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6th MASTA @ EPIA 2011
Thematic Track on Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications

10-13 October 2011, Lisbon, Portugal

http://epia2011.appia.pt/

Submission deadline: May 10, 2011
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Introduction
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Since 1993, the area of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) has been present in 
all EPIA Conferences, both as individual tracks and as autonomous 
workshops. Focusing on a fundamental subject of Artificial Intelligence, 
the 6th edition of Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications - MASTA 
2011 Thematic Track, will be a forum for presenting and discussing the 
most recent and innovative work on MAS.

Departing, from the end of the 1980’s, from the two main branches of 
Decentralized Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Problem Solving, 
research on MAS has developed in areas of increasing specialization and 
autonomy as diverse as agent theories and architectures, cognitive 
modelling, coordination, negotiation and argumentation, social 
organization and social simulation, swarm intelligence, and 
agent-oriented programming.

Agent technology has been used to solve real-world problems in a range 
of industrial and commercial applications, including manufacturing, 
supply chain management, process control, telecommunications, air 
traffic control, transportation systems, and business process management.

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Aims and Scope
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Research on MAS has a vigorous, exciting tradition and has led to 
important theories and systems. However, new trends and concerns are 
still emerging and form the basis of current and future research. This 
thematic track is intended to provide a discussion forum on the most 
recent and innovative work in all areas of MAS.

The unifying focus of the thematic track will be on methodological 
aspects. Both theoretical and practical research should be situated in 
the context of existing or new methodologies. This will not preclude any 
specific topic, but preference will be given to research work that 
establishes some connection with the methodological aspects or to 
successful applications built upon some methodology.

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Topics of Interest
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

            * Agent theories, Architectures and Languages;
            * Cognitive models, including emotions and philosophies;
            * Formal Methods for Modelling Agents and MAS;
            * Cooperation, Coordination and Teamwork;
            * Automated Negotiation and Computational Argumentation;
            * Multi-Agent Evolution, Adaptation and Learning;
            * Trust and Reputation in MAS;
            * Communication: protocols and languages;
            * Artificial Social Systems;
            * Agent-Oriented Software Engineering;
            * Multi-Agent Simulation and Modelling;
            * Norms and Institutions in MAS;
            * Ethical and Legal issues raised by Agents and MAS;
            * Industrial and Commercial Applications;
            * Scalability and Performance of MAS.

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Submission Information
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Submission of papers is made electronically through the Conference 
website (epia2011.appia.pt). Authors must remove their names from the 
papers and should take reasonable care not to indirectly disclose their 
identity (blind reviewing process).

Papers should be no longer than 15 pages, including figures and 
references, and should be formatted according to the Springer's 
LNCS/LNAI format, following the instructions on Springer’s website 
(http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0).

Papers of higher quality will be published in Lecture Notes in 
Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), by Springer (proceedings indexed by the 
Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge). All other accepted papers will be 
published in the local proceedings.

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Important Dates
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            * Full Paper Submission:       May 10, 2011
            * Notification of Acceptance:  June 10, 2011
            * Camera-ready Papers:         July 1, 2011
            * Conference Date:             October 10-13, 2011

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Organizing Committee
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Paulo Urbano
Departamento de Informática
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
Edifício C6, Piso 3, Campo Grande
1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
pub [at] di [dot] fc [dot] ul [dot] pt

Cesar Analide
Departamento de Informática
Universidade do Minho
Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
analide [at] di [dot] uminho [dot] pt

Fernando Lopes
Departamento de Modelação e Simulação
Laboratório Nacional de Energia (LNEG)
1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal
fernando [dot] lopes [at] ineti [dot] pt

Henrique Lopes Cardoso
Departamento de Engenharia Informática
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
hlc [at] fe [dot] up [dot] pt

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Additional Information
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Additional information can be found at the Conference website 
(epia2011.appia.pt/) or asked for by e-mail, using the address masta2011 
[at] appia [dot] pt.

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Steering Committee
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Eugénio Oliveira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Helder Coelho, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
João Balsa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Luís Reis, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

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Program Committee
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Alejandro Hérnandez, Universidad Veracruzana, Spain
Alexander Pokahr, University of Hamburg, Germany
Amal Elfallah, Université Paris VI, France
Amílcar Cardoso, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Ana Paula Rocha, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Andrea Omicini, Università di Bologna, Italy
António Pereira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
António Rocha Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Carlos Martinho, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Christian Lemaître, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico
Cristiano Castelfranchi, ISTC-CNR, Italy
Eugénio Oliveira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
F. Jordan Srour, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Frank Dignum, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Helder Coelho, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Huib Aldewereld, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Jaime Sichman, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Javier Bajo, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain
Javier Carbó, Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Spain
João Balsa, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
João Leite, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
John-Jules Meyer, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Jomi Hübner, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Jordi Sabater-Mir, IIIA-CSIC, Spain
Jörg Müller, TU Clausthal Institut für Informatik, Germany
Juan Burgillo, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Juan M. Corchado, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Laurent Vercouter, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de 
Saint-Étienne, France
Luís Botelho, ISCTE, Portugal
Luís Correia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Luís Macedo, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Luís Moniz, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Luís Reis, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Marc Esteva, IIIA-CSIC, Spain
Michael Fisher, University of Liverpool, UK
Murat Sensoy, University of Aberdeen, UK
Neil Yorke-Smith, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Nicoletta Fornara, Università della Svizzera Italiana (University of 
Lugano), Switzerland
Nuno Lau, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Olivier Boissier, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, 
France
Onn Shehory, IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel
Pablo Noriega, IIIA-CSIC, Spain
Paolo Torroni, Università di Bologna, Italy
Paulo Ferreira Jr., Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil
Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Pavlos Moraitis, Université Paris Descartes, France
Pedro Mariano, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Reyhan Aydogan, Bogazici University, Turkey
Rosa Vicari, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Santiago Ontañón Villar, IIIA-CSIC, Spain
Virginia Dignum, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Wamberto Vasconcelos, University of Aberdeen, UK
Wojtek Jamroga, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Ya'akov Gal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Yun-Gyung Cheong, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technologies, South Korea
Yves Demazeau, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, France

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6th Multi-Agent Systems: Theory and Applications - MASTA @ EPIA 2011
Thematic Track @ EPIA 2011                          Lisbon, PORTUGAL
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