Workshop on Cognitive Agents and Multi-agent Interaction

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          Workshop on Cognitive Agents and Multi-Agent Interaction
                  at ICCS2001 (Aug 27-31, Beijing)

Background

Computational models of cognitive agents  that incorporate aspects of
reactive,  deliberative, goal-driven, adaptive, autonomous, learning,
communicative, competitive, and collaborative behaviors provide an
attractive paradigm for addressing foundational questions in  Cognitive Science.
Artificial intelligence, in its early days, started out with the goal of
designing intelligent agents. However, faced with the enormous complexity of
the task, the focus soon shifted to modelling specific aspects of
intelligence, often in highly restricted domains. In recent years, some
researchers have begun to focus on putting the pieces together with the goal
of designing intelligent agents. There is also a growing interest in
multi-agent systems that address aspects of coordination and communication
among groups of agents.

On the other hand, historically, the main focus of research in Cognitive
Science has been on specific components of cognition (e.g., perception,
memory, learning, language). Recent developments in computational modelling
of cognitive  agents and multi-agent systems provide new avenues for
addressing foundational questions in  Cognitive Science

Against this background, the workshop seeks to bring together cognitive
scientists with diverse backgrounds and expertise to discuss research
problems and exchange recent results that have broad implications for
understanding cognition in computational terms at the whole systems level.
We invite full papers, extended abstracts, or position papers on all aspects
of cognitive agents and multi-agent  interaction  including, but not limited
to:

   * Cognitive architectures (including alternative formalisms for modelling
     reactive, deliberative, autonomous, rational,  learning, communicating
     agents).
   * Ontologies, knowledge representations, and inference for cognitive
     agents and multi-agent systems (including reasoning about space, time,
     and behaviors).
   * Multi-agent organizations (e.g., democracies, economies, cultures, and
their
     coordination structures and mechanisms).
   * Learning and adaptation in cognition (including learning in  dynamic
     environments consisting of  active, distributed information  sources).
   * Language and communication (signs,  symbols,  syntax,
     semantics, and pragmatics of communication among  cognitive agents).
   * Multi-agent coordination (cooperation, competition etc. in multi-agent
     societies).
   * Computational abstractions, languages,  and tools  for modelling
     cognitive agents and multi-agent interaction.
   * Evolution  of cognitive  behavior.

The workshop is open to all members of the Cognitive Science community.
However, the number of participants is  limited. Consequently, authors of
accepted papers will be given priority in terms of attendance. All workshop
participants must register for the Cognitive Science conference. The
organizers will make a concerted effort to ensure a good mix of established
researchers, graduate students and junior researchers with diverse
backgrounds.

Important Dates and Deadlines

   * Deadline for submission of full papers (up to 6 pages) or abstract (1
     page): May 15, 2001.
   * Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2001.
   * Deadline for receipt of camera-ready papers: June 30, 2001

Note:
A special issue of Cognitive System Research is planned for the selected
papers of the Workshop (to be edited by Charles Ling, Vasant Honavar, and Ron
Sun).   See http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/journal.html

Instructions for Authors

Electronic submission (postscript, pdf, or MS Word) is strongly encouraged.
Each paper will be refereed for technical soundness, relevance,
significance, and clarity of presentation.

Send all submissions  to:

Prof. Charles Ling
Department of Computer Science
University of Western Ontario
ling at csd.uwo.ca
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/ling

Organizers

Prof. Vasant Honavar
Department of Computer Science
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
honavar at cs.iastate.edu
http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~honavar/

Prof. Charles Ling
Department of Computer Science
University of Western Ontario
ling at csd.uwo.ca
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/ling

Prof. Ron Sun
CECS Department
University of Missouri-Columbia
201 Engineering Building West
Columbia, MO 65211-2060
rsun at cecs.missouri.edu
http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun

For further details, see:

http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/wsp01.html
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University of Missouri-Columbia         fax:   (573) 882 8318 
201 Engineering Building West
Columbia, MO 65211-2060                 email: rsun at cecs.missouri.edu 

http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun
http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/journal.html
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cogsys
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Workshop on Cognitive Agents and Multi-Agent Interaction</h2></center>

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A symposium at <a href="http://www.iccs2001.com">ICCS2001</a> (Aug 27-31,
Beijing, China)</h3></center>
What's New:
A special issue of <a href="http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun/journal.html">Cognitive
System Research</a> is planned for the selected papers accepted by the
Workshop (to be
 edited by Charles Ling, Vasant Honavar, and Ron Sun).
  
