Sonntag, 28. November 2010

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ASONAM 2011 - Call for Workshop Proposal

The 2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and
Mining
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
July 25st ĄV July 27th 2011
http://asonam.im.nuk.edu.tw/
CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSAL
SUBMISSION DEADLINE : December 1st, 2010
All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the Workshop
Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press, which are indexed by
EI.
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The ASONAM 2011 Committee invites proposals for workshops to be held on
25-27 July 2011 in conjunction with the main ASONAM 2011 conference.
http://asonam.im.nuk.edu.tw/workshops
Submission may be made by e-mail in PDF format with "ASONAM2011 Workshop
Proposal" in the subject header.
Proposals are suggested to include following contents:
1. The name of the workshop.
2. A statement of goals for the workshop.
3. The names and addresses of the organizers.
4. The names of potential participants, such as program committee members.
5. A description of the plans for call for participation (e.g., call for
papers).
6. The expected number of attendees and the planned length of the workshop.
7. A description of past versions of the workshop, including dates, organizers,
submission and acceptance counts, attendance, sites, registration fees and
summary budget information.
8. The URL of the workshop web site.
Please submit your workshop proposals by e-mail to the ASONAM 2011 Workshop Co-
Chair Dr. Shu-Chen Yang (henryyang@nuk.edu.tw) and cc to the Porgram Co-Chair
Dr. I-Hsien Ting (iting@nuk.edu.tw).
Important dates
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December 1, 2010 :  Submission Deadline for Workshop Proposal.
January 15, 2010 :  Notification of acceptance of Workshop Proposal.
March 25, 2011    : Workshop paper submission deadline.
May 1, 2011      : Notification of workshop paper acceptance.
May 20, 2011      : Workshop camera ready copy submission.
July 25-27, 2011 : Workshop dates.
Workshop Co-Chairs
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Yingzi Jin (University of Tokyo)
Kai Wang (National University of Kaohsiung)
Shu-Chen Yang (National University of Kaohsiung)

