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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><b>21st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS’15)<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'>Puerto Rico, August 13-15, 2015<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><b>Mini-track:</b> Application of Intelligent Agent and Multi-Agent Systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><b>Track: </b>Intelligence and Intelligent Systems (SIGODIS)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><b>Description<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'>Multi-agent systems and semantic technologies have been recognized as one of the most important Information Technologies and have received considerable attention from both academia and industry. While research on various aspects of multi-agent systems and semantic technologies is progressing at a fast pace, there are still a number of issues that have to be explored in terms of the design and implementation of agent based systems. The purpose of this mini-track is to provide a forum for academics and practitioners to identify and explore the issues and opportunities in using agent technologies for the design, implementation, and deployment of intelligent systems. This mini-track is intended to increase cross-fertilization of ideas from various domains, and share the lessons learned. It is expected to serve as the spring-board for gathering and disseminating experiences gained in implementing and integrating agent based systems. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'>Best papers from this mini-track will be fast tracked for publication in a special issue of International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies (<a href="http://www.idea-group.com/IJIIT">http://www.idea-group.com/IJIIT</a>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><b>Suggested topics include, but not limited to the following:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Application of intelligent agent and multi-agent systems in different domains<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Distributed Intelligent Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Agent communication, collaboration, and coordination<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Agents and web data mining<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Multi-agent technology and grid computing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Architectures, environments and languages for e-commerce agents<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Automated shopping and trading agents<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Agent-based auction, negotiation and decision making<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Agent building tools and environments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Agent driven interoperability and distributed decision support<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Software agents and knowledge management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Agent-based Business Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Business Intelligence and multi-agent systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>Intelligent technologies for big data analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Submission Process<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paper submissions must be made electronically through AMCIS 2015 Manuscript Submission Site <a href="https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2015">https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2015</a>. For submission guidelines, please refer to <a href="http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/submission-guidelines" target="_blank">http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/submission-guidelines</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>February 25, 2015:      Manuscript submission deadline<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>April 21, 2015:            Author notification<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>April 28, 2015:            Camera-ready submission due<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information, please visit the conference website at <a href="http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/" target="_blank">http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/</a> or contact the mini-track co-chairs.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Mini-track Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Vijayan Sugumaran                          Stefan Kirn<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Oakland University                             Universität Hohenheim<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:sugumara@oakland.edu">sugumara@oakland.edu</a>                     <a href="mailto:stefan.kirn@uni-hohenheim.de">stefan.kirn@uni-hohenheim.de</a><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>