[alife] CfP: ACSys 2016, 13th Workshop on Agents for Complex Systems

[Costin Badica]

ACSys 2016 -13th Workshop on Agents for Complex Systems

in the framework of

SYNASC 2016 - 18th International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric 
Algorithms for Scientific Computing
Timisoara, Romania
September 24 – 27, 2016

Workshop deadlines
+ Submission of papers:   July 25, 2016   (hard deadline)
+ Notification of acceptance:   August 15, 2016
+ Registration: September 4, 2016
+ Final paper: September 4, 2016
+ Revised papers for post-proceedings: November, 2016

Workshop chairs
+ Adina Magda Florea, “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Romania
+ Costin Bădică, University of Craiova, Romania

Workshop description
Autonomous agents are software entities that are capable of independent 
action in open, unpredictable environments. Agents and multi-agent 
systems are currently applied in diverse domains that require complex 
problem solving models. The aim of the workshop is to bring together 
researchers and developers from academia and industry in order to 
discuss current scientific and technical results on using agent 
technology for solving complex, distributed real-world problems. The 
workshop welcomes submissions of original, high-quality papers reporting 
on models or systems that have been or are being implemented.
Experience reports and application demonstrators are particularly welcome.

Topics
Specific topics of this workshop include, but are not limited to, the 
following:
+ Agent-based distributed problem solving
+ Multi-agent programming languages
+ Agent oriented software design and methodology
+ Quantitative and qualitative analysis / modeling of multi-agent systems
+ Task-based agent context and task-oriented agents
+ Multi-agent systems for modeling and simulation
+ Recommendation agents for scientific problem solving
+ Distributed knowledge integration and sharing for scientific applications
+ Agent based resource and service discovery
+ Agents and emergent behavior
+ Learning in multi-agent systems
+ Modeling and analysis of complex networks
+ Synergies between agents and complex networks

Paper submission
We invite submissions in the form of:
+ research papers,
+ extended abstracts
Papers of up to 8 pages (in CPS Conference Style) should be 
electronically submitted through EasyChair.
Research papers must contain original research results not submitted and 
not published elsewhere. Authors which want to present work in progress 
or discuss new aspects or a survey of their older research results at 
the workshop are welcome to submit an extended abstract (up to 4 pages). 
Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific 
merit and relevance to the Workshop topics.

Publication
The papers accepted for presentation will be included in a locally 
edited proceedings (electronic version on a memory stick). Accepted 
research papers should be presented at the conference and the best 
papers will be selected for publication in the post proceedings 
published by Conference Publishing Services.
Extended versions of the papers accepted and presented at the workshop 
will be considering to be published as a special issue in the 
Mathematics and Computer Science Annals of the West University of 
Timisoara or in SCPE – Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience 
(SCOPUS indexed). Other possibilities for publication will be formulated 
soon after the workshop.

Program committee
+ Stefano Cerri, France
+ Alexandru Cicortas, Romania
+ Dan Cristea, Romania
+ Christo Dichev, Bulgaria
+ Daniel J. Dubois, Italy
+ Maria Ganzha, Poland
+ Marie-Pierre Gleizes, France
+ Vladimir Gorodetsky, Russia
+ Mirjana Ivanovic, Serbia
+ Fabien Michel, France
+ Sascha Ossowski, Spain
+ Vasile Palade, UK
+ Marcin Paprzycki, Poland
+ Daniel Pop, Romania
+ Joel Quinqueton, France
+ Shahram Rahimi, USA
+ Nicolas Sabouret, France
+ Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, France
+ Carles Sierra, Spain
+ Daniel Stamate, UK
+ Tiberiu Stratulat, France
+ Calin Sandru, Romania
+ Doina Tatar, Romania
+ Nick Szirbik, The Netherlands
+ Salvatore Venticinque, Italy

Local Workshop organizers
+ Viorel Negru – West University of Timișoara, Romania, vnegru at 
info.uvt.ro
+ Monica Tirea – West University of Timișoara, Romania, tirea.monica at 
info.uvt.ro