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Call for Papers
Second Workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy (AREA)
Co-located with IJCAI/ECAI 2022
Workshop: 23rd-25th July 2022 (EXACT DAY TO BE CONFIRMED)
(Conference: 23rd-29th of July, 2022)
Vienna, Austria
Info: https://areaworkshop.github.io/AREA2022/
Contact: area.workshop.i...@gmail.com
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IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission (optional): 29th April 2022
Paper Submission Deadline: 6th May 2022 (AoE, UTC-12)
Paper Notification: 3rd June 2022
Camera Ready: 17th June 2022
Workshop: 23rd-25th July 2022 (EXACT DAY TO BE CONFIRMED)
SCOPE
Autonomous agents is a well-established area that has been researched
for decades, both from a design and implementation viewpoint.
Nonetheless, the application of agents in real-world scenarios has
largely been adopted in applications which are primarily software
based, and remains limited in applications which involve physical
interaction. In parallel, robots are no longer used only in tightly
constrained industrial applications but are instead being applied in
an increasing number of domains, ranging from robotic assistants to
search and rescue, where the working environment is both dynamic and
underspecified, and may involve interactions between multiple robots
and humans.
This presents significant challenges to traditional software
engineering methodologies. Increased autonomy is an important route to
enabling robotic applications to function in these environments, and
autonomous agents and multi-agent systems are a promising approach to
their engineering. As autonomy and interaction increases, the
engineering of reliable behaviour becomes more challenging (both in
robotic applications and in more traditional autonomous agent
settings), and so there is a need for research into new approaches to
verification and validation that can be integrated in the engineering
lifecycle of these systems.
This workshop aims to bring together researchers from the autonomous
agents and the robotics communities, since combining knowledge from
these two research areas may lead to innovative approaches that solve
complex problems related to the verification and validation of
autonomous robotic systems. Therefore, we encourage submissions that
combine agents, robots, software engineering, and verification, but we
also welcome papers focused on one of these areas, as long as their
applicability to the other areas is explicit.
TOPICS
The main topics include but are not limited to:
- Agent-based modular architectures applicable to robots
- Agent-oriented software engineering to model high-level control in
robotic development
- Agent programming languages and tools for developing robotic or
intelligent autonomous systems
- Coordination, interaction, and negotiation protocols for agents and robots
- Distributed problem solving and automated planning in autonomous systems
- Fault tolerance, health management, and long-term autonomy
- Real-world applications of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems
in robotics
- Real-time multi-agent systems
- Reliable software engineering of autonomy
- Runtime verification of autonomous agents and robotic systems
- Task and resource allocation in multi-robot systems
- Verification and validation of autonomous systems
- Testing and simulation tools and techniques for autonomous or
robotic systems
- Engineering reliable interactions between humans and autonomous
robots or agents
- Verification and validation of human-robot interactions
- Engineering transparent decision making for autonomous systems
SUBMISSIONS
Participants are invited to submit either:
- a full-length research paper: a technical paper describing
technically sound, innovative ideas that can advance the
engineering/reliability of agents and robots; an application/case
study paper, with emphasis on robotic applications where agents
techniques have been applied; a survey paper on one of the topics of
interest.
- a short paper: a position paper describing relevant questions and
issues that participants feel should be addressed; a demo paper
describing a demonstration of an agent/robotic application, system or
tool; a new idea in the field which is not ready for publication as a
regular paper.
Full-length research papers must not exceed twelve (12) pages single
column, and short papers must not exceed six (6) pages single column,
excluding references and appendices. All submissions must be in
English and PDF format.
Each submission will receive at least three single-blind reviews. All
papers should be original and not be submitted elsewhere. The review
process is single-blind: submissions should not be blind, reviewers
will be.
In case of acceptance, at least one of the authors should attend the
workshop to present their work.
The proceedings of the workshop will be published with EPTCS
(http://www.eptcs.org/). Formatting guidelines should follow EPTCS
style: http://style.eptcs.org/
Submission link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=area22
After the workshop, we will consider applying for a journal special
issue (journal to be selected later), where revised selected and
extended papers can be published.
WORKSHOP FORMAT
This event is planned as a half-day workshop taking approximately 5
hours. Depending on the number of submissions, we may organise a
discussion panel at the end. We also expect to have at least two
invited talks (to be announced later).
Kind regards, the organisers:
Rafael C. Cardoso, University of Aberdeen (UK)
Angelo Ferrando, University of Genova (Italy)
Fabio Papacchini, Lancaster University Leipzig (Germany)
Mehrnoosh Askarpour, McMaster University (Canada)
Louise A. Dennis, The University of Manchester (UK)
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