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The Second Announcement and Call for Papers

AIS-ADM-07:
The International Workshop on Autonomous Intelligent Systems: Agents
and Data Mining

June 3-5, 2007, St. Petersburg, Russia

http://space.iias.spb.su/ais07

Sponsors
 * European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, USA
 * Office of Naval Research Global, USA
 * Russian Foundation for Basic Research

Organizers
 * St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the
Russian Academy of Sciences (SPIIRAS)
 * St. Petersburg Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
 * Binghamton University (State University of New York)

Title and scope
===============
"Autonomous Intelligent Systems: Agents and Data Mining"

Since early 1990, multi-agent systems (MAS) and data mining and
knowledge discovery (KDD) have remained areas of high interest for the
research and development in intelligent information technologies. The
multi-agent system technology offered powerful metaphors for
information system conceptualization, a range of new architectures,
techniques, and technologies specifically focused on the design and
implementation of large-scale distributed intelligent systems
operating in open heterogeneous environment. This technology is now
approaching its industrial maturity, thus helping to cope with design,
implementation, and deployment of critical industrial applications in
many domains.

KDD technology also provides intelligent information technology with
powerful ideas, algorithms, and software means intended for answering
the main question of many Artificial Intelligence applied problems,
"Where does the knowledge come from?", thus actually making modern
applications intelligent and adaptive.

The evident recent trend in both science and industry is to integrate
these technologies in order to use advantages of them both. The
existing experience with combined application of multi-agent
technology to design architectures of distributed data mining and KDD
systems, and the utilization of distributed data mining and KDD to
support learning tasks in multi-agent research, confirms the fact that
both technologies are capable of mutual enrichment and their joint use
results in information systems with emergent properties.

For instance, MAS architectures are used for distributed data mining
and knowledge discovery systems, particularly, for distributed
learning in data fusion systems making decisions based on many
distributed heterogeneous data and information sources. The use of
multi-agent technology in very large-scale data mining and KDD tasks
is another example of the same trend. In return, multi-agent systems
utilize data mining and KDD as a source of innovative ideas to provide
applications more intelligence and adaptability.

The emergent technology may be outlined by such key words as
autonomous intelligence, distributed intelligence, learning
intelligence, emergent intelligence, emergent intelligent behavior,
etc. It is worth noting that a number of very specific research
problems arise on the cross-boundary of multi-agent, data mining and
KDD technologies. The examples are specification framework and
representation structures for distributed intelligence, the new role
of ontology, joint use of knowledge extracted from different
heterogeneous sources, protocols for distributed data mining, etc.
Rapidly developing intelligent agent-based ad-hoc networks technology
in particular, operating on peer-to-peer basis, represents one more
example of the topmost problems currently given increasing attention
from the scientific and industrial communities. Ubiquitous computing
and ubiquitous knowledge discovery forming a class of novel
distributed intelligent technology is practically infeasible without
integration of multi-agent and KDD technologies.

During the past years, interest in joint use of the multi-agent and
KDD technologies has also been proven by several successful
international conferences and workshops which were devoted to the
problem in question, either fully or partially. The success of the
First International Workshop "Autonomous Intelligent Systems: Agents
and Data Mining" (AIS-ADM-05) held in June 2005 in St. Petersburg,
Russia (http://space.iias.spb.su/ais05, LNAI-3505) confirmed the world
wide interest in the theoretical and applied aspects of the new
technology integrating agents, data mining and knowledge discovery.
However, like any newly emergent technology, integration of multi
agent and data mining and KDD within distributed intelligent systems
brought forward a number of novel problems and challenges.

The Second International Workshop "Autonomous Intelligent Systems:
Agents and Data Mining" (AIS-ADM-07) that will be held from June 3-5,
2007, in St. Petersburg, Russia, is intended for discovery and
analysis of the aforementioned problems and challenges, as well as for
sharing of new ideas, scientific results, lessons learned, and the
best practices within the new cross boundary area integrating
multi-agent and data mining and KDD technologies. The Workshop invites
researchers from both academia and industry to jointly discuss various
aspects of theory and applications, as well as new opportunities
provided by integration and interaction of multi-agent and data mining
and KDD.

