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Today's Topics:
1. [1st CFP] ANTS 2016: Tenth International Conference on Swarm
Intelligence (Carlo Pinciroli)
2. IEEE CEC 2016 Special Session - Optimization, Learning, and
Decision-Making in Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (OLDBB)
(Richard Allmendinger)
3. 2nd CFP - 15th International Conference on Autonomous Agents
and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2016) - Singpapore (Adrian Pearce)
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Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:28:43 -0400
From: Carlo Pinciroli <ilpincy+ants@gmail.com>
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Subject: [DMANET] [1st CFP] ANTS 2016: Tenth International Conference
on Swarm Intelligence
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ANTS 2016
Tenth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
September 7-9, 2016. Brussels, Belgium
Call for papers prepared on October 5, 2015
More details and up-to-date information at
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2016
Scope of the Conference
=======================
Swarm intelligence is the discipline that deals with the study of
self-organizing processes both in nature and in artificial systems.
Researchers in ethology and animal behavior have proposed a number of
models to explain interesting aspects of social insect behavior such
as self-organization and shape-formation. Recently, algorithms and
methods inspired by these models have been proposed to solve difficult
problems in many domains.
An example of a particularly successful research direction in swarm
intelligence is ant colony optimization, the main focus of which is on
discrete optimization problems. Ant colony optimization has been
applied successfully to a large number of difficult discrete
optimization problems including the traveling salesman problem, the
quadratic assignment problem, scheduling, vehicle routing, etc., as
well as to routing in telecommunication networks. Another interesting
approach is that of particle swarm optimization, that mainly focuses
on continuous optimization problems. Here too, a number of successful
applications can be found in the recent literature. Swarm robotics is
another relevant field. Here, the focus is on applying swarm
intelligence techniques to the control of large groups of cooperating
autonomous robots.
ANTS 2016 will give researchers in swarm intelligence the opportunity
to meet, to present their latest research, and to discuss current
developments and applications.
The three-day conference will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on September
7-9, 2016.
Relevant Research Areas
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ANTS 2016 solicits contributions dealing with any aspect of swarm
intelligence. Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest are:
Behavioral models of social insects or other animal societies that
can stimulate new algorithmic approaches.
Empirical and theoretical research in swarm intelligence.
Application of swarm intelligence methods, such as ant colony
optimization or particle swarm optimization, to real-world problems.
Theoretical and experimental research in swarm robotics systems.
Publication Details
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Conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS.
series.
The journal Swarm Intelligence will publish a special issue dedicated
to ANTS 2016 that will contain extended versions of the best research
works presented at the conference. Further details will soon be
published on the web site.
Conference Location
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Auditorium R42.4.502, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and
Management, Campus du Solbosch, Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Av. F.D. Roosevelt 42, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Best Paper Award
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A best paper award will be presented at the conference.
Further Information
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Up-to-date information will be published on the web site
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2016/. For information about local
arrangements, registration forms, etc., please refer to the
above-mentioned web site or contact the local organizers at the
address below.
Conference Address
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ANTS 2016
IRIDIA CP 194/6 Tel +32-2-6502729
Université Libre de Bruxelles Fax +32-2-6502715
Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50 http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2016
1050 Bruxelles, Belgium email: ants@iridia.ulb.ac.be
Important Dates
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Submission deadline March 2, 2016
Notification of acceptance May 4, 2016
Camera ready copy May 18, 2016
Conference September 7-9, 2016
ANTS 2016 Organizing Committee
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General chair
Marco Dorigo, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Vice-chairs
Mauro Birattari, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Thomas Stützle, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Technical program chairs
Manuel López-Ibáñez, University of Manchester, UK
Xiaodong Li, RMIT University, Australia
Kazuhiro Ohkura, Hiroshima University, Japan
Publication chair
Carlo Pinciroli, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 01:23:41 +0100
From: Richard Allmendinger <richard.allmendinger@gmail.com>
To: "dmanet@zpr.uni-koeln.de" <DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de>
Subject: [DMANET] IEEE CEC 2016 Special Session - Optimization,
Learning, and Decision-Making in Bioinformatics and Bioengineering
(OLDBB)
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Dear colleagues,
If you are working at the interface of computational intelligence and
biology, then the Special Session below (organized at IEEE CEC in beautiful
Vancouver, CAN) may be of interest to you.
