The WESAAC 2019 will be held in Florianópolis – Santa Catarina (Brazil) at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), de 02-04th of May 2019.
The area of agent-based systems is widely known and has numerous papers published internationally every year. However, in Brazil, there are few events in artificial intelligence area and just WESAAC (Workshop-School on Agents, Environments, and Applications) event provides lectures (the “workshop” part) and short courses (the “school” part) specifically on the main topics of research within autonomous agents and multi-agent systems.
In 2019, it will be the 13th edition of WESAAC. The Brazilian researchers will give short courses or lectures, and they will be a better integration of the international researchers in specific agent areas. In this way, they could create momentum and future projects/researches between them.
This school is therefore of great importance as a national event in this area, aiming to both prepare future generations of Brazilian researchers and to disseminate the current projects of Brazilian researchers. It is the best opportunity for Brazilian undergraduate and specially postgraduate students to attend courses by some of the most prominent researchers working in this area throughout the world.
This school aims to provide students with useful guidance on various aspects of the research from established researchers and the other student attendees. It also helps participants to establish a research and social network of their peers.
Motivation
Many current computational systems no longer depend on human intervention to operate in complex dynamic environments. Some of the key features that allow such systems to operate autonomously include the ability to make rational decisions and to react to changes in a timely way. In that respect, agent systems and multi-agent environments provide a computing paradigm that supports the development of intelligent systems that are able to cope with the complexities associated with such dynamic scenarios.
Aims
The area of agent-based systems is widely known and has numerous papers published internationally every year. However, nationally there are few events in this area and no other national event also provides tutorials and short courses specifically on the main topics of research within autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. WESAAC is therefore of great importance as a national event in this area, aiming to both prepare future generations of Brazilian researchers and to disseminate the current projects of Brazilian researchers. WESAAC aims to be a forum for the discussion of work at all levels, including undergraduate, MSc, and PhD projects currently being conducted. Fundamentally, WESAAC is the best opportunity for Brazilian undergraduate and specially graduate students to attend courses by some of the most prominent researchers working in this area throughout the world.
Note
The 6 best papers will be invited to publish in RITA – Revista de Informática and Teórica e Aplicada – link: https://seer.ufrgs.br/rita (3) and ADCAIJ – Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal – link: http://adcaij.usal.es (ISSN: 2255-2863) (3)
The 3 best papers whose 1st. authors are undergraduate students, will be invited to publish extended versions in the ICCEEg (Revista Jr de Iniciação Científica em Ciências Exatas e Engenharia – ISSN 2236-0093). http://www.icceeg.c3.furg.br/