CfP: Agent-Based Computing Workshop III (ABC'06), November, Poland

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

                  C A L L   F O R   P A P E R
       Agent-Based Computing: Workshop III 2006 (ABC'06)

Organized within the framework of the First International=20
Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Systems
          http://ocean.cs.siu.edu/abc06/index.html

Agent-based computing has been hailed as the next significant=20
breakthrough in software development, with the potential to affect many=20
aspects of computer science, from artificial intelligence to the
technologies and models of distributed computation. Agent-based systems=20
are capable of autonomous action in open, dynamically-changing=20
environments. Agents are currently being applied in domains as diverse=20
as business information systems, computer games and interactive cinema,=20
information retrieval and filtering, user interface design and=20
industrial process control. The aim of the ABC'06 is to bring together=20
researchers and developers from industry and academia in order to report

on the latest scientific and technical advances, discuss and debate the=20
major issues, and showcase the latest systems.

The special session welcomes submissions of original papers concerning=20
all aspects of software agents. Submissions involving both=20
implementation and theoretical issues are encouraged.

Topics include but are not limited to:
- Agent architectures
- Agent-based software engineering
- Agent-based simulations
- Agent benchmarking and performances
- Agent communication, coordination and cooperation
- Agent languages
- Agent learning and planning
- Agent mobility
- Agent modeling, calculi, and logics
- Agent security
- Applications and Experiences
- Simulating and verifying agent systems
- Multi-Agent Systems in Applications
    - Disaster Management
    - E-commerce
    - Workflow management
    - Other areas

* Submission and Publication

- Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific

    merit and relevance to the Workshop topics
- Papers presented at the Workshop will be included into the Conference
    Proceedings and published on a CD (with an ISSN/ISBN number)
- Extended versions of selected papers will be published as a Special
    Issue of a journal (to be announced later)
- Authors should submit papers through the conference website, which
    will be announced later
- Papers are not to exceed 10 pages (LNCS style)
- Final camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be required by
    October 1, 2006

* Important Dates

Submission of Papers:         July 3, 2006
Notification of Acceptance:     September 1, 2006
Camera-Ready Papers:         October 1, 2006
Conference:             November 6-10, 2006

* Program Committee
- Sattar Almaliky - Alnahreen University, Iraq
- Rafal A. Angryk - Montana State University, USA
- Costin Badica - University of Craiova, Romania
- Giacomo Cabri - Univ. di Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Maria Cobb - Univ. of Southern MIssissippi, USA
- Stan Franklin - Univ. of Memphis, USA
- Henry Hexmoor - Univ. of Arkansas, USA
- Pawel Kalczynski - University of Toledo, USA
- Tomas Klos - Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, The Netherlands
- Ryszard Kowalczyk - Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
- Yinsheng Li - Fudan Universoty, China
- Vincenzo Loia - University of Salerno, Italy
- Beniamino Di Martino - Second University of Naples, Italy
- Fred Petry - Tulane Univ., USA
- Tomas E. Potok - Oak Ridge National Labs, USA
- Stanislaw Stanek - K. Adamiecki Academy of Economics, Poland
- Ron Sun - University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
- Rainer Unland - University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Andrzej Uszok - Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA
- Tatyana Yakhno - Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

* Workshop Organizers

Shahram Rahimi, Southern Illinois University, USA
rahimi@xxxxxxxxxx

Marcin Paprzycki, SWPS, Poland
marcin.paprzycki@xxxxxxxxxxx

Maria Ganzha, Elblag University of Humanities & Economy, Poland
ganzha@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Raheel Ahmad, Southern Illinois University, USA
rahmad@xxxxxxxxxx

Prof. Dr. Rainer Unland
University of Duisburg-Essen
Institute for Computer Science and Business Information Systems (ICB)
Practical Computer Science, especially Data=20
Management Systems and Knowledge Representation
Schuetzenbahn 70
45117 Essen, Germany
Tel.: (+49) 201-183 3421
Skype: unlandr
Fax: (+49) 201-183 4460
Rainer.Unland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.cs.uni-essen.de/dawis/