ICAART 2010 - 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). SCOPE The purpose of the 2nd 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 Yves Demazeau, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, France Tim Finin, University of Maryland, United States Vicent J. Botti i Navarro, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Peter D. Karp, Bioinformatics Research Group within the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI international, United States Amilcar Cardoso, University of Coimbra, Portugal PUBLICATIONS All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support. A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a CCIS Series book. The proceedings will be indexed by INSPEC and DBLP. Awaiting confirmation of indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index and EI. VENUE Valencia was founded by the ancient Romans in 137 BC and has been pillaged, burned and besieged numerous times by various conquerors over the centuries since, but the vivacious Spanish city has sailed into the second millennium as Europe's quintessential sophisticated modern holiday city, a favoured location for the America's Cup yacht race. Situated on the Mediterranean coast about four hours south of Barcelona, Valencia is spread out around its busy port and backed by the hills which give way to the plains of Aragon. Valencia oozes traditional character, particularly in its old town (El Carmen), and has retained its cultural heritage not only in the form of medieval architecture but also in its quirky, exuberant festivals (like the Battle of the Flowers, the fireworks of Fallas and one dedicated to tomato-hurling). The Valencians even have their own language. Amid the old, Valencia has very much that is new, including its major attraction, the ultra-modern City of Arts and Sciences, which draws around four million appreciative visitors each year. Outdoors it is hard to beat the golden beaches which fan out from the port along the coast, and the sprawling city offers plenty of green parks for strolling, cycling or simply lolling on a bench to get your breath back after indulging in the vibrancy of the city. Football is also a local passion, Valencia's team being at the top of the game, and fans should not miss the atmosphere at one of the carnival-like matches. When night falls, dine on paella, which originated here, and then hit the high spots, because Valencia is renowned for its lively collection of bars and clubs. It may sound clichéd, but Valencia does indeed fit the bill as the holiday city, which 'has it all'. 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 Sander Bohte, CWI, Netherlands Luigi Ceccaroni, UPC - Barcelona Tech, Spain Berndt Farwer, Durham University, United Kingdom Nicoletta Fornara, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland Cees Witteveen, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Thomas Ågotnes, University of Bergen, Norway Arnulfo Alanis Garza, Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, Mexico Rudolf Albrecht, University of Innsbruck, Austria Cesar Analide, University of Minho, Portugal Andreas Andreou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Ioannis N. Athanasiadis, IDSIA, Switzerland Antonio Bahamonde, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain Matteo Baldoni, Universita' Degli Studi Di Torino, Italy Bikramjit Banerjee, University of Southern Mississippi, United States Orlando Belo, University of Minho, Portugal Carole Bernon, University of Toulouse III, France Daniel Berrar, University of Ulster, United Kingdom Ateet Bhalla, Technocrats Institute of Technology, India Olivier Boissier, ENSM-SE, France Tibor Bosse, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Luis Botelho, Superior Institute of Labour and Enterprise Sciences, Portugal Danielle Boulanger, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France Paolo Bresciani, European Commission, Belgium Ana Lúcia C. Bazzan, UFRGS, Brazil Silvia Calegari, Universita' Degli Studi Di Milano Bicocca, Italy Valérie Camps, IRIT - Université Paul Sabatier, France Jose Jesus Castro-schez, Escuela Superior de Informatica, Spain Radovan Cervenka, Whitestein Technologies, Slovak Republic Georgios Chalkiadakis, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Shyi-Ming Chen, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Adam Cheyer, SRI International, United States Paolo Ciancarini, University of Bologna, Italy Diane Cook, Washington State University, United States Paulo Cortez, University of Minho, Portugal Jacob W. Crandall, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates Yves Demazeau, CNRS, France Andreas Dengel, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH), Germany Nicola Di Mauro, Università di Bari, Italy Gaël Dias, University of Beira Interior, Portugal Ian Dickinson, HP Laboratories, Bristol, United Kingdom Edith Elkind, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Stefano Ferilli, Universite of Bari, Italy Antonio Fernández-caballero, Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha, Spain Edilson Ferneda, Catholic University of Brasília, Brazil Dariusz Frejlichowski, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland Naoki Fukuta, Shizuoka