DAI-List Digest Tuesday, 20 July 1993 Issue Number 126 Topics: 2nd Call for Participation for MAAMAW'93 CFP for 2nd Feature Interaction Workshop Journal of Organizational Computing Vol 3. Number 1 Contents Administrivia: Please send submissions to DAI-List@mcc.com. Send other requests, such as changes in your e-mail address, to DAI-List-Request@mcc.com. Back issues of DAI-List can be obtained via anonymous ftp from the DAI Archives at ftp.einet.net (192.147.157.225). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jean-Pierre Muller Subject: MAAMAW'93: 2nd call for participation Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1993 17:27:37 +0200 Some modifications have been made on this 2nd call for participation: - thanks to negotiation with the hotel, the deadline has been extended to July 26th and, for your convenience, only proof of payment is necessary (fax or photocopy) - note that the price includes 4 (FOUR) nights: do not miss the good-bye party! - on arised problems, the account specification has been updated and a bank account is now available - a mistake in the program has been corrected and the schedule has been modified according to invited speaker constraints. MAAMAW 93 Fifth European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World August, 24-28 1993 Neuchatel, Switzerland CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Purpose: The purpose of this Workshop is to stimulate exchange and discussion of research in the field of multiagent systems. MAAMAW is the European forum for DAI studies. While classical DAI research was mainly concerned with distributed problem solving and task allocation in view of a common goal, MAAMAW emphasizes the problems arising when several autonomous agents, endowed with their own goals, knowledge, and abilities, share a common environment and pursue either shared or competing goals. MAAMAW is therefore interested both in classical DAI problems (coordination, communication, cooperation, negotiation, etc.) and in theories of intention and action, or, more generally, in the autonomous agent and multi-agent system architectures. Multiagent models are a new area of research in rapid growth, of relevant interest both for AI and for social and management sciences. Both novel theoretical and computational approaches to multiagent topics are encouraged. The submitted papers will undergo a strict selection. It is an international workshop to discuss your ideas or exhibit your systems. Multiagent Olympics: There will be a competition and a prize for the most interesting multiagent system (software, hardware). People willing to present a system must contact in advance the local organizers (see the registration form). Preliminary program: Tuesday 24th August 19h00 Welcome party Wednesday 25th August 09h00-10h00 Invited Speaker: Paul Bourgine 10h00-10h30 Coffee break 10h30-12h15 Session on artificial life and cooperation Sophisticated and distributed: the transportation domain - exploring emergent functionality in a real-world application K. Fischer, N Kuhn, H.J. Muller, J.P. Muller, M. Pischel Emergent planning: a computational architecture for situated behaviour K. Nagao, K. Hasida When ants play chess (or can strategies emerge from tactical behaviors) A. Drogoul 12h15-14h30 Lunch 14h30-16h00 Panel discussion: from interaction to cognition 16h00-16h30 Coffee break 16h30-18h15 Session on formal and conceptual foundations Reasoning about other agents: philosophy, theory and implementation P.J. Gmytrasiewicz and E.H. Durfee One, two, many: coalitions in multi-agent systems G. Zlotkin and J.S. Rosenschein On fairness in multi-agent systems H.-D. Burkhard 18h30 Social event Thursday 26th August 09h00-10h00 Invited Speaker: Michael Georgeff 10h00-10h30 Coffee break 10h30-12h15 Session on agent architecture Around the architectural agent approach to model conversations M. Correa and H. Coehlo Designing good pursuit problems as testbeds for distributed AI: a novel application of genetic algorithms M. Manela and J.A. Campbell The conceptual framework of MAI2L D. Steiner,A. Burt, M. Kolb,Ch. Lerin 12h15-14h30 Lunch 14h30-16h30 Panel: working together as a multiagent problem 17h30 Visit and Reception at the Neuchatel Castle 20h00 Gala dinner Friday 27th August 09h00-10h00 Invited Speaker: Katia Sycara 10h00-10h30 Coffee break 10h30-12h15 Session on distributed multiagent planning A framework