DAI-List Digest Tuesday, 9 February 1993 Issue Number 106 Topics: CFP for IJCAI Workshop on Artificial Economics CFP for MAAMAW'93 Paper available on Interaction Abstract Machines CFP for Blackboard-Based Logic Programming Query regarding research in distributed AI CFP for Bar-Ilan Symposium on Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Administrivia: Please send submissions to DAI-List@mcc.com. Send other requests, such as changes in your e-mail address, to DAI-List-Request@mcc.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 10:45:01 PST From: Bernardo Huberman Subject: CFP for IJCAI Workshop on Artificial Economics Call for Participation Workshop on Artificial Economics IJCAI-93 - August 30, 1993 - Chambry, France The goal of the Workshop is to bring together researchers from different fields as AI, cognitive sciences and economics that are involved in the study of economic systems, to discuss the results of their research and the way economics and finance can benefit by interdisciplinary AI-based approaches. The Workshop will focus on specific aspects as modeling of artificial economic agents and systems (especially artificial markets) with a particular attention for the analysis of populations of interacting agents. We welcome communications relating to simulation of economic agents embodying learning capabilities, with special interest for unsupervised ones. Contributions based on traditional AI techniques, neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic and rule-based systems are encouraged. Topics of Interest * Artificial Economic Agents Formal models Architectures Mathematical tools Individual learning Knowledge acquisition Simulation techniques Reasoning methods * Artificial Economic Systems Formal models of multiagent economies Mathematical tools DAI and multi-agent models for economics and finance Collective learning Cooperation and competition Adaptation Artificial Life paradigms Co-evolution of strategies Emergence of markets and economic behavior Those interested in presenting their work should submit: * 4 copies of a short paper (from 5 to 8 pages) * a one-page statement of their research interests (1 copy) * a list of previous works and publications (1 copy). Those interested in participating only should submit 4 copies of a one-page statement of their research interests together with a bibliography. All submissions should include the name of the principal author, a mailing address, a telephone and a fax number. Submissions - fax or e-mail are not accepted - should arrive no later than March 15, 1993 to: Sergio Margarita Universit di Torino Istituto di Matematica Finanziaria Piazza Arbarello 8 10122 Torino, ITALY Tel. +39 11 546805 Fax. +39 11 544004 The notification date for acceptance is April 15, 1993. The deadline for final papers for inclusion in the Workshop Proceedings is June 15, 1993. Registration: Please note that workshop participation is restricted to those registered to the main IJCAI-93 conference (August 29 - September 3, 1993). The registration fee for one workshop is 300 FF (about 60 $). Information about IJCAI-93 registration can be obtained directly from IJCAI-93 organizers. The number of participants is limited to about 30 people. Workshop Organizing Committee: Paul Bourgine Fax. +33 1 40966080 Bernardo A. Huberman Fax. +1 415 8124388 Sergio Margarita Fax. +39 11 544004 Philip C. Treleaven Fax. +44 71 3871397 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 17:39:20 +0100 From: Jean-Pierre Muller Subject: CFP: MAAMAW'93 MAAMAW '93 Fifth European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World August, 25-27 1993 Neuchatel, Switzerland CALL FOR PAPERS The purpose of this Workshop is to stimulate exchange and discussion of research in the field of multiagent systems. MAAMAW is the European forum for DAI studies. While classical DAI research was mainly concerned with distributed problem solving and task allocation in view of a common goal, MAAMAW emphasizes the problems arising when several autonomous agents, endowed with their own goals, knowledge, and abilities, share a common environment and pursue either shared or competing goals. MAAMAW is therefore interested both in classical DAI problems (coordination, communication, cooperation, negotiation, etc.) and in theories of intention and action, or, more generally, in autonomous agent and multiagent system architectures. Multiagent models are a new area of research in rapid growth, of relevant interest both for AI and for social and management sciences. Both novel theoretical and computational approaches to multiagent topics are encouraged. The submitted papers will undergo a strict selection. It is an international workshop to discuss your ideas or exhibit your systems. Topics of MAAMAW interest include, but are not limited to: * Agent architectures (high level, reactive, situated agents, especially integration of these) * Artificial life from a multiagent perspective * Cooperation, coordination, and conflict * Communication (protocols, linguistic strategies, negotiation