Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium (ADS‘11) Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel, Boston, MA, USA April 4-9, 2011

http://www.scs.org/springsim/2011?q=node/205

Manuscript Submission: October 31, 2010.

Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS).

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As part of the 2011 Spring Simulation Multi-conference (SpringSim‘11)

http://www.scs.org/springsim/2011

the 2011 Agent-Directed Simulation Symposium is a premier platform to explore all three aspects of the synergy of simulation and agent technologies. Hence, it has a special place within simulation and agent conferences, including agent-based (social) simulation conferences. Therefore the ADS symposium fills a gap in the agent community as well as the simulation community.

The purpose of the ADS symposium is to facilitate dissemination of the most recent advancements in the theory, methodology, application, and toolkits of agent-directed simulation. Agent-directed simulation is comprehensive in the integration of agent and simulation technologies, by including models that use agents to develop domain-specific simulations, i.e., agent simulation (this is often referred to as agent-based simulation -when other two important aspects are not considered), and by also including the use of agent technology to develop simulation techniques and toolkits that are subsequently applied, either with or without agents.

Hence, agent-directed simulation consists of three distinct, yet related areas that can be grouped under two categories as follows:

1. Simulation for Agents (agent simulation): simulation of agent

systems in engineering, human and social dynamics, military

applications etc.

1. Agents for Simulation (which has two aspects): agent-supported

simulation deals with the use of agents as a support facility to

enable computer assistance in problem solving or enhancing

cognitive capabilities; and agent-based simulation that focuses

on the use of agents for the generation of model behavior in a

simulation study.

Through the theme of agent-directed simulation, the symposium will bring together agent technologies, tools, toolkits, platforms, languages, methodologies, and applications in a pragmatic manner. In this symposium, established researchers, educators, and students are encouraged to come together and discuss the benefits of agent technology in their use and application for simulation. It is a way for people to discuss why and how they have used agent technology in their simulations, and describe the benefit of having done so.

The theme of ADS‘11 is based on the observation of the following premises.

• The growth of new advanced distributed computing standards along

with the rapid rise of e-commerce are providing a new context that

acts as a critical driver for the development of next generation

systems. These standards revolve around service-oriented

technologies, pervasive computing, web-services, Grid, autonomic

computing, ambient intelligence etc. The supporting role that

intelligent agents play in the development of such systems is

becoming pervasive, and simulation plays a critical role in the

analysis and design of such systems.

• The use of emergent agent technologies at the organization,

interaction (e.g., coordination, negotiation, communication) and

agent levels (i.e. reasoning, autonomy) are expected to advance

the state of the art in various application technologies is

difficult. Using agent-supported simulation techniques for

testing complex agent systems is up and coming field.

• To facilitate bridging the gap between research and application,

there is a need for tools, agent programming languages, and

methodologies to analyze, design, and implement complex,

non-trivial agent-based simulations. Existing agent-based

simulation tools are still not mature enough to enable developing

agents with varying degrees cognitive and reasoning capabilities.

ADS 2011 will provide a leading forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse simulation societies within computer science, social sciences, engineering, business, education, human factors, and systems engineering. The involvement of various agent-directed simulation groups will enable the cross-fertilization of ideas and development of new perspectives by fostering novel advanced solutions, as well as enabling technologies for agent-directed simulation

AUTHOR GUIDE

• Technical papers provide a longer format for presenting experience

reports, research results, or descriptions of “work in progress”.

They are limited to 8 pages.

• Short position papers are targeted at raising a question or framing

an issue for discussion during the symposium. Position papers are

limited to 3 pages.

• Poster presentations present an opportunity to present work in

progress and receive feedback from colleagues. A one page write-up

of the poster presentations will be included in the proceedings.

Formatting guidelines and author instructions are available at

http://www.scs.org/conferences .

Papers should be submitted electronically to

http://www.softconf.com/scs/ADS11 .

All papers will be subject to a peer-reviewing process by three program committee members. (Please see the key dates listed below)

FINAL PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All prospective authors, whose papers are accepted for inclusion in the

program, will be invited to submit their position or technical papers to

ADS‘11. Accepted and registered papers will be published in the conference

proceedings by the SCS. The committee will select a set of best papers.

Authors of these papers will be encouraged to submit appropriately

expanded versions of these papers for journal publication.

KEY DATES

Oct 31, 2010: Manuscript submission

Dec 30, 2010: Notification of acceptance

Jan 20, 2011: Full Camera-ready papers

Apr 4-9, 2011: ADS‘11 Symposium along with SpringSim‘11 Conference

General Co-Chairs

Levent Yilmaz, Auburn University

Tuncer Oren, University of Ottawa

Program Co-Chairs

Gregory Madey, University of Notre Dame

Maarten Sierhuis, Carnegie Mellon University, NASA Ames Research Center

Yu Zhang, Trinity University