DM: CFP : Machine Learning and Intelligent Agents (ACAI-99)- EXTENDED D

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             EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 15 March,1999

                                        Call For Papers

                                        Workshop on
                      Machine Learning and Intelligent Agents

                    MACHINE LEARNING AND APPLICATIONS
                  Advanced Course on Artificial Intelligence 1999
(ACAI’99)
                            5-16 July 1999, Chania, Greece
                    (http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/skel/eetn/acai99)

            European Coordinating Committee on Artificial Intelligence
(ECCAI)
                                (http://www.eccai.org)
                                               &
                Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society (EETN)
                    (http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/skel/eetn)
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Workshop Background

Machine Learning in single and multi-agent systems is a relatively new
but significant and promising topic in Artificial
Intelligence. Intelligent agents and agent-based computer systems
represent an important, fundamentally new way of dealing
with many important software application problems for which mainstream
computer science techniques offer no obvious
solution in recent dynamic and distributed nature of both data and
applications.

Topics to be covered during this workshop must be applications which
concern the development of intelligent agent
architectures which exhibit machine learning capabilities. These
architectures must apply some learning strategy (learning from
examples, from instruction, by discovery or analogy, etc.), some
learning feedback method (supervised, reinforcement,
unsupervised learning, etc.), and must be safely characterized as
intelligent agent systems.

Examples of topics : Single-agent or isolated Learning, multi-agent or
interactive learning, Mutual learning, cooperative learning,
collaborative learning, etc.

Workshop Objectives

The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and
practitioners with an active interest in machine learning problems
in environments habited by single intelligent agents and/or shared by
multiple intelligent agents. Also, this workshop will provide
a forum for discussing existing approaches and results and developing
new ideas and perspectives.

Organizing Committee

Prof. A. Panayotopoulos
University of Piraeus, Dept of Computer Science
Email: antonios@unipi.gr ,

Prof. J. Kontos
Athens University of Economics and Business, Dept of Computer Science
Email: jpk@aueb.gr ,

Ass. Prof. T. Panayiotopoulos,
University of Piraeus, Dept of Computer Science
Email: themisp@unipi.gr ,

Lecturer N. Sgouros,
University of Piraeus, Dept of Computer Science
Email: sgouros@unipi.gr ,

Mr. N. Zacharis
University of Piraeus, Dept of Computer Science
E-mail: nzach@unipi.gr

Submission Format


http://www.iit.demokritos.gr/skel/eetn/acai99/Workshops/
Agents-Instructions.htm



Organisational Issues

Up to 10 accepted papers will be presented. The Workshop will take 
place during the afternoon sessions of ACAI-99, from
14:30 to 18:00. The exact date of the workshop will be finalized by 
the ACAI-99 organizing committee by the end of
December 1998.

Anyone registered for the main ACAI-99 event can also attend all the
workshops. For the Workshop participants who will not
be registered for the whole ACAI-99 there will be a fee of 100 Euros.

Proceedings will be published as a technical report in collaboration
with the ACAI-99 organization committee.



Important Dates

     15 March, 1999    Deadline for paper submission
     30 March, 1999 Notification of acceptance
     15 April, 1999 Deadline for final camera ready papers
     5-16 July, 1999 The exact date will be finalised soon