MultiAgent Systems: Theory and Applications (MASTA)

Following the previous workshops or thematic tracks on agents and multiagent systems that have been organized in the context of EPIA Conferences (MASTA from 1997 to 2017), the purpose of this thematic track is to provide a high profile, internationally respected discussion forum on the most recent and innovative scientific research in the areas of multiagent systems (MAS) and autonomous agents. As in previous MASTA events, the unifying focus of the thematic track will be on the methodological aspects. Both theoretical and practical research should be situated in the context of existing or new methodologies for multiagent systems and autonomous agents. This will not preclude any specific topic, but preference will be given to research work that establishes some connection with methodological aspects or successful applications built upon some existing or developing methodology. Contributions with emphasis on theoretical issues should make clear the significance and relevance of those results to the multiagent community, while more practical subjects should clearly relate the work with the state of the art and make clear their contribution in other general applications.

Topics of Interest

 Some topics of special interest are:

• Agent theories, architectures and models
• Agent-based systems Interoperability
• Agreement technologies 
• Applications of agents and MAS (industrial and commercial)
• Artificial social systems
• Automated negotiation and computational argumentation
• Cognitive models, including emotions and philosophies
• Communication: languages, semantics, protocols, and conversations
• Cooperation, coordination and teamwork in MAS
• Ethical and legal issues raised by autonomous agents and MAS
• Formal methods for modelling agents and agent-based systems
• Human-agent interaction
• Learning in MAS
• Multiagent evolution, emergent behavior and adaptation
• Multiagent modelling and simulation
• Scalability and performance of MAS
• Societal issues: organizations, institutions, norms, socio-technical systems
• Trust, reputation, privacy and security

Paper Submission Instructions

All accepted papers will be published by Springer in a volume of Springer’s Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) corresponding to the proceedings of the 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2019.

Submissions must be original and not published elsewhere. Papers should not exceed twelve (12) pages in length and must adhere to the formatting instructions of the conference. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee. The reviewing process is double blind, so authors should remove names and affiliations from the submitted papers, and must take reasonable care to assure anonymity during the review process. References to own work may be included in the paper, as long as referred to in the third person. Acceptance will be based on the paper’s significance, technical quality, clarity, relevance and originality. All accepted papers must be presented orally the conference by one of the authors and at least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference.

This track also accepts short papers submissions (maximum of 6 pages) for position papers, work in progress and application/demonstration papers. The registration fee is the same for regular and short papers. In case of acceptance authors will have the same time for paper presentation.

All papers should be submitted in PDF format through the EPIA 2019 EasyChair submission page. Prospective authors should select the thematic track to which their paper is to be submitted.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline (Extended) : April 15, 2019 April 30, 2019
Notification of paper acceptance: May 31, 2019, June 7, 2019
Camera ready papers deadline: June 15, 2019, June 21, 2019
Conference dates: September 3-6, 2019

Organizing Committee

Henrique Lopes Cardoso, FEUP / LIACC, Portugal
Luís Antunes, BioISI/MAS/GUESS Fac. Ciências Univ. Lisboa, Portugal
Viviane Torres da Silva, IBM Research Brazil, Brazil
Dave de Jonge, IIIA-CSIC, Spain

Steering Committee

Eugénio Oliveira, FEUP / LIACC, Portugal
Hélder Coelho, FCUL, Portugal
João Balsa, FCUL, Portugal
Luís Paulo Reis, FEUP / LIACC, Portugal

Program Committee

Adriana Giret, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Alberto Fernandez, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Alejandro Guerra-Hernández, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico

Ana Paula Rocha, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Andrea Omicini, Università di Bologna, Italy
António Castro, TAP Air Portugal + LIACC, Portugal
Carlos Carracosa, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

Carlos Martinho, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Daniel Silva, University of Porto, Portugal

Diana Adamatti, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Brazil

F. Jordan Srour, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Francisco Grimaldo, Universidad de Valencia, Spain

Jaime Sichman, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Javier Carbó, Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Spain
João Leite, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
John-Jules Meyer, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Jordi Sabater-Mir, IIIA-CSIC, Spain

Jorge Gomez-Sanz, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain

Juan Antonio Rodriguez-Aguilar, IIIA-CSIC, Spain

Juan Burguillo, Universidad de Vigo, Spain

Juan Corchado, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Lars Braubach, Universität Hamburg, Germany

Laurent Vercouter, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France
Luís Correia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Luís Macedo, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Luís Nunes, ISCTE, Portugal
Michael Schumacher, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland

Marin Lujak, Institute Mines-Télécom, France
Neil Yorke-Smith, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Olivier Boissier, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France
Paolo Torroni, Università di Bologna, Italy
Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Rafael Bordini, Pontífica Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ramón Hermoso, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Reyhan Aydogan, Özyeğin University & Delft University of Technology, Turkey
Wamberto Vasconcelos, University of Aberdeen, UK