Mittwoch, 24. November 2010

GandALF 2011

Second International Symposium on Games, Automata, Logics, and Formal Verification
            Minori, Amalfi Coast, Italy, June 15-17, 2011
http://gandalf.dia.unisa.it/
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              |      PRELIMINARY   CALL   FOR  PAPERS        |
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OBJECTIVES
The aim of the symposium is to bring together researchers from academia and
industry which are actively working in the fields of Games, Automata, Logics,
and Formal Verification. The idea is to cover an ample spectrum of themes,
ranging from theory to concrete applications, and to stimulate
cross-fertilization. Papers focused on formal methods are especially welcome.
Authors are invited to submit original research or tool papers on any
relevant
topic in these areas. Papers discussing new ideas that are at an early
stage of
development are also welcome.
INDICATIVE LIST OF TOPICS
The topics covered by the conference include, but are not limited to, the
following:
Automata Theory
Automated Deduction
Logical aspects of Computational Complexity
Concurrency and Distributed computation
Decision Procedures
Deductive, Compositional, and Abstraction Techniques for Verification
Finite Model Theory
First-order and Higher-order Logics
Formal Languages
Formal Methods for Complex Systems (e.g., Interactive Systems, Systems
Biology)
Games and Automata for Verification
Game Semantics
Game Theory
Hybrid, Embedded, and Mobile Systems Verification
Logics of Programs
Modal and Temporal Logics
Model Checking
Models of Reactive and Real-Time Systems
Program Analysis and Software Verification
Specification and Verification of Finite and Infinite-state Systems
Synthesis and Execution
PAPER SUBMISSION
Submitted papers should not exceed fourteen (14) pages using EPTCS
format, be unpublished and contain original research. For papers reporting
experimental results, authors are encouraged to make their data available
with their submission.
Submissions must be in  PDF or PS format and will be handled via EasyChair.
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission                March 13,   2011
Paper submission                   March 20,   2011
Acceptance notification            April 22,   2011
Final version                      May   15,   2011
Conference                         June 15-17, 2011
INVITED SPEAKERS
Thomas Colcombet  (University  of Paris 7, FRANCE)
Erich Graedel            (RWTH Aachen University, GERMANY)
Moshe Vardi              (Rice University, Houston USA)
PROCEEDINGS
The proceedings will be published by Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical
Computer Science. A special issue of a major international journal to publish
an extended and revised version of the best symposium papers is also under
consideration. Revised versions of the selected papers from the last
GandALF (GandALF 2010)
will be published as a special issue of the
International Journal of Foundation of Computer Science
(http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~ijfcs/).
INFO
Please visit the conference website (http://gandalf.dia.unisa.it) for more
information.
GENERAL CHAIR
Angelo Montanari (University of Udine, ITALY)
PROGRAM  CHAIRS
Giovanna D'Agostino (University of Udine, ITALY)
Salvatore La Torre (University of Salerno, ITALY)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Krishnendu Chatterjee (Inst. of Science and Tech, AUSTRIA)
Swarat Chaudhuri (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Giorgio Delzanno (University of Genova, ITALY)
Javier Esparza (Technische Universitat Munchen, GERMANY)
Eric Graedel (RWTH Aachen University, GERMANY)
Neil Immerman, (University of Massachusetts, USA)
Wojtek Jamroga (University of Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG)
Vineet Kahlon, (NEC Labs, Princeton, USA)
Martin Leucker (University of Lubeck, GERMANY)
Jerzy Marcinkowski (University of Wroclaw, POLAND)
Aniello Murano (University of Napoli "Federico II", ITALY)
Mimmo Parente (University of Salerno, ITALY)
Gabriele Puppis (Oxford University, UK)
Alexander Rabinovich (Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL)
Jean Francois Raskin (University of Bruxelles, BELGIUM)
Colin Stirling (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Tayssir Touili (University Paris Diderot,  FRANCE)
Yde Venema (ILLC, University of Amsterdam,  HOLLAND)
Bow-Yaw Wang  (INRIA, FRANCE and Tsinghua University, CHINA)
Igor Walukiewicz (LaBRI, University of Bordeaux1, FRANCE)
STEERING COMMITTEE
Mikolaj Bojanczyk (University of Warsaw,  POLAND)
Javier Esparza (University of Munich, GERMANY)
Angelo Montanari (University of Udine, ITALY)
Margherita Napoli (University of Salerno, ITALY)
Mimmo Parente (University of Salerno, ITALY)
Wolfgang Thomas (RWTH Aachen University, GERMANY)
Wieslaw Zielonka  (University of Paris7, FRANCE)
ADVISORY BOARD
Stefano Crespi Reghizzi (University of Milan, ITALY)
Jozef Gruska (Masaryk University, CZECH REPUBLIK)
Oscar H. Ibarra (University of California, USA)
Andrea Maggiolo-Schettini (University of Pisa, ITALY)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
TBA
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Dario Della Monica, PhD Student
University of Udine - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
via delle Scienze, 206 - 33100 - Udine (UD)
phone: (+39) 0432 558469 cell: (+39) 328 2477327
fax: (+39) 0432 558499
email: dario.dellamonica [at] dimi.uniud.it
web site: http://users.dimi.uniud.it/~dario.dellamonica