approaches) * Distributed planning and group work * Distributed algorithms for multiagent interactions * Learning of cooperation and coordination * Hardware based on a multiagent perspective * Multiagent testbeds for simulating multiagent interactions * Formal specification and verification of agents and systems of agents * Conceptual and theoretical foundations of multiagent systems * Social simulation and formalization of social concepts * Practical applications of multiagent systems This year, the workshop will concentrate in two important directions for the future of the multiagent domain: *** EMERGENCE AS A NEW PARADIGM: FROM INTERACTION TO COGNITION *** The study of "emergence" of functionalities can be used to try bridging the gap between Brooks-like, reactive systems (an individual as a set of interacting entities) and cognitive models (an individual as a whole having knowledge, goals and plans), or between implementational and theoretical perspectives, or between the micro- and the macrolevels of social action. In particular, organizations can be seen as entities having knowledge, goals and plans which are not explicitly represented or shared by any individual member but just emerge from the structure and related interactions of the agents composing the organizations. Conversely, part of the knowledge, goals and plans of one agent could be explained by the interaction of the agent with the other agents. *** WORKING TOGETHER AS A MULTI-AGENT PROBLEM *** What is the contribution of DAI models and applications to the design of modern organizations? What are its relations with Computer Supported Cooperative Work? What are the possible contributions of multiagent systems to the development of Coordination Science? Papers on the applications of multiagent systems and their effects on "working together," of humans and machines, in offices or in factories, with robots or with databases, are strongly encouraged. Special focuses concern papers, as well invited talks and debates. However, papers on the other topics are welcomed. Preprints of the proceedings will be available at the workshop. Papers from the proceedings will be revised to appear in a book. MAAMAW '93 is organized by: IIIA - Institute of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence of the University of Neuchatel Program Chairmen: Cristiano Castelfranchi (IP-CNR / AI*IA - Italy) Jean-Pierre Muller (IIIA, Neuchatel University - Switzerland) Program Committee: Magnus Boman (Stockholm University and R.I.T. - Sweden) John Campbell (University College London - United Kingdom) Helder Coelho (INESC, Technical Univ. of Lisbon - Portugal) Yves Demazeau (LIFIA/IMAG, Grenoble - France) Mauro Di Manzo (Universita di Genova - Italy) Jean Erceau (ONERA/GIA, Chatillon - France) Jacques Ferber (LAFORIA, Paris - France) Julia Galliers (University of Cambridge - United Kingdom) Hans Haugeneder (Siemens AG, Muenchen - Germany) George Kiss (The Open University, Milton Keynes - United Kingdom) Paul Levi (Technischen Universitaet, Muenchen - Germany) Frank v. Martial (DETECON, Bonn - Germany) Maria Miceli (IP-CNR, Rome - Italy) Eugenio Oliveira (Universidade do Porto - Portugal) John Perram (Odense Universitet - Denmark) Jeffrey Rosenschein (Hebrew University, Jerusalem - Israel) Walter Van de Velde (Vrije Universiteit Brussels - Belgium) Peter Wavish (Philips Research Lab, Redhill - United Kingdom) Eric Werner (INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis - France) Gilad Zlotkin (Hebrew University, Jerusalem - Israel) Invited Speakers: Leading experts of the domain will be invited to give presentations. Multi-Agent Olympics: There will be a competition and a prize for the most interesting multiagent system (software, hardware). People willing to present a system should contact in advance the local organizers. Submission of papers: Authors are requested to submit 5 copies of papers written in English in hardcopy format (electronic and fax submissions will not be accepted) to the Program Chairmen at the address specified below. Submitted papers should be no longer than 5000 words (12 pages, A4 or 8.5"x11" sized paper in letter quality print). The first page of each paper should contain the title, the name of the author(s), the complete address(es), and an abstract. Application without papers: People not submitting a paper are requested to give a brief description of their research interests. Applications are welcome, but acceptance will be restricted given the objectives of the workshop. Timetable: Papers, as well as general applications, must be received by April 23., 1993. