++ Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting ++ ----------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR TUTORIAL 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 Tutorial Program, to be held immediately before to the technical conference (July, 25-26). 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 and/or practice. * Motivate and explain an AAMAS topic of emerging importance. * Introduce expert non-specialists to an AAMAS subarea. * Survey an area of agent research especially relevant for people from industry REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSIONS **************************** Proposals should be from 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 (1/2 or 1 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 ability), 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 (e.g., a tutorial on object-oriented inheritance will be hardly accepted), the quality of the proposal (e.g., a tutorial that simply lists a set of concepts without any apparent rationale behind them will be judged badly) as well as the expertise and efficacy 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. All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the Tutorial Chair, Onn Shehory (onn@il.ibm.com), 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 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. RESPONSIBILITIES OF AAMAS AND OF TUTORIAL ORGANIZERS **************************************************** For all 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 material and distributing them to the participants. Tutorial organizers will be responsible for the following: * Providing AAMAS with a legible PDF copy of their tutorial notes in due time. * Presenting the tutorial at AAMAS-05 AAMAS reserves the right to cancel any tutorial if the above responsibilities are not fulfilled, if deadlines are missed or if too few attendees register for the tutorial to support the costs of running the tutorial. IMPORTANT DATES *************** December 20, 2004 Proposal Submission Deadline January 10, 2005 Acceptance Notification April 10, 2005 Deadline for submitting tutorial materials July 25 - 26, 2005 AAMAS-05 Tutorials Proposals and inquiries should be sent by email (in ASCII) to the tutorials chair: Onn Shehory onn@il.ibm.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------