ACSys 2014 - 11th Workshop on Agents for Complex Systems

Autonomous agents are software entities that are capable of independent action in open, unpredictable environments. Agents and multi-agent systems are currently applied in diverse domains that require complex problem solving models. The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry in order to discuss current scientific and technical results on using agent technology for solving complex, distributed real-world problems. The workshop welcomes submissions of original, high-quality papers reporting on models or systems that have been or are being implemented.
Experience reports and application demonstrators are particularly welcome.
Topics
Specific topics of this workshop include, but are not limited to, the following:
+ Agent-based distributed problem solving
+ Multi-agent programming languages
+ Agent oriented software design and methodology
+ Quantitative and qualitative analysis / modeling of multi-agent systems
+ Task-based agent context and task-oriented agents
+ Multi-agent systems for modeling and simulation
+ Recommendation agents for scientific problem solving
+ Distributed knowledge integration and sharing for scientific applications
+ Agent based resource and service discovery
+ Agents and emergent behavior
+ Learning in multi-agent systems
+ Modeling and analysis of complex networks
+ Synergies between agents and complex networks
Paper submission
Specific topics of this workshop include, but are not limited to, the following:
+ Agent-based distributed problem solving
+ Multi-agent programming languages
+ Agent oriented software design and methodology
+ Quantitative and qualitative analysis / modeling of multi-agent systems
+ Task-based agent context and task-oriented agents
+ Multi-agent systems for modeling and simulation
+ Recommendation agents for scientific problem solving
+ Distributed knowledge integration and sharing for scientific applications
+ Agent based resource and service discovery
+ Agents and emergent behavior
+ Learning in multi-agent systems
Publication
The papers accepted for presentation will be included in a locally edited proceedings (electronic version on a memory stick).
Accepted research papers should be presented at the conference and the best papers will be selected for publication in the post proceedings published by Conference Publishing Services (ISI Proceedings).
Extended versions of the papers accepted and presented at the workshop will be considering to be published as a special issue in the Mathematics and Computer Science Annals of the West University of Timisoara (http://users.math.uvt.ro/~anmath/) or in SCPE ? Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience (http://www.scpe.org/) (under ISI Thomson evaluation). Other possibilities for publication will be formulated soon after the workshop.
Program committee
+ Stefano Cerri, France
+ Alexandru Cicortas, Romania
+ Dan Cristea, Romania
+ Christo Dichev, Bulgaria
+ Daniel J. Dubois, Italy
+ Maria Ganzha, Poland
+ Marie-Pierre Gleizes, France
+ Vladimir Gorodetsky, Russia
+ Mirjana Ivanovic, Serbia
+ Fabien Michel, France
+ Sascha Ossowski, Spain
+ Vasile Palade, UK
+ Marcin Paprzycki, Poland
+ Daniel Pop, Romania
+ Joel Quinqueton, France
+ Shahram Rahimi, USA
+ Nicolas Sabouret, France
+ Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, France
+ Daniel Stamate, UK
+ Tiberiu Stratulat, France
+ Calin Sandru, Romania
+ Doina Tatar, Romania
+ Nick Szirbik, The Netherlands
+ Salvatore Venticinque, Italy
Local Workshop organizers
+ Viorel Negru ? West University of Timisoara, Romania, vnegru-AT-info.uvt.ro
+ Victor Munteanu ? West University of Timisoara, Romania, vmunteanu-AT-info.uvt.ro