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International Workshop on
Engineering Semantic Agent Systems (ESAS 2006) |
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International
Workshop on
Engineering Semantic Agent
Systems
(ESAS
2006)
In conjunction with
30th IEEE Annual International Computer
Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC
2006)
And co-located with
IEEE CS CoSTEP
Conferences
2006 IEEE International Conference on Web
Services (ICWS 2006)
2006 IEEE International Conference
on Services Computing (SCC 2006),
2006 Int. Workshop on Software Technology
and Engineering Practice (STEP 2006)
Call For
Papers:
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WORKSHOP THEME:
Applying Semantic Web Technologies in
Research and Development of
Software Agents, Mobile Agents and
Multi-Agent Systems
Semantic web technologies render dynamic, heterogeneous,
distributed, shared content equally accessible to human reader and
software agents. Here the vision is to achieve a synergy with multi-agent
systems (MAS) technologies whereby agents will be in the center stage.
Distributed agents functioning autonomously can utilize semantic Web
content to gather and aggregate knowledge, reason and infer new results
towards achieving their goals and generating new knowledge. Such knowledge
in turn may be disseminated and used to achieve the shared goal of the
agents system.
Other workshops have so far missed to garner the synergy of
both technologies by taking up either the semantic web aspect or the agent
aspect of the common research issue. Topics of interest span a wide
spectrum of both theory and practice of agent architectures, software
agents, mobile agents, autonomous semantic agents, context-aware
intelligent agents, agents as semantic web services, multi-agent systems,
agent communities, cooperation and goal seeking through sharing policy and
ontology, safety & security in systems, other QoS issues, ...
Mobile agent and MAS technologies are crucial in realizing
multi-party application systems. Semantic Web technologies augment MAS by
enabling agents with functioning based on the semantics of their mission
and of the world around them. Agents, implemented as Web services in
developing distributed control and processing applications, entail
interesting consequences such as situation awareness, semantic composition
of services, context sensitive long-lasting transactions, effecting
service policies and quality levels, etc. Complex applications could
become realizable with novel features such as factory floor automation for
flexible production, collaborative discovery of uncharted geography (for
example, cooperative labyrinth discovery), traffic management and info
dissemination with facilitation of emergency services, financial markets
forecasting with optimization of portfolio gain, etc.
We envisage a strong undercurrent of intelligent software
agents, mobile agents, and MAS running through this workshop. Side by side
with the use of semantic Web technologies, several foci of interest are
threaded:
- Software Agents, Mobile Agents, and MAS: issues relating to
architecture, implementation, coordination, service levels, etc. of
semantic or otherwise agents.
- Agent, MAS and Semantic Web Technologies: concomitant
utilization of specific technologies in agent, MAS, and semantic Web
implementations; semantic agent communities & applications; case
studies of best-practice MAS applications; projects in the making;
- Ontologies for Agents and MAS: agent cooperation ontology;
ontology of workflow in MAS; ontologies for distributed applications;
sharing and semantic interoperability; discovery and operations on
ontologies;
- Platforms for agent and MAS implementation: languages,
frameworks, tools, integrated development environments and software
engineering practices supporting semantic or otherwise software agent
& MAS architectures, coordination, trust & security mechanisms,
description, discovery and composition of agent-based services.
- Other subjects of relevance to software agents, mobile
agents, agent-based and multi-agent systems.
IMPORTANT DATES
Apr 1 , 2006: deadline for paper
submission. (Deadline Extended till Friday April
14)
May
15, 2006 notification of acceptance
June 16, 2006
camera-ready due. Due date Extended till
Sunday June 25.
SUBMISSION
Original papers not being submitted to journals or
other conferences will be considered. All submitted papers will be
reviewed by the program committee according to its originality,
significance, correctness, presentation and relevance. We encourage
authors to present position papers on practical studies and experiments,
critique of existing work, emerging issues, and novel ideas under
development.
Papers must be submitted
electronically via the ESAS 2006 Submission Page.
Manuscripts will be limited
to 6 pages including all figures, tables, and references. The format of
submitted papers must follow the IEEE conference proceedings guidelines
(i.e., 8.5" x 11", Two-Column Format (PDF,
DOC); Layout Guide (PDF,
DOC).
Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings of
the 30th IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2006). At least
one of the authors of each accepted paper must register as a full
participant of the workshop for the paper to be included in the
proceedings.