Sonntag, 21. November 2010

SCS SpringSim 2011 - Modeling and Simulation

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              1st International Workshop on
     Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering
  part of the Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation
                    (SCS SpringSim 2011)
                      CALL FOR PAPERS
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April 4-9, 2011, Boston, MA (USA)
http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/mod4sim11
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# Papers Due: *** November 21, 2011 ***
# Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings
# and archived in the ACM Digital Library.
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The workshop on model-driven approaches for simulation
engineering (Mod4Sim) aims to combine the most recent advances
in the software engineering field with well-known and widely used
techniques for simulation engineering.
The term simulation engineering denotes the set of activities to
be carried out first to build the simulation model that
specifies the behavior of a given source system and then to
implement the simulation model into a software application that
allows to "execute" the model onto a given centralized or
distributed computer platform.
In the software engineering community, the exploitation of
principles and standards introduced in the model-driven
engineering field has obtained a significant increase of the
degree of automation provided by software development processes
and has led to software products with higher quality and
reduced costs and time-to-market.
The Mod4Sim workshop aims to investigate the use of model-
driven approaches in the simulation engineering field and
provides a unique opportunity to bring together leading
researchers and practitioners from both the software engineering
community and the simulation community in a focused workshop
environment.
A non-exhaustive list of topics of interest includes:
* model-driven simulation engineering processes
* domain specific languages for modeling and simulation
* model transformations for simulation model building
* model transformations for simulation model implementation
* model-driven engineering of distributed simulation systems
* relationship between metamodeling standards (e.g., MOF, Ecore)
  and distributed simulation standards (e.g., HLA, DIS)
* metamodels for simulation reuse and interoperability
* model-driven technologies for different simulation paradigms
  (discrete event simulation, multi agent simulation,
  sketch-based simulation, etc.)
* model-driven methods and tools for performance engineering of
  simulation systems
* simulation tools for model-driven software performance
  engineering
* model-driven technologies for simulation verification and
  validation
* model-driven technologies for data collection and analysis
* model-driven technologies for simulation visualization
To stimulate creativity, however, the workshop maintains a wider
scope and invites interested researchers to present contributions
that offer original perspectives on model-driven engineering of
simulation systems.
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On-Line Submissions and Publication
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The Mod4Sim workshop accepts the following three types of papers:
1. Full Papers: 8 pages in final conference format.
   Full papers will be published both in hard copy and CD-ROM.
2. Work in Progress Papers: papers that describe novel research
   ideas and promising work that has not yet been fully
   evaluated. The size of such papers is up to 6 pages in final
   conference format.
3. Short Papers: Papers with industrial focus, military or
   government applications. The size of such papers is up to 6
   pages in final conference format.
Papers must be submitted as a PDF file through the Submission
Management System (http://www.softconf.com/scs/DEVS11).
The final version of all the papers must comply with the SCS
conference format. All the submitted papers should be original
and not have been submitted to other venues; they will be peer
reviewed with respect to their quality, originality and relevance.
The authors of the accepted paper must register in advance for
inclusion of their paper in the conference proceedings.
All papers will be included in the conference proceedings and
archived in the ACM Digital Library. Full Papers will be also
printed in hard copy.
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Important Dates
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* Submission Deadline: November 21, 2010
* Notification to authors: December 21, 2010
* Camera-ready version: January 25, 2011
* Workshop: April 4-9, 2011
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Organizing Committee
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* Andrea D'Ambrogio, University of Roma TorVergata, Italy
* Dorina C. Petriu, Carleton University, Canada
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Program Committee
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* Steffen Becker - University of Paderborn, Germany
* David Chen - Univeristy of Bordeaux I, France
* Juan De Lara - Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
* Huascar Espinoza - ESI-Tecnalia, Spain
* Paul A. Fishwick - University of Florida, USA
* Daniele Gianni - European Space Agency, Netherlands
* Carlos Juiz - University of Balearic Islands, Spain
* Halit Oğuztüzün - Middle East Technical University, Turkey
* Andreas Tolk - Old Dominion University, USA
* Hans Vangheluwe - University of Antwerp, Belgium
* Heming Zhang - Tsinghua University, China
*** Contact Information ***
Andrea D'Ambrogio (workshop co-chair)
Email: dambro@info.uniroma2.it
[Apologies for multiple postings. Problems: contact gwainer@sce.carleton.ca]