Best wishes,
Richard
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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*Special Session on *
*Optimization, Learning, and Decision-Making in Bioinformatics and
Bioengineering (OLDBB)*
http://tinyurl.com/SpecialSession-OLDBB-CEC2016
2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2016)
25 - 29 July 2016, Vancouver, Canada
<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucberal/SS-OMBB-IEEE_SSCI_2014.html>
Submission deadline: 15 January 2016
Submission details: http://www.wcci2016.org/submission.php
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*Scope of the session*
This special session invites papers discussing recent advances in the
development and application of Optimization, Learning, and Decision-Making
in Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (OLDBB).
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BB) are interdisciplinary scientific
fields involving many branches of computer science, engineering,
mathematics, and statistics. Bioinformatics is concerned with the
development and application of computational methods for the modeling,
retrieving and analysis of biological data, while Bioengineering is the
application of engineering techniques to biology so as to create usable and
economically viable products.
The main aim of this special session is to bring together both experts and
new-comers working on Optimization, Learning and Decision-Making in
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (OLDMBB) to discuss new and exciting
issues in this area. This session is supported by the IEEE CIS
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Technical Committee (BBTC) and the IEEE
CIS Task Force on Optimization Methods in Bioinformatics and Bioengineering.
We encourage submission of papers describing new
optimization/learning/decision-making strategies, challenges,
and applications in the area of BB. You are invited to submit papers that
are unpublished original work on topics that are, but not limited to, the
following
* (Single and multiobjective) optimization techniques for Bioinformatics
and Bioengineering (BB) problems
- Evolutionary algorithms
- Swarm Intelligence
- Metaheuristics
- Fuzzy optimization
- Surrogate-based methods
- Hybrid optimization algorithms (combinations of heuristics and exact
methods)
* Decision-making techniques for BB problems
- Preference elicitation and representation
- Aggregation-based techniques
- Fuzzy logic-based techniques
- Bayesian-based techniques
* Learning in the optimization of BB problems
- Link between Decision Maker's learning and model's learning
- Capturing and learning from user preferences
- Integrating optimization with machine learning
- Interactive learning and optimization techniques
- Techniques for learning user-driven parameter settings from examples
* Tuning of optimization, learning and decision-making techniques for BB
problems
- Performance measures
- Test and benchmark problems
- (Interactive) visualization techniques
- Optimization and visualization software
* Emerging Topics in in BB
- Novel applications (process design, manufacturing, etc)
- Challenging problem features (e.g. many decision variables, dynamic
problems, uncertainty, expensive and limited evaluations, etc)
- Closed-loop applications and challenges
- Many-objective optimization, learning, and decision-making
- Ecoinformatics
- Side effect machines and other kernal representations for sequence
analysis
- Data modelling/mining and Big Data analytics
*Submission Instructions*
We welcome original contributions describing ongoing projects or completed
work. The instructions for authors, and LaTeX and Word templates can be
found at http://www.wcci2016.org/submission.php
*Key Dates*
Paper Submissions due: 15 January 2016
Notification of Acceptance: 15 March 2016
Camera-Ready Papers due: 15 April 2016
*Organizers*
Richard Allmendinger, University College London, UK
Daniel Ashlock, University of Guelph, Canada
Sanaz Mostaghim, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
*Program Committee*
Ashlock Wendy, York University, Canada
Auephanwiriyakul Sansanee, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Branke Juergen, University of Warwick, UK
Brown Joseph, Innopolis University, Russia
Brown Michael, University of Maryland University College, USA
Coker James, University of Maryland University College, USA
Corns Steven, Missouri University, USA
Fogel Gary, Natural Selection Inc, USA
Handl Julia, University of Manchester, UK
Houghten Sheridan, Brock University, Canada
Jin Yaochu, University of Surrey, UK
Knowles Joshua, University of Manchester, UK
Langdon Bill, University College London, UK
Lavygina Anna, Imperial College London, UK
Rombo Simona, University of Palermo, Italy
Yifeng Li, University of British Columbia, Canada
*Contact*
For further information please contact Richard Allmendinger (
richard.allmendinger@manchester.ac.uk <r.allmendinger@ucl.ac.uk>)
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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 04:36:49 +0000
From: Adrian Pearce <adrianrp@unimelb.edu.au>
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Subject: [DMANET] 2nd CFP - 15th International Conference on
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2016) - Singpapore
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15th International Conference on
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2016)
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel
Singapore
9-13th of May, 2016
Important Dates
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Abstract Submission: 13th of November, 2015 (23:59 UTC-12)
Full Paper Submission: 17th of November, 2015 (23:59 UTC-12)
Rebuttal Phase: 11-12th of January, 2016 (23:59 UTC-12)
Author Notification: 26th of January, 2016
About AAMAS
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AAMAS is the leading scientific conference for research in autonomous agents and multiagent systems. The AAMAS conference series was initiated in 2002 by merging three highly respected meetings: the International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems (ICMAS); the International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages (ATAL); and the International Conference on Autonomous Agents (AA). The aim of the joint conference is to provide a single, high-profile, internationally respected archival forum for scientific research in the theory and practice of autonomous agents and multiagent systems.
