WESAAC
Workshop-Escola sobre Agentes, Ambientes e Aplicações
ABOUT
The Workshop-School on Agents, Environments, and Applications (WESAAC) is a long-standing national forum dedicated to the study, development, and application of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. Its primary goal is to foster interaction between students and researchers at all career stages, promote the visibility of ongoing research, and strengthen collaboration among Brazilian research groups in the area.
WESAAC combines the depth of a scientific workshop with the formative role of a school. The event features invited lectures by experienced researchers, technical sessions, and the presentation of Full Papers and Short Papers, fostering both mature research contributions and work-in-progress. By encouraging participation from undergraduate, M.Sc, and P.hD. students, WESAAC plays a central role in preparing the next generation of researchers and disseminating innovative ideas, methodologies, and applications in agent-based systems.
The XX WESAAC will be held as part of the 36th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems (BRACIS), reinforcing its importance as a key national venue for discussion, training, and knowledge exchange in the agents and multi-agent systems community.
SHORT COURSES
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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CALL FOR PAPERS
WESAAC welcomes submissions of theoretical advances, technical contributions, experimental studies, application-oriented research, and early-stage academic projects. Contributions that promote discussion, interdisciplinary perspectives, or report lessons learned from real-world deployments are particularly encouraged.
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)
Multiagent learning
Learning agent capabilities
LLM-based agentic systems
Evaluation of LLMs/agentic systems
Ethical challenges of using LLMs for coordination and cooperation
PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Paper Formats
Three separate tracks have been created for paper submission: (i) full papers; (ii) short papers (i.e., extended abstracts); and (iii) demo papers.
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. There will be no distinction between papers presented in oral or poster format in the proceedings.
Demo papers
Proposals for live demonstrations showcasing systems, platforms, prototypes, applications, or experimental environments involving autonomous agents or multi-agent systems. The event will include a dedicated demo session for live demonstrations. The demo papers must be between six (6) and eight (8) pages long, with a full description of the system (including its technical novelty and relevance).
Language and Formatting
Papers 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, and those that do not follow the formatting guidelines might be rejected without review.
Authorship Policy
Generative AI models (including ChatGPT, BARD, LLaMA, Gemini, etc.) or similar LLMs do not meet the article authorship criteria for acceptance into WESAAC 2026. 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.
Submission System
Papers must be submitted through the JEMS3 system: https://jems3.sbc.org.br/wesaac2026
REVIEW PROCESS
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 be published electronically in the WESAAC Series of the SBC Open Lib (SOL).
BEST PAPERS
The three best research papers from WESAAC 2026 will receive certificates.
The three best papers by undergraduate students will be invited to submit an extended version to the Revista Eletrônica de Iniciação Científica (REIC).
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission deadline
June 08, 2026
Notification to authors
July 20, 2026
Final version deadline
August 24, 2026
Author registration
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Note
All deadlines are 23:59 UTC-12:00 – anywhere on Earth!
EVENT CHAIRS
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General Chair
Julio Cesar dos Reis
UNICAMP
JZ
Local Chair
Jean Zahn
SINOP
BF
Program Chair
Bruno Policarpo Toledo Freitas
CEFET-RJ
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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