WESAAC 2020: 14th Workshop-School on Agents, Environments, and Applications UTFPR Ponta Grossa, Brazil, May 4-6, 2020 |
Conference website | http://dainf.pg.utfpr.edu.br/wesaac2020/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wesaac2020 |
Poster | download |
Abstract registration deadline | March 2, 2020 |
Submission deadline | March 12, 2020 |
Note about WESAAC realisation
Due to Covid-19 the workshop realisation has been postponed. Please check our website for updated information about the Workshop.
At this moment (end of April) the Program Chair Committee is reviewing the submitted papers. Therefore, we assure the Proceedings from WESAAC 2020 will be properly published.
Hopefully, the Workshop will take place in the near future as long as we have all the safety requirements fulfilled.
20th April 2020
WESAAC 2020 organisation
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Many current computational systems no longer depend on human intervention to operate in complex dynamic environments. Some of the key features that allow such systems to operate autonomously include the ability to make rational decisions and to react to changes in a timely way. In that respect, agent systems and multi-agent environments provide a computing paradigm that supports the development of intelligent systems that are able to cope with the complexities associated with such dynamic scenarios.
The area of agent-based systems is widely known and has numerous papers published internationally every year. However, nationally there are few events in this area and no other national event also provides tutorials and short courses specifically on the main topics of research within Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. WESAAC is therefore of great importance as a national event in this area, aiming to both prepare future generations of Brazilian researchers and to disseminate the current projects of Brazilian researchers. WESAAC aims to be a forum for the discussion of work at all levels, including undergraduate, MSc, and PhD projects currently being conducted. Fundamentally, WESAAC is the best opportunity for Brazilian undergraduate and especially graduate students to attend courses by some of the most prominent researchers working in this area throughout the world.
Conference Indexing================
WESAAC is indexed at Qualis Conferences (as B4).
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
Researchers and students are invited to submit papers in Portuguese or English, as a PDF file formatted according to the SBC style (compulsory)available athttp://www.sbc.org.br/documentos-da-sbc/summary/169-templates-para-artigos-e-capitulos-de-livros/878-modelosparapublicaodeartigos
The proceedings will be published electronically. Two separate tracks have been created for paper submission: (i) full papers and (ii) short papers (i.e., extended abstracts).
Full papers, reporting work with solid results must have no more than 12 pages.
Short papers, reporting ongoing work or position papers, must have between 4 and 6 pages. Both full and short papers will be presented orally in plenary sessions.
Papers must be submitted through EasyChair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wesaac2020
List of Topics
- Agent architectures and theories (BDI, belief revision, automated
- reasoning)
- Cooperation/coordination (negotiation, argumentation, reputation)
- Agent-based software development (programming languages, platforms,tools, methodologies)
- Agent organizations, societal issues, normative systems, etc.
- Agent communication
- Social simulations and agent-based simulation
- (Formal) Specification and verification of multi-agent systems
- Machine learning in agent systems
- Automated planning in agent systems
- Applications of agents and multi-agent systems
Committees
Program Committee
- Alessandro Ricci - University of Bologna
- Alvaro Moreira - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulAna Paula Lemke - IFRS – Campus FelizAnarosa Alves Franco Brandão - Universidade de São PauloAndré Pinz Borges - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáAntonio Carlos Rocha Costa - PPGComp/FURG, PPGFil/PUCRSArtur Freitas - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do SulCarine Webber - Universidade de Caxias do SulCesar A. Tacla - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáClarissa Xavier - pós-doc UFRGS; visitante UFBACleo Billa - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURGDiana Francisca Adamatti - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURGEder Mateus Nunes Gonçalves - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURGFernanda Alencar - Universidade Federal de PernambucoFernando De La Prieta - University of SalamancaFrancisca Raquel de Vasconcelos Silveira - IFCEGabriel Ramos - Pós-doc - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB, BélgicaGraçaliz Dimuro - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURGGuillermo R. Simari - Universidad del Sur in Bahia Blanca – ArgentinaGustavo Augusto Lima de Campos - Universidade Estadual do CearáHelder Coelho - FCUL – PortugalJaime Sichman - Universidade de São PauloJerusa Marchi - Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaJoao Leite - Universidade Nova de LisboaJoao Luis Tavares da Silva - Centro Universitário UNIFTECJoilson Batista de Almeida Rêgo - Universidade Federal de AlagoasJomi Fred Hubner - Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaLuis Antunes - Universidade de Lisboa – PortugalLuis Gustavo Nardin - Brandenburg University of TechnologyMaicon Zatelli - Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaMaiquel de Brito - Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Mariela Cortés - Universidade Estadual do CearáMarilton Sanchotene de Aguiar - Universidade Federal de PelotasOlivier Boissier - Mines Saint-Etienne, Institut Henri Fayol, Laboratoire Hubert Curien UMR CNRSPatricia Tedesco - Universidade Federal de PernambucoPaulo Trigo - ISEL (Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Liboa) – PortugalPaulo Leitao - Instituto Politécnico de Bragança – PortugalPaulo Rosa - Instituto Militar de EngenhariaPaulo Novais - Universidade do Minho – PortugalPaulo A.L.Castro - Instituto Tecnológico de AeronáuticaRafael Cardoso - University of LiverpoolRafael H. Bordini - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do SulRaquel Barbosa - Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do SulRejane Frozza - Universidade de Santa Cruz do SulRicardo Choren - Instituto Militar de EngenhariaRicardo Grunitzki - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulRicardo Azambuja Silveira - Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaSara Casare - Universidade de São PauloTúlio Lima Baségio - IFRS - FelizVera Maria Benjamim Werneck - Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroViviane Torres da Silva - IBM
Organizing committee
- Chairs: Gleifer Vaz Alves (UTFPR) and Gustavo Giménez Lugo (UTFPR)
- Programme Committee Chair: Carlos Pantoja (CEFET-RJ)
- Local Chair: André Pinz Borges (UTFPR)
Venue
The WESAAC 2020 will be held in Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil, at UTFPR (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná).
Please check more information about Ponta Grossa at http://dainf.pg.utfpr.edu.br/wesaac2020/venue.html
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to wesaac2020@gmail.com