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. Please remember to select the TruMAS invited session entry 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
n...@imm.dtu.dk

Manuel Mazzara
School of Computing Science
Newcastle University, UK
manuel.mazz...@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
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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Nicola Dragoni
Associate Professor
Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling
Technical University of Denmark
DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Office: building 322, room 022
Phone: +45 45253731
Email@work: n...@imm.dtu.dk
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