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				S E C O N D
			C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S

         FIRST AUSTRALIAN WORKSHOP ON DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

			   in conjunction with

     Eighth Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI'95)

				Hosted by 

                     Department of Computer Science
          University College, The University of New South Wales
                    Australian Defence Force Academy
                     Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia

			    13th November 1995
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1. TOPICS AND ISSUES

Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) is the study of the  design  and  
implementation of agents that can make decisions on their own or in interaction 
with other agents. Agents act autonomously and  rationally  in time-constrained,
open, multi-agent environments. The aim of this workshop is to bring together  
researchers interested  in  the  micro and macro aspects  of this emerging 
technology.  The workshop will address the issues of: agent specification via 
agent theories, modelling of agents, decisions in multi-agent environments, 
development of coordination strategies, negotiation mechanisms, conflict 
detection and resolution strategies, communication protocols, and mechanisms 
whereby agents can maintain autonomy while still contributing to overall system 
effectiveness. The workshop will explore agent architectures, methodologies for 
realising agents, agent decision-making theories, inter-agent communication and 
natural language discourse, software tools for  programming  and experimenting  
with  agents.  



2. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Chengqi Zhang   Co-Chair UNE, AUSTRALIA         chengqi@neumann.une.edu.au
Dickson Lukose  Co-Chair UNE, AUSTRALIA         lukose@peirce.une.edu.au
Victor Lesser            UMASS, USA             lesser@cs.umass.edu
Anand Rao                AAII, AUSTRALIA        anand@aaii.oz.au
Toshiharu Sugawara       NTT, JAPAN             sugawara@square.ntt.jp
Jose Carlos Neves        UMINHO, PORTUGAL       jneves@di-ia.uminho.pt
Nicholas Jennings        QMW, UK                N.R.Jennings@qmw.ac.uk
Rose Dieng               INRIA, FRANCE          dieng@sophia.inria.fr
Norbert Glaser           CRIN-INRIA, FRANCE     Norbert.Glaser@loria.fr
John Smith		 CQU, AUSTRALIA		JOHN@topaz.cqu.edu.au



3. WORKSHOP OUTLINE

This workshop will be a full-day workshop on 13th November 1995 at AI'95 in 
Canberra, Australia.  The cost of workshops is set at $75 for conference 
attendees and $150 for others.

			Workshop & Conference	Workshop Only
	Cost:		75.00			150.00



4. PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit papers describing both theoretical and practical
work in any areas of distributed artificial intelligence. (Papers accepted or 
under review by other conferences or journals are not acceptable.)
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Topics at the micro level:
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Agent Theories                                  Agent Architectures
--------------                                  -------------------
intentions                                      methodologies
desires, beliefs, and goals                     architectures & decision-making
situated automata theory                        deliberative architectures
specification/verification of agents            reactive architectures
executing logical agent specifications          hybrid architectures
agent communication languages

Agent Decision-Making                           Agent Modelling
---------------------                           ---------------
decision models and decision procedures         decision-theoretic modelling
decision-making under uncertainty               logical modelling
planning and decision theory                    communicative acts & modelling
rationality & bounded rationality               knowledge-theoretic modelling
time-constrained reasoning                      game-theoretic modelling

Agent Languages
---------------
agent specification languages
the agent-oriented paradigm
agent-based computing

Topics at the macro level:
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Artificial life (from a multiagent perspective)
Cooperation, coordination, and conflict-resolution
Communication issues
Conceptual and theoretical foundations of multiagent systems
Development and engineering methodologies
Distributed consensus and algorithms for multiagent interaction
Evaluation of multi-agent systems
Integrated testbeds and development environments
Intelligent agents in enterprise integration systems and similar types of
applications
Multiagent cooperative reasoning from distributed heterogeneous databases
Multiagent planning and planning for multiagent worlds
Negotiation strategies - in both competitive and cooperative situations
Organization, organizational knowledge, and organization self-design
Practical applications of multi-agent systems
Resource allocation in multiagent systems
Social structures and their significance in multiagent systems
User interface issues for multiagent systems
Security Issues in multiagent systems




5. PREPERATION OF MANUSCRIPT

The manuscript must be formatted on 8.5 in x 11 in or A4 paper using 
12 point Times. The left and right margin should be 25mm each. The top and 
bottom margin should be 35mm each. Each submission must have a separate 
title page and a body. The title page must include a title, a 300-400 word 
abstract, a list of keywords, the names and addresses of all authors, their 
email addresses, and their telephone and fax numbers. The body must also 
include the title and abstract, but the author information must be excluded. 
The length of submitted papers (excluding the title page) must be no more than
15 single-spaced, single-column pages including all figures, tables, and 
bibliography. Papers not conforming to the above requirements may be rejected 
without review. 



6. MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

Only ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION of the paper will be accepted. Electronic submission
must be in POSTSCRIPT format. All papers must be written in English, and each 
paper will be refereed by at least two referees.

FTP the COMPRESSED POSTSCRIPT submission to:
		turing.une.edu.au:incoming
and send an email to:
		ai95dai@turing.une.edu.au
to inform us that you have FTPed your submission to our site.



7. INVITED SPEAKER 

Professor Michael Georgeff from Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute
will present an invited talk for this workshop.  The title of his talk will be
"Agents and Their Plans".



8. WORKSHOP CONTACT

All queries on this workshop should be directed to:

		ai95dai@turing.une.edu.au

Co-chairs of the programme committee will respond to your queries.

The relevant information is also available on 

	<URL:http://walrus.adfa.oz.au/ai95/w03.html>



9. IMPORTANT DATES

31st August 1995	Deadline for Paper Submission
15th September 1995	Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
30th September 1995	Deadline for camera-ready version
13th November 1995	Workshop