Short history of NorMAS

1. Short history of NorMAS • NorMAS tutorial EASSS 04 • NorMAS05 • NorMAS07 • NorMAS08 • NorMAS tutorial EASSS08 • NorMAS09 • NorMAS tutorial AAMAS09

2. Putting together the NorMAS puzzle social science philosophy computer science deontic logic

3. Result from NorMAS05: a definintion of a Normative Multi-Agent System (NMAS) • is a multi-agent system with normative systems • in which agents can decide whether to followtheexplicitly representednorms, and • the normative systems specify how and in which extent the agents can modify the norms.’’ G. Boella, L. van der Torre, H. Verhagen, Introduction to normative multiagent systems. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, double special issue on normative multiagent systems, 2006.

4. Results of NorMAS07 – a new definition and 10 challenges • A normative multiagent system is a multiagent system organized by means of mechanisms to represent, communicate, distribute, detect, create, modify, and enforce norms, and mechanisms to deliberate about norms and detect norm violation and fulfillment. Ten challenges – tools for: • agents supporting communities in their task of recognizing, creating, and communicating norms to agents. • agents to simplify normative systems, recognize when norms have become redundant, and to remove norms. • agents to enforce norms. • agents to preserve their autonomy. • agents to construct organizations. • agents to create intermediate concepts and normative ontology, for example to decide about normative gaps. • agents to decide about norm conflicts. • agents to voluntarily give up some norm autonomy by allowing automated norm processing in agent acting and decision making • conviviality. • legal responsibility of the agents and their principals.

5. NorMAS08 results • Special issue of … is under construction

6. NorMAS 09 Aims at: • Continuation of community building by: • Many fruitful discussions • New form: presentation + discussant + reply and discussion • Discussion groups

7. Thomas Agotnes , Bergen University College Giulia Andrighetto , ISTC - CNR - Rome Guillaume Aucher , University of Luxembourg Tina Balke , Universität Bayreuth Patrizio Barbini , University of Luxembourg Guido Boella , University of Torino Olivier Boissier , Ecole des Mines - St. Etienne Jan M. Broersen , Utrecht University Brigitte Burgemeestre , VU University Amsterdam Patrice Caire , University of Luxembourg Jose Carmo , University of Madeira - Funchal Cristiano Castelfranchi , ISTC - CNR - Rome Laurence Cholvy , ONERA - Toulouse Research Center Mehdi Dastani , Utrecht University Roberta Ferrario , National Research Council - Povo (Trento) Nicoletta Fornara , University of Lugano Dov M. Gabbay , King's College - London Valerio Genovese , University of Torino Guido Governatori , NICTA Queensland Research Laboratory Davide Grossi , University of Amsterdam Takashi Hashimoto , JAIST - Ishikawa Joris Hulstijn , VU University Amsterdam Magnus Johansson , Stockholm University Sindhu Joseph , IIIA - CSIC - Barcelona Emiliano Lorini , Université Paul Sabatier (IRIT) - Toulouse Qin Ma , University of Luxemburg Sanjay Modgil , King's College - London Matthias Nickles , University of Bath Pablo Noriega , IIIA - CSIC - Barcelona Timothy Norman , University of Aberdeen Xavier Parent , University of Luxembourg Celia Costa Pereira , University of Milan Gabriella Pigozzi , University of Luxembourg Henry Prakken , Utrecht University Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu , University of Otago Yao-Hua Tan , VU University Amsterdam Ingo Timm , Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Viviane Torres da Silva , University of Rio de Janeiro Luca Tummolini , ISTC - CNR - Rome Wamberto Vasconcelos , University of Aberdeen Harko Verhagen , Stockholm University Serena Villata , University of Torino Leon van der Torre , University of Luxembourg NorMAS09 participants