge University, Cambridge (UK)
Agents are a useful metaphor to model, and implement, distributed
autonomous design systems. Agents need not be rational (such as, e.g.,
BDI agents), but do need to be able to autonomously initiate
communication and interaction; communication with other agents and
interaction with the external world (which may include objects, files,
shared design descriptions, ...). Emergent designs can be the result
of interaction and communication with agent-based design systems.
The design and implementation of such agent-based design systems
requires an understanding of:
- a process of design
- a model for co-operation
- shared information (requirements, blueprints, ...)
- strategies for distributing (sub)tasks, resolving conflicts, ...
- communication languages and protocols
- ...
This workshop focusses on approaches for, and examples of, (semi-)
automated agent-based design, focussing on both pragmatic and
theoretical issues involved.
==> Workshop URL
http://www.iids.org/events/AID2002_IAD
==> Conference URL
http://www.arch.usyd.EDU.AU/kcdc/conferences/aid02/index.html
==> Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- single-agent design, in interaction with other agents (e.g.
clients, contractors, ... )
- multi-agent design, in which agents co-operatively design an
artefact sharing requirements and artefact descriptions between
agents
- models for co-ordination of co-operative design agents
- management of population of design agents
- models for agent-based distributed design
- emergent behaviour
- creativity
- critiquing
- ...
==> Workshop Format
Each participant will be expected to give a 10 minute presentation,
after which discussion will focus on topics related to agent-based
(distributed) design.
==> Submission Details
The preferred method of admission is to send a 4 to 6 pages
position paper. Each position paper will be reviewed by at least
2 reviewers. The format of a submission is to be the AID format,
available from the Submission Details at the AID-02 Conference
website. Contributions should be submitted electronically via e-mail
to [EMAIL PROTECTED], preferably in PostScript or PDF. Author details do
not need to be separated from the paper, as specified for conference
submissions.
==> Important Dates
Submission: Monday, June 3rd
Reviewer comments: Monday, June 17th
Final version: Monday, July 1st
Workshop: afternoon, Sunday July 14th
==> Registration
To register for the workshop, participants need to register for
the AID-02 conference at the registration page. It will be possible
to register for the workshop separately if you have already
registered for the Conference. In the event that the workshop is
overbooked, priority will be given to registrants who have submitted
papers and position statements. Workshop participants should let the
Conference Manager, Anne Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] know if
they want lunch.
==> Organizers and Program Committee
Organisers:
- prof.dr. Frances M.T. Brazier, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~frances
- dr. Niek J.E. Wijngaards, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~niek
Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems Group
Department of Computer Science , Faculty of Sciences
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Program Committee:
- prof.dr. Dave Brown
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, USA
- dr. Suzanne Barber
University of Texas, Austin, USA
- prof.dr. Ian Smith
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
- dr. Linda Candy
Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
End of this Call for Papers
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dr. Niek J.E. Wijngaards [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cs.vu.nl/~niek
Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems http://www.iids.org
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