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by June 18., 1993. Final camera-ready papers must be received by July 30., 1993. Send papers to: Prof. Jean-Pierre Muller - MAAMAW93 IIIA - Universite de Neuchatel rue de Monruz, 36 CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland Local Organizers (to be contacted for further information): Dr. Khaled Ghedira - MAAMAW93 IIIA - Universite de Neuchatel rue de Monruz, 36 CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland fax: +41-38-24 26 95 e-mail: maamaw@info.unine.ch ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Feb 93 17:50:21 +0100 Subject: Paper available on Interaction Abstract Machines From: Remo Pareschi The following paper will appear in the book ``Research Directions in Concurrent Object-oriented Programming'', edited by Agha, Wegner and Yonezawa. The paper is available via anonymous ftp at the node ``ecrc.de'' in the directory /pub/loco. TITLE: Interaction Abstract Machines AUTHORS: Jean-Marc Andreoli, Paolo Ciancarini and Remo Pareschi ABSTRACT: In this paper, we introduce the metaphor of Interaction Abstract Machines (IAMs), in the same vein of such metaphors as the Chemical Abstract Machine. The main point about IAMs is in allowing interactions among independent, locally defined subsystems --- a crucial requirement for capturing the global behavior of open systems. IAMs amalgamate dual concepts in distributed problem solving, such as blackboards and broadcast communication, which are exploited to account for, respectively, the tight integration and the loose integration of system components. The formal counterpart for the IAM metaphor can be found in the computational model of Linear Objects (LO), whose aim is the abstract modeling of concurrent agent-oriented computations and whose operational semantics is given in terms of the proof theory of Linear Logic, a framework recently introduced to provide a theoretical account for the notion of (inter)action. ------------------------------ From: tarau@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Paul Tarau) Subject: Call for Papers - Blackboard-Based Logic Programming Date: 31 Jan 93 04:03:12 GMT Call For Papers ICLP'93 Postconference Workshop on Blackboard-Based Logic Programming June 24, 1993 Budapest, Hungary Experience with existing logic programming languages has revealed the need for access to global data in a structured way. Blackboards have recently entered logic programming as a promising answer to this need. Besides the advantages of global storage, blackboards are successfully used for communication in new parallel languages (e.g., Linda-D-Prolog, Shared Prolog,...). They have also turned out to be an elegant tool for integrating independently developed Prolog programs as well as programs written in vastly different styles, such as functional, object-oriented and logic programming styles. The workshop is intended to bring together researchers interested in all aspects of blackboard-based logic programming, including but not limited to the following topics: - Language design (both concurrent and sequential) - Theory and foundations - Implementations and architectures - Compilation techniques - Global and persistent objects in logic programming - Multiparadigm blackboard programming - Applications and programming methodologies. Authors interested in presenting their work are invited to send, by e-mail or by regular mail, a 3-5 page abstract or, preferably, a full paper before April 1st. The submissions will be reviewed by the workshop organizers and based on this review, they will be included in informal proceedings to be distributed to the attendees. A selection of these papers will be presented at the workshop. Acceptance/rejection will be notified by May 1st. People interested in attending the workshop are welcome too. They are kindly requested to send their postal and (if available) electronic address as soon as possible. All submissions and information requests should be sent to: J.-M. Jacquet Department of Computer Science, University of Namur, rue Grandgagnage 21, 5000 Namur, Belgium Email: jmj@info.fundp.ac.be Tel: +32 (81) 72 50 01 Fax: +32 (81) 72 49 67 Workshop organizers: K. De Bosschere, University of Gent, Belgium, kdb@lem.rug.ac.be J.-M. Jacquet, University of Namur, Belgium, jmj@info.fundp.ac.be P. Tarau, University of Moncton, Canada,tarau@info.umoncton.ca Important dates: Deadline for submission of papers: April 1st Notification for acceptance/rejection: May 1st ------------------------------ From: perrocho@inf.ethz.ch (Louis Perrochon) Subject: research on distributed AI?? Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 11:45:44 GMT I'm looking for research work on distributed AI. Does anyone know about work done in the following areas: 1. Interoperating of multiple (possibly heterogeneous) expert systems. 