AAAI-2000 Workshop on AGENT-ORIENTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS (AOIS-2000) July 30, 2000, Austin (Texas, USA) http://www.AOIS.org Call for Participation / Call for Position Papers Preliminary Program: http://www.AOIS.org/2000/Program-AAAI.html Call for Position Papers: http://www.AOIS.org/CfPP.html IMPORTANT DATES April 14 deadline for requesting a priority invitation to attend May 1 deadline for submitting position papers to be included in the workshop notes INVITED TALKS James Odell (James Odell Associates, USA) Extending UML for Agent-Based Representation William E. McCarthy (Michigan State Univ, USA) REA Economic Agents as Homines Economici in an Agent-Oriented Information Systems Environment WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Agent-Orientation is emerging as a powerful new paradigm in computing. Agent-oriented concepts and techniques could well be the foundations for the next generation of mainstream information systems. Information systems have become the backbone of all kinds of organizations today. Yet the inflexibilities in current technologies and methods have also resulted in poor performance, incompatibilties, and obstacles to change. As many organizations are reinventing themselves to meet the challenges of global competition and e-commerce, there is increasing pressure to develop and deploy new technologies that are flexible, robust, and responsive to rapid and unexpected change. Agent concepts, which originated in artificial intelligence but which have further developed and evolved in many areas of computing, hold great promise for responding to the new realities of information systems. The workshop will focus on how agent concepts and techniques will contribute to meeting information systems needs today and tomorrow. PARTICIPATION Participation in the workshop is by invitation only. Priority is given to those who request a priority invitation before April 14 and/or submit a position paper. Send your request for an invitation to attend and/or your position paper by eMail to Gerd Wagner, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================== XML/EDI Group members-only discussion list Homepage = http://www.xmledi.org Brought to you by: Online Technologies Corporation Home of BizServe - www.bizserve.com TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Leave the subject blank, and In the body of the message, enter ONLY: unsubscribe Questions/requests should be sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To join the XML/EDI Group complete the form located at: http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/Floor/5815/mail1.htm