German Conference Series on

Multiagent System Technologies

MATES

In cooperation with the SIG on Distributed Artificial Intelligence of the German Computer Society GI

Aims & Scope

The MATES conference series aims at the promotion of the theory and application of agents and multiagent systems. It covers the whole range from theory to application of agent and multiagent technology. It aims at providing an interdisciplinary forum for both, researchers and members of business and industry, to present and discuss latest advances in theoretic work on, as well as prototyped or fielded systems of intelligent agents. The conference features an exhibition of practical applications with an advanced concept of agency, as well as workshops and introductory and expert courses on practical aspects of agent-based computing.

Building on the sequence of agent-related events in Germany in the past such as VDI 1998 (Chemnitz), VertIS 2001 (Bamberg), and KI 2002 (Aachen), the MATES conferences are exclusively devoted to agents and multiagent systems, and the cross-fertilization between agent theory and application. In addition, the series builds on the success of the past international workshop on “Agent Technology and Software Engineering”, and the international symposium on “Multiagent Systems, Large Complex Systems, and E-Businesses (MALCEB)”.

Topics of Interest

The topics of interest for MATES include, but are not limited to:

  • Agent architectures and multiagent platforms
  • Agents for e-business and e-government
  • Agents in novel applications, e.g. bioinformatics, the semantic web
  • Agent-oriented software engineering
  • Autonomous robots and robot teams
  • Coordination, collaboration, and agent communication languages
  • Interface agents, believable agents, and user modelling
  • Modelling of teams, groups, and organizations
  • Multiagent learning and planning
  • Negotiation, auctions, argumentation, and conflict resolution
  • Robustness, fault tolerance, scalability and performance measurement
  • Social simulation and cognitive modelling with agents
  • Standards for agents and multiagent systems