IAT-2001 Deadline Extension

Dear Colleagues,

We have received many requests for extending the IAT-2001 submission
deadline. After further consideration, we decide to extend the
submission deadline to April 1, 2001.

On-Line Submission is encouraged and preferred.  Please use the
Submission Form at the IAT-2001 webpage:
"http://kis.maebashi-it.ac.jp/iat01" to submit your paper.

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by
World Scientific, An International Publisher, as a hardcover book
entitled: INTELLIGENT AGENT TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
Authors of selected papers will be invited to have their papers
included in a special issue of an international journal.

Best Regards,

Ning Zhong and Jiming Liu
Program Chairs, IAT-2001

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           FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: IAT-2001
The Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology 

                  SPONSORED BY
                   ACM SIGART
          Maebashi Institute of Technology
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         Maebashi TERRSA, Maebashi City, Japan      
                 October 23-26, 2001
      Home Page: http://kis.maebashi-it.ac.jp/iat01
    Mirror Page: http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/IAT/iat01
 
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               IN COOPERATION WITH
              ACM SIGCHI, ACM SIGWEB
  Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI)
       JSAI SIGFAI, JSAI SIGKBS, IEICE SIGKBSE
 
               CORPORATE SPONSORS
            Maebashi Convention Bureau
            Maebashi City Government
           Gunma Prefecture Government
       The Japan Research Institute, Limited
   US AFOSR/AOARD and US Army Research Office in Far East

         IAT-2001 will be jointly held with 
        The First Asia-Pacific Conference on 
            Web Intelligence (WI-2001)
  (One registration may attend both IAT-2001 and WI-2001) 
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       IAT-2001 and WI-2001 Joint Keynote Speakers:
 Benjamin Wah (2001 IEEE CS President), U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 Edward A. Feigenbaum (Turing Award Winner), Stanford University 

             IAT-2001 Invited Speakers:
    Toyoaki Nishida (University of Tokyo, Japan)
    Zbigniew W. Ras (University of North Carolina, USA)
    Andrzej Skowron (Warsaw University, Poland)
    Katia Sycara    (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) 

The Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT) is a
high-quality, high-impact biennial agent conference series. The second
meeting in this conference series follows the success of IAT'99 held
in Hong Kong in 1999 (http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/IAT99).  IAT-2001
will primarily focus on

(1) the state-of-the-art in the development of intelligent agents and 
(2) the theoretical and computational foundations of intelligent agent 
    technology. 

The aim of IAT-2001 is to bring together researchers and practitioners
from diverse fields, such as computer science, information technology,
business, education, human factors, systems engineering, and robotics
to

(1) examine the design principles and performance characteristics of 
    various approaches in intelligent agent technology, and 
(2) increase the cross-fertilization of ideas on the development of 
    autonomous agents and multiagent systems among different domains.  

By encouraging idea-sharing and discussions on the underlying logical,
cognitive, physical, and biological foundations as well as the
enabling technologies of intelligent agents, IAT-2001 is expected to
stimulate the future development of new models, new methodologies, and
new tools for building a variety of embodiments of agent-based
systems.

TOPICS
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The technical issues to be addressed include, but not limited to:

* Applications: 
  - data and knowledge intensive domains (e.g., large databases, 
    Internet, digital libraries, distributed decision making, financial 
    modeling and engineering, business information systems and process   
    automation)
  - software and interface agents (e.g., personal assistant, translator,
    scheduler, information filter, tutor)
  - computational intelligence (e.g., pattern analysis and recognition, 
    imaging, optimization, resource allocation, constraint satisfaction, 
    planning)
  - agents in e-commerce and e-business
  - autonomous agents in science and engineering 
    (e.g. aerospace, survey of the seabed and space)
  - physically embodied systems (e.g., autonomous robots and groups)
  - very-large, complex, integrated intelligent systems

* Computational Architecture and Infrastructure:
  - computational architectures
  - ontology models
  - agent-level and multi-agent-level infrastructure
  - communication languages
  - multi-modal systems and interfaces
  - protocols
  - tools and standards
  - heterogeneity and interoperability
  - scalability

* Learning and Adaptation: 
  - soft-computing in multi-agent systems 
  - uncertainty management in multi-agent systems
  - integrated exploration and exploitation
  - long-term reliability
  - neural networks
  - artificial life
  - behavioral selection
  - coordinating perception, thought, and action
  - behavioral self-organization
  - believable lifelike quality
  - classifier systems 
  - evolution and learning in dynamic environments
  - adaptation and self-adaptation
  - emergent behavior
  - evolutionary computation

* Data and Knowledge Engineering/Communication:
  - information filtering
  - data mining
  - heterogeneous data integration and management
  - human-agent interaction
  - knowledge discovery
  - knowledge sharing
  - knowledge aggregation 
  - reasoning and planning
  - adaptation and evolution of knowledge networks
  - distributed knowledge systems