DEVS 2011 - MODELING AND SIMULATION

CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE APPROACHING
    SYMPOSIUM ON THEORY OF MODELING AND SIMULATION (DEVS 2011)
  April 4-9 2011. Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel Boston, MA. USA.
http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer/DEVS11
                           Sponsored by
       The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
             in cooperation with ACM/SIGSIM and ICST
The purpose of this symposium is to provide a forum to discuss recent
advancements in Theory of M&S. The main focus is on theory of modeling,
methodology, practice and software to cope with the challenges arising
out of these, as well as lessons learned and challenges. The Symposium
bridges different areas in the field of Theory of M&S, including formal
modeling, model-checking, graph transformation, modeling methodologies.
It also provides an opportunity to exchange ideas with other SpringSim'11
symposia participants in different fields.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
Theory: DEVS, Petri Nets, Finite State Machines, Timed Automata, Process
Algebras; Hybrid system modeling and integration of formalisms; Formal
analysis and symbolic reasoning; Model Checking; Graph Transformation.
M&S Software: frameworks and libraries for DEVS, PN, FSM, TA, PA, etc.;
Education aspects of Theory of M&S
Methodology: Parallel & distributed simulators; Middleware and simulators
Interoperability (grid, cloud, web services); M&S Engineering; M&S-Based
development methods.
Practice and Lessons Learned: Military systems and infrastructures;
Real-time and embedded systems; High performance computing; Software-
intensive/networked systems; Transportation and traffic systems;
Ecological and environmental systems; Standards.
All papers will be included in the conference proceedings and archived in
both the the ACM and EU Digital Libraries; Full Papers will be also
printed in hard copy.
Important Dates
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Paper Submission: 21 Nov 2010
Notification:   21 Dec 2010
Final Paper:    25 Jan 2011
Main conference: 4-9 Apr 2011
Submission Procedures
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The conference committee will accept three types of papers submitted as a
PDF file to the conference website (http://www.softconf.com/scs/DEVS11/)
as listed below. All the submitted papers should be original and not have
been submitted to other venues; they will be peer reviewed with respect to
their quality, originality and relevance.
1. Full manuscript: 8 pages in final conference format. In addition to
publication in the conference proceedings, they will be considered for
a best paper award. Full papers will be published in hard copy and CD-ROM.
2. Work in Progress: Short papers up to 6 pages in final conference
format.
3. Short Papers: Papers with industrial focus, military or government
applications, and work-in-progress in abstract or short paper format.
DEVS AWARD
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This year, the Symposium will hold the Second Bernard P. Zeigler DEVS M&S
Award, to recognize high-impact innovations in M&S methods, applications
and tools (sponsored by RTSync - Chair: Doohwan Kim).
WORKSHOPS
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Authors interested in organizing satellite workshops can contact the
organizers. Up to date, two workshops have been confirmed:
- Mod4Sim: M&S and Software Engineering (Chairs: Andrea D'Ambroggio -
UniRoma "Tor Vergata" - and Dorina Petriu - Carleton University -).
http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/mod4sim11/
- DEVS Standardization (Chairs: Xiaolin Hu - Georgia State - and Hessam
Sarjoughian - University of Phoenix -).
DEVS 2011 Organizing committee
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General Chairs:
Gabriel A. Wainer, Carleton University, Canada
Mamadou K. Traoré, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Program Chairs:
Reiko Heckel, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Jan Himmelspach, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Advisory Board
Bernard P. Zeigler (FIEEE, FSCS, LAA-SCS), University of Arizona, (Chair)
Christos Cassandras (FIEEE, FIFAC), Boston University
François Cellier (FSCS), ETH Zürich
Mo Jamshidi (FIEEE, FASME, FAAAS), University of Texas at San Antonio
Kishor Trivedi (FIEEE, GCM IEEE CS), Duke University
DEVS 2011 International Technical Program Committee
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http://sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer/DEVS11/doku.php?id=organizing_committe
e
Further information:
http://sce.carleton.ca/faculty/wainer/DEVS11/doku.php
[Apologies for multiple postings]
[Problems/issues: contact Gabriel.Wainer@sce.carleton.ca]

EAIA 2011 - Emerging Applications of M&S

Call for Papers
Emerging Applications of M&S in Industry and Academia (EAIA'11) Symposium
The Symposium for Emerging Applications of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) in Industry and Academia (EAIA) has evolved into a hub for new ideas and successful applications thereof. The focus is on innovative applications of M&S in theory and practice. As such, we are looking for papers that show successful and promising trends. For 2011, we offer seven topic categories plus the "Other Emerging Application" category to be able to give a home to good papers that do not fit into the other categories. For more information, please visit the conference website http://scs.org/node/207.
T1 - M&S and Education will continue to look how M&S can be used to enrich education, ranging from public education in middle and high schools over colleges and universities to education of the work force.
T2 - M&S and Engineering has its focus on engineering applications of M&S as well as applying engineering methods to M&S. This includes new engineering management efforts, such as Scrum for M&S, or applying M&S as a Green Technology.
T3 - Business and Industry Simulation Applications shows "where the rubber meets the road." Where is M&S really making a difference in Industry? How can we optimize processes and businesses using new methods that combine M&S and heuristics?
T4 - M&S and Risk Management is looking for contributions regarding theory and application of supporting Risk Management with the full spectrum of M&S.
T5 - M&S and Philosophy is a new topic for EAIA, but as M&S grows as its own discipline, it is time to address some philosophical questions, including the question of how M&S is influenced and influences Philosophy and our understanding of what we understand.
T6 - M&S and Law Enforcement is starting to become a new application domain. The objective is to give a home to papers that evaluate the potential and applicability of the whole M&S spectrum to support law enforcement in training, analysis, and operations.
T7 - M&S Technology Transition is a contemporary interest to avoid the frequent loss of great ideas between R&D and distribution organizations.
T8 - Other Emerging Applications is interested other innovative applications of M&S in theory and practice.
We are looking forward to receive your papers soon!
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Andreas Tolk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
Old Dominion University
Symposium Chair EAIA 2011

