The Fourth International Conference and Exhibition on The Practical Application of Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Technology Monday 19th April - Wednesday 21st April 1999 Commonwealth Institute, London, UK
http://www.practical-applications.co.uk/PAAM99
PAAM99 is sponsored and supported to date by: AgentLink, Agent Society CompulogNet, FIPA, IF Computer, LPA.
***UPDATE: Invited Programme to date***
TUTORIALS: Monday 19th April, 1999
Dr Matthias Klusch, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Dr Peter Edwards, University of Aberdeen, UK
Dr H. Van Dyke Parunak, Center for Electronic Commerce, USA
Anand Rao, Mitchell Madison Group, Australia
INVITED SPEAKERS: Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st April, 1999
Eric Horvitz, Microsoft, USA
Dr H. Van Dyke Parunak, Center for Electronic Commerce, USA
Anand Rao, Mitchell Madison Group, Australia
PAAM99
Agent technology is an exciting and fast moving field of IT which is now making the transition from Universities and research labs into industrial and commercial applications. PAAM99 will demonstrate how agent technology is creating new opportunities for business and industry by focusing on the central issues.
PAAM and PA Expo99
PAAM is a key part of the Practical Application Expo: a unique five-day multi-technology, multi-track event which takes place every Spring in London. PA Expo99 will also include conferences on KDD, Logic Programming, Knowledge Management and JAVA.
PA Expo combines the peer-to-peer review process of an academic conference with the commercial relevence of an applied industrial event. This contrast of theory and practice, research and deployment is rarely found elsewhere, and makes an ideal forum for participants to network and share ideas.
PA Expo offers a rich blend of tutorials, invited talks, refereed papers, panel discussions, poster sessions, social agenda and a full industrial exhibition. The result is a varied technical programme which caters for delegates of various levels of expertise, from beginner to advanced practitioner, in a pleasant and productive environment. You are invited to register your interest in PAAM99 by completing the reply form below.
Venue
PA EXPO99 will take place at The Commonwealth Conference and Events Centre. It enjoys a prime location in the heart of London, strategically situated in Royal Kensington and Chelsea, leading onto High Street Kensington which is home to one of London's premier shopping areas, and a selection of quality hotels and restaurants.
Call for Submissions
Your submission should describe one of the following:
Commercially available products Internally deployed solutions Fully advanced pre-production prototypes
There are two types of submission available:
1.Paper 2.Industrial Report
1 Paper
Paper submissions will be refereed by the programme committee. Accepted papers will have 30 minutes to present their papers at the conference.
Papers should be no longer than 20 pages. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
Personal agents for: Email PDA's Finding & retrieving information / WWW Scheduling/diary management Mobility management
Business/service agents for: Workflow management Network Management and control Buying & selling services Information Management, Retrieval & Understanding Information Customisation WWW and Internet Negotiation Price Discovery Information Arbitrage Manufacturing Planning & Control
Tools and Techniques for: Process Control Traffic Control Process Re-engineering Knowledge Management Languages for developing agent systems Coordination standards Standards for information transfer Identity Management Monetary Instrument Standards Design methodologies for agent-based systems
Also of interest are survey papers which indicate the future direction this important technology will take.
2 Industrial Report
In recognition of the applied nature of PAAM, we encourage the submission of Industrial Reports. This type of submission is intended for professionals who have little time to write a full paper, but who nevertheless, would like the opportunity to present the benefits of their application at the conference.
Please forward a short paper (no more than 6 pages) describing your application based on the guidelines to be found at our web site.
Industrial Reports will receive a fast track review.
Submission Policies
Submissions need to meet the conference objectives and achieve a balance between application and theory and with this in mind we have produced guidelines to help you achieve this. Please visit our web site for further information
Papers: http://www.practical-applications.co.uk/PAAM99/guidelines Reports: http://www.practical-applications.co.uk/PAAM99//report Please indicate which category your paper falls into on submission.
Papers and Industrial Reports will be published in the proceedings but note that there will be a clear indication as to the type of submission.
In some cases revisions to submissions will be asked for by the programme committee. Authors are responsible for making the required revisions and submitting the final or revised version of the paper by the due date for the final version. Papers not meeting the revision requirements will not be included in the Proceedings.
Papers from non English speakers are strongly encouraged, however we would ask that your paper is proof read by a native English speaker, if possible, before submission.
Submission Details
Dates: Submission Deadline: January 11th, 1999 Notification/Comments: February 15th, 1999 Final Papers due: March 15th, 1999
Five copies of your paper, in English, should be received by the conference organisers, on or before January 11, 1999.
Formatting instructions (Word), can be downloaded from our web site.
Please also submit an electronic version of your paper as a PDF file or Word document. The email address for this will be made available in due course.
Please include a cover page including: 1.Full Contact Details 2.A Short Abstract
**Important Note**
Please use the following address when sending your papers to us.
PAAM99 54 Knowle Avenue Blackpool Lancs FY2 9UD UK
Call for Exhibitors
The conference also provides an opportunity for software vendors and developers to demonstrate Agent systems. You are invited to contact the organiser to arrange for your application to be exhibited at the event.
Programme Committee
The PAAM99 Programme Committee comprises a number of highly influential figures who are recognised experts in the field of agent technology. Chaired by Divine T. Ndumu and Hyacinth S. Nwana of British Telecom Laboratories, this programme committee is drawn from industry leaders and first class universities and research organisations.
Joern Altmann University of California,Berkeley, USA Jeffrey Bradshaw Boeing, USA Stephan Brunessaux MATRASystemes & Information, France Stefan Bussmann Daimler-Benz AG, Germany Paolo Ciancarini University of Bologna, Italy Barry Crabtree BT Laboratories, UK Peter Edwards University of Aberdeen, UK Innes Ferguson Active On-line Systems Ltd., UK Tim Finin University of Maryland, USA Klaus Fischer DFKI, Germany Benjamin Grosof IBM, USA Fumio Hattori NTT, Japan Michael Huhns University of South Carolina, USA Toru Ishida Kyoto University, Japan Sverker Janson SICS, Sweden Nick Jennings University of London, UK Paul Kearney BT Laboratories, UK Matthias Klusch Carnegie Mellon University, USA Yannis Labrou University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA Danny Lange General Magic, USA Michael Lee INSEAD, France Victor Lesser University of Massachusetts, USA David Martin SRI International, USA Cindy Mason University of California, Berkeley, USA Joerg Mueller John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK Katashi Nagao Sony Computer Science Lab. Inc., Japan Remo Pareschi Telecom Italia, Italy Barney Pell NASA, USA Tony Rutkowski General Magic, USA Donald Steiner Siemens AG, Germany Arvindra Sehmi CSK Software Ltd, UK Leon Sterling University of Melbourne, Australia Hiroyuki Tarumi Kyoto University, Japan Jan Treur Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dr.H.Van Dyke Parunak Industrial Technology Institute, USA Peter Wayner Newray Inc, USA Michael Wooldridge Queen Mary & Westfield College, UK
Organisation
The Conference is organised by The Practical Application Company. The Sponsorship and Exhibition Coordinator is Clive Spenser, PMG Treasurer, and Marketing Director of Logic Programming Associates.
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