The list of main topics of the Workshop includes but is not limited to:
 * Theoretical foundation for interaction between agents and data mining
 * Intelligent agents for Data Mining and KDD
 * Agent-based architectures for distributed data mining and KDD
 * Agent-based infrastructure for distributed and multiple data
sources mining and KDD
 * Agent-based coordination of distributed data mining and KDD
 * Software tools for agent-based data mining and KDD
 * Agent-based peer-to-peer distributed data mining and KDD
 * Agent technology for ubiquitous data mining
 * Agent-based service-oriented data mining infrastructure
 * Agent-based mediation and management of enterprise data mining,
 * Agent-based ontology mining
 * Knowledge discovery via mobile agents in ubiquitous environments
 * Agent security in ubiquitous environments
 * Mobile agents in sensor networks: challenges, solutions, scalability
 * Protocols for agent-based multiple data sources mining and KDD
 * Protocols for agent-based ubiquitous data mining and KDD
 * Ontologies for agent-based distributed data mining and KDD
 * Agent technology in collaborative Web filtering
 * Agent-based context sensitive web mining and global information foraging
 * Agent-based ontology-driven web mining
 * Agent-based meta-knowledge discovery and representation
 * Adaptation and Learning in multi-agent systems
 * Evolution and Individual Learning in Multi-Agent Systems
 * Data mining-driven agent intelligence enhancement
 * Distributed Learning of agents of multi-agent systems
 * Distributed Learning of protocol selection in cooperative multi-agent systems
 * Learning of Coordination in multi-agent systems
 * Challenges and benefits associated with integration of agent and data mining
 * Data mining-driven multi-agent communication, planning and dispatching
 * Data mining-driven user modeling and servicing
 * Data mining-driven self-configuration of agent-based ad-hoc
networks for improvement of multi-agent communication and load
balancing
 * Surveys and case studies on integration of agent and data mining
and KDD technologies
 * Lessons learned
 * Applications (intrusion detection, situational awareness, learning
of situation assessment, emergency
monitoring and response, agent-based data and information fusion, etc.)

Important dates
===============
Inclusive dates of Workshop:
  June 2-6, 2007, (arrival on June 2, technical program June 3-5,
departure on June 6)

For submission:
  Paper drafts January 10, 2007
  Acceptance notification February 5, 2007
  Camera ready papers due March 1, 2007

For registration:
  Early registration deadline before April 20, 2007
  On site registration June 2-5, 2007
  Hotel reservation request May 10, 2007

Paper submission
================
The Workshop welcomes original, not previously published, papers from
academic, government, and industry contributors on the above proposed
and closed topics. All submissions will be subjected to a thorough
review by at least two reviewers. Draft versions of original full
papers up to 5500 words in English, including abstract (up to 300
words) and keywords (3 to 5), should be submitted by January 10, 2007
or sooner via upload through the Workshop web site at
http://space.iias.spb.su/ais07.

Only electronic submissions in PostScript or PDF formats will be
accepted. Guidelines for the proceedings camera-ready manuscripts of
the accepted papers. Proceedings of the Workshop are planned to be
published by Springer Publishers in their "Lecture Notes in Artificial
Intelligence" series (the final decision of Springer will be made to
the end of reviewing process). Camera-ready manuscripts of the
accepted papers should be formatted in accordance with Springer
requirements (in MS Word or LATEX formats). When preparing your paper,
please follow the guidance from the "Information for Authors" Springer
web site and use the style files for "Proceedings and Other
Multi-Author Volumes" supplied by Springer. Springer author
instructions are available at:
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-164-2-72376-0,00.html

The authors of accepted papers must strictly follow the aforementioned
rules and templates. Camera-ready paper submission can be uploaded
through the Workshop web site at
http://space.iias.spb.su/ais07/made or, in case of problems, via
e-mail [log in to unmask]

Conference languages
====================
The working language of the Workshop is English. The papers and
presentation materials must be in English.

Workshop Website
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All materials concerning AIS-ADM-07 preparation, program, and other
arrangements can be found at the regularly updated web site
http://space.iias.spb.su/ais07.

The Principal Invited Speakers
==============================
We intend to invite a number of worldwide-recognized specialists in
both multi-agent system and data mining and knowledge discovery areas
from the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia. The list of the invited
speakers will be available at the Workshop web site.

Sponsors, Organizers, and Organizing Committee
==============================================
Sponsors
 * European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, USA
 * Office of Naval Research Global, USA
 * Russian Foundation for Basic Research

Organizers
 * St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the
Russian Academy of Sciences (SPIIRAS)
 * St. Petersburg Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
 * Binghamton University (State University of New York)

Chairmen
 * Professor Rafael M.Yusupov, St. Petersburg Institute for
Informatics and Automation, Russia
 * Dr. Igor Plonish, Air Force Research Laboratory/Information Directorate, USA

Local contact person
--------------------
Irina Podnozova
Phone 7-(812)-328-4446 Fax: +7(812)-328-06-85
E-mail [log in to unmask]

Local Organizing Committee
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Chairman: R.M. Yusupov, St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and
Automation (SPIIRAS)
 * I. Podnozova, (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
 * A. Tkatch (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg, Vice Chairman)
 * D. Bakuradze (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
 * O. Karsaev (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
 * V. Samoilov (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
 * V. Konushy (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
 * E. Man'kov (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
 * A. Malyshev (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
 * S. Serebrykov (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
 * V. Tikhomirov (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
 * D. Trotskiy (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)