ASONAM 2011 - Social Network Analysis and Mining

The 2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2011)
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
July 25st ĄV July 27th 2011
http://asonam.im.nuk.edu.tw/
CALL FOR PAPERS
SUBMISSION DEADLINE : March 1st, 2011
Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press, which are indexed by EI.
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The international conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2011) will primarily provide an interdisciplinary venue that will bring together practitioners and researchers from a variety of SNAM fields to promote collaborations and exchange of ideas and practices.
ASONAM 2011 is intended to address important aspects with a specific focus on the emerging trends and industry needs associated with social networking analysis and mining.
The conference solicits experimental and theoretical works on social network analysis and mining along with their application to real life situations.
General areas of interest to ASONAM 2011 include information science and mathematics, communication studies, business and organizational studies, sociology, psychology, anthropology, applied linguistics, biology and medicine.
More specialized topics within ASONAM include, but are not limited to:
Anomaly detection in social network evolution Application of social network analysis
Application of social network mining
Communities discovery and analysis in large scale online social networks
Communities discovery and analysis in large scale offline social networks
Connection between biological similarities and social network formulation
Contextual social network analysis
Contextual social network mining
Crime data mining and network analysis
Cyber anthropology
Dark Web
Data protection inside communities
Detection of communities by document analysis
Dynamics and evolution patterns of social networks
Economical impact of social network discovery
Evolution of patterns in the Web
Evolution of communities in the Web
Evolution of communities in organizations
Geography of social networks
Impact of social networks on recommendations systems
Information acquisition and establishment of social relations
Influence of cultural aspects on the formation of communities
Knowledge networks
Large-scale graph algorithms for social network analysis
Misbehavior detection in communities
Migration between communities
Multi-agent based social network modeling and analysis
Open source intelligence
Pattern presentation for end-users and experts
Personalization for search and for social interaction
Preparing data for Web mining
Political impact of social network discovery
Privacy, security and civil liberty issues
Recommendations for product purchase, information acquisition and establishment of social relations
Recommendation networks
Scalability of social networks
Scalability of Search algorithms on social networks
Social and cultural anthropology
Social geography
Social psychology of information diffusion
Temporal analysis on social networks topologies
Visual representation of dynamic social networks
Web mining algorithms
Web communities
Important dates
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November 1, 2010 Paper submission process opens
March 1, 2011 Full paper submission deadline
April 8, 2011 Notification of acceptance
April 20, 2011 Camera-ready paper due
April 20, 2011 Presenting author registration due
June 10, 2011 Discount registration for general public due
July 25-27, 2011 Conference events
Paper Submission
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Papers reporting original and unpublished research results pertaining to the above topics are solicited.
Full paper submission deadline is March 1, 2011.
These papers will follow an academic review process.
Full paper manuscripts must be in English with a maximum length of 8 pages (using the IEEE two- column template).
Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), tel/fax numbers, abstract, and postal address(es) on the first page. Papers should be submitted to http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=asonam2011. If Web submission is not possible, manuscripts should be sent as an attachment via email to iting@nuk.edu.tw by March 1, 2011. The attachment must be in PDF or Word .doc format.
Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Authors should certify that their papers represent substantially new previously unpublished work. Paper submission implies that the intent is for one of the authors to present the paper if accepted and that at least one of the authors register for a full conference fee.

THIRD SOCIAL NETWORKS AND MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS SYMP.

SNAMAS@AISB 2011 Convention
http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb11/
4-7 April 2011, University of York, UK


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SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS

- Matthias Mailliard (Cemagref, France)
- Clara Smith (UNLP and UCALP, Argentina)
- Frédéric Amblard (IRIT, France)
- Samuel Thiriot (INRIA ? France)

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The aim of the SNAMAS Symposium is to exchange ideas, tools,
methodology, on various works in MAS that integrate the social network
component.

