8th International KES Conference on Agents and Multi-agent Systems – Technologies & 
Applications
(AMSTA-14)
Chania - Crete,  Greece 18 - 20 June 2014
http://amsta-14.kesinternational.org/
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AMSTA-14 is an international scientific conference for research in the field of 
agent and multi-agent systems. The aim of the conference is to provide an internationally
respected forum for scientific research in the technologies and applications of agent and 
multi-agent systems.

The conference proceedings will be published by Springer in their 
Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing series, index/abstracted* in ISI Proceedings, 
DBLP. Ulrich's, EI-Compendex, SCOPUS, Zentralblatt Math, MetaPress and Springerlink.
(* publisher's information)

Agents and multi-agent systems are related to a modern software paradigm which has 
long been recognized as a promising technology for constructing autonomous, complex 
and intelligent systems. This conference will provide an excellent opportunity for researchers 
to discuss modern approaches and techniques for agent and multi-agent systems and their 
applications. The conference will be co-located under the KES Smart Digital Futures topic
with our other Intelligent Systems conferences: IIMSS and IDT along with the new STET 
(Smart Technology in Education) conference. Please see the KES International website for 
more details here: http://smartfutures.kesinternational.org/

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Conference Scope
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Agent Systems

Formal models of agency. Agent architectures. BDI architecture. Learning, evolution, and 
adaptation. Perception and action. Communication: languages, semantics, pragmatics, 
protocols, and conversations. Knowledge representation Computational complexity. 
Autonomous or humanoid robots. Social robots and robot teams. Autonomy aspect. 
Cognitive models, including emotions and philosophies. Embodied and believable 
agents. Emergent behaviour. Ontologies.

Multi-agent Systems

Cooperative distributed problem solving. Task and resource allocation. Mechanism design, 
auctions, and game theory. Modelling other agents and self. Multi-agent planning. 
Negotiation protocols. Multi-agent learning. Conflict resolution. Trust and reputation 
management. Privacy, safety and security. Scalability, robustness and dependability. 
Social and organizational structures. Verification and validation. Novel computing 
paradigms (autonomic, grid, P2P, ubiquitous computing). Brokering and matchmaking. 
Agent-oriented software engineering, including implementation languages and frameworks. 
Mobile agents. Per-formance, scalability, robustness, and dependability. Verification and 
validation. E-business agents. Pervasive computing. Privacy, safety, and security.

Tools and Applications

Simulation systems. Web services and service-oriented computing. Artificial social systems. 
Autonomic computing. Case studies and reports on deployments. Computational 
infrastructures. Information retrieval. Web services and semantic web. E-learning sys-tems. 
E-institutions. E-commerce.

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Dates & Deadlines
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General Track Papers

Submission of Papers: 27 January 2014
Notification of Acceptance: 24 February 2014
Upload of Final Publication Files: 10 March 2014

Invited Session and Workshops

Submission of Invited Session Proposals: 6 January 2014
Submission of Papers: Set by Session Chair
Upload of Final Publication Files: 10 March 2014
(Publication files are the wordprocessor source in MS Word or LaTeX together with a final PDF.) 

Early Registration Deadline

All delegates to main conference: 14 March 2014
Inclusion in Proceedings

Every paper for inclusion in the published proceedings must have at least one author who has 
registered for the conference with payment by: 14 March 2014.

Conference Sessions: 18 - 20 June 2014