2. Dealing with inconsistencies among different expert systems, if they are connected together to give one advice. Imagine 10 surgeon-expert-systems discussing the best way to fix a broken leg. Any hints are welcome (other newsgroup to post, papers, conferences, books, email addresses of authors, ...) Please answer via email. I will forward/repost a summary if requested. Louis Perrochon, Institut fuer Informationssysteme, Zurich, Switzerland voice: ++1 254 7282 email: perrochon@inf.ethz.ch ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Feb 93 08:18:05 +0200 From: sarit@bimacs.cs.biu.ac.il (Sarit Kraus) Subject: Submission CFP BISFAI Submission deadline is March 1, 1993 Third Bar-Ilan Symposium on the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence 15-17 June 1993 -- Ramat Gan, Israel Bar-Ilan University, through its Center for Applied Logic and Artificial Intelligence (CALAI) and the Abraham Gelbart Research Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, is pleased to announce its third Symposium on the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (BISFAI-93) to be held June 15-17, 1993 in Ramat Gan, Israel. The Symposium is also supported by AAAI and is held in cooperation with the ECCAI and the IAAI. The Symposium is international in scope, with invited lectures by leading researchers and contributed papers on foundations of AI. The invited speakers for BISFAI-93 will be Barbara Grosz, Jean-Louis Lassez, Vladimir Lifschitz and Jeffrey Rosenschein. Symposium Chair is Martin Golumbic. This biennial event focuses on a range of topics of concern to scholars applying quantitative, combinatorial, logical, algebraic and algorithmic methods to AI areas as diverse as decision support, automatic reasoning, knowledge-based systems, machine learning, computational linguistics, computer vision, and robotics. These include applied logicians, algorithms and complexity researchers, AI theorists, and applications specialists using mathematical methods. Although a small meeting is anticipated, with selected speakers and no parallel sessions, an attempt will be made to open attendance to all interested research scientists. ............ CALL FOR PAPERS .............. High quality research papers are solicited for consideration by the program committee to be presented at the Symposium. Submissions of extended abstracts of 4-10 pages or full papers must arrive by 1 March 1993 and should be sent in triplicate to: Dr. Sarit Kraus, Program Chair BISFAI-93 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel email: sarit@bimacs.bitnet or sarit@bimacs.cs.biu.ac.il Decisions on presentations will be made on or before 20 April 1993. Selected refereed full length theory papers will be published in a special issue of the Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence and selected application oriented papers in the journal Applied Artificial Intelligence, as a permanent record of the Symposium. These should be submitted shortly after the conclusion of the Symposium. No informal proceedings will appear. ............ TRAVEL GRANTS .............. A limited number of grants for partial support will be available for graduate students and postdocs. Those interested in applying for such a grant should send (1) a short statement about their research and (2) the name of at least one faculty member who can recommend them, to Prof. Martin Golumbic, Symposium Chair BISFAI-93 IBM Israel Scientific Center MATAM Technology Park Haifa, Israel email: golumbic@haifasc3.vnet.ibm.com The deadline for grant requests is April 15, 1993. ............ FURTHER INFORMATION .............. For further information on the Symposium and to receive additional announcements, contact Dr. Ronen Feldman, BISFAI-93 Organizing Chair Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, ISRAEL email: feldman@bimacs.bitnet or feldman@bimacs.cs.biu.ac.il Hotel accommodations will be reserved at the Kfar Hamaccabia Hotel in Ramat Gan which also has sports facilities available gratis for the Symposium participants. The Symposium will take place at the University, which is a short ride, or a half-hour walk, from the hotel. Program Committee: Yaacov Choueka (Bar-Ilan University) Rina Dechter (U.C. Irvine) Ronen Feldman (Bar-Ilan University) Ariel Frank (Bar-Ilan University) Dov Gabbay (Imperial College) Dan Geiger (Technion) Martin Golumbic (IBM Israel and Bar-Ilan University) Joe Halpern (IBM Almaden Research Center) Jeff Johnson (Open University, England) Moshe Koppel (Bar-Ilan University) Sarit Kraus (Bar-Ilan University) Daniel Lehmann (Hebrew University) Larry Manevitz (Haifa University) Jack Minker (University of Maryland) Leora Morgenstern (IBM Watson Research Center) Ephraim Nissan (Bar-Ilan University) Judea Pearl (UCLA) Donald Perlis (University of Maryland) Michael Richter (University of Kaiserslautern) Jeff Rosenschein (Hebrew University) Uri Schild (Bar-Ilan University) Micha Sharir (New York University and Tel Aviv) Jonathan Stavi (Bar-Ilan University) ======================================================================= >>>> PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO RECEIVE FURTHER MAILINGS <<<< Dr. Ronen Feldman, BISFAI-93 Organizing Chair Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, ISRAEL email: feldman@bimacs.bitnet or feldman@bimacs.cs.biu.ac.il Name: ________________________________________________________ Affiliation: _________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________ Electronic mail: ____________________________________________ _____ I will attend the Bar-Ilan Symposium June 15-17, 1993 _____ Please send me the final announcement in May 1993. I do / do not plan to submit a paper. ------------------------------ End of DAI-List Digest Issue #106 *********************************