AAMAS 2015 - International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems

AAMAS is the leading scientific conference for research in autonomous agents and multiagent systems. The AAMAS conference series was initiated in 2002 by merging three highly respected meetings: the International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (ICMAS); the International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages (ATAL); and the International Conference on Autonomous Agents (AA).
The aim of the joint conference is to provide a single, high-profile, internationally respected archival forum for scientific research in the theory and practice of autonomous agents and multiagent systems.
Information for Authors
AAMAS-15 encourages the submission of analytical, empirical, methodological, technological, and perspective papers. Authors are requested to pay particular attention to discussing how their work relates to the state of the art in autonomous agents and multiagent systems research, as evidenced in, for example, previous editions of AAMAS and related conferences. All submissions will be rigorously peer reviewed and evaluated on the basis of the overall quality of their technical contribution, including criteria such as originality, soundness, relevance, significance, quality of presentation, and understanding of the state of the art.
AAMAS 2015, the fourteenth conference in the AAMAS series, seeks the submission of high-quality papers. The length of each paper is limited to 8 pages excluding the bibliographic references, except for papers submitted to the Blue Sky Ideas track, which are limited to 4 pages in length including the references. Reviewing will be double-blind, so authors must avoid including anything in their papers that can be used to identify them. Particular attention should be given to the way previous work is referred to; other frequent sources of breach of anonymity are the acknowledgements, project names, and links to supplementary material on the Web. Papers that are over the page limit or identify the authors may be rejected without reviewing. Please note that submitting an abstract is required to submit a full paper. However, the abstracts will not be reviewed and full papers must be submitted for the review process to begin. All work must be original, i.e., it must not have appeared in the proceedings of an archival conference, journal, or book, and may not be under review for another archival conference or journal. In addition to submissions in the main track, AAMAS 2015 will be soliciting submissions to four special tracks: (1) Innovative Applications, (2) Robotics, (3) Virtual Agents and Humans, and (4) Blue Sky Ideas. The review process for the special tracks will be similar to the main track, but with program committee members specially selected for each track. All papers accepted to the special tracks will be included in the proceedings.
Further submission instructions are available at: (http://www.aamas2015.com/en/Submission-Instruction...)
and the AAMAS-2015 conference management system is available at: (http://aamas2015.confmaster.net)
Topics of Interest
The conference solicits papers presenting original research on autonomous agents and their interaction. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
Agent Theories and Models
Logic-based agent theories
Logics for agents and multi-agent systems
Formal models of agency
Belief-Desire-Intention theories and models
Cognitive models
Models of emotions
Communication and Argumentation
Commitments
Communication languages and protocols
Speech act theory
Abstract argumentation frameworks
Deductive argumentation
Argumentation-based dialogue and protocols
Cooperation
Biologically-inspired approaches and methods
Collective intelligence
Distributed problem solving
Teamwork
Coalition formation (non-strategic)
Agent Societies
Organizations and institutions
Norms and sanctions
Distributed problem solving
Trust and reputation
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Ontologies for agents
Reasoning in agent-based systems
Single and multi-agent planning and scheduling
Trust and reputation
Learning and Adaptation
Computational architectures for learning
Reward structures for learning
Evolution and co-evolution
Single and multi-agent learning techniques
Economic Paradigms
Electronic markets
Equilibrium computation and analysis
Social choice theory
Auctions and mechanism design
Cooperative games
Bargaining and negotiation
Agent-Based Simulation
Artificial social systems
Emergent behavior
Complex systems
Social simulation
Simulation techniques, tools, and platforms
Engineering Agent-Based Systems
Modelling and specification languages
Programming languages for agents and multi-agent systems
Development techniques, tools, and platforms
Methodologies for agent-based systems
Verification and Validation of Agent-Based Systems
Testing of agent-based systems, including model-based testing
Verification of agent-based systems, including model checking
Automatic synthesis of protocols
Fault tolerance and resilience
Agents & Mainstream Computing
Service-oriented architectures
Mobile agents
Autonomic computing
P2P, web services, grid computing, ...
