2-6 May 2011
Taipei, Taiwan
2nd Call for Workshop Proposals: AAMAS 2011 http://www.aamas2011.tw/index.html Call for Workshop Proposals 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems AAMAS 2011 Taipei, Taiwan May 2-6, 2011 http://www.aamas2011.tw/index.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Call for Workshop Proposals The AAMAS-2011Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Workshop Program to be held on May 2-3, 2011 immediately prior to the main technical program of the AAMAS conference. The main goal of the AAMAS-2011 workshops is to stimulate and facilitate discussion, interaction, and comparison of approaches, methods, and ideas related to specific topics, both theoretical and applied, in the general area of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. The AAMAS-2011 workshops will provide an informal setting where participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific technical topics in an atmosphere that fosters the active exchange of ideas. Members from all areas of the AAMAS community are invited to submit workshop proposals for review. Workshops on new and emerging topics, applications, and on broader topics catering to the broader community are particularly encouraged. Workshops can vary in length, but most will be one full day in duration. Workshop organizers and attendees must register for their workshop and preferably also for the main AAMAS conference. Attendance is limited to registered participants only. *NEW* This year we will give the opportunity to have the workshop proceedings be published as part of a joint workshops proceedings published by Springer (if enough workshops participate and quality of submissions is high enough). Workshop organizers should indicate in their proposal whether they want their workshop post-proceedings to become part of this volume. They are, however, free to publish their own post-proceedings. You cannot do both! We give this opportunity especially for the new and/or possibly smaller workshops in order for them to be able to guarantee the authors of accepted papers an official publication (next to the unofficial one on the AAMAS USB stick) if they wish to. Important Dates for Workshops OCTOBER 31, 2010 - Proposal Submission Deadline NOVEMBER 28, 2010 - Acceptance Notification DECEMBER 12, 2010 - Deadline for posting Workshops Call for Papers DECEMBER 12, 2010 - AAMAS-2010 Workshops Program Announced JANUARY, 30, 2011 - Adviced submissiondeadline of contributions to workshops FEBRUARY 27, 2011 - Adviced workshop paper acceptance notification MARCH 13, 2011 - Deadline for complete workshop notes submission to the workshop chair Workshop chair MARCH 13, 2011 - Deadline for posting a Call for Participation MAY 2-3, 2011 - AAMAS-2010 WORKSHOPS AAMAS-2011 Workshops Requirements for Submission Proposals for workshops should be a maximum of five pages in length (in plain ASCII text), and should contain the following information: oTitle of the workshop. o A technical description of the workshop, specifying the workshop goals, the technical issues that it will address, and the relevance of the workshop to the main conference. oA discussion of why and to whom the workshop is of interest. o A list of related workshops held within the last three years, if any, and their relation to the proposed workshop. Information about previous offerings of the proposed workshop: when and where it has been offered in the past (i.e., with AAMAS or another conference?), organizers names and affiliations, number of submissions, acceptances and registered attendees, and follow-up publications, if any (e.g., journal special issue). o A preliminary workshop agenda and a proposed schedule for organizing the workshop. This should include a brief description of how the organizers intend to encourage an atmosphere appropriate for a workshop. o Description of paper review process and acceptance standards. o If available, a list of tentatively confirmed attendees. o The names, affiliations, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the proposed workshop organizing committee. This committee should consist of three or four people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed. The organizing committee should include individuals from multiple institutions. o The name of the primary contact for the organizing committee (this person must have an email address). o A description of the qualifications of the individual committee members with respect to organizing an AAMAS workshop, including a list of workshops previously arranged by any members of the proposed organizing committee, if any. o List of potential program committee members, including their title and affiliations. o Expected duration of the workshop (half or full day). o A list of places (distribution lists, web sites, journals, etc.) where the workshop is planned to be advertised. o Intention for post-proceedings of the workshop: separate publication or part of the joint workshops proceedings volume with Springer. All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, in plain ASCII text, to the AAMAS-2011 Workshop Chair: Frank Dignum (dignum@cs.uu.nl)) as soon as possible but no later than: Sunday October 31, 2010. Prospective organizers will be notified of the committee's decision no later than: Sunday November 28, 2010. The selection of the workshops to be included in the final AAMAS program will be done by the general chairs of AAMAS 2011 based on the advice of the workshop chair. The selection is based upon multiple factors, including: the scientific/technical interest of the topics, the clarity of the proposal in addressing the requested information, the innovativeness of workshop topics, the cross-disciplinary nature of the workshop, and the capacity of the conference workshop program. Note that authors of proposals addressing similar and/or overlapping content areas and/or audiences may be requested to merge their proposals. Responsibilities of AAMAS and workshop organizers For all accepted proposals, AAMAS will be responsible for: o Providing publicity for the workshop series as a whole. o Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop. o Together with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time. o Provide one free workshop registration when the workshop has more than 15 registrations. o Organize a joint workshops post proceedings with Springer (given that the quantity and quality of submissions are high enough). Workshop organizers will be responsible for: o Setting up a website for the workshop. o Advertising the workshop and issuing a call for papers (by DECEMBER 12, 