ESAS 2011: The 6th IEEE International Workshop on Engineering Semantic Agent Systems http://compsac.cs.iastate.edu/workshop_details.php?id=32 Held in conjunction with COMPSAC, the IEEE Signature Conference on Computers, Software, and Applications. COMPSAC 2011 will be held in Munich, Germany, July 18-22, 2011. GOAL OF THE WORKSHOP Semantic web technologies render dynamic, heterogeneous, distributed, shared semantic content equally accessible to human reader and software agents. Here the vision is to achieve a synergy with multi-agent systems (MAS) technologies whereby agents will be in the center stage. Other workshops have so far missed to garner the synergy of these technologies by taking up either the semantic web aspect or the agent aspect of the shared research issue. ESAS 2011 has two complementary objectives: 1. To inquire into the theory and practice of engineering semantic multi-agent systems, especially methods, means, and best cases. 2. To explore into unifying software engineering methodologies employed in implementing semantic MAS applications across domains. We expect to create a lively discussion and exchange medium for experts from the two fronts: agent-based systems and ontology-based systems. Equal representation of both by papers is being aimed at. THEME AND SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP Applying Semantic Web Technologies in Developing Software Agents, Mobile Agents and Multi-Agent Systems towards REALIZING THE COMPUTED WORLD. ESAS Workshops Series focuses on concepts, foundations and applications of semantic agent systems and bringing forward better practices of engineering them. Research and technologies related to Semantic Web and agent systems are very much in focus at ESAS. Topics of interest span a wide spectrum of both theory and practice of semantics and agent architectures, including software agents, mobile agents, autonomous semantic agents, context-aware intelligent agents, agents as semantic web services, multi-agent systems, agent communities, cooperation and goal seeking through shared policy and ontology, safety & security in semantic multi-agent information systems, and other QoS issues. Researchers and practitioners of software agents, mobile agents, MAS and semantic web technologies are expected to propose papers and to attend the workshop. Those with interests in any aspect of semantic agents and agent-based systems are welcome. Researchers working on realization of multi-agent systems through semantic web technology and ontology-based agent applications, including distributed control, security, interoperability, service levels, and quality issues in such systems, are especially encouraged to propose papers. Enterprises and research centers developing languages, integrated development environments, tools, and middleware that can be employed in engineering the above are encouraged to propose technical papers, demo and tutorial presentations. Prominent researchers of the field will be called upon to deliver invited talk and submit invited papers or position statements. IMPORTANT DATES March 22, 2011 : Workshop paper submission April 12, 2011 : Workshop paper author notification May 2, 2011 : Camera-ready & author registration SUBMISSION Papers must be submitted electronically via the ESAS 2011 Submission Page (http://rs-1.cs.iastate.edu/ESAS2011). Please follow the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines to prepare your papers http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/submission. All papers will be carefully reviewed by at least three reviewers. Papers can be submitted as regular papers (six pages), and the acceptance will depend on reviewer feedback. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings of the IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2011) by the IEEE CS Press. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must register as a full participant of the workshop in order to have the paper published in the proceedings. Each accepted paper must be presented in person by one of its authors. The authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for possible publication in a special issue of a relevant journal and/or an edited book. Details will be revealed pending conclusion of negotiations. A special issue of the best papers of ESAS 2006 has been published with Multiagent and Grid Systems - An International Journal, IOS Press, ISSN 1574-1702; Volume 4, Number 3, 2008, pp: 293-346. The authors of the papers accepted at ESAS 2007 and 2008 were invited to submit extended versions of their papers for publication in the Special Issue on Engineering Semantic Agent Systems of Expert Systems: