The Third International Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning http://www.kecl.ntt.co.jp/csl/ccrg/events/aamas2002dcr/ July 16, 2002 Held at the: The First International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multi-Agent Systems, AAMAS-2002, Bologna, Italy. Distributed Constraint Satisfaction problems arise when pieces of information about variables, constraints or both are relevant to independent but communicating agents. They provide a promising framework to deal with the increasingly diverse range of distributed real world problems emerging from the fast evolution of communication technologies. The new challenges posed by solving Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems are related to meeting privacy requirements, exploiting opportunities for cooperation, and designing conflict resolution strategies. The workshop addresses modeling, formulation and solution of Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems. Scientific issues to be discussed at the workshop include: unified frameworks for distributed CSP algorithms for solving distributed CSP privacy issues in distributed CSP negotiation among self-interested agents distributed constraint propagation and consistency over-constrained distributed CSP generation and formulation/modeling of distributed CSP phase transition in distributed CSP applications of distributed CSP. Due to the technical advances in multi-agent systems, Distributed CSPs have become a technology that fits many real applications. This workshop will provide an opportunity for researchers to continue progress towards a common understanding and framework in which the approach can be developed and brought into practice. The workshop is interesting for people involved in Constraint Satisfaction or Agents communities. Submissions Submission deadline (extended) is April 29, 2002. Submitted papers shall be written in English, up to 15 pages. Papers are expected in PDF or Postscript format. The submitted papers have to be sent electronically to yokoo@cslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp with the subject: "AAMAS2002 DCR Submission". We strongly encourage electronic submissions, but if this is impossible, a hard copy may be sent by post to the contact address below. We encourage the submission of papers refused at the AAMAS-2002 technical program. Do not forget to mention your contact address and e-mail or telephone (e.g. in a footnote on the title page). Dates April 29, 2002 (extended): The submitted papers shall be sent electronically to yokoo@cslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp. May 6, 2002: Authors will be notified of acceptance. May 20, 2002: Deadline for camera ready papers. Conference Dates: July 15-19, 2002 Workshop Date: July 16, 2002 Styles The latex users may use for their final versions the styles found at http://www.kecl.ntt.co.jp/ccrg/evens/aamas2002dcr/styles. Registration Registration for the DCR workshop is possible for all participants of the AAMAS-2002 conference. However, the number of participants might be limited. Authors of (accepted) papers are given priority, then the participants are accepted in the order in which they have expressed their interest. You can express your interest in attending the workshop by writing an e-mail to yokoo@cslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp Contact Makoto Yokoo, Ph.D. NTT Communication Science Laboratories 2-4 Hikaridai, Seika-cho Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0237 Japan e-mail: yokoo@cslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp url: www.kecl.ntt.co.jp/csl/ccrg/members/yokoo/ phone: +81-774-93-5231 fax: +81-774-93-5285 Preliminary Schedule morning: 2 hours: presentations of submitted algorithmic papers (assuming 4-6 papers) 1 hour: position statements (panels): modeling, efficiency and properties with DisCSP afternoon: 2 hours: presentations of submitted applications papers (assuming 4-6 papers) 1 hour: position statements (panels): DisCSP applications Organizing Committee List of Organizers: Makoto Yokoo, NTT Communication Science Laboratories (Kyoto 619-0237 Japan) yokoo@cslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp Marius Silaghi, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (CH-1015 Ecublens, Switzerland) silaghi@lia.di.epfl.ch Boi Faltings, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (CH-1015 Ecublens, Switzerland) faltings@lia.di.epfl.ch Christian Bessiere, LIRMM-CNRS (34392 MONTPELLIER Cedex 5, France) bessiere@lirmm.fr Weixiong Zhang, Computer Science Department, Washington University (St. Louis, MO 63130 USA) zhang@cs.wustl.edu