CfP: Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages (3rd Int W'shop)
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The Third International Workshop on
AGENT THEORIES, ARCHITECTURES, AND LANGUAGES (ATAL-96)
To be held at ECAI-96, Budapest, Hungary, August 12--13, 1996
http://www.dfki.uni-sb.de/~jpm/atal96.html
Introduction
The emergence of intelligent agent technology is one of the most
exciting and important events to occur in computer science during the
1990s. It is now widely accepted that this technology will play a
central role in the development of complex distributed systems,
networked information systems, and computer interfaces during the
twenty-first century. The aim of this workshop is to bring together
researchers interested in the agent-level, micro aspects of this
emerging technology. Specifically, the workshop will address such
issues as the specification of agents via agent theories, agent
architectures and decision-making, methodologies and languages for
realising agents, and software tools for programming and experimenting
with agents. In particular, the workshop will focus on the link
between agent theories and the realisation of such theories using
software architectures or languages. Issues such as agent
communication languages also fall within the scope of the workshop.
However, the submission of papers that address macro-level aspects of
agent technology, (such as cooperative problem solving or cooperation
protocols), is not encouraged. Such papers address mainstream
multi-agent systems issues, and there are more appropriate forums for
such work. The same holds true for papers that describe applications
of agent-based technologies without clearly describing the underlying
theory, architecture, or language.
ATAL-96 will build on the success of two previous ATAL workshops. The
first, ATAL-94, was held at the ECAI-94 conference; the second,
ATAL-95, was held at IJCAI-95. The proceedings of both of these
workshops have been formally published by Springer-Verlag, under the
title `Intelligent Agents' (Volumes 1 and 2); the ATAL-94 proceedings
were the best-selling LNAI volume of 1995. The proceedings of the
1996 workshop will be published in a similar way, soon after the
workshop is held.
As the title suggests, the workshop has three main themes:
o Agent theories: How do the various components of an agent's
cognitive makeup conspire to produce rational behaviour? What is
the relationship between these components? What formalisms are
appropriate for expressing aspects of agent theory? Do we need
logic-based formalisms? If not, is another type of mathematical
framework appropriate? How are we to model bounded rationality?
What properties are desirable for an agent communication
language?
o Agent architectures: What structure should an agent have? Is
reactive behaviour enough, or do we need deliberation as well?
How can we integrate reactive and deliberative components
cleanly? What is the relationship between an agent theory and
architecture? How can we synthesise an agent from an agent
specification? How are we to reason about reactive systems?
o Agent languages: What are the right primitives for programming an
intelligent agent? How are these primitives related to the
theory of an agent, or its architecture?
Papers that cross theme boundaries are of particular interest.
Examples might include a paper that demonstrated how a particular
architecture or language embodied some theory of agency, or a paper
that gave the semantics for an implemented agent communication
language.
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are by no means restricted to, the
following:
Agent Theories Agent Architectures
intentions deliberative architectures
time, desires, beliefs, and goals reactive architectures
decision theory and agency hybrid architectures
believable agents BDI architectures
specification/verification of agents agent-based design methodologies
executing logical agent specifications software agents
models for reactive agents
semantics of agent communication Agent Languages
know-how, procedural knowledge, ability
practical reasoning and rational choice the agent-oriented paradigm
models for agent decision-making agent communication languages
rationality & bounded rationality agent specification languages
deliberation scheduling agent-based computing
Submission Details
Those wishing to participate in the workshop should submit an original
paper of up to five thousand words (approximately thirteen pages
maximum), to reach the organising committee chair no later than April
5, 1996. Electronic submission of papers in PostScript format is
strongly encouraged. Alternatively, send *four* single-sided hard
copies to reach the chair by April 5, 1996. The first page should
include the full name and contact details (including email, full
postal address, and telephone number if possible) of at least one
author; detailed formatting instructions, (including a LaTeX style
package), are available either from the workshop WWW site (see below)
or on request from the organisers. Notification of acceptance or
rejection will be sent no later than May 24, 1996, and will be
delivered by email where possible. Pre-proceedings will be
distributed at the workshop. As with ATAL-94 and ATAL-95, proceedings
will be formally published soon after the workshop is held.
Those wishing to attend without presenting a paper should send a brief
summary of their reasons for interest in the workshop to the
organising committee chair. Note that attendance will, of necessity,
be limited.
NOTE: EVERYONE ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP WILL BE
REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR THE MAIN CONFERENCE.
Organising Committee
Joerg P. Mueller (CHAIR) Email jpm@dfki.uni-sb.de
DFKI GmbH Tel (+49 681) 302 5331
Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 Fax (+49 681) 302 5341
D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
Michael Wooldridge Email M.Wooldridge@doc.mmu.ac.uk
Department of Computing Tel (+44 161) 247 1531
Manchester Metropolitan University Fax (+44 161) 247 1483
Manchester M1 5GD, U.K.
Nicholas Jennings Email N.R.Jennings@qmw.ac.uk
Department of Electronic Engineering Tel (+44 171) 975 5349
Queen Mary & Westfield College Fax (+44 181) 981 0259
Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
Program Committee
Christiano Castelfranchi (Italy)
Keith Clark (UK)
Paul Cohen (USA)
Phil Cohen (USA)
Ed Durfee (USA)
Tim Finin (USA)
Klaus Fischer (D)
Michael Fisher (UK)
John Fox (UK)
Fausto Giunchiglia (Italy)
Piotr Gmytrasiewicz (USA)
Hans Haugeneder (D)
Sarit Kraus (Israel)
John Jules Ch. Meyer (NL)
Anand Rao (Australia)
Jeff Rosenschein (Israel)
Yoav Shoham (USA)
Munindar Singh (USA)
Aaron Sloman (UK)
Donald Steiner (D)
Kurt Sundermeyer (D)
Milind Tambe (USA)
Jan Treur (NL)
Gerd Wagner (D)
Further Details
Either point your browser at:
http://www.dfki.uni-sb.de/~jpm/atal96.html
or contact any member of the organising committee.