Submission open for AgentLink supported AAMAS-2005

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

INDUSTRY TRACK

 Submission open now, deadline: 28 February 2005
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 Call for Papers of
 AgentLink supported AAMAS-2005 INDUSTRY TRACK=20
 http://www.aamas2005.nl/industry_track_submissions.php
 Utrecht, the Netherlands -- July 25-29 2005 http://www.aamas2005.nl/
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INTRODUCTION
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 The International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and=20
 Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) is the leading international=20
 conference in the theory and practice of software agents. The=20
 conference attracts delegates from many different=20
 backgrounds; from those developing agent-based software=20
 products and services to those working in the theoretical=20
 foundations of the discipline.
 The AAMAS-05 conference will be held in July 2005 in Utrecht,=20
 the Netherlands, and will, for the first time, feature a=20
 track specifically intended for industrial participants: the=20
 AAMAS Industry Track. The industry track is being organised=20
 in cooperation with AgentLink, Europe's IST-funded=20
 coordination activity for autonomous agents and multi-agent=20
 systems (see http://www.agentlink.org/).
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WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY TRACK?
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 The AAMAS industry track is a special track at the AAMAS=20
 conference that will run in parallel to the regular AAMAS=20
 scientific track. It will feature presentations and=20
 demonstrations from industrial participants, giving them an=20
 opportunity to showcase the state of the art in technology=20
 and industrial application of autonomous agents and=20
 multi-agent systems to AAMAS delegates and to publish=20
 associated papers in a high quality, formal proceedings. The=20
 industry track aims to foster mutually beneficial links=20
 between those engaged in foundational scientific research and=20
 those working to make autonomous agents and multi-agent=20
 systems a commercial reality. This enables industrially-based=20
 software agent developers and practitioners to participate in=20
 AAMAS in a meaningful way and to present their technology and=20
 applications to both their peers and the associated=20
 scientific community.
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HOW WILL THE TRACK BE REFEREED?
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 Whereas in the regular conference track the overriding=20
 refereeing criterion is clearly scientific excellence, the=20
 industry track focuses primarily on the industrial relevance=20
 and technological significance of the contribution.=20
 Preference will be given to mature work demonstrating=20
 concrete industrial/commercial results and business value.
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 Examples of an "ideal" paper might include: (i) a=20
 presentation of a particular kind of commercially available=20
 software agent technology, together with experience of how=20
 this was applied in a field-tested system; or (ii) a report=20
 on a field-tested agent-based system.
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 We explicitly discourage the submission of purely speculative=20
 papers, proposals, and plans for future work/potential=20
 applications.  Academic participation in the industry track=20
 is acceptable, but please note that we strongly discourage=20
 the submission of: (i) papers that merely appeal to potential=20
 applications, without demonstrating that they have been=20
 meaningfully applied; (ii) academic papers that work with=20
 highly abstracted versions of potential applications; or=20
 (iii) academic papers that describe software agent=20
 systems/platforms without either a real industrial link or=20
 genuine application.
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 In general, if you believe that your paper makes a scientific=20
 contribution, you should think about submitting to the=20
 regular scientific track; whereas, if your paper is an=20
 overview of an agent technology, a "practical experience"=20
 paper, or similar, then you should probably submit to the=20
 industry track.
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HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE?
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 The industry track invites developers, practitioners, and=20
 industrial researchers to submit high quality papers on agent=20
 technology and its applications. See the conference web site=20
 for paper formatting and submission instructions.
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 Accepted contributions will be formally published in the=20
 "Proceedings of the Industry Track of AAMAS-05" and will be=20
 distributed at the conference along with the AAMAS-05 main=20
 conference proceedings. Selected publications will be=20
 encouraged to present their applications in the AgentLink=20
 newsletter. The contributions will influence the AgentLink=20
 Roadmap to be published in 2005.
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 Note that the Industry Track is part of the AAMAS conference=20
 - there is no separate registration for the Industry Track.
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IMPORTANT DATES
 Deadline for Submission of Contributions - 28 February 2005=20
 Notification of acceptance - 28 March 2005
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CO-CHAIRS
 Michal Pechoucek -- Czech Technical University, AgentLink =20
 Donald Steiner -- Quantum Leap Innovations  Simon Thompson --=20
 British Telecom
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PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
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 David Allsopp, Qinetic
 Fabio Bellifemine, Telecom Italia Laboratories=20
 Michael Berger, Siemens=20
 Jeff Bradshaw, IHMC Sven Brueckner, Altarum=20
 Monique Calisti, Whitestein Technologies
 Jonathan Dale, Fujitsu
 Ian Dickenson, HP
 Ravi Gorthi, Infosys Technologies=20
 Mark Greaves, DARPA
 Jon Himoff, CEO Magenta Technology
 Martin Hofmann, Lockheed Martin
 David Kinny, Agentis
 James Lawton, AFRL
 Vladimir Marik, Rockwell Research Center
 David Martin, SRI
 Peter McBurney, AgentLink
 Nanjangud Narendra, IBM
 Jim Odell, Agentis
 Christ Priest, HP
 Chris Reed, Calico Jack, Dundee University
 Ralph Ronnquist, AOS Australia
 Jeff Rosenschein, Hebrew University
 David Sadek, France Telecom=20
 Onn Shehory, IBM Israel
 John Shepherdson, British Telecom=20
 Petr Skobelev, CTO Magenta Technology
 Niranjan Suri, IHMC