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*Call for Papers and Demos* *2nd Workshop on Multi-agent Based Applications for Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Systems (MASGES) * *as part of* *12th Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS)* *Salamanca (Spain), 4th-6th June, 2014* *Important dates* Submission date papers, 20th January, 2014 Submission date papers, 24th February, 2014 Notification of acceptance, 24th February, 2014 Camera-ready deadline, 10th March, 2014 Conference dates, 4th-6th June, 2014 *Workshop motivation and topics* After the explicit commitment of many countries to support the installation and operation of (small) renewable energy production sources, energy grids need to become more intelligent and flexible. Such so called smart grids probably need to rely on decentralized control and a highly efficient, flexible and reliable management. Smart grids need to be capable of autonomously and intelligently configuring themselves to exploit available resources as efficiently as possible, to be robust to all kinds of failures and energy production deviations, and to be extendable and adaptable in the light of rapidly changing technologies and requirements. The distributed nature of the underlying control structure of such systems, and the autonomous behaviour expected from them points towards multi-agent systems as a possible underlying implementation platform for the management software of such grids. But not only energy production and provision have to change. The house as well as the transportation means of the future need to be smoothly integrated into such a smart grid concept, requiring houses and transportation means to be smart as well. On the economic side, the electrical power industry was traditionally intensively regulated with led to a lack of market-price mechanisms. After the introduction of new regulations it has evolved into a distributed and competitive industry in which market forces dictate electricity prices. Electricity markets (EMs) are an evolving new reality, meaning that researchers lack insight into numerous open problems associated with them, e.g. the technical difficulties to understand the internal dynamics of EMs and the additional complexity in coordinating economic and financial issues. Thus, the focus of this workshop is on applications of multi-agent systems technology in smart grids, smart homes and electricity markets. Additionally, we are planning various "demo sessions" to give participants from academia an opportunity to present their latest developments on practical applications of agent technology. Project coordinators as well as PhD students are encouraged to submit the description of valuable demos resulting from their work. *List of Topics* The focus of this workshop is on the application of multi-agent systems in smart grids, smart homes, and electricity markets. Examples of areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: .Agent-based prediction, adaption and optimization of energy use within homes, buildings, organisations and micro-grids .Coalition formation strategies for coordinated energy use across multiple consumers, forming virtual power stations, and performing intelligent demand management .Interactions and exchange between networks for electricity, gas and heat .Multi-agent based simulations of energy grids and markets .Multi-Agent based Smart Grids Testbeds .Experiences with MAS-based Smart Grid implementations .Applications of MAS-based Smart Grid technologies .MAS-based real time adaptation of energy networks .MAS-based self-configuration or self-healing of energy systems .MAS-based load modelling and control .MAS-based applications for electrical vehicles .MAS-based control and management of electrical car fleets .MAS-based smart home (building) applications and services .MAS-based control and management of smart homes .MAS-based control and management of appliances .MAS-based commercial and industrial applications for smart homes .Intelligent Monitoring, Protection, Communication, Control or Diagnosis in Smart Grids .Agent-based Approaches in Energy Markets; .Market Monitoring and Forecasting .Novel Energy Markets and Trading Strategies .Smart sensors and advanced metering infrastructure *Structure of MASGES* MASGES will be a full one or two day(s) workshop and demo presentation and discussion. It will include several presentation sessions for the accepted paper and possible demos as well as invited talks on topics of overall workshop interest in order to kick off intense and lively discussions. It is intended to end the workshop with a panel/discussion round in which the relevant results of the workshop will be discussed. *Submission of papers * All papers and demo descriptions must be formatted according to the LNCS/LNAI template (see PAAMS homepage -- paper submission for templates etc.), with a maximum length of 8-12 pages, including figures and references for papers and 2-4 pages for demos. Both, accepted papers and demos, will be included in the PAAMS 2014 Proceedings, published by Springer. Papers must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS formatting instructions and must be submitted in electronic form (PDF format) using the Paper Submission System. *Grants* The BISITE research group (http://bisite.usal.es) of the University of Salamanca, organiser of PAAMS 2014, offers 40 grants to facilitate the attendance to doctoral and young doctors both to the event itself (including Workshops and Special Sessions) and to the parallel collocated events. More information can be found here: http://www.paams.net/grants *Review Process* Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 Program Committee members. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, quality of presentation, practical applicability. Some preference may also be given to papers which address emergent trends or important common themes. In general, papers to be acceptable, must be of substantial relevance for the multi-agent systems research community. Demo applications will be reviewed by the PC chairs. *Journal publication of excellent papers* It is intended to invite authors of excellent papers to submit an extended version of their paper to the IOS Multiagent and Grid Systems journal (MAGS). This journal has a high reputation and is often classified as a B-class journal. If enough high quality papers will be submitted it is planned to publish them as a special issue, otherwise as regular papers. *PC Chairs* Fernando Lopes, LNEG National Research Institute, Portugal, fernando.lopes@lneg.pt <mailto:fernando.lopes@lneg.pt> Rainer Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, rainer.unland@icb.uni-due.de *Program Committee* Alberto Fernández, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain Alberto Sardinha, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Andreas Symeonidis, University of Thessaloniki, Greece Anke Weidlich, Hochschule Offenburg, Germany Benjamin Hirsch, Etisalat BT Innovation Centre (EBTIC), UAE Bernhard Bauer, Universität Augsburg, Germany Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen , Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Instituttet, Denmark Carlos Ramos, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal Christian Derksen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany Christoph Weber, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany Costin Ba(dica(, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania David Sislak, Gerstner Laboratory, Czech Republic Fabrice Saffre, British Telecom, UK Frank Allgöwer, Universität Stuttgart, Germany Georg Frey, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany Hanno Hildmann, NEC Germany, Germany Huib Aldewereld, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands Ingo J. Timm, JW Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany Jan Sudeikat, Hamburg Energie GmbH, Germany Jan Treur, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands John Collins, University of Minnesota, USA Joseph Barjis, TU Delft, The Netherlands Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar, IIIA, CSIC, Spain Koen Hindriks, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Lars Braubach, University of Hamburg, Germany Lars Mönch, Fernuniversität Hagen, Germany Laurent Vercouter, Graduate School of engineering - Saint-Étienne, France Marcin Paprzycki, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Maria Ganzha, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Massimiliano Giacomin, University of Brescia, Italy Mathijs de Weerdt, TU Delft, The Netherlands Matteo Vasirani, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain Matthias Klusch, DFKI, Germany Miguel Ángel López Carmona, University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain Nir Oren, University of Aberdeen, UK Olivier Boissier, ENS Mines Saint-Etienne, France Ori Marom, Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands Paolo Torroni, University of Bologna, Italy Paulo Leitão, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal Peter Palensky, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria Sascha Ossowski, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain Sebastian Lehnhoff, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Germany Stamatis Karnouskos, SAP, Germany Steven Guan, Xian Jiatong-Liverpool University, China Sudip Bhattacharjee, University of Connecticut, USA Tiago Pinto, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal Wamberto Vasconcelos, University of Aberdeen, UK Wolfgang Ketter, Rotterdam School of Management, The Netherlands Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE *Steering Committee* Fernando Lopes, LNEG National Research Institute , Portugal Giancarlo Fortino, Università della Calabria, Italy Hugo Morais, Denmark Technical University, Denmark Rainer Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Ryszard Kowalczyk, Swinburne University of Technology Zita Vale, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Po -- "Experience is this valuable asset which allows us to identify the mistake immediately when we are doing it again and again!" "Erfahrung ist jener kostbare Besitz, der uns befähigt, einen Fehler sofort zu erkennen, wenn wir ihn immer wieder machen." ************************************************************************** Prof. Dr. Rainer Unland University of Duisburg-Essen Institute for Computer Science and Business Information Systems (ICB) Practical Computer Science, especially Data Management Systems and Knowledge Representation Schuetzenbahn 70 45117 Essen, Germany Tel.: (+49) 201-183 3421 IP-Tel. Skype: unlandr Fax: (+49) 201-183 4460 Email: Rainer.Unland at icb.uni-due.de WWW: http://www.dawis.wiwi.uni-due.de/ ***************************************************************************
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