CFP: CEEMAS Central and Eastern European Conf on MAS

["Huhns, Michael" <huhns@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

                         Call for Papers
4th International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-Agent
Systems
                      15-17 September 2005
                        Budapest, Hungary
                http://www.ceemas.org/ceemas05

About the Conference

The aim of the CEEMAS conference series is to provide a biennial forum
for the presentation of multi-agent research and development results.
With its particular geographical orientation towards Central and Eastern
Europe, CEEMAS has become an internationally recognised event with
participants from all over the world. CEEMAS'05 expects papers from
every fundamental research fields of multi agent systems. Papers which
focus on the following three areas are especially welcome: scalability
and reconfigurability of multi agent systems; deployment scenarios
exploiting synergies of multi agent systems and other related
technologies like grid, web services and semantic web; applications of
multi agent systems in design and manufacturing, transport and
logistics, space applications, tourism industry, e-commerce and many
other application areas. The Organising Committee solicits research
submissions for the main research track of the conference, as well as
for the accompanying industrial and posters track. A tutorial program is
also an integral part of CEEMAS'05. See the details at the back of this
paper or visit the conference web site.

The conference proceedings including the accepted papers of the main
conference, selected papers from the posters and industrial track, will
be published by Springer Verlag in the LNAI series. Revised and extended
versions of selected papers will be published in a special issue of the
Applied Artificial Intelligence Journal
(http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08839514.asp). For further
details of the CEEMAS'05 conference and the history of the CEEMAS
conference series please, refer to the web page of the conference.

Topics of the conference
# agent models and architectures
# reactive and intentional agents
# planning and scheduling in MAS
# conflicts, conflict resolution and negotiation
# coordination, teamwork, coalition formation
# formal methods, logic in MAS
# personal agents, agent-based user interfaces
# learning and evolution in MAS
# holons and holarchies
# mobility, migration, accessibility
# agents' representation
# social knowledge and social reasoning
# ant colonies & swarms
# agents in electronic business and virtual organizations
# self-organising systems and emergent organization
# complexity and tractability in agent-based systems
# agent standards, communication, agent management
# agent platforms and interoperability
# knowledge management & ontologies
# agent oriented software engineering, modelling and methodologies
# agent communication, interaction protocols and mechanisms
# meta-reasoning, meta-agency, reflection in MAS
# security, authentication, intrusion detection
# reports on applications and case studies
# relationship to related technologies: middleware, grid, web services
# trust, reputation, and reliability
# scalability and performance issues, robustness
# robot teams, multi robot systems
# artificial social systems
# agent based social simulation
# verification and testing
# adjustable autonomy of MAS

Important Dates

Full paper submission: 8 April, 2005
Notification of acceptance: 13 May, 2005
Camera ready papers: 17 June, 2005
Conference: 15-17 September, 2005

Submission Details

All submissions will be subject to academic peer review by at least two
members of the Program Committee. Selection criteria include accuracy
and originality of ideas, clarity and significance of results, and
quality of presentation. Authors of all submissions are requested to
format their papers according to Springer LNAI guidelines
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) and submit them
electronically as described on the conference web page at
http://www.ceemas.org/ceemas05/submission.html

Research track submissions:

Paper submissions for the main research track of the conference should
be formatted according to Springer LNAI guidelines and must not exceed
10 pages, including graphics and references. Authors are requested to
submit their papers electronically on the conference submission web
page.

Posters track

The conference poster session provides an opportunity to present the
work in progress, enabling to discuss projects with others in the field.
Students are encouraged to submit a poster presentation. The presenters
will be invited to contribute an article as well. Papers should be
formatted according to Springer LNAI guidelines and must not exceed 3
pages, including graphics and references. Authors are requested to
submit their papers electronically on the conference submission web
page.

Industrial track

The CEEMAS conference provides the opportunity to submit papers on
genuine applications of agent technology. Papers describing concrete,
practical implementations with industrial links are encouraged opposed
to pure conceptual plans or potential applications. Our goal is to
demonstrate the real life value and commercial reality of multi-agent
systems as well as to foster the communication between academia and
industry on this field. If your paper describes practical experience and
real applications, you should submit it to the industrial track. System
descriptions should be formatted according to Springer LNAI guidelines
and must not exceed 2 pages, including graphics and references. Authors
are requested to submit their papers electronically on the conference
submission web page.

Tutorial proposals

We solicit tutorials in all areas of agent-oriented models, technologies
and methodologies, aimed at either students (basic tutorials) or
researchers (new and hot topics). Tutorial duration is either half-day
or full-day. The tutorial pro=ADposal should include a brief summary and
outline, specific goals and objectives, expected background of the
audience, a bio=ADgraphical sketch of the presenter(s), as well as a
sample (15 to 25 slides) of the presentation. All tutorial proposals
should be directed to the Tutorials Chair Andrea Omicini
<andrea.omicini@xxxxxxxx>, and should be sent before 21st February 2005.

