1st International Workshop on Trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems (TruMAS'12) - KES-AMSTA 2012 Special Session
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1st International Workshop on Trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems
(TruMAS'12)
KES-AMSTA 2012 Special Session, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 25-27 June 2012
http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/~ndra/TruMAS12
Proceedings published by Springer-Verlag in a volume of LNCS/LNAI.
IMPORTANT DATES
5 February 2012 Submission of papers
22 February 2012 Notification of acceptance
7 March 2012 Camera ready
25-27 June 2012 TruMAS and KES-AMSTA
WORKSHOP AIM AND SCOPE
The rapid development of computer-based technologies has made
computers more and more complex and ubiquitous. Many computer-based
systems are in charge of critical tasks such as, to mention only a
few, the management of financial and medical databases, the monitoring
of nuclear plants, the flying of airplanes, etc.
Multi-agent systems (MAS) have been proposed as a new paradigm for
conceptualizing, designing, and implementing open and distributed
software systems. The foundational idea behind a Multi-Agent System is
to have a loosely coupled network of software agents (i.e.,
sophisticated computer programs that act autonomously on behalf of
their users) which interact to solve problems that are beyond the
individual capacities or knowledge of each single agent. Therefore, it
is not surprisingly MAS have received a lot of attention as reference
computing paradigm to tackle complexity in modern computer-based
systems.
However, the complexity of modern computer-based systems as well as
their numerous applications has inherently increased the challenges
for ensuring trustworthiness. Trustworthiness encompasses vital
characteristics of a system such as safety (the non-occurrence of
catastrophic consequences for the environment the system works in),
security (the non-occurrence of unauthorized disclosure of
information), integrity (the non-occurrence of inadequate information
alteration), availability (the readiness for correct service of the
system), reliability (the property of the system to continuously
provide service) or more generically dependability. The overall
trustworthiness of a system is connected to all the aforementioned
properties and should be regarded holistically. Functional
correctness, security, safety, reliability are facets that have to be
ensured for the system's components as well as for the system as a
whole.
The 1st International Workshop on Trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems
(TruMAS 2012) aims at bringing together researchers, engineers and
practitioners interested in all the different aspects of trust,
dependability and security in Multi-Agent Systems. The workshop is
expected to stimulate discussions about the future development of
appropriate models, methods, notations, languages and tools for
trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems. The overall goal is to explore the
different facets of trustworthiness in Multi-Agent Systems, how every
single aspect can be fostered, and how they relate.
Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:
- Trust and reputation models, metrics and assessment in Multi-Agent
Systems
- Dependability facets in Multi-Agent Systems
- Fault-tolerance and robustness in Multi-Agent Systems
- Architectures for trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems
- Robust and secure communication in Multi-Agent Systems
- Robust and secure negotiation in Multi-Agent Systems
- Software engineering methodologies for trustworthy Multi-Agent
Systems
- Security and access control in open Multi-Agent Systems
- Self-configuration and adaptation
- Formal methods and frameworks to model, analyze, prove, or measure
aspects of trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems
- Industrial experiences in the adoption of trust-based Multi-Agent
Systems approaches
- Rigorous software development to ensure trustworthiness in Multi-
Agent Systems
Since the overall goal of trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems includes the
investigation of several cross- disciplinary issues such as a deep
understanding of trust vs. trustworthiness, trust-based approaches,
dependability, etc..., a synergy between different scientific
communities and research disciplines is needed. For this reason,
although the workshop seems naturally focused on multi-agent issues,
contributions from different disciplines such as philosophy,
sociology, psychology, communication sciences, as well as from
computer science specific sub-disciplines such as software engineering
and dependability are welcomed and encouraged.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Submitted full papers must not exceed 10 pages in length, including
bibliography and well-marked appendices. Papers can be submitted using
the PROSE Online Paper Submission system available on the KES-AMSTA'12
Web site:
http://www.prosemanager1.co.uk/amsta-12/submitpaper.asp
Remember to select the TruMAS invited session entry (IS04) in the
"Session Name" drop-down box when submitting your paper. Please use
the LNCS templates and style files available on the Springer Web site
(Information for LNCS Authors).
Submitted papers will be evaluated by the program committee and chosen
for presentation based on their scientific contribution and relevance
to the topics of the workshop. At least one author of each accepted
paper must register to the workshop and participate presenting the
paper.
Proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in a volume of LNCS/
LNAI.
CHAIRS
Nicola Dragoni
DTU Informatics
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
nd...@imm.dtu.dk
Manuel Mazzara
School of Computing Science
Newcastle University, UK
manuel....@newcastle.ac.uk
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Faycal Abouzaid, CRAC, Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada
Enrico Denti, DEIS, University of Bologna, Italy
Nicoletta Fornara, Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of
Lugano, Switzerland
Katsuhide Fujita, Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of
Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Mauro Gaspari, Department of Computer Science, University of Bologna,
Italy
Paolo Giorgini, Information Engineering and Computer Science
Department (DISI), University of Trento, Italy
Nathan Griffiths, Department of Computer Science, University of
Warwick, UK
Chung-Wei Hang, Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State
University, USA
Koji Hasebe, Academic Computing & Communications Center, University of
Tsukuba, Japan
Hiromitsu Hattori, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University,
Japan
Takayuki Ito, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya
Institute of Technology, Japan
Waqar Jaffry, Department of Artificial Intelligence, VU University,
The Netherlands
Andrew J I Jones, Department of Informatics, King's College London, UK
Steve Marsh, Communications Research Centre, Canada
Hernan Melgratti, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paul Scerri, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Eugen Staab, imc AG, Germany
Daniel Villatoro, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Spanish
Scientific Research Council, Spain
Mirko Viroli, DEIS, University of Bologna, Italy
(TruMAS'12)
KES-AMSTA 2012 Special Session, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 25-27 June 2012
http://www2.imm.dtu.dk/~ndra/TruMAS12
Proceedings published by Springer-Verlag in a volume of LNCS/LNAI.
