IEEE Symposium on INFORMATION and INTELLIGENT AGENTS (IIA)
SOME TOPICS: Agent models and architectures, Agent-oriented programming, Communication issues and protocols, Cooperation and coordination, Cooperative information systems, Conflict resolution and negotiation, Distributed search, Intelligent agents, Multiagent planning and learning, Practical applications (Enterprise integration, Feature interaction, Information gathering, Manufacturing, Software agents, Software engineering), Testbeds and development environments, User interface issues.
Program Chairs: C. Koutsougeras, Tulane U., and S. Mertoguno, FUJITSU .
Phone: (504) 862-3369 & (408) 922-9599
Email: ck@eecs.tulane.edu & jmertogu@fmi.fujitsu.com

Submit summary to:
Chris Koutsougeras
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dept.
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

To Submit a Paper:

Please send four copies of a paper or an extended summary (3-6 pages) describing the methodology and/or results by May 15, 1999 to the appropriate Program Chair's address above. Notification of acceptance (please provide email address or fax number) by June 30, 1999. Camera ready articles by August 15, 1999. Electronic submissions in postscript, word, acrobat or plain text format are encouraged.

Special Sessions:

Proposals are invited for special sessions on any topic relevant to the symposium. If you are interested in organizing an special session please follow the procedure outlined below:

1. Submit a proposal (topic area) to one the appropriate program chair.
2. Upon approval, recruit authors for the session (2 hours, 4/5 papers) and review papers for appropriate topic/contents.
3. Session chair submits abstract *package* of author/title/extended abstracts to the appopriate program chair by May 30.
4. Editorial comments, and official acceptance of the session will be made by the program chair(s) by June 30.

Publication of Papers and Awards:

This is a fully refereed conference. The proceedings will be published by IEEE. A collection of best papers will be published in an archival Journal and an Award will be given to each best paper per Symposium.