Aamas 2009 May 9, 2009

AAMAS is the leading scientific conference for research in autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. The AAMAS conference series was initiated in 2002 as a merger of three highly respected individual conferences: the International Conference in Autonomous Agents, the International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages, and the International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems. The aim of the joint conference is to provide a single, high-profile, internationally respected archival forum for research in all aspects of the theory and practice of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems.

AAMAS 2009 is the Eighth conference in the AAMAS series, following enormously successful previous conferences at Bologna, Italy (2002), Melbourne, Australia (2003), New York, USA (2004), Utrecht, The Netherlands (2005), Hakodate, Japan (2006), Honolulu, USA (2007) and Estoril, Portugal (2008). AAMAS-09 will be held at the Europa Congress Center, Budapest, Hungary.

Conference held in cooperation with ECCAI, AAAI and Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group of the Hungarian John von Neumann Society.

Special areas:

Multi-)Robotics:

1. coordination methods (as well as their automated design) in multi-robot systems,
2. modeling and analysis of multi-robot systems,
3. tools that are relevant for multi-robot studies,
4. applications of multi-robot systems to real-world problems.

Social Sciences:

1. Social based models of autonomy, cooperation, norms, organizations, networks, power, institutions
2. Mental representation of social interaction
3. Social mind and social action
4. Social based rationality models
5. Multi-agent-based simulation of social phenomena
6. Policy making
7. Social cognitive modelling of social and collective action
8. Modelling social and cultural dynamics

Methodologies/ Languages:

1. process models for agent-oriented software development
2. general frameworks for the specification and design of MAS specific properties (like cooperation, coordination etc…)
3. agent and multi-agent verification and validation techniques/tools
4. agent and multi-agent programming languages
5. agent and multi-agent deployment platforms
6. agent and multi-agent development tools

Applications

Virtual Agents:

1. Verbal and non-verbal expressiveness
2. Models of personality, emotions and social behavior
3. Multi-user/multi-virtual-agent interaction
4. Agents and avatars in narrative, games, and virtual worlds
5. Advanced 3D modeling and animation technologies
6. Applications and user studies

Social and Organizational Structure:

1. organizations and institutions
2. norms, commitments
3. agent autonomy in social context
4. groups and teams
5. coordination
6. coalition formation
7. reputation and trust

Industrial Track:

• Experiences gained from commercialization or commercialization attempts.


• Return on investment analysis of agent technologies.


• Insights into markets appropriate for agent technologies.


• Commercial application of agents.


• Application case studies


• Agent applications for E-government.


• Agent applications for defense or aerospace.


• Agent applications for manufacturing, automation, and logistics.


• Agent applications for telecommunication, media and entertainment.


• Agent applications for health, smart living, ambient intelligence.


• Agent applications for bio-technology.


• Agent applications for telematics, monitoring and maintenance, and surveillance.


• Agent applications for managing large scale infrastrctures.


• Other applications of agents, such as in the non-profit sector.


• Barriers to adoption or adoption facilitators.

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