Background
Computational models of cognitive agents  that incorporate aspects
of reactive,  deliberative, goal-driven, adaptive, autonomous,learning, 
communicative, competitive, and collaborative behaviors and multi-agent 
interaction provide an attractive paradigm for addressing foundational
questions in  Cognitive Science.
Artificial intelligence, in its early days, started out with the goal
of designing intelligent agents. However, faced with the enormous complexity
of the task, the focus soon shifted to modelling specific aspects of intelligence,
often in highly restricted domains. In recent years, some researchers have
begun to focus on putting the pieces together with the goal of designing
intelligent agents. There is also a growing interest in multi-agent systems
that address aspects of coordination and communication among groups of
agents.
On the other hand, historically, the main focus of research in Cognitive
Science has been on specific components of cognition (e.g., perception, 
memory, learning, language). Recent developments in computational modelling
of cognitive  agents and multi-agent systems provide new avenues for
addressing foundational questions in  Cognitive Science
Against this background, the workshop seeks to bring together cognitive
scientists with diverse backgrounds and expertise to discuss research problems
and exchange recent results that have broad implications for understanding
cognition in computational terms at the whole systems level. We invite
full papers, extended abstracts, or position papers on all aspects of cognitive
agents and multi-agent  interaction  including, but not limited
to:
<ul>
<li>
Cognitive Architectures (including alternative formalisms for modelling
reactive, deliberative, autonomous, rational,  learning, communicating
agents).</li>

<li>
Ontologies, knowledge representations, and inference for cognitive 
agents and multi-agent systems (including reasoning about space, time,
and behaviors).</li>

<li>
Multi-agent organizations (e.g., democracies, economies, societies, and
associated coordination structures and mechanisms).</li>

<li>
Learning and adaptation in cognition (including learning in  dynamic
environments consisting of  active, distributed information 
sources).</li>

<li>
Language and communication (signs, signals, symbols,  syntax, semantics,
and pragmatics of communication among  cognitive agents).</li>

<li>
Multi-agent coordination (cooperation, competition etc. in multi-agent
societies).</li>

<li>
Computational abstractions, languages,  and tools  for modelling 
cognitive agents and multi-agent interaction.</li>

<li>
Evolution  of cognitive  behavior .</li>
</ul>
The workshop is open to all members of the Cognitive Science community.
However, the number of participants is  limited. Consequently, authors
of accepted papers will be given priority in terms of attendance. All workshop
participants must register for the Cognitive Science conference. The organizers
will make a concerted effort to ensure a good mix of established researchers,
graduate students and junior researchers with diverse backgrounds.
Important Dates and Deadlines
<ul>
<li>
Deadline for submission of full papers (up to 6 pages) or abstract (1 page):
May 15, 2001.</li>

<li>
Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2001.</li>

<li>
Deadline for receipt of camera-ready papers: June 30, 2001</li>
</ul>
Instructions for Authors
Electronic submission (postscript, pdf, or MS Word) is strongly encouraged.
Each paper will be refereed for technical soundness, relevance, significance,
and clarity of presentation.
Organizers
Prof. Vasant Honavar
 Department of Computer Science
 Iowa State University
 Ames, IA 50011
 <a href="mailto:honavar at cs.iastate.edu">honavar at cs.iastate.edu</a>
 <a href="http://www.cs.iastate.edu/%7Ehonavar/">http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~honavar/</a>
Prof. Charles Ling
 Department of Computer Science
 University of Western Ontario
 <a href="mailto:ling at csd.uwo.ca">ling at csd.uwo.ca</a>
 <a href="http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/ling">http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/ling</a><a href="http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/ling"></a>
Prof. Ron Sun
 CECS Department
 University of Missouri-Columbia
 201 Engineering Building West
 Columbia, MO 65211-2060
 <a href="mailto:rsun at cecs.missouri.edu">rsun at cecs.missouri.edu</a>
 <a href="http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun">http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~rsun</a>
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