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DM: CFP: 2. European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS 2000)From: Matthias Klusch Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:00:39 +0200
+++ Please take our apologies if you receive this message more than once. +++ +++ We'd appreciate it if you distribute this call to colleagues who might be interested in. +++ Call for Participation ______________________________________________________________________ Second European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS'2000) Saarbruecken, Germany, August 14 - 18, 2000 ______________________________________________________________________ http://www.dfki.de/easss/ EASSS'2000 is organized by AgentLink (http://www.AgentLink.org/) - Europe's IST-funded Network of Excellence for agent-based computing - and hosted by DFKI GmbH (http://www.dfki.de/) and Universitaet des Saarlandes (http://www.uni-sb.de/Welcome.html.en). The school will consist of a mixture of introductory and advanced courses. The courses will be presented by leading experts in the field and cover the full range of theoretical and practical aspects of agent-based computing. INTRODUCTORY COURSES ==================== C1.1: Foundations of Intelligent Agents Michael J. Wooldridge University of Liverpool, UK C1.2: Foundations of Multiagent Systems Yves Demazeau Leibniz/IMAG, France ADVANCED COURSES ================ A) Basics ****** C2.1: Logical Foundations of Agent Systems Wiebe van der Hoek University of Utrecht, Netherlands C2.2: Problem Solving and Planning Klaus Fischer DFKI GmbH, Germany C2.3: Coordination, Communication and Collaboration Franco Zambonelli University of Modena, Italy C2.4: Learning Agents Sandip Sen University of Tulsa, USA C2.5: Interface Agents Elisabeth Andre DFKI GmbH, Germany C2.6: Mobile Agents and Security Christian Tschudin, University of Uppsala, Sweden Volker Roth, FHG, Germany C2.7: Agent-oriented Software Engineering Jan Treur Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands B) Applications ************ C2.8: Industrial Applications of Agents Van Parunak ERIM Center for E-Commerce, USA C2.9: Intelligent Information Agents Matthias Klusch DFKI GmbH, Germany C2.10: Behavior-oriented Control of Physical Agents Thomas Christaller & Hans-Ulrich Kobialka GMD, Germany C2.11: Societies of Artificial Agents and Social Simulation Paul Davidsson University of Karlskrona-Ronneby, Sweden Invited Evening Talks ===================== * Wolfgang Wahlster and Jörg Siekmann DFKI GmbH, Germany * Sarit Kraus Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, USA Details of the programme will be given on the EASSS'2000 home page at http://www.dfki.de/easss/ Last but not least, there will be a warm-up event on the 15th of August in an informal environment. Please check the information on how to register for the summer school below. ATTENDANCE AND REGISTRATION --------------------------- The summer school will be open to anyone from research and industry. A registration fee will be levied to cover costs. Some support will be available for PhD students wishing to attend the summer school; see below for details. The fees are as follows (accommodation not included): (in EUROs) | early | late | | (before 14th July) | (after 14th July) | on site -----------+--------------------+-------------------+--------- Students | 150 | 175 | 200 Academia | 300 | 350 | 400 Industry | 450 | 600 | 700 Registration can be done on-line or by postal mail; please visit the EASSS'2000 home page http://www.dfki.de/easss/ for to obtain details and registration form. ACCOMMODATION ------------- Student accommodation is available at the Jugendgaestehaus (JGH) Saarbruecken (Meerwiesertalweg 31, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany, Phone: +49-(0)681-33040, Fax: +49-(0)681-374911). Rooms for two or four persons are available. Please mention EASSS'2000 when making your reservation. Further options for accommodation can be found via the EASSS home page (http://www.dfki.de/easss/). To make reservations, please contact the hotels directly. With the hotels listed on the web page EASSS'2000 has special arrangements which guarantee special prices and a certain amount of rooms, again mention EASSS'2000 when you make your reservation. It is strongly recommended to make hotel reservations as early as possible. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS ------------------------------ Some financial support is available for full-time PhD students registered at universities that are members of AgentLink. This support is intended to cover the cost of registration, student accommodation, and some subsistence. Some additional support to cover travel (to certain limits) may also be provided. Because of restrictions with respect to time, students are obliged to make the travel arrangements on their own and claim for refund on their scholarship after the summer school. However, it is strongly recommended that students get the forms for applying for scholarships and read the conditions under which and to which degree funding is possible, *before* they do any booking. PhD students should apply for this support by writing to: Gerhard Weiss --- EASSS'2000 --- Institut fuer Informatik Technische Universitaet Muenchen Arcisstrasse 21 D-80290 Muenchen Germany The application should arrive no later than Tuesday 13th of June 2000. Each application should contain: - full name and full contact details of the student; - estimate of travel costs to and from the summer school (students will be expected to use the cheapest reasonable travel available, staying over the Saturday night if necessary to get cheap air travel); - a brief description of your PhD research, and a statement of no less than 500 words explaining why you feel you should receive support; - a signed letter from your PhD supervisor or head of department, supporting your application and confirming your status as a full time PhD student. This letter should carry the official stamp of your institution. TRAVEL INFORMATION ------------------ Saarbruecken (http://www.saarbruecken.de/) is a charming city located in the south-west of Germany on the border to France. The city of Saarbruecken, the 1000 year old capital of the Saarland region, has around 0.2 million inhabitants and a few attractive features, in particular its geographical closeness to France, which is reflected in the Saarbruecken culture and cuisine. Saarbruecken is about 140 minutes by train from Frankfurt airport and Luxemburg airport (http://www.dfki.de/easss/pics/SBlocair.gif) depending on the time of the day. It is also possible to come directly to Saarbruecken airport (http://www.flughafen-saarbruecken.de/) from a number of European cities including Luxemburg and Berlin. All courses of the summer school will be given on the campus of the Saarland University where also the DFKI site resides. This campus is situated in a wooded area outside the city centre of Saarbruecken. EASSS'2000 will take place the week before ECAI'2000 (http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/) (Berlin, Germany). Travel from Saarbruecken to ECAI'2000 by plane or train is straightforward. EASSS'2000 ORGANISATION COMMITTEE --------------------------------- Co-chairs: Michael Luck, University Southampton, United Kingdom Gerhard Weiss, TU Muenchen, Germany Michael Wooldridge, University Liverpool, United Kingdom Local Arrangements Board: Klaus Fischer, DFKI GmbH, Germany Matthias Klusch, DFKI GmbH, Germany CONTACT ------- For information on registration, accomodation: kwt@rz.uni-saarland.de phone +49-681-302-2656 fax +49-681-302-4142 programme : klusch@dfki.de phone +49-681-302-5297 scholarships: weissg@informatik.tu-muenchen.de, phone +49-89-289-22606 __________________________________________________ Dr. Matthias Klusch DFKI GmbH German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany Phone: +49-681-302-5297, Fax: +49-681-302-2235 http://www.dfki.de/~klusch/, klusch@dfki.de __________________________________________________
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