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WOA 2026
27th edition of the Workshop “From Objects to Agents” (WOA)
Salerno, Italy, June 15-17, 2026
https://sites.google.com/view/woa2026

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Event Announcement and Call for Papers
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After the first successful 26 editions in Trento, Parma, Modena, Milano,
Villasimius, Torino, Camerino, Catania, Genova, Palermo, Parma, Rimini,
Rende, Milano, Torino, Catania, Napoli, Catania, Scilla, Palermo, Parma,
Bologna (online) and Bologna, Genova, Roma, and Bard, the 27th edition
of the Workshop “From Objects to Agents” (WOA) will be hosted by the
University of Salerno from June 15 to 17, 2026, in the city center of Salerno (SA)
at the Fondazione CARISAL.

The topic of this year edition will be:
"New Challenges on Trustworthy Autonomous Agents and Cognitive Systems"

Autonomous agents are increasingly shaping decision-making by acting independently,
learning from experience, and interacting with humans and other agents in complex, dynamic environments.
They are applied in domains such as healthcare, finance, robotics, and smart systems to perform tasks with minimal human supervision.
Advances in AI, including cognitive computation, generative AI, and large language models,
enable agents to adapt efficiently to uncertain situations.
As these systems become more capable, trust, transparency, explainability,
and situation awareness are critical to ensure agents operate reliably, ethically,
and in alignment with human expectations.

WOA 2026 invites contributions from researchers and practitioners exploring the integration of trustworthy AI,
cognitive computation, and human-centered intelligence in autonomous agents, aiming to define emerging challenges,
propose solutions, and shape the next generation of intelligent and trustworthy systems.


Topics of Interest
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Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) and agent theory
Human-Agent Interaction (HAI) and collaborative decision-making
Software engineering for agents and business processes
Process mining and socio-technical systems
Coordination, cooperation, and communication in MAS
Industrial applications of agents and MAS
Agentic AI
Trustworthy AI and responsible autonomous agents
Cognitive computation and situation awareness in agent systems
Agent-based Cyber-Physical-Social Systems
Explainability, interpretability, and accountability for agents
Agents integrated with Generative AI and Large Language Models
Adaptive, personality-driven, and context-aware agents
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning and learning under uncertainty
Ethical, security, and socio-technical considerations in MAS
Intelligent tools, sensors, and devices for human-agent collaboration
Standards, interoperability, and formal models supporting trust and cognition

Non-original papers on these topics that have already been published
elsewhere are also welcome. They will be an opportunity for authors to
disseminate their work at WOA and they will be presented at the
conference, but will not be included in the WOA proceedings.


Submissions
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Contributions (max 16 pages excluding references) should follow the
CEURART paper style
https://it.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-workshop-proceedings-ceur-ws-dot-org/pkfscdkgkhcq


Non-original papers published elsewhere do not need to be formatted
using the CEURART paper style. They should clearly state that they are
not original by adding "[Already published in ...]" to the title.

All papers (original and non-original) can be submitted in PDF format.
All the information regarding the submissions can be found at https://sites.google.com/view/woa2026/submissions

Registration
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Attendance to WOA is free of charge, but registration is required.
Further information about registration will be provided soon.

Proceedings
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The original papers accepted for presentation at WOA will be published
in the CEUR AIxIA series, https://ceur-ws.org/aixia.html


Journal Special Issue
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We will organize a Special Issue on some high quality journal with the
best selected and revised WOA 2026 original papers


Important Dates
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Submission deadline: April 20, 2026
Notification of acceptance: May 4, 2026
Camera Ready due: June 8, 2026
Mini-school: June 17, 2026
Workshop: June 15-16, 2026
Post-proceedings on CEUR: September 1, 2026 (tentative)

Organizing committee
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General Chairs:
Lidia Fotia, University of Salerno

Program Chairs:
Rosario Gaeta, University of Salerno
Valentina Pitoni, University of L'Aquila