Mobile agents refer to self-contained and identi?able computer programs that can move within
the network and can act on behalf of the user or another entity. Most of the current research
work on the mobile agent paradigm has two general goals: reduction of network traf?c and
asynchronous interaction. These two goals stem directly from the desire to reduce information
overload and to ef?ciently use network resources. There are certainly many motivations for the
use of a mobile agent paradigm h- ever intelligent information retrieval network and
mobility management and network services are currently the three most cited application
targets for a mobile agent system. The aim of the workshop is to provide a unique opportunity
for researchers software and application developers and computer network technologists to
discuss new dev- opments in the mobile agent technology and applications. After last year's
very successful workshop in Ottawa Canada (110 attendees) this year's workshop will focus on
mobile agent issues across the areas of network m- agement mobile applications nomadic
computing e-commerce ad-hoc networks and applications feature interactions Internet
applications QoS management policybased management interactive multimedia and
computer-telephony integration.