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TOPICS

The 2011 release of SNAMAS will be focused on "social relations and
their underlying processes in social organizations". A special
attention will be paid to empirical studies. Topics of interest
include (but are not limited to) works exhibiting:

- empirical and/or theoretical researches on a specific social
relation (relation of power, solidarity, legitimity, trust...);
- the role of specific social relations in structuring organizations;
- the role of agents´ attributes in structuring social relations
(values, emotions, cognitive abilities, ...);
- the role of social relation structures on agent behaviour;
- agent mechanisms and algorithms dealing with representations for
social relations representations;
- social relations regulations;
- comparative and ontological studies from SNA and MAS;
- mathematical representations to describe and analyse structures for
social relations, and their dynamics.

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IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission deadline: January 9, 2011.
Notification of acceptance: February 6, 2011.
Camera ready version deadline: TBA
Symposium: 4th - 7th April, 2011.

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PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors should consult the instructions on the website for submitting
their papers electronically.
Guidelines for paper submission are as the following:
? The paper should be written in English.
? The maximum length of a paper is 6 A4-sized pages in ECAI format
(format download:
http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb08/download.html).
? The paper should be in PDF format.
? Please submit via the online paper submission system.
(http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aisb11 (Track : Social
Networks and Multi-agent systems))

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmed)

Luis Antunes (Univ. Lisbon, Portugal)
Guido Boella (University of Turin)
Cristiano Castelfranchi, (ISTC-CNR Rome, Italy)
Edmund Chattoe-Brown (Univ. Leicester, UK)
Rosaria Conte (ISTC-CNR Rome, Italy)
Terrill Frantz (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Jeremy Pitt (Imperial College London, UK)
Camille Roth (CNRS-EHESS, Paris, France)
Giovanni Sartor (Univ. Bologna, Italy)
Serena Villata (University of Turin)
Justin Zhan (CMU, Pittsburgh, USA)

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CONTACTS

For further inquiries please contact: snamas2011@res-ear.ch

MIWAI'10 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The 4th Mahasarakham International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence.

December 9-10, 2010, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, Thailand.
(Tutorials December 8)

http://khamreang.msu.ac.th/miwai10/

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Important Dates
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Early Registration deadline:     December 2, 2010
Tutorials:                       December 8, 2010
Workshop dates:                  December 9-10, 2010


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Registration
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Fees are as follows (in Thai Baht. 1,000 Thai Baht = 33 USD approx.):

Early Registration (on or before Dec. 2):
2,500 (students), 3,500 (non-students)

Late Registration (after Dec. 2):
3,500 (students), 6,000 (non-students)

To register, please fill in the registration form (1 form for each
participant, available from
http://khamreang.msu.ac.th/miwai10/MIWAI_2010/Registration.html) and either
fax it to Ms Suwicha Nantawong (+66 43 754 359), or send scanned versions
by email to Chattrakul Sombattheera (chattrakul.s[AT]msu.ac.th).

Late registration on-site is also possible.

For more details see
http://khamreang.msu.ac.th/miwai10/MIWAI_2010/Registration.html


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Invited Speakers + Tutorials
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Invited Speakers:
1.Arun Agarwal (University of Hyderabad, India)
"Excitement of Research in Document Forensics"

2.Anthony Cohn (University of Leeds, UK)
"Learning about Activities and Objects from Video"

Tutorials (December 8):
1.Siba K. Udgata (University of Hyderabad, India)
"Swarm Intelligence - A Tool for Optimization in various Information
Technology Applications"

2.Richard Booth (University of Luxembourg and Mahasarakham)
"Reasoning using Argumentation: An Introduction"


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About MIWAI
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) research has broad applications in real world
problems. Examples include control, planning and scheduling, pattern
recognition, knowledge mining, software applications and strategy games.
The ever-evolving needs in business both on a local and on a global scale
demand better technologies for solving more and more complex problems. Such
needs can be found in all industrial sectors and in any part of the world.

This workshop aims to be a meeting place where excellence in AI research
meets the needs for solving dynamic and complex problems in the real world.
The academic researchers, developers, and industrial practitioners will
have extensive opportunities to present their original work, technological
advances and practical problems. Participants can learn from each other and
exchange their experiences in order to fine tune their activities in order
to help each other better.

The main purposes of the MIWAI series of workshops are as follows:

. to provide a meeting place for AI researchers and practitioners in
Thailand and beyond.

. to inform Thai students about cutting-edge AI research via the presence
of outstanding international invited speakers.

. to raise the standards of practice of AI research in the whole of
Thailand by providing Thai researchers and students with feedback from an
internationally-renowned program committee.