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                               AT2AI-3

                    Third International Symposium
             "From Agent Theory to Agent Implementation"

      <URL: http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/~paolo/conf/at2ai3.html>

                             held at the
      16th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research
                             (EMCSR 2002)

                April 2-5, 2002, Vienna, Austria, EU

               <URL:http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/emcsr/>

             Paper submission deadline: November 16, 2001



INTRODUCTION:

By the time the first symposium "From Agent Theory to Agent
Implementation" was held in April 1998, agent-based technology had
already made a fast inroad from highly specialised workshops to
mainstream textbooks.  Rapid progress has continued to date, resulting
in an ever expanding range of underpinning theories, architectural
models, engineering methods, implementation frameworks, and tools.

Even so, there remain many issues to be investigated and clarified
concerning the relations between theoretical models of agents and
multiagent systems on the one hand, and the deployment of
implementations based on these models and architectures in real-world
applications on the other, including perspectives on the supporting
infrastructure and middleware.

The main objective of this symposium is to foster the exchange of
ideas and experience among researchers and practitioners working on
theoretical and application-oriented issues of agent technology,
covering both the micro and macro aspects of agent design and the
transition from drawing boards and partly idealised models, over
modeling tools and frameworks, to deployment, configuration and
maintenance of implementations.

Of particular relevance to the symposium is work that reports insights
gathered and lessons learnt when applying specific agent theories or
architectures to application problems, and that discusses methods,
methodologies, and other tools, that can help system designers to
successfully accomplish the mapping between available agent technology
on the one hand, and application problems on the other.

Topics of interest therefore include:

     Conceptual and theoretical foundations
     Agent languages and architectures
     Learning and adaptability
     Communication, coordination and collaboration
     Social issues in agent societies
     Safety, security, and responsibility
     Single vs. multi-agent systems
     Agents vs. Middleware (e.g. CORBA, Grid Computing, ...)
     Development and engineering methodologies
     User interfaces and usability
     Testbeds and evaluations
     Applications


ORGANISATION:

Symposium Chairs:

Jörg P. Müller (<URL:mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
  Paolo Petta  (<URL:mailto:[log in to unmask]>)

Programme Committee:

Ardissono, Liliana      Bauer, Bernhard          Dickinson, Ian J.
Dignum, Frank           Fischer, Klaus           Flake, Stephan
Gadomski, Adam-Maria    Gustavsson, Rune         Hanachi, Chihab
Hoek, Wiebe van der     Jonker, Catholijn M.     Kirn, Stefan
Klusch, Matthias        Labrou, Yannis           Luck, Michael
Marik, Vladimir         Meyer, John-Jules Ch.    Noriega, Pablo
Omicini, Andrea         Ossowski, Sascha         Picco, Gian Pietro
Preist, Chris           Rocha, Ana Paula         Schroeder, Michael
Wagner, Gerd            Wooldridge, Michael J.   Zambonelli, Franco


SUBMISSION DETAILS:

For details on how to prepare the draft final paper, see the
guidelines for the main EMCSR conference published on the EMCSR web
server (<URL:http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/emcsr/>).  Draft Final Papers
must not exceed 10 single-spaced A4 pages (maximum 43 lines, max. line
length 160 mm, 12 point), in English.  They have to contain the final
text to be submitted, including graphs and pictures. However, these
need not be of reproducible quality.  They must carry the title,
author(s) name(s), and affiliation (including. e-mail address, if possible)
in this order, and must include an abstract.

Please notice that for this particular symposium submission in
ELECTRONIC FORMAT is STRONGLY PREFERRED, either via e-mail as
attachment, or by anonymous FTP upload WITH JOINT NOTIFICATION by
e-mail; otherwise send FOUR hard copies of the draft final paper.

Address your submission to:

  Paolo Petta
  Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
  Schottengasse 3
  A 1010 Vienna, Austria, EU

  e-mail: [log in to unmask]

  FTP: upload your papers to <URL:ftp://ftp.ai.univie.ac.at/incoming/>
       please start the name of the uploaded file with
       "at2ai3_" and the first author name, e.g.: "at2ai3_petta.zip"
       FTP-uploads MUST BE accompanied by an e-mail notification
       to [log in to unmask]

Accepted Papers:

Authors of accepted papers will be notified by December 14, 2001; the
list will also be published on the AT2AI-3 web site. After the event,
a second round of more extensive reviews is planned which is to lead
to the publication of extended versions of selected contributions in
an edited collection.

Important dates:

     Paper submission deadline:         November 16, 2001
     Notification of acceptance:        December 14, 2001
     Camera-ready copies due:           January  18, 2002


FURTHER INFORMATION:

* Please consult the symposium web page for latest updates
  (<URL:http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/~paolo/conf/at2ai3.html>)
* For information about paper formatting, registration, and
  accommodation, see the main EMCSR 2002 Web site
  (<URL:http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/emcsr/>)