ICAART - International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence

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	ICAART is organized by INSTICC (Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication), with technical co-sponsorship by the WfMC and in cooperation with AAAI and APPIA. SCOPE The purpose of the 1st International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the theory and applications in these areas. Two simultaneous but strongly related tracks will be held, covering both applications and current research work within the area of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems and Software Platforms, Distributed Problem Solving and Distributed AI in general, including web applications, on one hand, and within the area of non-distributed AI, including the more traditional areas such as Knowledge Representation, Planning, Learning, Scheduling, Perception and also not so traditional areas such as Reactive AI Systems, Evolutionary Computing and other aspects of Computational Intelligence and many other areas related to intelligent systems, on the other hand. A substantial amount of research work is ongoing in these knowledge areas, in an attempt to discover appropriate theories and paradigms to use in real-world applications. Much of this important work is therefore theoretical in nature. However there is nothing as practical as a good theory, as Boltzman said many years ago, and some theories have indeed made their way into practice. Informatics applications are pervasive in many areas of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed AI, including Agents and Multi-Agent Systems; This conference intends to emphasize this connection, therefore, authors are invited to highlight the benefits of Information Technology (IT) in these areas. Ideas on how to solve problems using agents and artificial intelligence, both in R&D and industrial applications, are welcome. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of ICAART with an ISBN. A book with the best papers of the conferene will be published by Springer-Verlag. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions. Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. Additional information can be found at http://www.icaart.org/ CONFERENCE AREAS Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following conference areas: Artificial Intelligence Agents AREA 1: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Knowledge Representation and Reasoning - Uncertainty in AI - Model-Based Reasoning - Machine Learning - Logic Programming - Ontologies - Data Mining - Constraint Satisfaction - State Space Search - Case-Based Reasoning - Cognitive Systems - Natural Language Processing - Intelligent User Interfaces - Reactive AI - Vision and Perception - Pattern Recognition - Ambient Intelligence - AI and Creativity - Artificial Life - Soft Computing - Evolutionary Computing - Neural Networks - Fuzzy Systems - Planning and Scheduling - Game playing - Expert Systems - Industrial applications of AI AREA 2: AGENTS - Distributed Problem Solving - Agent Communication Languages - Agent Models and Architectures - Multi-Agent Systems - Brokering and matchmaking - Cooperation and Coordination - Conversational Agents - Negotiation and Interaction Protocols - Programming Environments and Languages - Task Planning and Execution - Autonomous Systems - Cognitive Robotics - Group Decision Making - Web Intelligence - Web Mining - Semantic Web - Grid Computing - Agent Platforms and Interoperability - SOA and Software Agents - Simulation - Economic Agent Models - Social Intelligence - Security and Reputation - Mobile Agents - Pervasive Computing - Privacy, safety and security KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Edward H. Shortliffe, Arizona State University, United States Marco Dorigo, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Timo Honkela, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Juan Carlos Augusto, University of Ulster, United Kingdom Paulo Urbano, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal PUBLICATIONS All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support. A book including a selection of the best conference papers will be edited and published by Springer. The proceedings will be indexed by INSPEC and DBLP. The proceedings of ICAART 2009 will be evaluated, for possible indexation, by EI and ISI Proceedings after their publication. SECRETARIAT ICAART Secretariat Address: Av. D.Manuel I, 27A 2ºesq. 2910-595 Setúbal - Portugal Tel.: +351 265 100 033 Fax: +44 203 014 8556 Email: secretariat@icaart.org Web: http://www.icaart.org VENUE Well known worldwide for its wine, Porto is one of the most ancient European cities. It was born and developed from the northern bank of the Douro river (i.e. the "river of Gold") during the Middle Ages. One of the most significant aspects of Porto and its historical centre is its landscape, combining harmony with the urban structure and presenting a frame of rare beauty. The city was classified as World Heritage by UNESCO in 1996. When discovering Porto, you will find many surprises. Besides its welcoming and conservative environment, Porto is also contemporary and artistic. This is shown not only in the streets, architecture, monuments and museums but also in the terraces, restaurants and leisure and shopping areas. CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Joaquim Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal / INSTICC, Portugal Ana Fred, Technical University of Lisbon/IT, Portugal PROGRAM CHAIR Bernadette Sharp, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom PROGRAM COMMITTEE Stéphane Airiau, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Natasha Alechina, University of Nottingham , United Kingdom Suzanne Barber, The University of Texas at Austin, United States Punam Bedi, University of Delhi, India Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada Guido Boella, Università di Torino, Italy Sander Bohte, CWI, Netherlands Longbing Cao, University of Technology Sidney, Australia Luigi Ceccaroni, UPC - Barcelona