Submission policies

CEEMAS'05 will not accept any paper, which has already been published or
accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. These
restrictions apply only to journals and conferences, not to workshops
and similar specialized presentations with a limited audience and
without archival proceedings.

For each accepted paper, at least one author is required to attend the
conference to present the paper. Each author can give only one
presentation. Papers without at least one author registering by the
early registration deadline will be automatically excluded from the
conference programme and the proceedings.

The best paper of the conference, to be selected by the Programme
Committee at the conference, will receive the Best Paper Award during
the conference.

Organising Committee

General chair: Laszlo Z. Varga (Hungary)
Programme co-chair: Michal Pechoucek (Czech Republic)
Programme co-chair: Paolo Petta (Austria)
Tutorials chair: Andrea Omicini (Italy)
Industrial and demonstrations track chair: Gabor Tatai (Hungary)
Posters chair: Katalin Bognar (Hungary)
Local arrangements chair: Gusztav Hencsey (Hungary)

Secretariat

Magdolna Zsivnovszki
Conference Department, Computer and Automation Research Institute of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Address: H-1111 Budapest, Kende u. 13-17., Hungary
E-mail: ceemas05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone:=A0+36-1-209-6001, +36-1-279-6188A0
Fax: +36-1-386-9378

Steering Committee

Barbara Dunin-Keplicz (Poland)
Vladimir Gorodetski (Russia)
Michael Luck (UK)
Vladimir Marik (Czech Republic)
Joerg Mueller (Germany)
Edward Nawarecki (Poland)
Michal Pechoucek (Czech Republic)
Paolo Petta (Austria)
Laszlo Z. Varga (Hungary)

Programme Committee

Stanislaw Ambroszkiewicz (Poland)
Magnus Boman (Sweden)
Luis Botelho (Portugal)
Monique Calisti (Switzerland)
Cristiano Castelfranchi (Italy)
Krzysztof Cetnarowicz (Poland)
Helder Coelho (Portugal)
Ulises Cortes (Spain)
Frank Dignum (the Netherlands)
Grzegorz Dobrowolski (Poland)
Danail Dochev (Bulgaria)
Edmund H. Durfee (USA)
Shaheen Fatima (United Kingdom)
Stephan Flake (Germany)
Martyn Fletcher (United Kingdom)
Roberto A. Flores (Italy)
Matjaz Gams (Slovenia)
Marie-Pierre Gleizes (France)
Piotr Gmytrasiewicz (USA)
Chihab Hanachi (France)
Karin Hummel (Austria)
Toru Ishida (Japan)
Catholijn Jonker (the Netherlands)
Jozef Kelemen (Czech Republic)
Vladimir Khoroshevsky (Russia)
Matthias Klusch (Germany)
Jir=ED Lazansky (Czech Republic)
Lyndon Lee (United Kingdom)
John-Jules Meyer (the Netherlands)
Laszlo Monostori (Hungary)
Luc Moreau (United Kingdom)
Pablo Noriega (Spain)
Eugenio Oliveira (Portugal)
Andrea Omicini (Italy)
Mihaela Oprea (Romania)
Sascha Ossowski (Spain)
Marek Paralic (Slovakia)
Radoslav Pavlov (Bulgaria)
Jeremy Pitt (United Kingdom)
Agostino Poggi (Italy)
Stefan Poslad (United Kingdom)
Omer Rana (United Kingdom)
Alex Rogers (United Kingdom)
Robert Schaefer (Poland)
Onn Shehory (Israel)
Carles Sierra (Spain)
Alexander Smirnov (Russia)
Vadim Stefanuk (Russia)
Olga Stepankova (Czech Republic)
Niranjan Suri (USA)
Katia Sycara (USA)
Simon Thompson (United Kingdom)
Robert Tolksdorf (Germany)
Paul Valckenaers(Belgium)
Chris van Aarts (the Netherlands)
Wiebe van der Hoek (the Netherlands)
Jozsef V=E1ncza (Hungary)
Rineke Verbrugge (the Netherlands)
Filip Verhaeghe (Belgium)
Herbert Wiklicky (United Kingdom)
Steven Willmott (Spain)
Franco Zambonelli (Italy)

Conference Venue

Budapest, one of the most beautiful historical capitals in Europe,
situated on the banks of the Danube, will host the Conference. The
architectural beauty with its monuments from neo-classic through baroque
to eclectic art nouveau is prevalent in the city. Budapest is also world
famous for its artistic abundance of concerts, operas, recitals, galas
and exhibitions. The warm hospitality of people, excellent food and
wine, reliable and frequent public transportation, vivid cultural life,
rich museums attract millions of visitors every year. Visitor friendly
visa policy, value-for-the-price services and goods, and pleasant
climate make Hungary one of the most popular meeting venues worldwide.

The conference will be held at the Hotel Normafa, a four-star equivalent
hotel located in the hills surrounding Budapest
(http://www.normafahotel.com/). Accommodation will be available in the
conference venue, the Hotel Normafa and the nearby three-star Hotel Agro
Panorama (http://www.hotelagropanorama.hu).