ModelAge'97 4th ModelAge Workshop ``FORMAL MODELS OF AGENTS'' Certosa di Pontignano (Italy), 15-17 January 1997 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS The goal of this workshop is to bring together a limited, interdisciplinary group for an in-depth discussion on formal models of agents. Agent is a concept covering software artifacts and human beings, individuals and societies. This concept is emerging in disciplines as diverse as organisation theory, artificial intelligence, logic, data bases, philosophy, requirements engineering. These models try to describe, predict and analyse the internal "facets" of agents (beliefs, goals, etc.) as well as their external individual and collective behaviour. The workshop will have a limited attendance, no parallel sessions, large slots for discussion. SCIENTIFIC TOPICS The general theme is formal models of agent, integrating several ``facets'' including e.g.: - belief - knowledge - abilities - intentions - goal - commitments - communication - behaviour - choice - freedom Papers reporting ongoing research are welcome (see below). Authors are invited to present and compare the possible design alternatives relevant to their work. IMPORTANT DATES Submission of papers: October 5, 1996 Notification of acceptance: November 15, 1996 Proceedings version due: December 15, 1996 Workshop: January 15-17, 1997 Book version due: January 31, 1997 PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Cristiano Castelfranchi, CNR, Roma Amedeo Cesta, CNR, Roma Rose Dieng, INRIA, Sophia Eric Dubois, Univ. Namur Jose Fiadeiro, Univ. Lisbon Andrew Jones, Univ. Oslo Hector Levesque, Univ. Toronto John Mylopoulos, Univ. Toronto John-Jules Meyer, Univ. Utrecht Wolfgang Nejdl, Univ. Hannover Mark Ryan, Univ. Birmingham Gunter Saake, Univ. Magdeburg Pierre-Yves Schobbens, Univ. Namur Krister Segerberg Univ. Uppsala Yao-Hua Tan, Univ. Rotterdam Roel Wieringa. V. Univ. Amsterdam RELATED EVENTS Previous ModelAge meetings were held in Namur, Sophia-Antipolis and Sesimbra. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS It is intended to publish a book with selected papers after the workshop. Authors are invited to submit either: - three paper copies by usual mail, - or an (electronic) PostScript version by e-mail to the Chair of the Program Committee: Pierre-Yves Schobbens Fac. Univ. Notre-Dame de la Paix eMail: pys@info.fundp.ac.be Institut d'Informatique Phone: +32 81 72 49 90 Rue Grandgagnage 21 Telex: 59222 FacNam B B-5000 Namur, BELGIUM Fax: +32 81 72 49 67 Submitted papers should be written in English. The first page should bear: 1- the name, affiliation, address, e-mail, phone and fax of all authors. 2- the submission information: whether this or a similar paper has been or will be submitted to another workshop or conference. 3- whether the article is also submitted for the post-proceedings. 4- optionally, the request for blind reviewing. 5- an abstract. 6- a list of keywords. Electronic versions should be carefully designed to use only standard PostScript features, and to be transmissible without corruption by e-mail. Papers should be between 800 and 6000 words (between 2 and 15 pages). Submissions will be judged on significance, originality, quality and clarity by at least two independent reviewers. All accepted papers will be made available at the beginning of the conference, under the form of a technical report, not formally published. The post-proceedings will be published by a major scientific publisher. LOCATION Risen in the 14th century in the open country, at the frontier between the States of Siena and Florence, the Certosa (Charterhouse) of Pontignano maintains its original aspect of a haven of peace in the celebrated region of Chianti. The large Renaissance remakings have left unchanged that harmony with nature which distinguished the Carthusian life. The hills accompany the way to the near Siena (about 10 kilometres from Pontignano); olive trees and grapevines surround the Certosa and a tended land penetrates into it and turns to precious gardens, with no separation between the natural environment and the Certosa's harmonious architectural structure, made more precious with many works of art. UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION at WWW address: http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~pys/ModelAge/WS97/ ======================================================================== Prof. Pierre-Yves Schobbens Telex: 59222 FacNam B Fac. Univ. Notre-Dame de la Paix Phone: +32 81 72 49 90 Institut d'Informatique Fax: +32 81 72 49 67 Rue Grandgagnage 21 eMail: pys@info.fundp.ac.be B-5000 Namur http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~pys BELGIUM