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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