AGENTLINK UPDATE # 48 --- 14 November 2002 This is the email newsletter of AgentLink -- Europe's Network of Excellence for Agent-based Computing. The AgentLink WWW site is http://www.AgentLink.org/ IMPORTANT: Please take the time to ensure that every member of your group receives a copy of the AgentLink update. If you have a group mail alias, why not get this alias to be added to the mailing list? To subscribe/unsubscribe to this mailing list simply send a request to mailto:coordinator@agentlink.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * AgentLink-Agentcities Agent Technology Conference, 5 February 2003 * Draft AgentLink Roadmap Now Available: Feedback Requested! * 5th European Agent Systems Spring School, Barcelona, 10-14 February 2003 * Travel Support for Students at EASSS 2003 * AgentLink SIG Meetings, Barcelona, 3-4 February 2003 * Agentcities Information Days and Competition, 6-7 February 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * AgentLink-Agentcities Technology Conference: Agents for Commercial Applications (February 5, 2003) AgentLink is holding an agent technology conference for commercial organisations on the 5th of February 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Details are available at http://www.agentlink.org/agents-barcelona We are keen to extend invitations to companies and others wishing to find out about agent technology and commercial developments. IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN INVITATION, or if you could give us details of people or companies you think may be interested in coming to the conference or in finding out more about agent technology, please email administrator@agentlink.org The conference is centred around applications and tools for commercial deployment of agent technology. Speakers from several leading organisations will describe key concepts behind agent technology and the applications in which they are being used. The aim is to enable a full appreciation of what agents have to offer, and how companies may take advantage of the existing European expertise in this area. It is intended primarily for a commercial and industrial audience, with speakers from Forrester, BT Exact, iSOCO, Fujitsu, IBM, Siemens, Motorola, Telecom Italia Labs, Magenta, IKV, Whitestein Technologies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Draft AgentLink Roadmap Now Available: Feedback Requested! As part of its ongoing activities, AgentLink has produced a roadmap for agent technology. The roadmap aims to provide an assessment of the current state-of-the-art of agent-based computing, and to suggest important areas for future research and development, both for academia and industry. At present, the roadmap is a draft document. Its value relies on contribution from the community in correction and refinement. Please provide feedback (corrections, constructive criticism, content, references, etc) in as specific a form as possible, to Michael Luck (email to mml@ecs.soton.ac.uk) by 15th December 2002. The more specific the content, the easier it will be to incorporate it into the next version. We aim to produce a print version of a revised roadmap by February 2003. Although the effort will continue beyond February, comments can only be included in the print version if received by 15th December 2002. The roadmap may be downloaded at http://www.agentlink.org/roadmap/index.html It may not be downloadable with older versions of some web browsers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * 5th European Agent Systems Summer School, Barcelona, 10-14 February 2003 http://www.agentlink.org/happenings/easss/2003/ After successful Summer Schools on Agent Systems in Utrecht, Saarbruecken, Prague and Bologna, Agentlink is organising the fifth such event in Barcelona, Spain, 10-14 February, 2003. This is the week after AgentLink SIG Meetings and Agentcities Information Days take place there. EASSS 2003 will consist of a mixture of introductory and advanced courses delivered by internationally leading experts in the agent field, and will cover the full range of theoretical and practical aspects of agent-based computing. It is open to anyone from research or industry, both AgentLink members and non-members alike. A registration fee will be charged to cover costs, but some support will also be available for PhD students. IMPORTANT DATES: Student Travel Grant Application: 11 December 2002 Student Travel Grant Notification: 16 December 2002 Early Registration Deadline: 18 December 2002 For more details see the EASSS 2003 web pages: http://www.agentlink.org/happenings/easss/2003/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Travel Support for Students at EASSS 2003 Some financial support is available for full-time PhD students registered at universities that are members of AgentLink II. The application deadline is 11 December 2003. This support is intended to cover the costs of registration, student accommodation, and subsistence to an UPPER LIMIT of 600 Euros. PhD students should apply in writing to: Eileen Simon AgentLink Events Coordinator (EASSS'2003) Department of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ United Kingdom The application should arrive no later than 11 December 2002. Notification of awards will be no later than 16 December 2002. Each application should contain: o your full name and full contact details; o a brief description of your PhD research, and a statement of no more than 500 words explaining why you feel you should receive support; and o a signed letter from your PhD supervisor or head of department, supporting your application and confirming your status as a full time PhD student (the letter should carry the official stamp of your institution). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * AgentLink SIG Meetings in Barcelona, Spain, 3-4 February, 2003 AgentLink is co-locating several SIG meetings with the Agentcities Information Days in Barcelona, Spain from 3rd to 4th February 2003. The dates for each SIG vary slightly. Six AgentLink SIGs will meet, in a number of different sessions spread across the two-day period, including joint SIG sessions, and sessions organised with OntoWeb and Agentcities. Details of the sessions being organised will appear over time on the AgentLink website at http://www.agentlink.org/agents-barcelona/sigs.html and on the individual SIG pages. * Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce Coordinator: Carles Sierra (mailto:sierra@iiia.csic.es) Frank Dignum (mailto:dignum@cs.uu.nl) Tuesday 4 February 2003, 9:00-17:30 * Methodologies and Software Engineering for Agent Systems Coordinator: Franco Zambonelli (mailto:franco.zambonelli@unimo.it) Monday 3 February 2003, 9:00-17:30 Tuesday 4 February 2003, 9:00-17:30 * Intelligent Information Agents Coordinator: Matthias Klusch (mailto:klusch@dfki.de) Sonia Bergamaschi (mailto:sonia.bergamaschi@unimo.it) Monday 3 February 2003, 9:00-17:30 Tuesday 4 February 2003, 9:00-17:30 * Agent-Based Social Simulation Coordinator: Paul Davidsson (mailto:paul.davidsson@ipd.hk-r.se) Monday 3 February 2003, 9:00-17:30 Tuesday 4 February 2003, 9:00-17:30 * Agents that Learn, Adapt and Discover Coordinator: Daniel Kudenko (mailto:kudenko@cs.york.ac.uk) Eduardo Alonso (mailto:eduardo@soi.city.ac.uk) Monday 3 February 2003, 9:00-17:30 Tuesday 4 February 2003, 9:00-17:30 * Agents and Logic Coordinator: Michael Fisher (mailto:M.Fisher@csc.liv.ac.uk) Monday 3 February 2003, 9:00-17:30 Limited travel support is available for those participating in SIG meetings. Please contact the SIG organisers directly for information on how to participate, and/or check the SIG web pages at http://www.agentlink.org/agents-barcelona/sigs.html for updates in due course. Participation from members new to the SIGs is encouraged. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Agentcities Information Days and Competition, 6-7 February 2003 The Agentcities project will be organising its third Information Day (iD3) in Barcelona, Spain on the 6th-8th February, 2003. The event will include an Agent Technology exhibition, the finals and prize ceremony of the Agentcities Competition (http://www.agentcities.org/EUNET/Competition/), a number of keynote presentations and a series of working group meetings providing informal presentations and discussions on a range of topics related to technology and application challenges for deploying agent technology in large-scale open environments. A call for presentations and registration details are available at http://www.agentcities.org/EUNET/ID3. Travel grants will be available via the Agentcities.NET project.