Tech, Spain Alan Colman, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, LIP6 - University of Paris 6 (Pierre and Marie Curie), France Yagil Engel, University of Michigan, United States Marc Esteva, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Spain Berndt Farwer, Durham University, United Kingdom Roberto Flores, Christopher Newport University, United States Nicoletta Fornara, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland Wojtek Jamroga, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany Yves Kodratoff, Université Paris, France Xudong Luo, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Ann Nicholson, Monash University, Australia Philippe Pasquier, Laval University, Canada Loris Penserini, Utrecht University, Italy Wiebe van der Hoek, The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Leon van der Torre, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Katja Verbeeck, Kaho Sint-Lieven, Belgium Rineke Verbrugge, University of Groningen, Netherlands Cees Witteveen, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Scott A. DeLoach, Kansas State University, United States Ajith Abraham, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,, Norway Salvador Abreu, Universidade De Evora, Portugal Rodrigo Agerri, University of Birmigham, United Kingdom Thomas Ågotnes, Bergen University College, Norway H. Levent Akin, Bogazici University, Turkey Rudolf Albrecht, University of Innsbruck, Austria Klaus-Dieter Althoff, University of Hildesheim, Germany Victor Alves, University of Minho, Portugal Ruhul Amin Sarker, University of New South Wales, Australia Cesar Analide, University Of Minho, Portugal Andreas Andreou, University Of Cyprus, Cyprus Plamen Angelov, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Snorre Aunet, University of Oslo, Norway Robert Babuska, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Bart Baesens, University Of Southampton, United Kingdom Antonio Bahamonde, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain Matteo Baldoni, Universita' Degli Studi Di Torino, Italy Steve Barker, King's College London University, United Kingdom Mike Barley, University of Auckland, New Zealand Senén Barro, University Of Santiago De Compostela, Spain Bernhard Bauer, University of Augsburg, Germany Michael Beetz, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Nabil Belacel, National Research Council Canada, Canada Orlando Belo, University Of Minho, Portugal Carlos Bento, University of Coimbra, Portugal Carole Bernon, University of Toulouse III, France Aurélie Beynier, University Paris 6, France Enrique Bonsón, Universidad De Huelva, Spain Tibor Bosse, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Luis Botelho, Superior Institute of Labour and Enterprise Sciences, Portugal Vicente Botti, Polytechnic University Of Valenciaº, Spain Djamel Bouchaffra, Oakland University, United States Jean-Louis Boulanger, CERTIFER, France Danielle Boulanger, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France Paolo Bresciani, European Commission, Belgium Jan Broersen, Utrecht University, Netherlands Giacomo Cabri, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy Silvia Calegari, Universita' Degli Studi Di Milano Bicocca, Italy Monique Calisti, Whitestein Technologies AG, Switzerland Valérie Camps, IRIT - Université Paul Sabatier, France Jose Jesus Castro-schez, Escuela Superior De Informatica, Spain Nick Cercone, Dalhousie University, Canada Radovan Cervenka, Whitestein Technologies, Slovak Republic Shyi-Ming Chen, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Vincent Chevrier, LORIA Nancy University, France Adam Cheyer, SRI International, United States Paolo Ciancarini, University of Bologna, Italy Diane Cook, Washington State University, United States Dan Corkill, University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States Paulo Cortez, Universidade Do Minho, Portugal Massimo Cossentino, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Italy Stephen Cranefield, University of Otago, New Zealand Daniel Dajun Zeng, The University of Arizona, United States Mehdi Dastani, Utrecht University, Netherlands John Debenham, University Of Technology Sydney, Australia Yves Demazeau, CNRS, France Andreas Dengel, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence DFKI GmbH, Germany Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo, Birkbeck College, University Of London, United Kingdom Nicola Di Mauro, Università di Bari, Italy Gaël Dias, University of Beira Interior, Portugal Juergen Dix, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany Andrej Dobnikar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Patrick Doherty, Linköping University, Sweden Wlodzislaw Duch, Copernicus University, Poland, Poland Julie Dugdale, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, France Yaniv Eytani, University Of Illinois At Urbana-champaign, United States J. F. Baldwin, University of Bristol, United Kingdom George F. Luger, University of New Mexico, United States Stefano Ferilli, Universite of Bari, Italy Antonio Fernández-caballero, Universidad De Castilla-la Mancha, Spain Edilson Ferneda, Catholic University Of Brasília, Brazil Naoki Fukuta, Shizuoka University, Japan Wai-Keung Fung, University of Manitoba, Canada João Gama, University of Porto, Portugal Alessandro Garcia, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Peter Geczy, AIST, Japan Aditya Ghose, University of Wollongong, Australia Joseph Giampapa, Carnegie Mellon University, United States Paolo Giorgini, University of Trento, Italy Andrea Giovannucci, UPF, Spain Marie-Pierre Gleizes, Universite Paul Sabatier, France Jorge Gomez Sanz, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Fernando Gomide, State University of Campinas, Brazil Dominic Greenwood, Whitestein Technologies AG, Switzerland Sven Groppe, University Of Lübeck, Germany Zahia Guessoum, Upmc, France Rune Gustavsson, Blekinge Institute Of Technology, Sweden Rafael H.Bordini, University of Durham, United Kingdom Hani Hagras, University Of Essex, United Kingdom Pedro Henriques, University of Minho, Portugal Wladyslaw Homenda, Warsaw University Of Technology, Poland Wei-Chiang Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan Mark Hoogendoorn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Marc-Philippe Huget, University of Savoie, Polytech'Savoie, France Carlos Iglesias, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain Fuyuki Ishikawa, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Takayuki Ito, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan Carlos Iván Chesñevar, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina Sushil J. Louis, University of Nevada, United States François Jacquenet, University of Saint-Étienne, France Catholijn Jonker, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Gion K. Svedberg, Örebro University, Sweden Sankar K.Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Nikos Karacapilidis, University Of Patras, Greece Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom László Kóczy, Maastricht University, Netherlands Joanna Kolodziej, University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland Boris Kovalerchuk, Central Washington University, United States Stan Kurkovsky, Central Connecticut State University, United States Halina Kwasnicka, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Candace L. Sidner, BAE Systems AIT, United States Nuno Lau, University of Aveiro, Portugal W. Lewis Johnson, University of Southern California, United States Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Honghai Liu, University Of Portsmouth, United Kingdom Stephane Loiseau, Leria, France Carlos Lucena, Puc-rio, Brazil Bernd Ludwig, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Adina M. Florea, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania José Machado, University of Minho, Portugal Nadia Magnenat-thalmann, University Of Geneva, Switzerland Laurent Magnin, In Fine Consulting, France Goreti Marreiros, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal Tokuro Matsuo, Yamagata University, Japan Rui Mendes, University of Minho, Portugal Ali Minai, University of Cincinnati , United States Guy Mineau, Université Laval, Canada Haralambos Mouratidis, University of East London, United Kingdom Tomoharu Nakashima, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan José Neves, University of Minho, Portugal Paulo Novais, Universidade Do Minho, Portugal Luis Nunes, Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Portugal Andrea Omicini, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italy Stanislaw Osowski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Djamila Ouelhadj, Asap Group (automated Scheduling, Planning And Optimisation) , United Kingdom Jeng-Shyang Pan, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan Oscar Pastor, Valencia University Of Technology, Spain Krzysztof Patan, University Of Zielona Gora, Poland Terry Payne, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Michal Pechoucek, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Witold Pedrycz, University Of Alberta, Canada Wojciech Penczek, Institute of Computer Science, Poland Gabriel Pereira Lopes, FCT/UNL, Portugal Dana Petcu, Western University Of Timisoara, Romania Leif Peterson, The Methodist Hospital, United States Paolo Petta, Medical University of Vienna, Austria Thammanit Pipatsrisawat (Knot), UCLA, United States Eric Platon, National Insititute of Informatics, Japan Agostino Poggi, University Of Parma, Italy Rui Prada, INESC-ID, Portugal Ronald R. Yager, Machine Intelligence Insitute, Iona College, United States M. Rajmohan, College of Engineering,Guindy, Anna University, India Carlos Ramos, Institute Of Engineering, Polytechnic Of Porto, Portugal Omar Rana, Cardiff University, United Kingdom Marek Reformat, University Of Alberta, Canada Martin Rehák, ATG, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Luís Reis, Feup, Portugal Alessandro Ricci, University of Bologna, Italy Miguel Rocha, University of Minho, Portugal Fátima Rodrigues, Isep/gecad, Portugal Pilar Rodriguez, Universidade Autónoma De Madrid, Spain Daniel Rodriguez, University Of Alcalá, Spain Juha Röning, University of Oulu, Finland Rosaldo Rossetti, Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores, LIACC/FEUP, Portugal Elie Sanchez, Aix-Marseille University , France Manuel Filipe Santos, University Of Minho, Portugal Eugene Santos Jr., Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, United States Jose Sardinha, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jurek Sasiadek, Carleton University, Canada Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics , Japan Luís Seabra Lopes, University Of Aveiro, Portugal Viviane Silva, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Iryna Skrypnyk, University Of Jyvaskyla, Finland Adam Slowik, Koszalin University of Technology, Poland Alexander Smirnov, Spiiras, Russian Federation Diana F. Spears, University of Wyoming, United States Kostas Stathis, University of London, United Kingdom Roy Sterritt, University of Ulster, United Kingdom Chun-Yi Su, Concordia University, Canada Vijayan Sugumaran, Oakland University, United States Ramayah T., Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, Agh University Of Science And Technology, Poland Kuldar Taveter, University of Melbourne, Australia Luís Torgo, University of Porto, Portugal Paola Turci, University Of Parma, Italy Franco Turini, KDD Lab, University of Pisa, Italy Paulo Urbano, University of Lisbon, Portugal Brent Venable, University of Padua, Italy Jose Vidal, University Of South Carolina, United States Mirko Viroli, University of Bologna, Italy Frank Wang, Cambridge-cranfield High Performance Computing Facilities, United Kingdom Gerhard Weiss, SCCH, Austria Danny Weyns, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Mary-Anne Williams, The University of Technology, Australia Graham Winstanley, University Of Brighton, United Kingdom Bozena Wozna, Jan Dlugosz University , Poland Hongji Yang, De Montfort University, United Kingdom Yiyu Yao, University of Regina, Canada Jun Zhang, Sun Yat-sen University, China Hong Zhu, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom