Indroduction
On November 12 and 13 2001 the School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS) will organize an Advanced Course on "Multi-Agent Systems". The course takes two days, will be given in English and is part of the so called Advanced Components Stage of the Educational Program for SIKS-Ph.D. Students. Although these courses are primarily intended for SIKS-Ph.D. Students, other participants are not excluded. However, their number of passes will be restricted and depends on the number of students taking the course. The course is given by experienced lecturers actively involved in the research areas related to the topics of the course.Location: Hotel Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn. See also the itinerary
Scientific Directors
- dr. C. Witteveen (TUD)
- prof. dr. J.-J. Ch. Meyer (UU)
- dr. W. van der Hoek (UU)
Program
provisionaryMonday November 12
- 10.15 - 10.30 Opening by prof. dr. J.-J.Ch.Meyer(UU)
- 10.30 - 11.30 dr. W. van der Hoek (UU): Modal and Epistemical logic
- 11.30 - 11.45 Break
- 11.45 - 12.45 prof. dr. J.-J. Ch. Meyer (UU): Logic for Intelligent Agents
- 12.45 - 14.00 lunch
- 14.00 - 15.00 dr. W. van der Hoek (UU): the Agent language GOAL
- 15.00 - 16.00 dr. T. Grant: Single Agent Planning techniques
- 16.00 - 16.15 Break
- 16.15 - 17.15 dr.T. Grant: Single Agent Planning techniques (part 2)
- 10.00 - 11.00 prof. dr. J.-J. Ch. Meyer (UU): Multi-Agent Epistemic Logic
- 11.00 - 11.15 Break
- 11.15 - 12.45 dr. R. Verbrugge (RUG): Logic for Multi-Agent Systems
- 12.45 - 14.00 lunch
- 14.00 - 16.00 dr. C Witteveen (TUD): Problems and Techniques in Multi-Agent Planning
- 16.00 - 16.15 Break
- 16.15 - 17.15 dr. H. Tonino (TUD): Plan Coordination
- 17.15 - 17.30 Conclusions and Evaluation
Costs
Arrangement 1: one stay in a standard room, breakfast, two lunches, dinner, course material included| Fully registrated SIKS-Ph.D.-student: | no charge |
| SIKS-research fellow/associated member: | f 400,= |
| Ph.D.-students from IPA, ASCI,OZSL, TRAIL, BETHA, or JF Schouten Institute: | f 400,= |
| Other academic participants: | f 800,= |
| Non-academic participants: | f 1500,= |
Arrangement 2: same arrangement, but with the exclusion of one stay in a standard room and breakfast
| Fully registrated SIKS-Ph.D.-student: | no charge |
| SIKS-research fellow/associated member: | f 250,= |
| Ph.D.-students from IPA, ASCI,OZSL, TRAIL,BETHA or JF Schouten Institute: | f 300,= |
| Other academic participants: | f 600,= |
| Non-academic participants: | f 1250,= |
Registration
In the conference center there is a limited number of places and there is interest from other groups in the topic as well. Therefore, an early registration is required.Deadline for registration for SIKS-Ph.D.-students: October 26 2001
After that date, applications to participate will be honoured in a first-come first-serve manner. Of course, applications to participate from other interested groups are welcome already. They will receive a notification whether they can participate as soon as possible.Information for non-SIKS- Ph.D.-students: SIKS needs a confirmation from your supervisor/office that they agree with the arrangement and paying conditions.
Anyone who is interested in the courses, is kindly requested to fill in the registration form