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Open decentralised systems, including information systems, cannot rely
on their sub-components to behave in a cooperative or altruistic way.
The power and benefits of individual autonomy can therefore be
wiped-out by poor cooperation at the collective level. This
contradiction between individual and collective good is well studied in
many disciplines (e.g. biology, economics, political science etc.) and
domains. Hence there are a number of theories, methods and techniques
that have been advanced to bridge the individual / collective interest
divide. For example, classical game theory approaches, evolutionary
game theory, incentive systems and techniques from computational
sociology. In this workshop we wish to bring together people working on
novel models and theories in this area, particularly those harnessing
evolutionary approaches. We have a specific interest in those methods
with implications and applications within distributed information
systems.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Reciprocity and Indirect Reciprocity
- Cooperation without Reciprocity
- Incentive systems
- Reputation systems
- The price of anarchy in selfish systems
- Bio- and Soci-inspired models of cooperation
- Ideal versus bounded rational approaches
- Evolutionary Economics approaches
- Open problems of cooperation maintenance in distributed
information systems
In addition, we aim to focus on emerging tag-based methods within a set
of sessions that will constitute TagWorld
I - the first international workshop on tag systems. Tags,
markers that bias interactions in evolving systems, have been
demonstrated to produce highly cooperative and coordinated emergent
behaviours. Tags were introduced by John Holland in the early 1990's
and since then there has been a slow accumulation of research
literature applying tags in various ways - both to understand human and
biological systems and to create artificial systems with desirable or
interesting properties. More recently, computer scientists have been
attempting to import these desirable properties into self-organising
information systems - be they agent, peer or grid-based systems - using
variations on Tags. We aim to bring together researchers working with
tags so they can make contact and share experiences.
- Tag-based models for cooperation
- Tag theory and analysis
- Tag-based models for symbiosis and specialisation
- Tag-based applications in information systems
We aim for the workshop to have an informal atmosphre and give speakers
and participants time to interact. We are particulalry interested in
participants describing open challenges of cooperation maintenance
within information systems and hopefully finding novel techiques
towards their solution.
Following the workshop, depending on the quality of presented work, we
may seek publication of selected papers in a special issue of a
relevant Journal.
Paul Spirakis, CTI, Patras (Greece)
BICI events are held in the
University Residential Center located in the small medieval hilltop town of
Bertinoro. This town is in Emilia Romagna about 50km east of
Bologna at an elevation of about 230m. It is easily reached by
train and taxi from Bologna and is close to many splendid Italian
locations such as Ravenna,
Rimini on the Adriatic coast, and
the Republic
of San Marino (all within 35km) as well as some less well-known
locations like the thermal springs of Fratta
Terme, the Pieve
di San Donato in Polenta and the castle and monastic gardens of Monte
Maggio. Bertinoro can also be a base for visiting some of
the better-known Italian locations such as Padua, Ferrara, Vicenza,
Venice, Florence and Siena.
Bertinoro itself is picturesque,
with many narrow streets and walkways winding around the central
peak. Meetings are held in an
archiepiscopal fortress that has been converted by the University of Bologna into
a modern conference
center with computing
facilities and Internet access. From the fortress
you can enjoy a beautiful vista that stretches from the Tuscan
Apennines to the Adriatic coast and the Alps over the Po Valley.
| Abstracts due: |
5 March 2006 |
| Notification of participation: |
31 March 2006
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| Registration Deadline: |
5
May 10 May 2006 -
registration is now closed
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| Workshop: |
26 - 29 May 2006
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A detailed workshop programme for the two days can be found here
By clicking the sessions in the outline schedule below you can go
directly to a specific session.
Workshop
Outline Schedule
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May 26
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May 27
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May 28
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May 29
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Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday
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Monday
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| 07.30-08.30 |
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Breakfast |
| 09.00-11.00 |
Session 1
Cooperation in Selfish Systems
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Session 5
Tag Mechanisms for Cooperation
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Departures
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| 11.00-11.30 |
Coffee break |
| 11.30-13.00 |
Session 2
Cooperation in Selfish Systems
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Session 6
Tag Mechanisms for Cooperation
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| 13.00-15.00 |
Lunch |
| 15.00-17.00 |
Session 3
Cooperation in Selfish Systems
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Session 7 & 8
Poblems and Challenges
Work in Progress
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| 17.00-17.30 |
Arrivals |
Coffee break |
| 17.30-19.00 |
Session 4
PhD Student Session
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DELIS CCT2
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| 20.00- |
Welcome
Reception |
Dinner |
All those attending should register
before May 10th - Registration is now closed.
A limited number of student awards
are available to cover all
registration and residential costs for the
period of the workshop (including accommodation, dinners, lunches and
breakfasts).
Award holders need only cover their travel expenses to and from the
event. Students
wishing to apply for an award should indicate this on
their abstract submission (see above) and will be informed of
acceptance by 31 of March. Awards will be made on a
first-come-first-served basis so those wishing to take advantage should
submit their abstract as early as possible.
| Organization and Sponsorship |
Last updated: 2 June 2006
BICI: Bertinoro International
Center for Informatics
UNESCO
REGIONAL BUREAU FOR SCIENCE IN EUROPE (ROSTE) 
