text_combined: michael wellman hxsfgdiumichedu call papers fifth international joint conference autonomous agents multiagent systems aamas06 hakodate japan may 812 2006 httpwwwfunacjpaamas2006 introduction aamas premier scientific conference research autonomous agents multiagent systems aamas conference series initiated 2002 merger three highly respected individual conferences international conference autonomous agents agents international workshop agent theories architectures languages atal international conference multiagent systems icmas aim joint conference provide single highprofile internationally respected archival forum scientific research theory practice autonomous agents multiagent systems see httpwwwaamasconferenceorg information aamas06 fifth conference aamas series following enormously successful previous conferences bologna italy 2002 melbourne australia 2003 new york city usa 2004 utrecht netherlands 2005 aamas06 held future universityhakodate japan hakodate beautiful city located southern end japans northern island hokkaido information authors aamas06 encourages submission theoretical experimental methodological applications papers theory papers make clear significance relevance results aamas community similarly applied papers make clear scientific technical contributions expected demonstrate thorough evaluation strengths weaknesses practice papers address isolated agent capabilities example planning learning discouraged unless placed overall context autonomous agent architectures multiagent system organization performance thorough evaluation considered essential component submission authors also requested make clear implications theoretical empirical results well work relates state art autonomous agents multiagent systems research evidenced example previous aamas conferences submissions rigorously peer reviewed evaluated basis quality technical contribution originality soundness significance presentation understanding state art overall quality addition conventional conference papers aamas06 also include demonstrations track work focusing implemented systems software robot prototypes industry track descriptions industrial applications agents submission processes demonstration industry tracks separate main paper submission process topics interest topics interest aamas06 include restricted agent multiagent architectures agent communication languages semantics pragmatics protocols agent programming languages agent standardizations industry commerce agents adjustable autonomy agents ambient intelligence agents cognitive models agents novel computing paradigms eg autonomic grid p2p ubiquitous computing agents web services semantic web agentbased simulation modeling agentmediated electronic commerce trading agents agentoriented software engineering agentoriented methodologies applications autonomous agents multiagent systems argumentation agent systems artificial social systems auctions electronic markets autonomous robots robot teams coalition formation teamwork collective emergent agent behavior computational complexity agent systems constraint processing agent systems conventions commitments norms social laws conversation dialog agent systems cooperative distributed problem solving agent systems cooperation coordination among agents electronic institutions formal models agency frameworks infrastructures environments agent systems game theoretic foundations agent systems humanoid sociable robots information agents brokering matchmaking legal issues raised autonomous agents logics agent systems mobile agents multiagent evolution adaptation learning multiagent planning negotiation conflict handling agent systems ontologies agent systems perception action planning agents performance evaluation agent systems privacy safety security agent systems scalability robustness dependability agent systems social choice mechanisms social organizational structures agent systems specification languages agent systems synthetic embodied emotional believable agents task resource allocation agent systems computational autonomy trust reputation agent systems verification validation agent systems important dates please note aamas 2006 earlier submission deadlines previous aamas conferences oct 15 2005 electronic abstract submission deadline oct 18 2005 electronic paper submission deadline dec 20 2005 notification conference officials general cochairs hideyuki nakashima future university hakodate japan sfqkoimgyffunacjp michael wellman university michigan usa hxsfgdiumichedu program cochairs peter stone university texas austin usa ozkhnvcsutexasedu gerhard weiss technical university munich germany lufcjtintumde information information eg submission review process workshop tutorial programs student scholarships program committee venue announced soon please monitor conference web site upcoming details wed 06 aug 2008 114309 0400 uai aamas06 cfp