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The Agent
Day'99
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March 18-19, 1999
Krakow, Poland
The annual workshop on multiagent
systems and new trends in concurrent and distributed computing
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Location
The meeting will be held in the new building of the Institute
of Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Nawojki 11, Krakow, Poland.
Krakow was the seat
of the kings that founded the country, and has been the center of most
of its cultural heritage from the 11th century right down to the present
day. Krakow, a city of over 800 thousand inhabitants, an administrative
and scientific center, now has 11 institutions of higher education, many
theaters, cinemas, clubs, an opera, a philharmonic and dozens of museums
and art galleries.
The University of Cracow
(Jagiellonian University) was established in 1364. At present, the
University counts 3100 academic staff, of which about 400 are full professors,
more than 300 are associate professors and 2300 assistant professors and
teaching assistants. The University is one of Poland's largest institutions
of higher education, with more than 22000 students.
Purpose
The workshop is a forum for scientists, software engineers, practitioners
and young researchers engaged in distributed computing systems and databases
involving multiagent programming paradigm. A major part of the meeting
will be covered by key lectures. According to the participants response,
up to four poster sessions will be organized in order to present and discuss
recent ideas.
Scope
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Logical background of multiagent systems,
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Multiagent programming,
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New paradigms of concurrent and distributed computing,
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Scheduling and optimal management of distributed systems,
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Concurrent parallel/distributed algorithms,
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Optimal processing on modern multiprocessor systems.
General speakers
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M. Osano (Aizu University, Japan),
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J. Quinqueton (L.I.R.M.M, I.N.R.I.A, France),
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M. Staniszkis (University Udine, Italy),
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B. Keplicz (Warsaw University),
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R. Galar (Wroclaw University of Technology),
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J. Kitowski (Academy of Mining and Metallurgy),
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J. Mulawka (Warsaw University of Technology),
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L. Polkowski (Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technologies),
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A. Karbowski (Warsaw University of Technology),
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M. Kisiel-Dorohinicki (Academy of Mining and Metallurgy),
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S. Ambroszkiewicz (Polish Academy of Sciences).
Conference schedule
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Time
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18.03.99
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9.50 - 10.00
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Opening |
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10.00 - 10.40
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Marek Kisiel - Dorohinicki, Evolution in the multiagent world |
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10.40 - 11.20
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Joel Quinqueton, Emergent
Problem Solving in Multi Agent Systems |
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11.20 - 12.00
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Maria Staniszkis, The
synergy in cooperating grammars systems |
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12.00 - 12.20
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coffee break |
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12.20 - 13.00
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Lech Polkowski, Towards
Theory of Approximate Computation : Mereological Approach via Calculi and
Languages of Granules of Knowledge |
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13.00 - 13.40
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Barbara Dunin-Keplicz, Evolution
of Teams of BDI-agents in Cooperative Problem Solving |
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13.40 - 14.20
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Stanislaw Ambroszkiewicz,
Artificial Intelligence versus Agent Organizations |
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14.20 - 14.50
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coffee / lunch break |
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14.50 - 15.20
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Poster Session |
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15.20 - 16.20
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Panel Discussion The fascinating world of autonomous software systems,
Joel Quinqueton - moderator |
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Time
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19.03.99
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10.00 - 10.40
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Jacek Kitowski, Large Scale Computing
as a Vehicle for Studies in Computational and Computer Sciences |
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10.40 - 11.20
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Minetada Osano, Improvement of Performance
of Partially Solving Method (PSM) for a System of Linear Equations by Decomposition
approach: Numerical Object |
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11.20 - 12.00
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Jan J. Mulawka, DNA computing
- promise for information processing |
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12.00 - 12.20
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coffee break |
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12.20 - 13.00
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Roman Galar, Through adaptive saddles
with soft selection. An account of some approach |
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13.00 - 13.40
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Przemyslaw Magiera, Infinite
Time Horizon Optimal Control With Eexpected Value--Variance Criteria Made
Possible by Decomposed Optimization |
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13.40 - 13.50
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short break |
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13.50 - 14.50
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Panel Discussion The perspectives of high performance parallel and
distributed computations, Minetada Osano - moderator |
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14.50 - 15.00
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closing |
Call for papers
Half-page (200 words) abstract in English with the title, author(s)
name(s) and the affiliation are due by 15.02.1999. We expect hardcopies
or electronic versions in LaTeX, PostScript, MS Word, HTML or ASCII formats.
Publication
Invited lectures and full-length manuscripts of poster contributions will
be published in the special issue of Universitatis Jagellonicae Acta
Informaticae after the meeting. The guidelines for the authors
are available at the publisher web site: http://www.ii.uj.edu.pl/Zeszyty/
and from Prof. Stanislaw Sedziwy, the head redactor of Schedae Informaticae
(sedziwy@softlab.ii.uj.edu.pl).
Language
The official language of the meeting will be English.
Address
Please, send your abstracts and general correspondence to:
Robert Schaefer
Instytutu Informatyki UJ
Nawojki 11
PL-30-072 Krakow
Poland
or via e-mail to:
schaefer@softlab.ii.uj.edu.pl
Fees
Participation in workshop sessions, poster presentations as well as the
post-conference publication are free. The special issue of Universitatis
Jagellonicae Acta Informaticae will be available in the JU-press distribution
or can be ordered at the publisher.
The Organizing Committee does not cover any accommodation and travel expenses
for participants.
Important dates
Abstract submission deadline: 15.02.1999
Author notification: 28.02.1999
Workshop sessions: 18-19.03.1999
Organizing committee
Last modification: 1999.03.05