++ Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting ++ ----------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Fourth International Joint Conference on AUTONOMOUS AGENTS AND MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS (AAMAS 2005) ----------------------------------------------------- Utrecht University, Utrecht (The Netherlands) July 25-29, 2005 http://www.aamas2005.nl/ INTRODUCTION ************ The AAMAS-2005 Organising Committee invites proposals for the Workshop Program, to be held immediately before to the technical conferente (July, 25-26). The main goal of the AAMAS-2005 workshops is to stimulate and facilitate an active exchange, interaction and comparison of approaches, methods, and ideas about specific (both theoretical and applicative) topics on the Agents and Multi-Agent Systems domain. Workshops should be organized so that an informal and participated discussion among attendees is guaranteed. Members from all areas of the AAMAS community are invited to submit workshop proposals for review. Workshops on new emerging topics or specific relevant aspects of consolidated ones are particularly encouraged. Workshops can vary in length, but most will last a full day. Workshop organizers and attendees must register for their workshop and possibly for the main AAMAS conference. REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSIONS **************************** Proposals for workshops should be from two to four pages in length, and should contain the following information: * A brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the workshop goals and the technical issues that will be its focus. * A brief discussion of why and to whom the workshop is of interest. * A list of related workshops held within the last two years, if any, and their relation to the proposed workshop. * If applicable, detailed information about previous editions of the same workshop (e.g., number of submissions, number of attendees). * A preliminary call for participation/papers. * The names, 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. These people cannot all work at the same institution. * The name of the primary contact for the organizing committee; an email address of this person should be given. * A description of the qualifications of the individual committee members with respect to organizing scientific events, including a list of workshops previously arranged by any members of the proposed organizing committee, if any. All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the Workshop Chair, Rino Falcone (r.falcone@istc.cnr.it), in plain ASCII text, no later than ** December 20, 2004 **. The committee's decision will be notified no later than ** January 10, 2005**. The selection of the workshops 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 workshops, and the unavoidable need to limit the overall number of selected workshops. RESPONSIBILITIES OF AAMAS AND OF WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS **************************************************** For all accepted proposals, AAMAS will be responsible for: * Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop. * Together with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time. * Duplicating working notes and distributing them to the participants. Workshop organizers will be responsible for the following: * Setting up a Web site for the workshop according to the template that will be distributed upon acceptance. * Advertising the workshop and issuing a call for participation/papers. * Collecting submissions, notifying acceptances in due time, and ensuring a transparent and fair selection process. All workshop organizers commit themselves to adopt the same deadlines for submissions and notifications of acceptance, i.e., - March 14, 2005 submission of contributions to workshops - April 18 2005, notifications * Making the PDF of the whole workshop notes available to the workshop chair in due time (approx. 7 weeks before the conference). * Ensuring that the workshop organizers and the participants get registered to the workshop and are invited to register to the main conference. AAMAS reserves the right to cancel any workshop if the above responsibilities are not fulfilled or if too few attendees register for the workshop. AAMAS encourages the production of publications based on the workshop, and leave this upon the workshop organizers. IMPORTANT DATES for Workshops ***************************** December 20, 2004 Proposal Submission Deadline January 10, 2005 Acceptance Notification March 14, 2005 Deadline for submitting of contributions to workshops April 18, 2005 Acceptance Notifications of contributions to workshops July 25 - 26, 2005 AAMAS-05 Workshops Please send proposals (in ASCII) and inquiries via email to: Rino Falcone r.falcone@istc.cnr.it ------------------------------------------------------------------------------