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International
Workshop
on
Engineering
Semantic
Agent
Systems
(ESAS 2006)
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International Workshop on
Engineering Semantic Agent Systems
(ESAS
2006)
In conjunction with
30th IEEE Annual International Computer Software
and Applications Conference (COMPSAC
2006)
And co-located with IEEE CS
CoSTEP Conferences
2006 IEEE International Conference on Web Services
(ICWS 2006)
2006 IEEE International Conference on Services
Computing (SCC 2006),
2006 Int. Workshop on Software Technology and
Engineering Practice (STEP 2006)
Call
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WORKSHOP THEME:
Applying Semantic Web Technologies in Research and Development
of
Software Agents, Mobile Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Semantic web technologies render dynamic, heterogeneous,
distributed, shared content equally accessible to human reader and
software agents. Here the vision is to achieve a synergy with multi-agent
systems (MAS) technologies whereby agents will be in the center stage.
Distributed agents functioning autonomously can utilize semantic Web
content to gather and aggregate knowledge, reason and infer new results
towards achieving their goals and generating new knowledge. Such knowledge
in turn may be disseminated and used to achieve the shared goal of
the agents system.
Other workshops have so far missed to garner the synergy
of both technologies by taking up either the semantic web aspect or
the agent aspect of the common research issue. Topics of interest
span a wide spectrum of both theory and practice of agent architectures,
software agents, mobile agents, autonomous semantic agents, context-aware
intelligent agents, agents as semantic web services, multi-agent systems,
agent communities, cooperation and goal seeking through sharing policy
and ontology, safety & security in systems, other QoS issues,
...
Mobile agent and MAS technologies are crucial in realizing
multi-party application systems. Semantic Web technologies augment
MAS by enabling agents with functioning based on the semantics of
their mission and of the world around them. Agents, implemented as
Web services in developing distributed control and processing applications,
entail interesting consequences such as situation awareness, semantic
composition of services, context sensitive long-lasting transactions,
effecting service policies and quality levels, etc. Complex applications
could become realizable with novel features such as factory floor
automation for flexible production, collaborative discovery of uncharted
geography (for example, cooperative labyrinth discovery), traffic
management and info dissemination with facilitation of emergency services,
financial markets forecasting with optimization of portfolio gain,
etc.
We envisage a strong undercurrent of intelligent software
agents, mobile agents, and MAS running through this workshop. Side
by side with the use of semantic Web technologies, several foci of
interest are threaded:
- Software Agents, Mobile Agents, and MAS: issues relating
to architecture, implementation, coordination, service levels, etc.
of semantic or otherwise agents.
- Agent, MAS and Semantic Web Technologies: concomitant
utilization of specific technologies in agent, MAS, and semantic Web
implementations; semantic agent communities & applications; case
studies of best-practice MAS applications; projects in the making;
- Ontologies for Agents and MAS: agent cooperation ontology;
ontology of workflow in MAS; ontologies for distributed applications;
sharing and semantic interoperability; discovery and operations on
ontologies;
- Platforms for agent and MAS implementation: languages, frameworks,
tools, integrated development environments and software engineering
practices supporting semantic or otherwise software agent & MAS
architectures, coordination, trust & security mechanisms, description,
discovery and composition of agent-based services.
- Other subjects of relevance to software agents, mobile agents,
agent-based and multi-agent systems.
IMPORTANT DATES
Apr 1 , 2006: deadline for paper
submission. (Deadline Extended to Friday April
14)
May 15, 2006 notification of acceptance
June 25, 2006 camera-ready due
SUBMISSION
Original
papers not being submitted to journals or other conferences will be
considered. All submitted papers will be reviewed by the program committee
according to its originality, significance, correctness, presentation
and relevance. We encourage authors to present position papers on
practical studies and experiments, critique of existing work, emerging
issues, and novel ideas under development.
Papers must be submitted electronically
via the
ESAS 2006 Submission Page. Manuscripts
will be limited to 6 pages including all figures, tables, and references.
The format of submitted papers must follow the IEEE conference proceedings
guidelines (i.e., 8.5" x 11", Two-Column Format (PDF,
DOC);
Layout Guide (PDF,
DOC).
Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings of the
30th IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC
2006). At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must
register as a full participant of the workshop for the paper to be
included in the proceedings.
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
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Atilla ELCI
(Chairman)
Internet Technology Research Center
and Dept. of Computer Engineering,
Eastern Mediterranean University,
Famagusta, Northern Cyprus, Turkey
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Mamadou Tadiou Kone
(Co-Chair)
Dept. of Computer Science,
Faculty of Science and Engineering,
Laval University, Québec, Canada
E-mail
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Tharam S. Dillon
(Co-Chair)
eXel Lab and Dean,
Faculty of Information Technology,
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
E-mail |
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Asuman
DOGAC |
Middle East Technical
University,
Turkey |
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Michal
PECHOUCEK |
Czech Technical University,
Czech Republic |
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Hasan
DAVULCU |
Arizona State University,
U.S.A. |
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Marin
DIMITROV |
OntoText Lab,
Bulgaria |
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Alex ABRAMOVICH
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Gordon College,
Israel
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Vadim
ERMOLAYEV
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Zaporozhye
State University,
Ukraine
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M.