* Distributed Intelligence: 
  - dynamics of groups and populations
  - swarms
  - population evolution
  - coevolution
  - collective group behavior
  - coordination and cooperation
  - distributed intelligence
  - social integration
  - market-based computing

* Formal Theories of Agents: 
  - formal/computational modeling
  - chaotic and fractal dynamics
  - computational complexity
  - efficiency in distributed systems
  - taxonomy of agent environments
  - classification and characterization of complex behaviors
  - theories of perception, rationality, intention, emotion, 
    coordination, action, and social behaviors

PAPER SUBMISSION & PUBLICATION
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High quality full-length papers in all IAT related areas are
solicited.  Papers exploring new directions are most welcome and will
receive a careful and supportive review.  All submitted papers will be
reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance,
and clarity.  Electronic submission is encouraged and preferred.
Please send LaTex (MS-Words, or PDF) and PostScript versions of your
paper, and an ASCII version of the cover page (in separate email), by
March 20, 2001 to:

         iat01@maebashi-it.ac.jp

Or use the Submission Form at the IAT-2001 webpage:
http://kis.maebashi-it.ac.jp/iat01
to submit your paper.

Four (4) hardcopies of the paper by regular mail are also requested 
if electronic submission is not possible.
Please send hardcopies of your paper by March 20, 2001 to:

	Prof. Ning Zhong (IAT-2001) 
	Department of Information Engineering 
	Maebashi Institute of Technology 
	460-1, Kamisadori-Cho, Maebashi-City, 371-0816
        Japan

	TEL&FAX: +81-27-265-7366 
	E-mail: zhong@maebashi-it.ac.jp

The ASCII version of a cover page must include author(s) full address,
email, paper title and a 200 word abstract, and up to 5 keywords.

Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by
World Scientific, An International Publisher, as a hardcover book. A
selected number of IAT-2001 accepted papers will be expanded and
revised for inclusion in ``Knowledge and Information Systems: An
International Journal'' by Springer-Verlag and in "International
Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence" by World
Scientific.

IAT best paper award will be conferred on the author(s) of the best
papers at the conference.

All manuscripts (upto about 10 pages long) must be formatted using the
World Scientific's style files for proceedings. The style files can be
found at:
http://www.wspc.com/others/style_files/proceedings/proceedings_style_files.html
-- use the style files appropriate to a trim size of 8.5"x6".

DEMO SESSION
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IAT-2001 also welcomes submissions of research projects, research
prototypes, experimental systems, and commercial products
for demonstrations at the conference. Each submission should include a
title page containing a title, a 200-300 word abstract, a list of
keywords, the names, mailing addresses, and Email addresses of the
presenters, and a two-page description of the demo system. Submissions
should reach the IAT-2001 Demo Chair:

       Dr. Jianchang Mao (IAT-2001)
       Verity Inc.
       894 Ross Drive 
       Sunnyvale CA 94089, USA

       E-mail: jmao@verity.com

by July 2, 2001

Authors of accepted IAT-2001 papers will be invited to demonstrate
their systems at the conference.

It is understood that once a submission is selected for demonstration 
at the conference, the presenter(s) of the demo will be responsible for 
bringing necessary software/hardware equipment.

IMPORTANT DATES
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     March 20, 2001   Paper submission deadline 
       May 28, 2001   Notification of paper acceptance mailed 
      June 20, 2001   Camera-ready copies of accepted papers due 
       July 2, 2001   Demo submission deadline 
     August 3, 2001   Notification of demo acceptance mailed 
October 23-26, 2001   Conference technical sessions

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
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IAT-2001 Conference Organizing Committee
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General Chairs: 
Setsuo Ohsuga, Waseda University, Japan
Jeffrey Bradshaw, UWF/Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA

Program Chairs:
Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan
Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 

Demos and Exhibits Chair:
Jianchang Mao, Verity Inc., USA

Local Organizing Chair:
Nobuo Otani, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan

International Advisory Board:
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Jeffrey Bradshaw, UWF/Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA
Michele L. D. Gaudreault, US Asian Office of Aerospace R&D
Daniel T. Ling, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 
Jianchang Mao, Verity Inc., USA
Hiroshi Motoda, Osaka University, Japan 
Setsuo Ohsuga, Waseda University, Japan
Patrick S. P. Wang, Northeastern University, USA
Yiyu Yao, University of Regina, Canada
Jie Yang, University of Science and Technology of China
Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan
Jan Zytkow, University of North Carolina, USA
  
