EIGHTEENTH INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
August 11, 2003
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EIGHTEENTH INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
August 11, 2003 |
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DescriptionRecent developments in multiagent systems (MAS) have been promising by achieving autonomous, collaborative behavior between agents in various environments. However, most of the agents, both software agents and physical agents, still have problems if the environment is dynamic and the agents have to act in real time. Examples are obstacle avoidance with moving obstacles or world models which are composed from egocentric views of numerous agents. Another aspect is the need for quick responses. In an environment where a number of agents build a team and both single agent decisions and team collaborative decisions have to be made methods have to be fast and precise. This workshop addresses various problems that occur with respect to these issues.Topics of InterestThe main focus of this workshop will be methods from various areas such as world modeling, planning, learning, and communicating with agents in dynamic and real-time environments. Within this general theme we aim to bring together researchers to discuss the following topics:
Why and to whom is this workshop of interest?In the last decade, a lot of effort has been invested to develop methods that can be used with multi-agent systems. The language development in the area of communication between agents (ACL) might act as the first example. Speech acts serve as the basic principle and various protocols have been invented (e.g. auctions, contract-nets, etc.). Can we transfer these results to enviroments where quick decisions have to be made? Consider planning as another example: there are promising methods for path planning, but do they still hold if the observed obstacles are moving? Learning is another example: we need on-line learning in a real-time scenario to give agents the option to learn more about their environment. Usually, learning takes a fair amount of time but sometimes this time is not available. Can we find methods which will consider these restrictions?This workshop addresses researchers from various areas in AI who want to discuss the mentioned issues from their point of view. How can we develop new methods or adapt existing methods to meet these demands? Preliminary workshop agendaThe workshop will be held on the 11th of August 2003 (exact date TBA), starting at 9am and finishing at 6pm. Paper presentation will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes of discussion. There will be an open discussion to reflect the talks and to discuss further developments. Depending on the contributions we consider creating extra time slots after each "block" to give attendents of the workshop time for discussion.Submission InstructionsElectronic submissions following the IJCAI-03 style are solicited in LaTeX, PostScript, or PDF format should be sent to visser@informatik.uni-bremen.de . Please start your subject with "[IJCAI-WS]" when submitting the paper. The papers, starting with title, authors' names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and email addresses, followed by keywords can be extended abstract or full research papers. Survey or position papers are also welcome. The papers should end with relevant bibliographic references and should be no longer than 10 pages. Selection of participants will be based on relevance to the indicated focus of the workshop, clarity of the work submitted, and the strength of the research. Note: Participants are expected to register for the main IJCAI conference in addition to the workshop. Important Dates and Deadlines
Organizing CommitteeUbbo Visser (Chair)
Patrick Doherty
Gerhard Lakemeyer
Manuela Veloso
Program CommitteeMinoru Asada Andreas Birk Hans-Dieter Burkhard Patrick Doherty Gregory Dudek Dieter Fox Christian Freksa Uli Furbach Malik Ghallab Otthein Herzog Sven König Gerhard Lakemeyer Paul Levi Elena Messina Daniele Nardi Bernhard Nebel Rolf Pfeifer Thomas Röfer Andrzej Skowron Peter Stone Manuela Veloso Ubbo Visser |