University, Japan Wai-Keung Fung, University of Manitoba, Canada Chiara Ghidini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler - IRST, Italy Joseph Giampapa, Carnegie Mellon University, United States Marie-Pierre Gleizes, Universite Paul Sabatier, France Dominic Greenwood, Whitestein Technologies AG, Switzerland Sven Groppe, University of Lübeck, Germany Zahia Guessoum, UPMC, France Renata Guizzardi, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil Andreas Herzig, Université Paul Sabatier & CNRS, France Wladyslaw Homenda, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Wei-Chiang Hong, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan Mark Hoogendoorn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Eyke Hüllermeier, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany Carlos Iglesias, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Carlos Iván Chesñevar, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina François Jacquenet, University of Saint-Étienne, France Yanguo Jing, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Catholijn Jonker, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Lalana Kagal, MIT, United States Matthias Klusch, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz, Germany Joanna Kolodziej, University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland Sébastien Konieczny, CNRS - CRIL, France Igor Kotenko, St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Science, Russian Federation Stan Kurkovsky, Central Connecticut State University, United States Charlie L. Ortiz, SRI International, United States Candace L. Sidner, BAE Systems AIT, United States Nuno Lau, University of Aveiro, Portugal Ho-fung Leung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong W. Lewis Johnson, Alelo Inc., United States Baoding Liu, Tsinghua University, China Chao-Lin Liu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Stephane Loiseau, Leria, France Hongen Lu, La Trobe University, Australia Bernd Ludwig, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany José Machado, University of Minho, Portugal Nadia Magnenat-thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland Pierre Maret, Université de Saint Etienne, France Tokuro Matsuo, Yamagata University, Japan Amnon Meisels, Ben-Gurion University, Israel Benito Mendoza, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, United States Daniel Merkle, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Bernd Meyer, Monash University, Australia Simon Miles, King's College London, United Kingdom Pavlos Moraitis, Paris Descartes University, France Thierry Moyaux, Université de Lyon (INSA), France Tracy Mullen, The Pennsylvania State University, United States Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, United States Tomoharu Nakashima, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal Jeng-Shyang Pan, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan Oscar Pastor, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Krzysztof Patan, University of Zielona Gora, Poland Catherine Pelachaud, CNRS - Télécom ParisTech, France Wojciech Penczek, Institute of Computer Science, Poland Gabriel Pereira Lopes, FCT/UNL, Portugal Dana Petcu, Western University of Timisoara, Romania Steve Phelps, University of Essex, United Kingdom Rui Prada, IST and INESC-ID, Portugal Rong Qu, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom T. Ramayah, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Martin Rehák, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Luís Paulo Reis, FEUP/LIACC - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal Daniel Rodriguez, University of Alcalá, Spain Pilar Rodriguez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Rosaldo Rossetti, Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial e Ciência de Computadores, LIACC/FEUP, Portugal Alessandro Saffiotti, Orebro University, Sweden Manuel Filipe Santos, University of Minho, Portugal Jurek Sasiadek, Carleton University, Canada Camilla Schwind, CNRS, France Peer Olaf Siebers, Nottingham University, United Kingdom Viviane Silva, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Adam Slowik, Koszalin University of Technology, Poland Alexander Smirnov, SPIIRAS, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation Safeeullah Soomro, Yanbu University College, Saudi Arabia Kostas Stathis, University of London, United Kingdom Kathleen Steinhofel, King's College London, United Kingdom Thomas Stützle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Chun-Yi Su, Concordia University, Canada Shiliang Sun, East China Normal University, China Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Paola Turci, University of Parma, Italy Franco Turini, KDD Lab, University of Pisa, Italy Paulo Urbano, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Egon L. van den Broek, Human-Centered Computing Consultancy, Netherlands Ioannis Vlahavas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Wutnipong Warakraisawad, Bangkok University, Thailand Bozena Wozna-Szczesniak, Jan Dlugosz University, Poland Seiji Yamada, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Xin-She Yang, National Physical Lab, United Kingdom Huiyu Zhou, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom