Call for Papers
8th Workshop on Applications of Software Agents – WASA 2018
(https://perun.pmf.uns.ac.rs/events/wasa2018/index.html)
in conjunction with
8th International Conference on Web Intelligence, Mining and Semantics – WIMS 2018
(https://wims2018.pmf.uns.ac.rs/)
Novi Sad, Serbia, June 25-27, 2018
Submission of papers to WASA: February 7, 2018
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Software agent technologies reached a certain level of maturity that allows development of applications spanning from lab prototypes to mature real-life systems, in domains that could have not been imagined before. Furthermore, software agent technologies proved their usefulness in synergy with methods of intelligent computing and artificial intelligence.
The aim of the WASA workshop is to contribute to the advancement of technologies and applications of software agents’ with a special interest in intelligent computing including, but not limited to: reasoning, semantics, pattern recognition, learning and cognition, etc.
The workshop welcomes papers addressing research and experience reports on various applications of software agents. Papers describing finalized research, as well as work-in-progress, are welcome. The topics of the workshop cover, broadly understood, software agent and intelligent technologies connected to applications and experiences in areas like:
- e-business
- social networks
- e-learning
- grid and cloud computing
- gaming
- smart environments
- e-health
- multimedia
- disaster and crisis management
- virtual organizations
- simulation
- energy conservation
- sustainability and green computing
- planning and decision making
- traffic control
- image and video understanding
- manufacturing and industrial management
- etc – this list is not exhaustive
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of papers to WASA: February 7, 2018
Notification of acceptance: March 25, 2018
Camera-ready papers: April 25, 2018
Paper registration: April 25, 2018
Workshop: June 25-27, 2018
POST-CONFERENCE PUBLICATION
A selection of the best papers accepted and presented at WASA’2018 will be invited for extension and possible inclusion (subject to an additional review process) into a Special Issue of an internationally recognized journals:
- ComSIS – Computer Science and Information Systems Journal, Two-year impact factor (2016): 0.837., http://www.comsis.org/
- Information Technology And Control, Impact factor (2016): 0.475, http://itc.ktu.lt/index.php/ITC/
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Mirjana Ivanovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Maria Ganzha, University of Gdansk and IBS PAN, Poland
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Marcin Paprzycki, IBS PAN and WSM, Poland
Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania
PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS (TENTATIVE)
Amelia Badica, University of Craiova, Romania
Olivier Boissier, ENS Mines Saint-Etienne, France
Paolo Bresciani, FBK, Italy
Marius Brezovan, University of Craiova, Romania
Mihaela Colhon, University of Craiova, Romania
Weihui Dai, Fudan University, China
Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy
Adrian Groza, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Galina Ilieva, University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarsky”, Bulgaria
Nicolae Jascanu, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Romania
Gordan Jezic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Systä Kari, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Petros Kefalas, University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College, Thessaloniki, Greece
Florin Leon, Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” of Iasi, Romania
Marin Lujak, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Viorel Negru, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Andrea Omicini, University of Bologna, Italy
Agostino Poggi, University of Parma, Italy
Ilias Sakellariou, University of Macedonia, Greece
Denis Trcek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
7th Workshop on Applications of Software Agents – WASA 2017
http://perun.pmf.uns.ac.rs/events/wasa2017/
6th Workshop on Applications of Software Agents – WASA 2016
http://perun.pmf.uns.ac.rs/events/wasa2016/
5th Workshop on Applications of Software Agents – WASA 2015
http://perun.pmf.uns.ac.rs/events/wasa2015/
4th Workshop on Applications of Software Agents – WASA 2014
http://perun.pmf.uns.ac.rs/events/wasa2014/
3rd Workshop on Applications of Software Agents – WASA 2013
http://perun.pmf.uns.ac.rs/events/wasa2013/
2nd Workshop on Applications of Software Agents – WASA 2012
http://perun.pmf.uns.ac.rs/events/wasa2012/
1st Workshop on Applications of Software Agents – WASA 2011
http://perun.pmf.uns.ac.rs/events/wsagents/