Osman UNALIR
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Egean
University,
Turkey
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M.Adeeb GHONAIMY |
Ain Shams University,
Egypt |
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Martin GAEDKE |
University of Karlsruhe,
Germany |
| î |
Aleksander
PIVK |
Jozef Stefan Insitute,
Slovenia |
| î |
Rainer UNLAND |
University of Essen,
Germany |
| î |
Stephen J.H.
YANG |
National Central University,
Taiwan |
| î |
Jan TREUR |
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,
The Netherlands |
| î |
Michael STOLLBERG |
DERI Innsbruck,
Austria, and
Stanford University, USA |
| î |
Jiming LIU |
Hong Kong Baptist University,
Hong Kong |
| î |
John-Jules
Meyer |
Universiteit Utrecht,
The Netherlands |
| î |
Schahram
Dustdar |
Vienna University of Technology,
Austria |
| î |
Goran Zugic |
Semantion, Inc.,
Canada |
| î |
Eyal OREN |
DERI Galway,
Ireland |
| î |
Brahim Medjahed |
University of Michigan,
USA |
| î |
Vijayan Sugumaran |
Oakland University,
USA |
| î |
Elizabeth
Chang |
Curtin University of Technology,
Australia |
| î |
Ismail Khalil
Ibrahim |
Johannes Kepler University,
Austria |
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Mohamed Aborizka |
Arab Academy for Science
and Technology,
Egypt |
| î |
Eui-Hyun
Jung |
Anyang University,
Korea |
| î |
Mustafa Jarrar |
STARLab, Vrije Universiteit,
Belgium |
| î |
Giancarlo
Guizzardi |
Laboratory for Applied
Ontology (ISTC-CNR),
Italy |
| î |
Alia Abdelmoty |
Cardiff University,
UK |
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Stanislav
Pokraev |
Telematica Instituut,
The Nederlands |
| î |
Ahmad Kayed |
Applied Science University,
Jordan;
SNC- Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (on leave) |
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C. Maria
Keet |
University of Bozen-Bolzano,
Italy |
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Fausto Giunchiglia |
University of Trento,
Italy |
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Ibrahim Gokcen |
General Electric Co. Global
Research Center,
USA |
| î |
Pieter De
Leenheer |
Semantics Technology &
Appls Research Lab., Vrije Universiteit,
Belgium |
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Paolo Giorgini |
University of Trento,
Italy |
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Vitaliy Mezhuev |
Berdyansk State University,
Ukraine |
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R. Rajesh |
Bharathiar University,
India |
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Laurentiu
Vasiliu |
DERI Galway
Ireland |
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Markus Schaal |
Bilkent Univ.
Turkey |
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Khalil A.
ABUOSBA |
Arab Academy- B &
F
Jordan |
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Zeki BAYRAM |
Eastern Mediterranean
Univ.
TRNC |
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Alexander
KOSTIN |
Eastern Mediterranean
Univ.
TRNC |
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Mustafa RIZA |
Eastern Mediterranean
Univ.
TRNC |
The Program Committee is being formed. Those
interested in joining may contact the workshop
chairman by supplying following information:
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Name, position and affiliation
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Contact numbers and mailing
address
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E-mail and Web site addresses
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Research interests and a list
of relevant publications
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A brief biography.
LIKELY PARTICIPANTS
We expect researchers and practitioners of software agents, mobile
agents, MAS and semantic Web technologies to propose papers and to attend
the workshop. Those with interest in agents and agent-based systems,
semantic or otherwise, are welcome. Researchers working on the following
are especially encouraged to propose papers: realization of multi-agent
systems through semantic web technology, ontology-based agent applications,
distributed control and processing applications, security, interoperability,
service levels and quality issues in such systems. Enterprises and research
centers developing languages, IDEs and tools that can be used in the
implementation of the above are encouraged to propose demo and tutorial.
Our objective is to explore unifying software engineering methodologies
used in implementing semantic MAS applications across domains.
POST-WORKSHOP ACTIVITY
The authors of a number of selected papers will be invited
to submit an extended version of their papers for possible publication
in Multiagent and Grid Systems - An International Journal, IOS Press:
ISSN 1574-1702 http://www.iospress.nl/flyers_j/15741702.pdf.
A special issue may as well be possible.
GENERAL INQUIRIES
For updated information, please contact the workshop chair Atilla.Elci@EMU.edu.tr.
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