Call
for Papers
Second International
Workshop on
Agent-Oriented
Software Development Methodology (AOSDM’06) at SEKE 2006
URL: AOSDM 2006: http://cms.brookes.ac.uk/computing/AOSDM2006/,
SEKE 2006: http://www.ksi.edu/seke/seke06.html
Hotel Sofitel,
The Internet and Web
have developed into the main platform of software applications in a wide range
of domains. Consequently, software engineering is confronted with a number of
challenges, such as to deal with service-oriented computing, dynamic
integration of autonomous components, distributed and mobile computing, etc.
Agent technology has long been perceived as a viable solution for large complex
applications in dynamic environments. Recent years have seen a rapid growth of
research in agent-oriented methodology. However, current agent-based systems
are mostly developed in ad hoc methods without sound methodologies and
effective language and tool supports. This has hampered the wide adoption of
agent technology in large complex applications and more broadly the IT
industry.
The workshop on
Agent-Oriented Software Development Methodology (AOSDM) aims at providing an
active interdisciplinary forum for both researchers and practitioners in
agent-oriented methodologies and application development. The first AOSDM
workshop (AOSDM’05) was held successfully at SEKE’2005. It attracted more than
20 participants. Extended versions of some selected papers presented at
AOSDM’2005 are being considered for publication in a special issue in the
Multi-Agent and Grid Systems –An International Journal.
Theme and Coverage
The theme of
AOSDM’06 is development of agent-oriented
software methodology for Internet-based computing. The indicative topics of
the workshop will include, but not limited to the following.
Conceptual models and meta-models:
Basic concepts and
their roles in developing agent-based systems and their interrelationships
Meta-model of
multi-agent systems
Integration of
meta-models of agent-orientation and meta-models of object-orientation
Methods and Methodology
System analysis and
modelling
Requirements
analysis and specification
Domain analysis
Development of
ontology
Development of
communication languages and protocols
Programming and
implementation
Test, validation and
verification
Integration methods
that support the collaboration, cooperation and coordination among agents
Design of
multi-agent systems at architectural and detailed levels
Process models that
link various activities
Languages and Tools
Modelling languages
and tools, Agent UML, etc.
Programming
languages, facilities and environments for implementing multi-agent systems
Specification
languages and reasoning of multi-agent systems
Agent-communication
languages
Ontology description
and definition languages
Languages for the
descriptions of collaboration, cooperation and coordination between agents
Applications, especially in Internet/Web-based
computing
Service-oriented
computing, web services, etc.
Grid middleware,
peer-to-peer systems, etc.
Autonomous/adaptive
computing
Ubiquitous computing
Experiences and empirical studies
Enterprise
information systems,
E-commerce,
E-government, E-learning, E-sciences, etc.
Games and online
entertainments,
Process control and
real-time systems, etc.
Submission of Papers
Original papers not
being submitted to journals or other conferences will be considered. All
submitted papers will be evaluated according to its originality, significance,
correctness, presentation and relevance. Papers should be submitted
electronically (Please see SEKE 2006 website for details at URL www.ksi.edu/seke/seke06.html).
Please follow the instructions given by the web page. Manuscripts will be limited to 6 pages
following IEEE conference proceedings style and guidelines. We encourage
authors to present novel ideas, critique of existing work, and practical
studies and experiments.
Accepted papers will
be published in the conference proceedings of the Eighteenth International
Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE 2006). At
least one of the authors of each accepted paper must register as a full
participant of the SEKE conference to have the paper published in the
proceedings. At least one of the co-authors is expected to present the paper
and participate in the discussions at the workshop.
It is our plan to
edit a special issue at a reputed journal the expanded and revised versions of
some selected top-quality papers from AOSDM’2006.
Evaluation of Papers
Each paper will be
reviewed by 3 members of the PC and will be accepted based on the technical
merits and relevance as recommended by the PC members.
Workshop Organisers
Professor Hong Zhu
Department of Computing,
Tel: ++44 1865 484580,
Fax ++44 1865 484545
Email: hzhu@brookes.ac.uk,
Professor Huaglory Tianfield
School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Tel:
+44 141 331 8025,
Fax:
+44 141 331 3608
E-mail:
h.tianfield@gcal.ac.uk
Professor
Software Technology Research Laboratory,
School of Computing,
De Montfort University,
Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK,
Tel : +44 116 250
6398,
Fax: +44 116 250 6399,
Email: hyang@dmu.ac.uk
Programme Committee
Michael Berger,
Siemens Corporate Technology, Germany
Cornelia Boldyreff,
University of Lincoln, UK
Massimo Cossentino,
Italian National Research Council, Italy
Sheng-Uei Guan,
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Xudong He, Florida
International University, USA
Zhi Jin, Academy of
Mathematics and System Science, China
Giuseppe A. Di
Lucca, Univ. of Sannio, Italy
Carlos José Pereira
de Lucena, Pontificial Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alfred H. Kromholz,
The MITRE Corporation, USA
Jiming Liu, Hong
Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Xinjun Mao, National
University of Defence Technology, China
-
Rym
Mili, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, USA
Manish Parashar,
Rutgers University, USA
David Riaño,
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Rainer Unland,
University of Essen, Germany
Jianjun Zhao,
Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Important Dates
Deadline for submission:
Notification of acceptance:
Camera-ready version:
Workshop date: 5~