Research on Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) has a vigorous, exciting tradition and has led to important theories and systems. However, new trends and concerns are still emerging and form the basis of current and future research. The 11th thematic track on “MultiAgent Systems: Theory and Applications”, to take place at EPIA 2021, and will provide a discussion forum on the most recent and innovative work in all areas of MAS.
The unifying focus of the thematic track will be on methodological aspects. Both theoretical and practical research should be situated in the context of existing or new methodologies. This will not preclude any specific topic, but preference will be given to research work that establishes some connection with the methodological aspects or to successful applications built upon some methodology.

Topics of Interest

• Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Agent theories, architectures and models
• Agent-based systems Interoperability
• Agreement technologies
• Applications of agents and MAS (industrial and commercial)
• Artificial social systems
• Automated negotiation and computational argumentation
• Cognitive models, including emotions and philosophies
• Communication: languages, semantics, protocols, and conversations
• Cooperation, coordination and teamwork in MAS
• Ethical and legal issues raised by autonomous agents and MAS
• Formal methods for modelling agents and agent-based systems
• Human-agent interaction
• Learning in MAS
• Multiagent evolution, emergent behavior and adaptation
• Multiagent modelling and simulation
• Scalability and performance of MAS
• Societal and ethical issues: organizations, institutions, norms, socio-technical systems
• Trust, reputation, privacy and security

Organizing Committee

Ana Paula Rocha, FEUP / LIACC, Portugal
João Balsa, DI / FCUL, Portugal
Graçaliz Pereira Dimuro, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
Alberto Fernandez-Gil, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Steering Committee

Eugénio Oliveira, FEUP / LIACC, Portugal
Hélder Coelho, FCUL, Portugal
João Balsa, FCUL, Portugal
Luís Paulo Reis, FEUP / LIACC, Portugal

Program Committee

Adriana Giret, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Alberto Sardinha, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Alejandro Guerra-Hernández, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
Andrea Omicini, Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Italy
Antonio J. M. Castro, LIACC, University of Porto, Portugal
Carlos Carrascosa, GTI-IA DSIC Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Carlos Martinho, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Daniel Castro Silva, FEUP-DEI / LIACC, Portugal
Dave De Jonge, IIIA-CSIC, Spain
Diana Adamatti, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Brazil
Francisco Grimaldo, Departament d’Informàtica – Universitat de València, Spain
Henrique Lopes Cardoso, University of Porto, Portugal
Javier Carbo, Univ. Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Joao Leite, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
John-Jules Meyer, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Jordi Sabater Mir, IIIA-CSIC, Spain
Jorge Gomez-Sanz, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Juan Carlos Burguillo, University of Vigo, Spain
Juan Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain
Lars Braubach, University of Hamburg, Germany Luís Correia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Luis Correia, University of lisbon, Portugal
Luis Macedo, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Luís Nunes, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
Marin Lujak, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Michael Ignaz Schumacher, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland
Paulo Leitão, Polythecnic Institute of Braganca, Portugal
Paulo Novais, University of Minho, Portugal
Rafael Cardoso, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Ramon Hermoso, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Reyhan Aydogan, Delft University of Technology, Turkey
Rosa Vicari, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Viviane Silva, IBM Research Brazil, Brazil