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sunderland.ac.uk>We are particularly interested in Novel approaches to intelligent agents: - --------------- CALL FOR CHAPTERS Intelligent Agent Software Engineering A book edited by Valentina Plekhanova and Stefan Wermter, University of Sunderland, United Kingdom Intelligent software agents are a unique generation of information society tools that independently perform various tasks on behalf of human user(s) or other software agents. The new possibility of information society requires the development of new more intelligent methods, tools and theories for modelling/engineering of agent-based systems and technologies. This directly involves a need for consideration, understanding and analysis of human factors, e.g. people's knowledge/skill, learning, and performance capabilities/compatibilities in particular software development environments. This is because software developers utilise their experience and represent their mental models via development/engineering of intelligent agent(s). Therefore, the study of interrelated factors such as people's and agent's capabilities constitute an important/critical area in intelligent agent software engineering. This should eventually lead to more robust, intelligent, interactive, learning and adaptive agents. We encourage submitting papers where intelligent agent software engineering is considered as the application of the integration of formal methods and heuristic approaches to ensure support for the evaluation, comparison, analysis, and evolution of agent behaviour. The primary objective of the book is to introduce the readers to the concept of intelligent agent software engineering so that they will be able to develop their own agents and implement concepts in their own environments. Chapters based on research from both academia and industry are encouraged. Representative topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Requirements for intelligent agent software engineering Intelligent agent modelling and management Integration problems in intelligent agent software engineering Intelligent planning/scheduling systems Prioritisation problems in intelligent agent software engineering Engineering models of intelligent agents Modelling, analysis, and management of learning agents Engineering the Information Technology Engineering the learning processes Hybrid neural agents Adaptive agents Learning agents Communicating agents Meta agent architectures Negotiating agents Emerging knowledge based on collaborating software agents Machine learning for intelligent agents Cognitively oriented software agents Biologically motivated agent models Lifelong learning in software agents Robustness and noise in software agents Machine learning for software engineering Evolutionary agents Neuroscience - inspired agents; Agents based on soft and fuzzy computing SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 31, 2001, a 2-5 page proposal outlining the mission of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by May 15, 2001 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organisational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by September 15, 2001. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Publishing in 2002. Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically to: Valentina Plekhanova, and Stefan Wermter, University of Sunderland, SCET, The Informatics Centre, St Peter's Campus, St Peter's Way, SR6 0DD, UK Tel: +44 (0)-191-515-2755 Fax: +44 (0)-191 -515-2781 Email: valentina.plekhanovaMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
hawaii.edu>Colleagues, Below please find calls for participation in 6 Workshops and 2 Tutorials to be held at the 10th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk/aied2001/ , May 19-23, 2001 in San Antonio, Texas. AI&ED has matured into a quality conference broadly concerned with advanced learning technologies and emphasizing computational approaches to understanding and supporting teaching and learning. Common Workshop Dates 15 March Papers submissions due (send to Contacts listed below) 5 April Notification of acceptance 25 April Camera-ready copy due (send to Contacts listed below) - ------------------------------------- Saturday May 19th Workshops (Full Day) Assessment Methods in Web-Based Learning Environments & Adaptive Hypermedia http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~gilbert/AIED2001/ Contact: Juan E. Gilbert gilbertMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue