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THE SIXTH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
Bath, UK, 18th and 19th of December, 2008
http://eumas08.cs.bath.ac.uk/

Abstract Submission Deadline: Sept. 12th 2008
Full Submission Deadline: Sept. 15th 2008
Notification to Authors: Oct. 20th 2008

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In the last two decades, we have seen a significant increase of interest
in agent-oriented technology. It is crucial that both academics and
industrialists within Europe have access to a forum at which current
research and application issues are presented and discussed. Following
in the tradition of past EUMAS (Oxford 2003, Barcelona 2004, Brussels
2005, Lisbon 2006 and Hammamet 2007), the aim of this sixth European
Workshop on MultiAgent Systems is to encourage and support activity
in the research and development of multi-agent systems, in academic
and industrial efforts. This workshop is primarily intended as a 
European forum
at which researchers and those interested in activities relating to 
research
in the area of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems could meet, 
present
(potentially preliminary) research results, problems, and issues in an open
and informal but academic environment.

SUBMISSIONS
Submission of papers describing relevant preliminary or completed work are
invited. EUMAS'08 welcomes also papers that are under submission, will be
presented or have already been presented at relevant international 
conferences.
We specially invite submissions by students that we think will receive 
valuable
feedback from the the discussion-oriented focus of the workshop. 
Preliminary
student work is welcome; however it has to possess sufficient substance 
for serving
as a discussion basis and therefore has to pass the review cycle in the 
same
way as other work.

All submissions should be formatted using Springer LNCS style
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) and have a maximum of 15 
pages.
We request the submission of title and abstract prior or together with 
the paper
submission for supporting the tight schedule of reviewing. As we want to 
send out
notifications before the AAMAS 2009 deadline, we will not postpone the 
paper
submission deadline.
The authors can submit their abstracts and papers through the following 
webpage:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eumas2008.

The workshop has no formal proceedings; it is intended primarily as a forum
for interaction and discussion. The workshop will provide electronic (CD)
proceedings. Printed proceedings will be available for an extra fee covering
printing costs. Workshop notes will contain all original papers and
abstracts of previously published papers. Depending on the quality, we 
intend
to invite a selection of extended versions of the unpublished 
submissions to
be included in relevant journal special issues.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics include but are not limited to:
Action and Planning, Adaptation and Learning, Agent Architectures,
Agent Programming Languages, Agents and Complex Systems, Agent Based
Simulation, Ambient Intelligence, Applications, Argumentation,
Autonomy, Bio-inspired Approaches to Agents and Multiagent Systems,
Cognitive Models, Collective and Swarm Intelligence, Collective 
Intentionality,
Communication, Competition, Complexity, Cooperation, Coordination,
E-* Applications, Economic Models, Emergence,
Emotion, Formal Models, Game Theoretic Models, Grid Computing,
Methodologies, Negotiation, Organisations and Institutions,
Proactivity and Reactivity, Protocols, Robotics, Self-organisation, 
Semantic
Web Agents, Agent-based Service Oriented Computing,
Agent-oriented Software Engineering, Standards, Teamwork,
Theories of Agency, Tools, Trust and Reputation,
Ubiquitous Computing, Verification,Virtual Agents

INVITED TALKS
We are happy to announce invited talks by prominent and inspiring
speakers: Marek Sergot (Imperial College, London) and
Niek Wijngaards (Thales, Netherlands).

VENUE
EUMAS 2008 will be held at the University of Bath, whose buildings are 
set in an
attractive campus on a hill above the centre of Bath, a World Heritage 
City. The
weather in December is cold and often sunny - but don't forget your 
umbrella!

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission Deadline: 12th September
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15th September
Notification to Authors: 10th October
Camera Ready due: 17th November
Early Registration: 31th October
Event: 18th and 19th of December


CONTACT
Franziska Kluegl
kluegl[]informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de


OFFICIALS

GENERAL CHAIR
Julian Padget
Department of Computer Science
University of Bath, UK

PROGRAM CHAIR
Franziska Kluegl
Dept. of Artificial Ingelligence and Applied Computer Science
University of Wuerzburg, Germany

LOCAL CHAIRS:
Marina De Vos
Julian Padget
Department of Computer Science
University of Bath, UK