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
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Atilla
ELCI (Chairman)
Internet Technology Research
Center
and Dept. of Computer Engineering,
Eastern
Mediterranean University,
Famagusta, Northern Cyprus,
Turkey
E-mail |
Mamadou
Tadiou Kone (Co-Chair)
Dept. of Computer Science,
Faculty of Science and Engineering,
Laval University,
Québec, Canada
E-mail |
Tharam
S. Dillon (Co-Chair)
eXel Lab and Dean,
Faculty of
Information Technology,
University of Technology Sydney,
Australia
E-mail |
PROGRAM
COMMITTEE
| î |
Asuman DOGAC |
Middle East
Technical University,
Turkey |
î |
Brahim Medjahed |
University of Michigan,
USA |
| î |
Michal PECHOUCEK |
Czech Technical University,
Czech
Republic |
î |
Vijayan Sugumaran |
Oakland University,
USA |
| î |
Hasan DAVULCU |
Arizona State
University,
U.S.A. |
î |
Elizabeth Chang |
Curtin University of
Technology,
Australia |
| î |
Marin DIMITROV |
OntoText
Lab,
Bulgaria |
î |
Ismail Khalil Ibrahim |
Johannes Kepler University,
Austria |
| î |
Alex
ABRAMOVICH |
Gordon
College,
Israel |
î |
Mohamed Aborizka |
Arab Academy for Science and Technology,
Egypt |
| î |
Vadim ERMOLAYEV |
Zaporozhye State University,
Ukraine |
î |
Eui-Hyun Jung |
Anyang University,
Korea |
| î |
M. Osman UNALIR |
Egean University,
Turkey |
î |
Mustafa Jarrar |
STARLab, Vrije Universiteit,
Belgium |
| î |
M.Adeeb GHONAIMY |
Ain
Shams University,
Egypt |
î |
Giancarlo Guizzardi |
Laboratory for Applied Ontology (ISTC-CNR),
Italy |
| î |
Martin GAEDKE |
University
of Karlsruhe,
Germany |
î |
Alia Abdelmoty |
Cardiff University,
UK |
| î |
Aleksander PIVK |
Jozef
Stefan Insitute,
Slovenia |
î |
Stanislav Pokraev |
Telematica Instituut,
The Nederlands |
| î |
Rainer UNLAND |
University
of Essen,
Germany |
î |
Ahmad Kayed |
Applied Science University, Jordan;
SNC- Monash University,
Australia (on leave) |
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î |
Stephen J.H. YANG |
National
Central University,
Taiwan |
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C. Maria Keet |
University of Bozen-Bolzano,
Italy |
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î |
Jan TREUR |
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,
The Netherlands |
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Fausto Giunchiglia |
University of Trento,
Italy |
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î |
Michael STOLLBERG |
DERI Innsbruck,
Austria, and
Stanford University, USA |
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Ibrahim Gokcen |
General Electric Co. Global Research Center,
USA |
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î |
Jiming LIU |
Hong Kong Baptist University,
Hong Kong |
î |
Pieter De Leenheer |
Semantics Technology & Appls Research Lab., Vrije
Universiteit,
Belgium |
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î |
John-Jules Meyer |
Universiteit Utrecht,
The Netherlands |
î |
Paolo Giorgini |
University of Trento,
Italy |
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î |
Schahram Dustdar |
Vienna University of
Technology,
Austria |
î |
Vitaliy Mezhuev |
Berdyansk State University,
Ukraine |
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î |
Goran Zugic |
Semantion, Inc.,
Canada |
î |
R. Rajesh |
Bharathiar University,
India |
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î |
Eyal OREN |
DERI Galway,
Ireland |
î |
Laurentiu Vasiliu |
DERI Galway
Ireland |
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Markus Schaal |
Bilkent Univ.
Turkey |
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Khalil A. Abuosba |
Arab Academy- B &
F
Jordan |
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î |
Zeki BAYRAM |
Eastern Mediterranean Univ.
TRNC |
î |
Alexander KOSTIN |
Eastern Mediterranean Univ.
TRNC |
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Mustafa RIZA |
Eastern Mediterranean Univ.
TRNC |
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The Program Committee is being formed. Those
interested in joining may contact the workshop chairman
by supplying following information:
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Name, position and affiliation
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Contact numbers and mailing address
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E-mail and Web site addresses
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Research interests and a list of relevant
publications
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A brief biography.
LIKELY PARTICIPANTS
We expect researchers and practitioners of software agents, mobile
agents, MAS and semantic Web technologies to propose papers and to attend
the workshop. Those with interest in agents and agent-based systems,
semantic or otherwise, are welcome. Researchers working on the following
are especially encouraged to propose papers: realization of multi-agent
systems through semantic web technology, ontology-based agent
applications, distributed control and processing applications, security,
interoperability, service levels and quality issues in such systems.
Enterprises and research centers developing languages, IDEs and tools that
can be used in the implementation of the above are encouraged to propose
demo and tutorial. Our objective is to explore unifying software
engineering methodologies used in implementing semantic MAS applications
across domains.
POST-WORKSHOP ACTIVITY
The authors of a number of selected papers will be invited
to submit an extended version of their papers for possible publication in
Multiagent and Grid Systems - An International Journal, IOS Press: ISSN
1574-1702 http://www.iospress.nl/flyers_j/15741702.pdf.
A special issue may as well be possible.
GENERAL INQUIRIES
For updated information, please contact the workshop chair Atilla.Elci@EMU.edu.tr. |