WESAAC
The Workshop-School on Agents, Environments, and Applications (WESAAC) aims to integrate researchers and students at all levels in Agents and Agent Systems and publicize the activities of the various research groups in Brazil, enabling the exchange of knowledge and experiences. The event consists of Workshops and Lectures given by experienced researchers and presentations of Full Papers, Short Papers, and Extended Abstracts. The WESAAC is of great importance as a national event in this area, aiming to prepare future generations of researchers and to disseminate their current projects. Furthermore, WESAAC aims to be a forum for discussing work at all levels, including undergraduate, MSc, and PhD projects currently being conducted. The XIX WESAAC is part of the 35th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems (BRACIS).
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Papers submitted to the event should address topics related to autonomous agents or multi-agent systems, such as (but not restricted to):
- Agent architectures and theories (BDI, belief revision, automated reasoning);
- Agent organizations, societal issues, normative systems, etc.;
- Agent communication;
- Agents in embedded and robotic systems;
- Agent-based software development (programming languages, platforms, tools, methodologies);
- Applications of agents and multi-agent systems;
- Automated planning in agent systems;
- Cooperation/coordination (negotiation, argumentation, reputation);
- Machine learning in agent systems;
- Social simulations and agent-based simulation;
- Specification and verification of multi-agent systems (formal).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For more information visit the WESAAC page avaliable at https://sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/wesaac/issue/archive.
CALL FOR PAPERS
PAPER FORMAT AND SUBMISSION
Two separate tracks have been created for paper submission: (i) full papers and (ii) short papers (i.e., extended abstracts).
- Full papers, reporting work with solid results, must have at most twelve (12) pages, including text, references, appendices, tables, and figures.
- Short papers, reporting ongoing work or position papers, must have between six (6) and eight (8) pages. Short papers will be presented orally in plenary sessions or poster sessions.
Articles may be written either in Portuguese or English. Papers written in Portuguese must have titles and abstracts in English. All manuscripts should be prepared using the SBC article style (<https://www.sbc.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/modelosparapublicaodeartigos.zip>), and those that do not follow the formatting guidelines might be rejected without review.
Papers must be submitted through CMT3 using the following URL: https://cmt3.research.
The review process will be double-blind (authors’ names and institutions must be omitted in the submitted papers). All submissions will be reviewed by at least two experts in the field. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to present their work in an oral presentation or a poster session. All accepted papers will likely be published electronically in the WESAAC Series of the SBC Open Lib – SOL, avaliable at https://sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/wesaac/issue/archive.
There will be no distinction between papers presented in oral or poster format in the proceedings.
BEST PAPERS
The 3 best research papers from WESAAC 2025 will be awarded with a certificate.
The 3 best papers by undergraduate students will be invited to submit an extended version to the Revista Eletrônica de Iniciação Científica (REIC) <https://journals-sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/reic/about>.
ATTENTION
Generative AI models (including Chat-GPT, BARD, LLaMA, Gemini, etc.) or similar LLMs do not meet the article authorship criteria to be accepted into WESAAC 2025. However, we encourage articles that describe research on or involving such advanced AI models and tools. If authors use an LLM in any part of the article writing process, they take full responsibility for all content, including checking for plagiarism and correcting all text.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Paper submission deadline:
May 25, 2025June 07, 2025July 04, 2025 (HARD) - Notification to authors:
June 25, 2025July 25, 2025 - Final version deadline:
August 05, 2025August 15, 2025 - Author registration:
August 05, 2025August 15, 2025
- Paper submission deadline:
GENERAL CHAIR
- Carlos Eduardo Pantoja (CEFET-RJ)
- Eduardo Augusto Ferreira da Silva (CEFET-RJ)
PROGRAM CHAIRS
- Nilson Mori Lazarin (CEFET-RJ)
- Bruno Policarpo Toledo Freitas (CEFET-RJ)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
- Alessandro Ricci (University of Bologna)
- Alison R. Panisson (UFSC)
- André Borges (UTFPR)
- Andrei Olaru (POLITEHNICA Bucharest)
- Antônio Costa (PUCRS)
- Bruno Freitas (CEFET/RJ)
- Bruno Hoelz (Polícia Federal)
- Carlos Pantoja (CEFET/RJ)
- Carolina Abreu (UnB)
- Celia Ralha (UnB)
- Cesar Tacla (UTFPR)
- Cleber Amaral (IFSC)
- Diana Adamatti (FURG)
- Eder Mateus Gonçalves (FURG)
- Eduardo Ferreira (CEFET/RJ)
- Fernando Santos (UDESC)
- Fernando de La Prieta (University of Salamanca)
- Gleifer Alves (UTFPR)
- Guillermo Simari (Universidad Nacional del Sur in Bahia Blanca)
- Gustavo Campos (UECE)
- Gustavo Giménez-Lugo (UTFPR)
- Jerusa Marchi (UFSC)
- Jaime Sichman (USP)
- Jomi F. Hubner (UFSC)
- Jose Pergentino Araujo Neto (UnB)
- Leandro Becker (UFSC)
- Luis Gustavo Nardin (Mines Saint-Etienne)
- Maicon Zatelli (UFSC)
- Maiquel Brito (UFSC)
- Marilton de Aguiar (UFPel)
- Míriam Born (UFPel)
- Nilson Lazarin (Cefet/RJ)
- Olivier Boissier (Mines Saint-Etienne)
- Rafael Cardoso (University of Aberdeen)
- Ricardo Choren (IME)
- Stefano Tedeschi (Università della Valle d’Aosta)
- Tiago Luiz Schmitz (UDESC)
- Tielle Alexandre (UFF)
- Timotheus Kampik (Umeå University, SAP)
- Tulio Basegio (IFRS)
