[robocup-worldwide] [meetings] AAMAS 2019 Call for Workshops

[Stefano V. Albrecht]

**AAMAS 2019**

*Eighteenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent 
Systems *

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May 13-17, 2019, Montreal, Canada

http://aamas2019.encs.concordia.ca

<http://aamas2019.encs.concordia.ca>

<http://aamas2019.encs.concordia.ca>

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*Call for Workshops*


AAMAS2019 invites proposals for the Workshop Program, to be held on May 
11-12, 2019, immediately prior to the technical AAMAS conference.

The objective of the AAMAS2019 workshop program 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 AAMAS2019 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 and 
supports community development.

All members of the AAMAS community are invited to submit workshop 
proposals for review. We encourage workshops that focus on emerging 
topics and applications, on open research questions and challenges, and 
on broader topics that are of interest to a wider community.

Workshops can vary in length from half a day to two days, though we 
expect most to be one full day in duration. As attendance will be 
limited to registered participants, workshop organisers and attendees 
must register for their workshop, whose fee will be separate from the 
main conference fee. Workshop attendees do not need to register for the 
main AAMAS conference, but are encouraged to do so.

AAMAS2019 reserves the right to cancel workshops whose attendance does 
not support their running costs.



*Important Dates*


Proposal submission deadline Oct 22nd, 2018

Notification by November 30th, 2018


*REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION*

The workshop proposals should be submitted electronically as a single 
PDF file at this link 
<https://www.dropbox.com/work/File%20requests/AAMAS19Workshops>

Proposals for workshops should be a maximum of five pages in length, and 
should contain the following information:

 1.

    Title and acronym of the workshop.

 2.

    A brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the
    workshop’s goals, the technical issues that it will address, the
    relevance of the workshop to the main conference, together with a
    brief discussion of why and to whom the workshop is of interest.

 3.

    A preliminary workshop format and a proposed schedule for organising
    the workshop, including the desired length for the workshop. Please
    include a brief description of how the organisers intend to
    encourage an atmosphere appropriate for a workshop, and indicate
    whether you intend to have any activities other than contributed
    talks (e.g., invited talks, panels, or posters).

 4.

    A list of related workshops held within the last three years, if
    any, and their relation to the proposed workshop. Please include,
    when information is available: when and where they have been offered
    in the past (i.e., with AAMAS or another conference), organisers’
    names and affiliations, number of submitted/accepted papers,
    approximate attendance numbers, and followup publications (e.g.,
    journal special issues).

For workshops that have had previous editions (even if they had 
different titles and were not held with AAMAS), include a list of URLs 
of the websites of the previous editions.

 1.

    Description of the paper review process and acceptance standards.

 2.

    The names, affiliations, URLs, and email addresses of the proposed
    workshop organisers. This committee must consist of two to four
    people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed. The
    organising committee should include individuals from multiple
    institutions, spreading across different regions. By submitting the
    workshop proposal, the organisers commit to fulfilling their
    responsibilities, outlined below in the “Responsibilities” section.

 3.

    The name of the primary contact for the organising committee.

 4.

    One-page CVs of the organising committee members, focusing on the
    qualifications of the individual committee members with respect to
    organising an AAMAS workshop, and including a list of key
    publications demonstrating scholarship in the field and a list of
    workshops previously arranged, if any. Note that strong proposals
    should include organisers who bring differing perspectives to the
    workshop topic and who are actively connected to the communities of
    potential participants.

 5.

    A list of potential program committee members, including their
    titles and affiliations.

 6.

    A tentative list of places (distribution lists, websites, journals,
    etc.) where the workshop is planned to be advertised.

 7.

    If available, a list of tentatively confirmed attendees.


*SELECTION CRITERIA*

The selection of workshops for the final program will be based upon 
multiple factors, including the scientific/technical interest of the 
topics in relation to the AAMAS community, the clarity of the proposal 
in addressing the requested information, the innovative character of 
workshop topics, the crossdisciplinary nature of the workshop, the 
capacity of the organisers in leading a successful workshop, and the 
capacity of the conference workshop program. Please note that AAMAS may 
request proposers addressing similar or overlapping content areas to 
merge their proposals.


*RESPONSIBILITIES*

For all accepted proposals, AAMAS will be responsible for:

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    Providing publicity for the workshop series as a whole.

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    Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop.

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    Together with the organisers, determining the workshop date and time.

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    AAMAS reserves the right to cancel workshops, for example in case of
    a low number of registrants.

-- 
Dr. Stefano V. Albrecht
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Artificial Intelligence
School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh
http://agents.inf.ed.ac.uk/?page=salbrecht

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