Societal Issues
Privacy, safety, and security
Ethical and legal issues
SPECIAL TRACKS
Innovative Applications
Agent techniques used for innovation
Industrial-strength applications of agent systems
Ambient intelligence
Bio-technology and health care
Smart cities
Computer games and serious games
Aerospace and defence
Energy and emissions
Agent solutions of significant social and economic impact
Other innovative application areas
Robotics
Human-robot interaction, communication and teamwork
Machine learning for robotics
Mapping, localization and exploration
Networked robot/sensor systems, distributed robotics
Robot planning and plan execution (including action and motion planning)
Robot teams, multi-robot systems, robot coordination
Robotic agent languages and middleware for robot systems
Swarms and collective behaviour
Virtual Agents and Humans
Embodied cognition
Multimodal agent interaction
Affective behaviour
Socio-cultural behaviour
Verbal and non-verbal Behaviour
Human-agent interaction
Teamwork in human-agent mixed networks
Virtual agents in games and education
Virtual agents for improving human activities
Agent-based analysis of human interactions
Competitions among agents and humans
Blue Sky Ideas (Visions and Challenges in AAMAS)
Conference Chairs
General Chairs:
Gerhard Weiss (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
Pınar Yolum (Bogazici University, Turkey)
Program Chairs:
Rafael Bordini (PUCRS, Brazil)
Edith Elkind (University of Oxford, UK)
For a full list of conference officials, visit (http://www.aamas2015.com/en/COMMITTEES.html).
Special Tracks
AAMAS 2015 will feature the following four special tracks.
Innovative Applications (Chairs: Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni and Milind Tambe)
Due to the growing maturity of the field, there are now agent-based applications in widespread use across many domains, which generate significant revenue, save major costs, or support important public policy and business strategy decision-making. This special track provides a dedicated forum to present, discuss, and demonstrate compelling applications, agent system deployment experiences, and new business ideas. The goal is to foster and promote mutually beneficial relationships between those doing foundational scientific research and those making autonomous agents and multiagent systems a commercial or public policy reality.
Robotics (Chairs: Alessandro Farinelli and Gal Kaminka)
Papers that advance theory and applications of single and multiple robots are welcome, specifically those focusing on real robots that interact with their environment. Papers should clearly explain how the work addresses challenges in robotics, opportunities for novel applications, and fundamental research issues in autonomous robotic systems. The goal is to demonstrate the synergy achieved from integration of research in agents and robotics.
Virtual Agents & Humans (Chairs: Catholijn Jonker and Rui Prada)
Virtual agents are embodied agents that emulate autonomous human-like behavior in simulated interactive or physical environments. We encourage papers on the design, implementation, and evaluation of virtual agents as well as challenging applications featuring them. Of particular interest are papers addressing how humans interact with virtual agents. The goal is to provide an opportunity for continued interaction and cross-fertilization between the AAMAS community and researchers working on virtual agents, and to strengthen links between the two communities.
Blue Sky Ideas (Chair: Victor Lesser)
The emphasis of this track is on visionary ideas, long-term challenges, and new research opportunities that are outside the current mainstream of the field. This track is designed to overcome the constraints of the traditional review process, and will serve as an incubator for innovative approaches, risky and provocative ideas, and to propose challenges and opportunities for the field in the near future.
General Information
All full papers accepted to the main track and the special tracks will be presented in parallel technical sessions. All the papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will be permanently available after the conference at (http://www.ifaamas.org/proceedings.html).
In addition, AAMAS 2015 will include
Workshops
Tutorials
Demonstrations
Posters presentations for full papers and extended abstracts
Invited talks and panel discussions
The submission processes for the workshops and demonstrations are separate from the main paper submission process. Relevant information will be posted on the relevant pages.
Policies
Policy on multiple and previous submissions.
Authors may not submit any paper to AAMAS 2015 that has already appeared in an archival forum. Authors must ensure that no submission to AAMAS 2015 is under review for another archival forum between the AAMAS 2015 submission and decision dates.
Policy on harassment at the conference environment.
IFAAMAS is committed to organising the AAMAS conference and its affiliated events in an environment that is free of harassment for everyone involved: delegates, organisers, conference workers, and reviewers. All participants in IFAAMAS events are asked to embrace our intention to foster a harassment-free scientific community, and to understand that IFAAMAS will respond appropriately to incidents of harassment if they occur. The complete IFAAMAS harassment policy is available in the AAMAS 2015 website at (http://www.aamas2015.com/en/HARASSMENT-POLICY.html).
For further details about AAMAS 2015, please visit the website at http://www.aamas2015.com