Information for Authors
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AAMAS 2016 encourages the submission of analytical, empirical, methodological, technological, and perspective papers. Analytical and empirical papers should make clear the significance and relevance of their results to the AAMAS community. Similarly, methodological and technological papers should make clear their scientific and technical contributions, and are expected to demonstrate a thorough evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses in practice. It is strongly encouraged that papers focusing on specific agent capabilities evaluate their techniques in the context of autonomous agent architectures or multiagent systems. A thorough evaluation, conducted from a theoretical or applied basis, is considered an essential component of any submission. Authors are also requested to pay particular attention to discussing how their work relates to the state of the art in autonomous agents and multiagent systems research as evidenced in, for example, previous AAMAS and related conferences. All submissions will be rigorously peer reviewed and evaluated on the basis of the overall quality of their technical contribution, including criteria such as originality, soundness, relevance, significance, quality of presentation, and understanding of the state of the art.
AAMAS 2016, the fifteenth conference in the AAMAS series, seeks the submission of high-quality papers limited to 8 pages in length, with a 9th page being allowed *provided it only contains bibliographic references*. Reviews will be double blind; authors must avoid including anything in their papers that can be used to identify them. Please note that submitting an abstract is required to submit a full paper. However, the abstracts will not be reviewed and full (8-page) papers must be submitted for the review process to begin. All work must be original, i.e., it must not have appeared in a conference proceedings, book, or journal and may not be under review for another archival conference. In addition to submissions in the main track, AAMAS 2016 will be soliciting papers in special tracks. The review process for the special tracks will be similar to the main track, but with programme committee members specially selected for each track. All accepted papers for the special tracks will be included in the proceedings.
* JAAMAS Submissions *
Finally, AAMAS 2016 will also accept papers for presentation that have appeared in the Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (JAAMAS) in the 12 months period preceding the AAMAS notification date. These articles also have the option to publish an extended abstract (maximum two pages) in the AAMAS proceedings. The articles must be original and not previously published as a full paper in an archival conference. For details on JAAMAS, visit - http://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/10458.
Topics of Interest
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The conference solicits papers addressing original research on autonomous agents and their interaction. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
* Agent Theories and Models:
- Logic and Game Theory
- Logics for agents and multi-agent systems
- Formal models of agency
- Belief-Desire-Intention theories and models
- Cognitive models
- Models of emotions
* Communication and Argumentation
- Commitments
- Communication languages and protocols
- Speech act theory
- Multi-agent reasoning
- Deductive, rule-based and logic-based argumentation
- Argumentation-based dialogue and protocols
* Agent Cooperation:
- Biologically-inspired approaches and methods
- Collective intelligence
- Distributed problem solving
- Teamwork, team formation, teamwork analysis
- Coalition formation (non-strategic)
- Human-robot/agent interaction
- Multi-user/multi-virtual-agent interaction
- Multi-robot systems
* Knowledge Representation and Reasoning:
- Ontologies for agents
- Reasoning in agent-based systems
- Planning and scheduling for single agents
- Multi-agent planning and scheduling
- Trust and reputation
* Agent Societies and Societal issues:
- Organizations and institutions
- Socio-technical systems
- Normative systems
- Values in MAS (privacy, safety, security, transparency,.)