for the interlearning of execution and planning for dynamic tasks by multi-agents E. Ephrati and J. Rosenschein Coalition formation among autonomous agents: strategies and complexity O. Shechory and S. Kraus Emergent constraint satisfaction through multi-agent coordinated interaction J. Liu and K. Sycara 12h15-14h30 Lunch 14h30-15h40 Session on communication Generic configurable cooperation protocols for multi-agent systems B. Burmeister, A. Haddadi, K. Sundermeyer Coalition formation among autonomous agents S. Ketchpel 15h40-16h10 Coffee break 16h10-17h20 Session on social simulation Organizational fluidity and sustainable cooperation N.S. Glance and B.A. Huberman Norms as mental objects: from normative beliefs to normative goals R. Conte and C. Castelfranchi 18h00 Social event as good-bye swiss party Saturday 28th August End of the workshop MAAMAW '93 is organized by IIIA - Institute of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence of the University of Neuchatel Program Chairmen: Cristiano Castelfranchi (IP-CNR / AI*IA - Italy) Jean-Pierre Muller (IIIA, Neuchatel University - Switzerland) Program Committee: Magnus Boman (Stockholm University and R.I.T. - Sweden) John Campbell (University College London - United Kingdom) Helder Coelho (INESC, Technical Univ. of Lisbon - Portugal) Yves Demazeau (LIFIA/IMAG, Grenoble - France) Mauro Di Manzo (Universita di Genova - Italy) Jean Erceau (ONERA/GIA, Chatillon - France) Jacques Ferber (LAFORIA, Paris - France) Julia Galliers (University of Cambridge - United Kingdom) Hans Haugeneder (Siemens AG, Muenchen - Germany) George Kiss (The Open University, Milton Keynes - UK) Paul Levi (Technischen Universitaet, Muenchen - Germany) Frank v. Martial (DETECON, Bonn - Germany) Maria Miceli (IP-CNR, Rome - Italy) Eugenio Oliveira (Universidade do Porto - Portugal) John Perram (Odense Universitet - Denmark) Jeffrey Rosenschein (Hebrew University, Jerusalem - Israel) Walter Van de Velde (Vrije Universiteit Brussels - Belgium) Peter Wavish (Philips Research Lab, Redhill - UK) Eric Werner (INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis - France) Gilad Zlotkin (Hebrew University, Jerusalem - Israel) The MAAMAW'93 workshop will take place at the Hotel Chaumont-Golf****. The hotel dominates Neuchatel, his lake, the swiss plateau and faces the Alps. It is a perfect place to both work and relax (fitness, swimming pool, tennis, golf). The hotel is accessible by bus and cable-car from the station. By car, Neuchatel is accessible by Geneva, Basel or Besancon (through Jura mountains). By train: - 1h11 from Geneva Airport - 1h35 from Basel (access to Bale-Mulhouse Airport) - 2h19 from Zurich Airport - 4h00 from Paris with a train every hour but from Paris with four trains a day. Chambery (IJCAI 93) is 3h00 train from Neuchatel. Send registration to: Prof. Jean-Pierre Muller - MAAMAW93 IIIA - Universite de Neuchatel rue de Monruz, 36 CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland fax: +41-38-24 26 95 e-mail: maamaw@info.unine.ch Sponsoring: Asulab S.A. European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence Neuchateloise assurances Swiss Group for Artificial Intelligence and COgnitive science Unicible S.A. University of Neuchatel _______________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION FORM Universite de Neuchatel / MAAMAW'93 Institut d'Informatique et Intelligence Artificielle rue de Monruz, 36 - CH-2000 Neuchatel, Suisse Fax. +41 38 24 26 95, Email: maamaw@info.unine.ch Registration deadline: July 26.,1993 (We will not be able to guarantee a place after this deadline) These prices include 4 nights with breakfast, 3 days with lunch, coffee breaks and proceedings, the social events and the gala dinner. Category Registration fee single/double Price Industry SF 1100/SF 1000 .......... University/SGAICO SF 850/SF 750 .......... Student SF 650/SF 550 .......... (student card required) Accompanying -/SF 450 .......... Children under 6 In the parent room: SF 50 .......... TOTAL .......... Name................................ Professionnal address................. First name.......................... ...................................... Private Address..................... ...................................... .................................... ...................................... .................................... Tel.:................................. .................................... Fax.:................................. Tel................................. Email:................................ If in double room and not accompanied, with whom would like to share the room: ........................................................................... Do you want to participate to MAAMAW Olympics :? [ ] yes [ ] no If yes which computer do you need:......................................... Arrival date: Arrival time: Departure date: Departure time: Do you nedd a bill ? [ ] yes [ ] no Payment: due to hotel constraint, we can take your reservation into account only if proof of payment arrives before the deadline on the post account "Universite de Neuchatel-Switzerland/Contrats prives - CP 20-4130-2 - cpte 302215/MAAMAW" or bank account "Union de Banques Suisse(UBS)-Neuchatel- Switzerland, account: Universite de Neuchatel/Contrats prives 500.080.05 H" or Eurocheck or direct payment to "Universite de Neuchatel/MAAMAW 93". Date:............................... Signature:.......................... ------------------------------ From: H.Velthuijsen@research.ptt.nl (Velthuijsen H.) Subject: CFP 2nd Feature Interaction Workshop Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 15:30:00 +0200 (MET DST) CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Second International Workshop on Feature Interactions in Telecommunications Software Systems Amsterdam, The Netherlands May 9-10, 1994 DESCRIPTION This workshop is the second in a series, whose mission is to encourage researchers from a variety of computer science specialties (software engineering, protocol engineering, distributed artificial intelligence, formal techniques, software testing, and distributed systems, among others) to apply their techniques to the feature interaction problem that arises in building telecommunications software systems (see the back page for a description of the problem). We welcome papers on avoiding, detecting, and/or resolving feature interactions using either analytical or structural approaches. Submissions are encouraged in (but are not limited to) the following topic areas: - Classification of feature interactions. - Modeling, reasoning, and testing techniques for detecting feature interactions. - Software platforms and architecture designs to aid in avoiding, detecting, and resolving feature interactions. - Tools and methodologies for promoting software compatibility and extensibility. - Mechanisms for managing feature interactions throughout the service life-cyle. - Management of feature interactions in PCS, ISDN, and Broadband services, as well as IN services. - Management of feature interactions in various of the operations support functions such as Service Negotiation, Service Management, and Service Assurance. - Feature Interactions and their potential impact on system Security and Safety. - Environments and automated tools for related problems in other software systems. - Management of Feature Interactions in various proposed architectures such as TMN, INA, ROSA, CASSIOPEIA, SERENITE, or PLATINA. FORMAT We hope to promote a dialogue among researchers in various related areas, as well as the designers and builders of telecommunications software. To this end, the workshop will have sessions for paper presentations, including relatively long discussion periods. Panel discussions and tool demonstrations are also planned. ATTENDANCE Workshop attendance will be limited to 90 people. Attendance will be by invitation only. Prospective attendees are asked to submit either a paper (maximum 5000 words) or a single page description of their interests and how they relate to the workshop. About 16-20 of the attendees will be asked to present talks. We will strive for an equal mix of theoretical results and practical experiences. Papers will be published in a conference proceedings. SUBMISSIONS Please send five copies of your full original paper or interest description to: Wiet Bouma PTT Research, Dr. Neher Laboratories PO Box 421 or St. Paulusstraat 4 2260 AK Leidschendam 2264 XZ Leidschendam The Netherlands The Netherlands E-mail: L.G.Bouma@research.ptt.nl Tel: +31 70 332 5457 FAX: +31 70 332 6477 IMPORTANT DATES: November 15, 1993: Submission of contributions. January 15, 1993: Notification of acceptance. February 15, 1993: Submission of camera-ready versions. WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRPERSONS Wiet Bouma & Hugo Velthuijsen (PTT, The Netherlands) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chair: E. Jane Cameron (Bellcore, USA) Jan Bergstra (CWI and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Ralph Blumenthal (Bellcore, USA) Kong Eng Cheng (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia) Bernie Cohen (City University of London, UK) Fulvio Faraci (CSELT, Italy) Robert France (Florida Atlantic University, USA) Steve German (GTE, USA) David Gill (MITRE, USA) Richard Kemmerer (UCSB, USA) Eric Kuisch (PTT Research, The Netherlands) Victor Lesser (University of Massachusetts, USA) Yow-Jian Lin (Bellcore, USA) Luigi Logrippo (University of Ottawa, Canada) Robert Milner (BNR, UK) Leo Motus (Tallinn Technical University, Estonia) Jacques Muller (CNET, France) Jan-Olof Nordenstam (ELLEMTEL, Sweden) Stott Parker (UCLA, USA) Henrikas Pranevitchius (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania) Lynne Presley (Bellcore, USA) Jean-Bernard Stefani (CNET, France) Greg Utas (BNR, Canada) Yasushi Wakahara (KDD R&D Laboratories, Japan) Ron Wojcik (BellSouth, USA) Pamela Zave (AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA) WORKSHOP STATEMENT The feature interaction problem has been a major obstacle to the rapid deployment of new telephone services. Telecommunications software is huge, real-time, and distributed; adding new features to a telecommunication system, like adding new functionalities to any large software system, can be very difficult. Each new feature may interact with many existing features, causing customer annoyance or total system breakdown. Traditionally, interactions were detected and resolved on a feature by feature basis by experts who are knowledgeable on all existing features. As the number of features grows to satisfy diverse needs of customers, managing feature interactions in a single administrative domain is approaching incomprehensible complexity. In a future marketplace where features deployed in the network may be developed by different operating companies and their associated vendors, the traditional approach is no longer feasible. How to detect, resolve, or even prevent the occurrence of feature interactions in an open network becomes an important research issue. The feature interaction problem is not unique to telecommunications software; similar problems are encountered in any long-lived software system that requires frequent changes and additions to its functionality. Techniques in many related areas appear to be applicable to the management of feature interactions. Software methodologies for extensibility and compatibility, for example, could be useful for providing a structured design that can prevent many feature interactions from occurring. Formal specification, verification, and testing techniques, being widely used in protocol engineering and software engineering, contribute a lot to the detection of interactions. Several causes of the problem, such as aliasing, timing, and the distribution of software components, are similar to issues in distributed systems. Cooperative problem solving, a promising approach for resolving interactions at run time, resembles distributed planning and resolution of conflicting subgoals among multiple agents in the area of distributed artificial intelligence. This workshop aims to provide an opportunity for participants to share ideas and experiences in their respective fields, and to apply their expertise to the feature interaction problem. ------------------------------ From: abw@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Andrew B. Whinston) Subject: JOC Vol 3. Number 1 contents Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 8:46:09 CDT Journal of Organizational Computing Vol 3. Number 1 contents Volume 3, No. 1 of the JOC is out. The contents of this issue are as follows: DeSanctis, Poole, Dickson and Jackson, "Interpretive Analysis of Team Use of Group Technologies." Quarterman and Carl-Mitchell, "The Computing Paradigm Shift." Chang, Bailey, Mutchler and Whinston, "Modeling the Going-Concern Judgement Using Argumentation Theory." Rein, Holsapple and Whinston, "Computer support of Organization Design and Learning." Ledyard, "The Design of Coordination Mechanisms and Organizational Computing." ------------------------------ End of DAI-List Digest Issue #126 *********************************