Track Organizers

Marcin Paprzycki (Chair)
Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland

Costin Badica
University of Craiova
Romania

Maria Ganzha
Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland

Shahram Rahimi
Southern Illinois University
USA

Program Committee

Stanislaw Ambroszkiewicz,
(Institute of Computer Science Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

Walter Binder,
(Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, Switzerland)

Giacomo Cabri,
(Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy)

Bengt Carlsson,
(Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden)

Radovan Cervenka,
(Whitestein Technologies AG, Slovakia)

Krzysztof Cetnarowicz,
(AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)

Beniamino di Martino,
(Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy)

George Eleftherakis,
(City College, Thessaloniki, Greece)

Adina Magda Florea,
("Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania)

Giancarlo Fortino,
(University of Calabria, Italy)

Vladimir Gorodetsky,
(SPII RAS, Russia)

Dominic Greenwood,
(Whitestein Technologies AG, Switzerland)

Tomas Klos,
(Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Ioan Alfred Letia,
(Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Viorel Negru,
(Western University of Timisoara, Romania)

Benno Overeinder,
(NLnet Labs, The Netherlands)

Myon Woong Park,
(Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)

Joaquin Peña,
(University of Seville, Spain)

Alexander Pokhar,
(University of Hamburg, Germany)

Thomas E. Potok,
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)

Jarogniew Rykowski,
(Poznan University of Economics, Poland)

Sattar B. Sadkhan,
(University of Babylon, Irak)

James D. Sissom,
(Southern Illinois University, USA)

Stanislaw Stanek,
(Katowice University of Economics, Poland)

Paolo Torroni,
(University of Bologna, Italy)

Walt Truszkowski,
(NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, USA)

Tatyana Yakhno,
(Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey)

Arkady Zaslavsky,
(Monash University, Australia)

Yu Zhang,
(Trinity University, USA)

Hong Zhou,
(Saint Joseph College, USA)

Frank Zimmer,
(SES ASTRA TechCom SA, Luxembourg)

6th Workshop on Agent Based Computing: from Model to Implementation – ABC:MI

The field of agent technology is rapidly maturing. One of key factors that influence this process is the gathered body of knowledge that allows in-depth reflection on the very nature of designing and implementing agent systems. As a result, we know much better how to design and implement them. We also understand the most important issues to be addressed in the process. Therefore, on the top-most level we see progress in development of methodologies for design of agent-based systems. Furthermore, these methodologies are usually supported by tools that support not only top level conceptualization but guide the process toward implementation (e.g. by generating at least some code). Next, we can see that new languages for agent based systems are created, e.g. AML or API Calculus. Separately, tools/platforms/environments that can be used for design and implementation of agent systems have been through a number of releases, eliminating problems and adding new, important features. Resulting products are becoming truly robust and flexible. Furthermore, open source products (e.g. JADE) are surrounded by user communities, which often generate powerful ad-on components, further increasing value of existing solutions.

During the Workshop we are primarily interested in all aspects of the process that leads from the model of the problem domain to the actual agent-based solution. These aspects will cover both principled approaches and established practices of software engineering aimed at producing high quality software. In this context, research into the application of agent-based solutions to key challenges faced by software engineering (e.g. reduction of costs and delivery times, coping with a larger diversity of problems) will be of primary importance.

The workshop welcomes high-quality papers covering one or more of the following topics of agent systems research:

• Methodologies for design of agent systems
• Multi-agent systems product lines
• Modeling agent systems
• Agent architectures
• Agent-based simulations
• Simulating and verifying agent systems
• Agent benchmarking and performances
• Agent communication, coordination and cooperation
• Agent languages
• Agent learning and planning
• Agent mobility
• Agent modeling, calculi, and logics
• Agent security
• Agents and Service Oriented Computing
• Agents in the Semantic Web
• Applications and Experiences

History

Agent Based Computing: from Model to Implementation Workshop is a result of an evolutionary process involving:

1. Special Track on Agents, Interactions, Mobility, and Systems – AIMS organized within the framework of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing in 2005, 2006 , 2007 and 2008.


2. International Workshop on (Multi-)Agent Systems in E-Business: Concepts, Technologies and Applications – MASeB organized in 2006, 2007 with the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology – WI-IAT and in 2008 with the International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications – ISDA.


3. Agent Based Computing Workshop – ABC initially organized in 2003, 2005, 2006 within the framework of various multiconferences and recently (2007 and 2008) within the framework of the International Multiconference on Computing Science and Information Technology.

During 2008, after receiving an invitation to create a track for the SEAA conference, we have decided that the best approach is going to be to merge the three events (AIMS, MASeB and ABC) into a single one, and focus it on the, broadly understood, software-engineering oriented aspects of Agent Based Computing. This is how the ABC:MI Workshop has come into being.

Paper Submission and Publication

Papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee and accepted on their scientific merit and relevance to the topics of the Workshop. Accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings that will be published by the IEEE/CS.

Best papers, accepted and presented at the ABC:MI Workshop, will be selected for a Special Issue of international journals (more information to follow).

Important dates

Submission of papers: March 16th, 2009 DEADLINE EXTENDED: March 27th, 2009
Notification of acceptance: April 27, 2009
Camera-ready paper due: May 26, 2009