Program Committee: 
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K. Suzanne Barber (U. Texas at Austin, USA)
Guy Boy (EURISCO, France)
Cristiano Castelfranchi (Italian National Research Council)
Kerstin Dautenhahn (U. Hertfordshire, UK)
Edmund H. Durfee (U. Michigan, USA)
E.A. Edmonds (Loughborough U., UK)
Tim Finin (U. Maryland Baltimore County, USA)
Adam Maria Gadomski (ENEA, Italy)
Scott Goodwin (U. Regina, Canada)  
Vladimir Gorodetsky (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Mark Greaves (The Boeing Company, USA)
Barbara Hayes-Roth (Stanford U., USA)
Michael Huhns (U. South Carolina, USA)
Keniti Ida (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan) 
Toru Ishida (Kyoto U., Japan)
Lakhmi Jain (U. South Australia)
Stefan J. Johansson (U. Karlskrona, Sweden)
Qun Jin (U. Aizu, Japan)
Juntae Kim (Dongguk U., Korea)
David Kinny (U. Melbourne, Australia)
Matthias Klusch (German Research Center for AI)
Sarit Kraus (U. Maryland, USA)
Danny B. Lange (General Magic, Inc., USA)
Jimmy Ho Man Lee (Chinese U. Hong Kong)
Jiming Liu (Hong Kong Baptist U.) 
Mike Luck (U. Southampton, UK)
Helen Meng (Chinese U. Hong Kong)
Joerg Mueller (Siemens, Germany)
Hideyuki Nakashima (ETL, Japan)
Wee-Keong Ng (Nanyang Technological U., Singapore)
Katsumi Nitta (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Yoshikuni Onozato (Gunma U., Japan)
Tuncer Oren (Marmara Research Center, Turkey)
Ichiro Osawa (ETL, Japan)
Sun Park (Rutgers U., USA) 
Van Parunak (ERIM, USA)
Zbigniew W. Ras (U. North Carolina, USA)
Eugene Santos (U. Connecticut, USA)
Zhongzhi Shi (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Carles Sierra (Scientific Research Council, Spain)
Kwang M. Sim (Chinese U. Hong Kong)
Andrzej Skowron (Warsaw U., Poland)
Ron Sun (U. Missouri-Columbia, USA)
Niranjan Suri (U. West Florida, USA)
Takao Terano (U. Tsukuba, Japan)
Demetri Terzopoulos (U. Toronto, Canada)
Huaglory Tianfield (Cheltenham & Gloucester College of H. E., UK)
David Wolpert (NASA Ames Research Center, USA)
Jinglong Wu (Kagawa U., Japan)
Takahira Yamaguchi (Shizuoka U., Japan)
Kazumasa Yokota (Okayama Prefectural U., Japan)
Eric Yu (U. Toronto, Canada)
P.C. Yuen (Hong Kong Baptist U.)
Chengqi Zhang (Deakin U., Australia)
Ning Zhong (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)

Local Organizing Committee:
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Masahiko Satori (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)
Tadaomi Miyazaki (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)
Nobuo Otani (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)
Sean M. Reedy (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)
Ning Zhong (Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan)
Yukio Kanazawa (Maebashi Convention Bureau, Japan)
Seiji Murai (Maebashi Convention Bureau, Japan)
Kanehisa Sekine (Maebashi Convention Bureau, Japan)
Midori Asaka (Information Technology Agency (IPA), Japan)
Yoshitsugu Kakemoto (Japan Research Institute, Limited, Japan)

CONFERENCE SITE
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The IAT-2001 and WI-2001 will take place in Maebashi City.  Maebashi,
the capital of Gumma Prefecture, is called the `City of water,
greenery, and poetry'.  Maebashi is an `International Convention City'
designated by the Ministry of Transportation.

Maebashi and the neighboring areas in Gunma is a land of greenery
blessed with the wonders of natural beauty and more than a hundred hot
springs offering relaxation and peace of mind.  IAT-2001 and WI-2001
will organize a tour during the conference to a resort hotel with hot
spring in Ikaho that is one of the most famous hot springs areas in
Japan.

Maebashi is positioned nearly in the center of the Japan Archipelago.
Only a hundred kilometers from Japan's capital city of Tokyo and
reachable in an hour by bullet train or high-speed expressway, a
variety of favorable land conditions lead to flourishing economic
activity.  Maebashi City and the neighboring areas in Gunma are
expected to further develop into an IT conurbation with highly
advanced information technology.

FURTHER INFORMATION
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Please send suggestions and inquiries regarding IAT-2001 to:

Prof. Ning Zhong (IAT-2001) 
Department of Information Engineering 
Maebashi Institute of Technology 
460-1, Kamisadori-Cho, Maebashi-City, 371-0816
Japan

TEL&FAX: +81-27-265-7366 
E-mail: zhong@maebashi-it.ac.jp
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