IMPORTANT DATES
5 February 2012 Submission of papers
22 February 2012 Notification of acceptance
7 March 2012 Camera ready
25-27 June 2012 TruMAS and KES-AMSTA
WORKSHOP AIM AND SCOPE
The rapid development of computer-based technologies has made
computers more and more complex and ubiquitous. Many computer-based
systems are in charge of critical tasks such as, to mention only a
few, the management of financial and medical databases, the monitoring
of nuclear plants, the flying of airplanes, etc.
Multi-agent systems (MAS) have been proposed as a new paradigm for
conceptualizing, designing, and implementing open and distributed
software systems. The foundational idea behind a Multi-Agent System is
to have a loosely coupled network of software agents (i.e.,
sophisticated computer programs that act autonomously on behalf of
their users) which interact to solve problems that are beyond the
individual capacities or knowledge of each single agent. Therefore, it
is not surprisingly MAS have received a lot of attention as reference
computing paradigm to tackle complexity in modern computer-based
systems.
However, the complexity of modern computer-based systems as well as
their numerous applications has inherently increased the challenges
for ensuring trustworthiness. Trustworthiness encompasses vital
characteristics of a system such as safety (the non-occurrence of
catastrophic consequences for the environment the system works in),
security (the non-occurrence of unauthorized disclosure of
information), integrity (the non-occurrence of inadequate information
alteration), availability (the readiness for correct service of the
system), reliability (the property of the system to continuously
provide service) or more generically dependability. The overall
trustworthiness of a system is connected to all the aforementioned
properties and should be regarded holistically. Functional
correctness, security, safety, reliability are facets that have to be
ensured for the system's components as well as for the system as a
whole.
The 1st International Workshop on Trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems
(TruMAS 2012) aims at bringing together researchers, engineers and
practitioners interested in all the different aspects of trust,
dependability and security in Multi-Agent Systems. The workshop is
expected to stimulate discussions about the future development of
appropriate models, methods, notations, languages and tools for
trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems. The overall goal is to explore the
different facets of trustworthiness in Multi-Agent Systems, how every
single aspect can be fostered, and how they relate.
Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:
- Trust and reputation models, metrics and assessment in Multi-Agent
Systems
- Dependability facets in Multi-Agent Systems
- Fault-tolerance and robustness in Multi-Agent Systems
- Architectures for trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems
- Robust and secure communication in Multi-Agent Systems
- Robust and secure negotiation in Multi-Agent Systems
- Software engineering methodologies for trustworthy Multi-Agent
Systems
- Security and access control in open Multi-Agent Systems
- Self-configuration and adaptation
- Formal methods and frameworks to model, analyze, prove, or measure
aspects of trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems
- Industrial experiences in the adoption of trust-based Multi-Agent
Systems approaches
- Rigorous software development to ensure trustworthiness in Multi-
Agent Systems
Since the overall goal of trustworthy Multi-Agent Systems includes the
investigation of several cross- disciplinary issues such as a deep
understanding of trust vs. trustworthiness, trust-based approaches,
dependability, etc..., a synergy between different scientific
communities and research disciplines is needed. For this reason,
although the workshop seems naturally focused on multi-agent issues,
contributions from different disciplines such as philosophy,
sociology, psychology, communication sciences, as well as from
computer science specific sub-disciplines such as software engineering
and dependability are welcomed and encouraged.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Submitted full papers must not exceed 10 pages in length, including
bibliography and well-marked appendices. Papers can be submitted using
the PROSE Online Paper Submission system available on the KES-AMSTA'12
Web site:
http://www.prosemanager1.co.uk/amsta-12/submitpaper.asp
Remember to select the TruMAS invited session entry (IS04) in the
"Session Name" drop-down box when submitting your paper. Please use
the LNCS templates and style files available on the Springer Web site
(Information for LNCS Authors).
Submitted papers will be evaluated by the program committee and chosen
for presentation based on their scientific contribution and relevance
to the topics of the workshop. At least one author of each accepted
paper must register to the workshop and participate presenting the
paper.
Proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in a volume of LNCS/
LNAI.
CHAIRS
Nicola Dragoni
DTU Informatics
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
nd...@imm.dtu.dk
Manuel Mazzara
School of Computing Science
Newcastle University, UK
manuel....@newcastle.ac.uk
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Faycal Abouzaid, CRAC, Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada
Enrico Denti, DEIS, University of Bologna, Italy
Nicoletta Fornara, Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of
Lugano, Switzerland
Katsuhide Fujita, Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of
Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Mauro Gaspari, Department of Computer Science, University of Bologna,
Italy
Paolo Giorgini, Information Engineering and Computer Science
Department (DISI), University of Trento, Italy
Nathan Griffiths, Department of Computer Science, University of
Warwick, UK
Chung-Wei Hang, Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State
University, USA
Koji Hasebe, Academic Computing & Communications Center, University of
Tsukuba, Japan
Hiromitsu Hattori, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University,
Japan
Takayuki Ito, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya
Institute of Technology, Japan
Waqar Jaffry, Department of Artificial Intelligence, VU University,
The Netherlands
Andrew J I Jones, Department of Informatics, King's College London, UK
Steve Marsh, Communications Research Centre, Canada
Hernan Melgratti, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paul Scerri, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Eugen Staab, imc AG, Germany
Daniel Villatoro, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Spanish
Scientific Research Council, Spain
Mirko Viroli, DEIS, University of Bologna, Italy
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