The topics and areas to be addressed include, but not limited to:
| Agent-Based Complex Systems Modeling and Development |
| Agent-Based Simulation |
| Autonomy-Oriented Modeling and Computation Methods |
| Behavioral Self-Organization |
| Complex Behavior Characterization and Engineering |
| Emergent Behavior |
| Hard Computational Problem Solving |
| Nature-Inspired Paradigms |
| Self-Organized Criticality |
| Self-Organized Intelligence |
| Swarm Intelligence |
| Agent-Based Distributed Data Mining |
| Agent-Based Knowledge Discovery And Sharing |
| Autonomous Information Services |
| Distributed Knowledge Systems |
| Emergent Natural Law Discovery in Multi-Agent Systems |
| Evolution of Knowledge Networks |
| Human-Agent Interaction |
| Information Filtering Agents |
| Knowledge Aggregation |
| Knowledge Discovery |
| Ontology-Based Information Services |
| Agent Interaction Protocols |
| Cognitive Architectures |
| Cognitive Modeling of Agents |
| Emotional Modeling |
| Fault-Tolerance in Multi-Agent Systems |
| Formal Framework for Multi-Agent Systems |
| Information Exchanges in Multi-Agent Systems |
| Learning and Self-Adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems |
| Mobile Agent Languages and Protocols |
| Multi-Agent Autonomic Architectures |
| Multi-Agent Coordination Techniques |
| Multi-Agent Planning and Re-Planning |
| Peer-to-Peer Models for Multi-Agent Systems |
| Reinforcement Learning |
| Social Interactions in Multi-Agent Systems |
| Task-Based Agent Context |
| Task-Oriented Agents |
| Agent-Based Grid Computing |
| Agent Networks in Distributed Problem Solving |
| Collective Group Behavior |
| Coordination and Cooperation |
| Distributed Intelligence |
| Distributed Search |
| Dynamics of Agent Groups and Populations |
| Efficiency and Complexity Issues |
| Market-Based Computing |
| Problem-Solving in Dynamic Environments |
| Agent-Based Marketplaces |
| Auction Markets |
| Combinatorial Auctions |
| Hybrid Negotiation |
| Integrative Negotiation |
| Mediating Agents |
| Pricing Agents |
| Thin Double Auctions |
| Agent-Based Assistants |
| Agent-Based Virtual Enterprise |
| Embodied Agents and Agent-Based Systems Applications |
| Interface Agents |
| Knowledge and Data Intensive Systems |
| Perceptive Animated Interfaces |
| Scalability |
| Social Simulation |
| Socially Situated Planning |
| Software and Pervasive Agents |
| Tools and Standards |
| Ubiquitous Systems and E-Technology Agents |
| Ubiquitous Software Services |
| Virtual Humans |
| XML-Based Agent Systems |
