(Apologies if you receive this multiple times) CALL FOR PAPERS The First International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2002) Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna, Italy July 15-19, 2002 http://lia.deis.unibo.it/aamas2002 http://www.autonomousagents.org/2002/ "Bringing People and Agents Together" A Joint conference that combines the Int'l Conf on Autonomous Agents, the Int'l Conf on Multi-Agent Systems, and the Int'l Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages. Sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group for Artificial Intelligence (SIGART) and the International Foundation for Multi-Agent Systems (IFMAS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 30, 2001 Deadline for electronic abstracts of submitted papers November 6, 2001 Deadline for electronic submission of papers January 7, 2002 Deadline for workshop and tutorial proposals ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The theme of the conference is "Bringing People and Agents Together" As agent-based computing becomes ever more widespread, it is increasingly important for agents to interact effectively with people and with other agents. In addition to the normal research topics of the component conferences, we particularly encourage submissions that address issues of how to improve interaction and collaboration among agents and people. More details are in the complete call for papers available on the web page. Please send program suggestions and inquires to: Cristiano Castelfranchi University of Siena - Dept. of Communication Sciences "Cognitive Science" Tel:+39-0577-2350-79 or -98 Fax:+39 06 82 47 37 Email:castel@www.ip.rm.cnr.it W. Lewis Johnson Director, Center for Advanced Research in Technology for Education (CARTE) USC / Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, 90292 USA Tel: +1 (310) 448 8210 Fax: +1 (310) 823 6714 Email: johnson@isi.edu CONFERENCE OFFICIALS General Co-chairs: Maria Gini, University of Minnesota, USA Toru Ishida, Kyoto University, Japan Program Co-chairs: Cristiano Castelfranchi, CNR and Universita' di Siena, Italy W. Lewis Johnson, University of Southern California, USA Local Organization Co-Chairs: Andrea Omicini, Universita' di Bologna, Italy Franco Zambonelli, Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy Finance Co-Chairs: Jeffrey Bradshaw, University of West Florida, USA Michael Huhns, University of South Carolina, USA Publicity Chair: Evangelos E. Milios, Dalhousie University, Canada Tutorials Chair: Chris Dellarocas, MIT, USA Workshops Chair: Keith Decker, University of Delaware, USA Exhibits Chair: Anna Ciampolini, Universita' di Bologna, Italy Software Demonstration Chair: Paolo Ciancarini, Universita' di Bologna, Italy Robotics Demonstration Co-Chairs: Gerhard Kraetzschmar, Universitat Ulm, Germany Enrico Pagello, Universita' di Padova, Italy Mentoring Doctoral Students Chair: Michael Luck, University of Southampton, UK Sponsorship Chairs: Mike Wooldridge, University of Liverpool, UK (Europe / Africa) Van Parunak, ERIM, USA (Americas) Chengqi Zhang, Deakin University Geelong, Australia (Asia/Pacific) Registration Chair: Enrico Denti, Universita' di Bologna, Italy Regional Liaisons Kazuhiro Kuwabara, NTT, Japan (Asia/Pacific) Anna Reali Costa, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (Americas) SENIOR PROGRAM COMMITTEE Elisabeth Andre, Universitat Augsburg, Germany Justine Cassell, MIT Media Laboratory, USA Phil Cohen, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology Yves Demazeau, Institut IMAG, France Marco Dorigo, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Alexis Drogoul, Universite de Paris VI, France Ed Durfee, University of Michigan, USA Tim Finin, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, USA Nick Jennings, University of Southampton, UK Hiroaki Kitano, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Japan Sarit Kraus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Yves Lesperance, York University, Canada Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Maja Mataric, University of Southern California, USA John-Jules Meyer, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands Hidey Nakashima, AIST, Japan Gian Pietro Picco, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Tuomas Sandholm, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Sandip Sen, University of Tulsa, USA Jaime Simao Sichman, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil Candace Sidner, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory, USA Carles Sierra, IIIA-CSIC, Catalonia, Spain Munindar Singh, North Carolina State University, USA Liz Sonenberg, University of Melbourne, Australia Von-Wun Soo, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Milind Tambe, University of Southern California, USA Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Mike Wooldridge, University of Liverpool, USA Makoto Yokoo, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan Chengqi Zhang, Deakin University Geelong, Australia LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Giacomo Cabri, Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy Marco Mamei, Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy Gianluca Moro, Universita' di Bologna / Cesena, Italy Alessandro Ricci, Universita' di Bologna / Cesena, Italy Paolo Torroni, Universita' di Bologna, Italy Mirko Viroli, Universita' di Bologna / Cesena, Italy HOSTING ORGANIZATIONS Universita' di Bologna Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia