All,
My apologies for this confusion.
As one of the original 13 US colonies that signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the conference organizers thought that every one in the world would know that VA stands for the state of Virginia in the US of A. If you look at the conference website now, it states that the conference is in the USA. VA is still there, so let it be known that VA = the independent sovereign state of Virginia.
I hope that those who asked will indeed join us at the conference now that the confusion has been cleared up :-)
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On Nov 2, 2006, at 4:06 PM, Andy Cleary wrote:
On 11/2/06, Rob Bowers <address@hidden> wrote: I had the same question. Now where is Norfolk, VA located? Look for the sign that says "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" and you're just about there... ;-)
Andy, who does not have a lot of love for Norfolk (Virginia, USA), though not wanting to insult anyone who likes it...
I take it VA is an abbreviation for something?
On 11/1/06, Maarten Sierhuis <address@hidden > wrote: Doei ... MXS _______________________________________________________________________
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On Oct 31, 2006, at 8:18 PM, krishnan raman wrote: A question: Where will this Conf be located ? Thanks. Our apologize for the multiple postings ... The Submission Deadline for the ADS 2007 conference has been extended. The new dates are: Key Dates: Manuscript submission | | December 15, 2006 | Notification of acceptance | | December 30, 2006 | Full Camera-ready papers | | January 20, 2007 | ADS'07 Symposium | | March 25-29, 2007 | On behalf of the Agent-Directed Simulation (ADS) symposium organization committee of the Society for Computer Simulation International ( http://www.scs.org ), we would like to invite you and/or your colleagues to contribute and participate in ADS 2007. ADS 2007 is co-sponsored by SCS and ACM. Objectives and Scope: Currently, there exist many agent conferences, as well as agent-based (social) simulation conferences. However, there are not many simulation conferences where agent and simulation technology are together a central theme. It is therefore that the ADS symposium fills a gap in the agent community, as well as the modeling and simulation community. The purpose of the ADS symposium is to facilitate dissemination of the most recent advancements in the theory, methodology, application, and toolkits of agent-directed simulation. Agent-directed simulation is comprehensive in the integration of agent and simulation technology, by including models that use agents to develop domain-specific simulations (this is often referred to as agent-based simulation), and by also including the use of agent technology to develop simulation techniques and toolkits that are subsequently applied, either with or without agents. Hence, agent-directed simulation consists of three distinct, yet related areas that can be grouped under two categories as follows: -
Simulation for Agents (agent simulation): simulation of agent systems in engineering, human and social dynamics, military applications etc. -
Agents for Simulation: agent-supported simulation deals with the use of agents as a support facility to enable computer assistance in problem solving or enhancing cognitive capabilities; agent-based simulation focuses on the use of agents for the generation of model behavior in a simulation study. Through the theme of agent-directed simulation, the symposium will bring together agent technologies, tools, toolkits, platforms, languages, methodologies, and applications in a pragmatic manner. In this symposium, established researchers, educators, and students are encouraged to come together and discuss the benefits of agent technology in their use and application for simulation. It is a way for people to discuss why and how they have used agent technology in their simulations, and describe the benefit of having done so. The theme of ADS'07 is based on the observation of the following premises. -
The growth of new advanced distributed computing standards along with the rapid rise of e-commerce are providing a new context that acts as a critical driver for the development of next generation systems. These standards revolve around service-oriented technologies, pervasive computing, web-services, Grid, autonomic computing, ambient intelligence etc. The supporting role that intelligent agents play in the development of such systems is becoming pervasive, and simulation plays a critical role in the analysis and design of such systems. -
The use of emergent agent technologies at the organization, interaction (e.g., coordination, negotiation, communication) and agent levels ( i.e. reasoning, autonomy) are expected to advance the state of the art in various application domains. However, modeling and testing complex agent systems that are based on such technologies is difficult. Using agent-supported simulation techniques for testing complex agent systems is up and coming field. -
To facilitate bridging the gap between research and application, there is a need for tools, agent programming languages, and methodologies to analyze, design, and implement complex, non-trivial agent-based simulations. Existing agent-based simulation tools are still not mature enough to enable developing agents with varying degrees cognitive and reasoning capabilities. ADS 2007 will provide a leading forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse simulation societies within computer science, social sciences, engineering, business, education, human factors, and systems engineering. The involvement of various agent-directed simulation groups will enable the cross-fertilization of ideas and development of new perspectives by fostering novel advanced solutions, as well as enabling technologies for agent-directed simulation.
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