- Monitoring agent societies
- Architectures for social reasoning
- Trust and reputation
- Value-sensitive design of multi-agent systems
- Policy, regulation and legislation
* Humans and Agents:
- Human-robot/agent interaction
- Multi-user/multi-virtual-agent interaction
- Agents competing against humans
- Agent-based analysis of human interactions
- Agents for improving human cooperative activities
* Learning and adaptation:
- Reward structures for learning
- Evolutionary algorithms
- Co-evolutionary algorithms
- Multiagent learning
- Learning agent capabilities (agent models, communication,
observation)
- Learning agent-to-agent interactions (negotiation, trust,
coordination)
* Agents & Mainstream Computing
- services computing
- self-adaptive distributed software
- autonomic computing
- grid computing
- peer to peer computing
- middleware & infrastructures
* Agent-based simulation:
- Social simulation
- Simulation techniques tools and platforms
- Analysis and validation of simulation systems
- Modelling for agent based simulation
- Interactive simulation
- Emergent behaviour
* Engineering Multi-Agent Systems
- Modelling and specification languages
- Programming languages and frameworks for agents and multi-agent
systems
- Development techniques, tools, and platforms
- Methodologies for agent-based systems
- Verification, fault tolerance and resilience of multi-agent
systems
- Profiling and benchmarking of agent-based systems
* Verification and validation of agent-based systems:
- Testing of agent-based systems, including model-based testing
- Verification of agent-based systems, including model checking
- Synthesis of agent-based systems
* Systems and organization:
- Autonomic computing
- Complex systems
- Self-organization
- Novel agent and multiagent applications
* Economic paradigms:
- Auctions and mechanism design
- Bargaining and negotiation
- Behavioral game theory
- Cooperative games: theory & analysis
- Cooperative games: computation
- Non-cooperative games: theory & analysis
- Noncooperative games: computation
- Social choice theory
- Game theory for practical applications
Conference Chairs
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General Chairs:
Catholijn Jonker (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands) Stacy Marsella (Northeastern University, USA)
Program Chairs:
Karl Tuyls (University of Liverpool, UK) John Thangarajah (RMIT University, Australia)
Special Tracks
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In addition to the above, AAMAS 2016 will feature the following four special tracks and a JAAMAS Track.
* Innovative Applications (Chairs: Onn Shehory and Noa Agmon) Due to the growing maturity of the field, there are now agent-based applications in widespread use across many domains, responsible for the generation of significant revenues, or the saving of major costs, or for supporting important public policy and business strategy decision-making. This special track provides the ideal forum to present, discuss, and demonstrate compelling applications, agent system deployment experiences, and new business ideas. The goal is to promote the fostering of mutually-beneficial relationships between those doing foundational scientific research and those making autonomous agents and multiagent systems a commercial or public policy reality.
* Robotics (Chairs: Francesco Amigoni and Roderich Gross) Papers that advance theory and applications of single and multiple robots are welcome, specifically those focusing on real robots that interact with their environment. Papers should clearly explain how the work addresses challenges in robotics, opportunities for novel applications, and fundamental research issues in autonomous robotic systems. The goal is to demonstrate the synergy achieved from integration of research in agents and robotics.
* Embodied Virtual Agents and Human-Agent Interaction
(Chairs: Tim Bickmore and Hannes Vilhjálmsson) Virtual agents are embodied agents that emulate autonomous human-like behavior in simulated interactive or physical environments. We encourage papers on the design, implementation, and evaluation of virtual agents as well as challenging applications featuring them. Of particular interest are papers addressing how humans interact with virtual agents. The goal is to provide an opportunity for continued interaction and cross-fertilization between the AAMAS community and researchers working on virtual agents and to strengthen links between the two communities.
* Blue Sky Ideas (Chair: Frank Dignum)
The emphasis of this track is on visionary ideas, long-term challenges, and new research opportunities that are outside the current mainstream of the field. This track is designed to overcome the constraints of the traditional review process, and will serve as an incubator for innovative approaches, risky and provocative ideas, and to propose challenges and opportunities for the field in the near future.
General Information
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All full papers accepted to the main track and the special tracks will be presented in parallel technical sessions. All the papers will be published in the conference Proceedings and will be permanently available after the conference at http://www.ifaamas.org/proceedings.html.
In addition, AAMAS 2016 will include:
* Workshops
* Demonstrations
* Posters presentations for full papers and extended abstracts
* Invited talks and panel discussions The submission processes for the workshops and demonstrations are separate from the main paper submission process. Relevant information will be posted on the relevant pages.
Policies
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Policy on multiple and previous submissions.
Authors may not submit any paper to AAMAS 2016 that has already appeared in an archival forum. Authors must ensure that no submission to AAMAS 2016 is under review for another archival forum between the AAMAS 2016 submission and decision dates.
Policy on harassment at the conference environment.
IFAAMAS is committed to organising the AAMAS conference and its affiliated events in an environment that is free of harassment for everyone involved: delegates, organisers, conference workers, and reviewers. All participants in IFAAMAS events are asked to embrace our intention to foster a harassment-free scientific community, and to understand that IFAAMAS will respond appropriately to incidents of harassment if they occur. The complete IFAAMAS harassment policy is available in the AAMAS 2016 website.
For further details about AAMAS 2016, please visit the website at http://sis.smu.edu.sg/aamas2016 or contacpcchair-aamas2016@gmail.com
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