2010) and a call for participation (by MARCH 13, 2011). o Collecting and evaluating submissions, notifying authors of acceptance or rejection on a timely basis, and ensuring a transparent and fair selection process. o All workshop organizers are strongly adviced to adopt the same deadlines for paper submissions and notifications of acceptance, i.e., JANUARY 30, 2011: Submissions of contributions to workshops; FEBRUARY 27, 2010: Notifications oMaking the PDF of the whole workshop notes available to the workshops chair by MARCH 13, 2011, as well as a list of audio-visual requirements and any special room requirements. The AAMAS-2011 workshop notes will be included in the flash drive containing the AAMAS-2011 conference proceedings. To that end, please include the following sentence in your call for papers: "Workshop notes including all accepted papers will be distributed to AAMAS-2010 registrants in electronic form. Printed workshop notes will NOT be made available to workshop participants." o Ensuring that the workshop notes or individual papers are available from the workshops websites, as appropriate. Though the workshop notes will appear on the flash drive distributed to conference attendees, the workshop notes will not be hosted on the IFAAMAS website. o Ensuring that the workshop organizers and the participants register for the workshop and are invited to register to the main conference (at least one author must register for the workshop in order for a paper to appear in the workshop proceedings). AAMAS reserves the right to cancel any workshop if the above responsibilities are not fulfilled. Submissions and Inquiries Please send proposals and inquiries to: Frank Dignum Dignum@cs.uu.nl ******************************************************** 2nd Call for Tutorial Proposals: AAMAS 2011 http://www.aamas2011.tw/index.html Call for Tutorial Proposals 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems AAMAS 2011 Taipei, Taiwan May 2-6, 2011 http://www.aamas2011.tw/index.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The AAMAS-11 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial Program, to be held on May 2--3, immediately before to the technical conference. AAMAS-11 Tutorials should serve one or more of the following objectives: * Introduce novices to major topics of AAMAS research * Provide instruction in established practices and methodologies * Survey a mature area of AAMAS research or practice * Motivate and explain an AAMAS topic of emerging importance * Introduce expert non-specialists to an AAMAS area * Survey an area of agent research especially relevant for people from industry Submission Requirements: Proposals should be two to four pages in length, and should contain the following information: * A brief description of the tutorial, suitable for inclusion in the conference registration brochure. * A detailed outline of the tutorial, including preferred length (half or full day). * Characterization of the potential target audience for the tutorial, including prerequisite knowledge. * A description of why the tutorial topic would be of interest to a substantial part of the AAMAS audience. * A brief resume of the presenter(s), which should include name, postal address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address, background in the tutorial area, any available example of work in the area (ideally, a published tutorial-level article on the subject), evidence of teaching experience (including references that address the proposer's presentation skills), and evidence of scholarship in the area. * The name and e-mail address of the corresponding presenter. The corresponding presenter should be available for e-mail correspondence during the evaluation process, in the case clarifications and discussions on the scope and content of the proposal are needed. The evaluation of the proposal will take into account its general interest for AAMAS attendees, the quality of the proposal as well as the expertise and skills of the presenters. We emphasize that the primary criteria for evaluation will be whether a proposal is interesting, well-structured, and motivated, rather than the perceived experience/standing of the proposer. Those submitting a proposal should keep in mind that tutorials are intended to provide an overview of the field; they should present reasonably well established information in a balanced way. Tutorials should not be used to advocate a single avenue of research, nor should they promote a product. The selection of the tutorials to be included in the final AAMAS program will be based upon a number of factors, including: the scientific/technical interest of the topics, the quality of the proposal, the need to avoid strictly overlapping tutorials, and the unavoidable need to limit the overall number of selected tutorials. Even after initial acceptance, individual tutorials may be canceled by the Conference Organizing Committee if too few attendees register for them, as has been done in the past. With this in mind, tutorial organizers are encouraged to think carefully about how to make their tutorial appealing to the AAMAS community, as well as to advertise their tutorials where appropriate (in addition to the publicity that AAMAS will automatically provide). Responsibilities (with respect to accepted proposals): AAMAS will be responsible for: * Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the tutorial. * Together with the organizers, determining the tutorial date and time. * Duplicating tutorial materials and distributing them to the participants. Tutorial organizers will be responsible for: * Providing AAMAS with a legible PDF copy of their tutorial notes that is suitable for printing (with all fonts embedded) by March 31, 2011. * Notifying the tutorial chair in a timely fashion of any needs and constraints -- special equipment, scheduling constraints (for example with a related workshop), etc. * Presenting the tutorial at AAMAS-2011. AAMAS reserves the right to cancel any tutorial if the above responsibilities are not fulfilled, if deadlines are missed, or (as noted above) if too few attendees register for the tutorial to support the costs of running the tutorial. Important Dates: * October 31, 2010: Tutorial Proposal Submission Deadline * November 28, 2010: Tutorial Acceptance Notifications * March 13, 2011: Deadline for submitting tutorial materials * May 2--3, 2011: AAMAS-2011 Tutorials Submissions and Inquiries: Proposals and inquiries should be sent by email (in ASCII or pdf) to the tutorials chair: Vincent Conitzer Department of Computer Science Duke University conitzer@cs.duke.edu