The Journal of Knowledge Engineering by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. This Special Issue is now awaiting issue assignment to appear in 2011. The authors of ESAS 2009 were invited to submit an extended and revised version of their papers for publication in an edited volume titled Semantic Agent Systems: Foundations and Applications by Springer-Verlag; the book has now been announced at http://www.springer.com/engineering/mathematical/book/978-3-642-18307-2. Workshop Organizers Rainer Unland University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Rainer.Unland at icb.uni-due.de Atilla Elci Toros University, Turkey atilla.elci at toros.edu.tr Rolf Schwitter Macquarie University, Australia rolfs at comp.mq.edu.au Duygu Celik Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey duygucelik at aydin.edu.tr Mehmet A. Orgun Macquarie University, Australia mehmet.orgun at mq.edu.au Behnam Rahnama European University of Lefke, North Cyprus behnam at brahnama.com Program Committee Alia Abdelmoty, Cardiff University, UK Alex Abramovich, Gordon College, Israel Khalil A. Abuosba, Arab Academy of Banking and Financial Sciences, Jordan Grigoris Antoniou, University of Crete, Greece Mehmet Emin Aydin, University of Bedfordshire, UK Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania Susmit Bagchi, Samsung Electronics (SISO), India Zeki Bayram, Eastern Mediterranean Univ., TRNC Tibor Bosse, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands Stijn Christiaens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Frank F. P. Dignum, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands Tharam S. Dillon, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Weichang Du, University of New Brunswick, Canada Peter Eklund, The University of Wollongong, Australia R. Cenk Erdur, Agean University, Turkey Vadim Ermolayev, Zaporozhye State University, Ukraine Martin Gaedke, Chemnitz University of Technology,Germany Manolis Gergatsoulis, Ionian University, Greece M.Adeeb Ghonaimy, Ain Shams University, Egypt Aditya K. Ghose, University of Wollongong, Australia Paolo Giorgini, University of Trento, Italy Ibrahim Gokcen, GE International, Turkey Guido Governatori, The University of Queensland, Australia Giancarlo Guizzardi, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Italy Stijn Heymans, TU Vienna, Austria, & Univ. Ghent, Belgium Bo Hu, University of Southampton, UK Angus F.M. Huang, National Central University, Taiwan Ismail Khalil Ibrahim, Johannes Kepler University, Austria Mustafa Jarrar, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Eui-Hyun Jung, Anyang University, Korea Rajkumar Kannan, Bishop Heber College, Trichy, India Ahmad Kayed, Applied Science University, Jordan Natalya Keberle, Zaporozhye National Univ., Ukraine C. Maria Keet, University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Michel C. A. Klein, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Alexander Kostin, Eastern Mediterranean Univ., TRNC Aneesh Krishna, Engineering University of Wollongong, Australia Peter Kropf, Universitat de Neuchtâl, Switzerland Mark Last, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Pieter De Leenheer, Vrije Universiteit, Belgium Constantine Mantratzis, University of Westminster, London, UK Brahim Medjahed, University of Michigan, USA Thomas Meyer, Meraka Institute, South Africa Vitaliy Mezhuev, Berdyansk State University, Ukraine Rym Z. Mili, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Masoud Mohammadian, University of Canberra, Australia Lars Mönch, Fern Universität, Hagen, Germany Maurice Pagnucco, The University of New South Wales, Australia Michal Pechoucek, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic R. Rajesh, Bharathiar University, India Dumitru Roman, STI / University of Innsbruck, Austria Ferat Sahin, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Markus Schall, Bilkent Univ., Turkey Chattrakul Sombattheera, Mahasarakham University, Thailand Michael Stollberg, DERI Innsbruck, Austria Markus Stmptner, University of South Australia, Australia Kaile Su, Peking University, China Vijayan Sugumaran, Oakland University, USA York Sure, SAP Research, Germany Andreas Tolk, Old Dominion University, USA Jan Treur, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands M. Osman Unalir, Egean University, Turkey Rainer Unland, University of Essen, Germany Laurentiu Vasiliu, DERI Galway, Ireland Dirk Vermeir, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Lee Eng Wah, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore Levent Yilmaz, Auburn University, USA Sule Yildirim, Gjovik University College, Norway Mohammed Zaki, Al-Azhar University, Egypt