Program Committee
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Chairmen:
 * Vladimir Gorodetsky (SPIIRAS, Russia, http://space.iias.spb.su/ai/gorodetsky)
 * Chengqi Zhang (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia,
http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/chengqi/)
 * Victor Skormin (Binghamton University, USA,
http://www.ee.binghamton.edu/lasercom/vskormin/)
 * Longbing Cao (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia,
http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/lbcao/)

Program Committee members
-------------------------
 * Shlomo Berkovsky (University of Haifa, Israel)
 * Sviatoslav Braynov (University of Illinois, USA)
 * Cory Butz (University of Regina, Canada)
 * Wei Dai (Victoria University, Australia)
 * Nathan Griffiths (University of Warwick, UK)
 * Heikki Helin (TeliaSonera, Finland)
 * Henry Hexmoor (South. Illinois University, USA)
 * Seunghyun Im (Univ. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, USA)
 * Xiaolong Jin (University of Bradford, UK)
 * Oleg Karsaev (SPIIRAS, Russia)
 * Kristian Kersting (University of Freiburg, Germany)
 * Matthias Klusch (DFKI, Germany)
 * Daniel Kudenko (University of York, UK)
 * Mikko Laukkanen (TeliaSonera, Finland)
 * Jiming Liu (University of Windsor, Canada)
 * Michael Luck (University of Southampton, UK)
 * Simon Miles (University of Southampton, UK)
 * Vladimir Marik (Czech TU in Prague, Czech Rep.)
 * Pericles Mitkas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
 * Jörg Müller (Technische Universität Clausthal, German)
 * Steve Munroe (University of Southampton, UK)
 * Hung Son Nguyen (Inst. of Decision Support, Poland)
 * Eugenio Oliveira (University of Porto, Portugal)
 * Leonid Perlovsky (AFRL/IFGA, USA)
 * Zbigniew Ras (University of North Carolina, USA)
 * Michèle Sebag (CNRS - Université Paris-Sud Orsay, France)
 * Andrzej Skowron (Inst. of Decision Support, Poland)
 * Zhong Zhi Shi (Inst. for Computer Technology, China)
 * Alexander Smirnov (SPIIRAS, Russia)
 * Katia Sycara (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
 * Andreas Symeonidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
 * Boleslaw Szymanski (Rensselaer Polytech. Institute, USA)
 * Huaglory Tianfield (Glasgow Caledonian University., UK)
 * Santtu Toivonen (VTT Tech. Res. Centre, Finland)
 * Ran Wolff (Haifa University, Israel)
 * Philipp Yu (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA)
 * Nikolay Zagoruiko (Inst. for Mathematics, Russia)
 * Zili Zhang (Deakin University, Australia)
 * Ning Zhong (Maebashi Inst. of Technology, Japan)
 * Hai Zhuge (Inst. for Computer Technology, China)

Location of the Meeting, Accommodation, Cultural Program
========================================================
According to the preliminary agreement, the AIS-ADM-07 Workshop will
take place in the historical building "Palace of Grand Prince Vladimir
Romanov," now "House of Scientists," located in the heart of St.
Petersburg, address: 26, Dvortsovaya emb., St. Petersburg, 191186,
Russia. This venue allows the conference organizers to arrange for the
Workshop itself, as well as for the associated events (informal
discussions, reception, breaks, etc.)

All participants are expected to arrive to St. Petersburg directly.
Workshop organizers intend to arrange for transportation upon arrival
and departure and to/from Workshop venue/other hotel upon a separate
request of participants.

The following assistance in housing could be provided by local
organizers. We intend to engage a Destination Management Company
"Monomax" to assist participants in housing and cultural programs
(http://monomax.ru/langeng). It is possible to make reservations at
reasonable prices in hotels in the St. Petersburg downtown area from
$120 per night (single room), and from $130 per night (double room).

Also, reservations in better and more expensive hotels at $150 - $600
per night are available (hotels like Astoria, Europe, Radisson SAS,
etc.). For students, the hostel from about $50 may be organized on
special request.

Visa Issues
===========
To come to Russia, all foreign participants will need an entering
visa. As a host institution SPIIRAS will handle this issue through a
formal invitation letter to every participant. To issue such a letter,
we shall need the following details to include in the above letter for
every individual: first name, middle name, surname, date of birth,
citizenship, passport No., expiration date (as appear in a valid
passport) and the city where the visa is applied in. In addition, each
individual has to fax copy of the first page of his/her passport at
+7(812)328-06-85 containing personal data and dates of the passport
number and expiry date.

Note that about one month is required only to arrange formal
invitation in St. Petersburg. Time for invitation mailing to the
addressee and for getting visa at local consulate has to be added to
calculate the deadline to be met for receiving request for invitation
letter by organizers.

Contact us
==========
Program Committee Co-Chairman
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Professor Vladimir Gorodetsky
Phone: 7-(812)-323-3570; Fax: +7(812)-328-06-85
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

Local contact person
--------------------
Irina Podnozova
Phone: 7-(812)-328-4446 Fax: +7(812)-328-06-85
E-mail: [log in to unmask]