Call for Participation ______________________________________________________________________ Second European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS'2000) Saarbruecken, Germany, August 14 - 18, 2000 ______________________________________________________________________ http://www.dfki.de/easss/ EASSS'2000 is organized by AgentLink (http://www.AgentLink.org/) - Europe's ESPRIT-funded Network of Excellence for agent-based computing - and hosted by DFKI GmbH (http://www.dfki.de/) and Universitaet des Saarlandes (http://www.uni-sb.de/Welcome.html.en). The school will consist of a mixture of introductory and advanced courses. The courses will be presented by internationally leading experts in the field and cover the full range of theoretical and practical aspects of agent-based computing. TOPICS: - Foundations of Intelligent Agents and Multiagent Systems - Logical Foundations of Agent Systems - Problem Solving and Planning - Intelligent Cooperative Information Systems - Coordination, Communication, and Collaboration - Automated Negotiation and Decision Making - Computational Markets - Organization Design - Societies of Artificial Agents and Social Simulation - Behavior-oriented Control of Physical Agents - Learning Agents - Interface Agents - Mobile Agents and Security - Agent-oriented Software Engineering - Intelligent Agents for Telecommunication Applications - Agent-Mediated Electronic Business - Industrial and Commercial Applications - Agents Standards Activities Furthermore, there will be evening talks on special subjects. Details of the programme will be given on the EASSS'2000 home page at http://www.dfki.de/easss/ Last but not least, there will be a warm-up event on the 15th of August in an informal environment. Please check the information on how to register for the summer school below. ATTENDANCE AND REGISTRATION --------------------------- The summer school will be open to anyone from research and industry. A registration fee will be levied to cover costs. Some support will be available for PhD students wishing to attend the summer school; see below for details. The fees are as follows (accommodation not included): (in EUROs) | early | late | | (before 14th July) | (after 14th July) | on site -----------+--------------------+-------------------+--------- Students | 150 | 175 | 200 Academia | 300 | 350 | 400 Industry | 450 | 600 | 700 Registration can be done on-line or by postal mail; please visit the EASSS'2000 home page http://www.dfki.de/easss/ for to obtain details and registration form. ACCOMMODATION ------------- Student accommodation is available at the Jugendgaestehaus (JGH) Saarbruecken (Meerwiesertalweg 31, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany, Phone: +49-(0)681-33040, Fax: +49-(0)681-374911). Rooms for two or four persons are available. It has been made a block reservation for EASSS-2000 which will guarantee up to 130 places until 14th of June. Please mention EASSS'2000 when making your reservation. Further options for accommodation can be found via the EASSS home page (http://www.dfki.de/easss/). To make reservations, please contact the hotels directly. With the hotels listed on the web page EASSS'2000 has special arrangements which guarantee special prices and a certain amount of rooms, again mention EASSS'2000 when you make your reservation. It is strongly recommended to make hotel reservations as early as possible. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS ------------------------------ Some financial support is available for full-time PhD students registered at universities that are members of AgentLink. The application deadline is the 13th of June. This support is intended to cover the cost of registration, student accommodation, and some subsistence. Some additional support to cover travel (to certain limits) may also be provided. Because of restrictions with respect to time, students are obliged to make the travel arrangements on their own and claim for refund on their scholarship after the summer school. However, it is strongly recommended that students get the forms for applying for scholarships and read the conditions under which and to which degree funding is possible, *before* they do any booking. PhD students should apply for this support by writing to: Gerhard Weiss --- EASSS'2000 --- Institut fuer Informatik Technische Universitaet Muenchen Arcisstrasse 21 D-80290 Muenchen Germany The application should arrive no later than Tuesday 13th of June 2000. Each application should contain: - full name and full contact details of the student; - estimate of travel costs to and from the summer school (students will be expected to use the cheapest reasonable travel available, staying over the Saturday night if necessary to get cheap air travel); - a brief description of your PhD research, and a statement of no less than 500 words explaining why you feel you should receive support; - a signed letter from your PhD supervisor or head of department, supporting your application and confirming your status as a full time PhD student. This letter should carry the official stamp of your institution. TRAVEL INFORMATION ------------------ Saarbruecken (http://www.saarbruecken.de/) is a charming city located in the south-west of Germany on the border to France. The city of Saarbruecken, the 1000 year old capital of the Saarland region, has around 0.2 million inhabitants and a few attractive features, in particular its geographical closeness to France, which is reflected in the Saarbruecken culture and cuisine. Saarbruecken is about 140 minutes by train from Frankfurt airport and Luxemburg airport (http://www.dfki.de/easss/pics/SBlocair.gif) depending on the time of the day. It is also possible to come directly to Saarbruecken airport (http://www.flughafen-saarbruecken.de/) from a number of European cities including Luxemburg and Berlin. All courses of the summer school will be given on the campus of the Saarland University where also the DFKI site resides. This campus is situated in a wooded area outside the city centre of Saarbruecken. EASSS'2000 will take place the week before ECAI'2000 (http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/) (Berlin, Germany). Travel from Saarbruecken to ECAI'2000 by plane or train is straightforward. EASSS'2000 ORGANISATION COMMITTEE --------------------------------- Co-chairs: Michael Luck, University Southampton, United Kingdom Gerhard Weiss, TU Muenchen, Germany Michael Wooldridge, University Liverpool, United Kingdom Local Arrangements Board: Klaus Fischer, DFKI GmbH, Germany Matthias Klusch, DFKI GmbH, Germany