[agents] Call for tutorial proposals: EASSS-2014: the 16th European Agent Systems Summer School
Georgios Chalkiadakis
gehalk at gmail.com
Thu Feb 6 05:38:51 EST 2014
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* CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS *
16th European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS-2014)
to be held at the Technical University of Crete, Chania,
Greece
14-18 July 2014
Deadline for Proposals: 5 March 2014
* http://www.intelligence.tuc.gr/easss2014 *
Please submit proposals to: easss2014sc at intelligence.tuc.gr
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We are inviting tutorial proposals for the 16th European Agent Systems
Summer School (EASSS-2014),
which will be held at the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering,
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece.
EASSS tutorials are typically 3.5 hours long, divided into two sessions.
For a detailed call for tutorials, see below.
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*** ABOUT
EASSS-2014 ***
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Since 1999, the annual European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS) has
provided a forum
for knowledge exchange between various research groups
in the field of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems, with the aim of
benefiting mainly
graduate students and researchers at both beginner and advanced level.
The 16th European Agent Systems Summer School will be held at the Technical
University of Crete, Chania, Crete, Greece,
from the 14th to 18th of July 2014.
As was the case with its highly successful earlier editions, EASSS-2014
will offer a rich programme of both
introductory and advanced courses on a broad range of topics in the area of
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.
The courses are aimed at PhD students, advanced Master's students, and
other young researchers,
and will be taught by leading researchers in the field. EASSS is organised
under the auspices of
EURAMAS, the European Association for Multiagent Systems (
http://www.euramas.org/).
**** We are now inviting proposals from members of the research community
who are willing to offer tutorials at EASSS-2014. ****
We are interested in tutorial proposals in all areas of current research in
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.
As a very rough guideline, any topic that might be covered at the AAMAS
conference or in the JAAMAS journal would be suitable for EASSS.
We are looking for a mix of tutorials on fundamental and clearly
established topics on the one hand,
as well as overviews of new and emerging areas of research on the other.
Tutorials should cover an appropriate selection of approaches and not
specifically focus on the tutors' own contributions.
Besides providing a coherent overview of a specific research topic, we
specifically encourage tutorial proposals
to articulate a clear link to applications and pragmatic considerations of
the fundamentals presented.
This year, we particularly welcome proposals that offer a "hands-on"
student experience which involves practical skills
(e.g. using agent programming languages and development frameworks,
practical experimentation
with agent-based simulation platforms, or case studies and practical
paper-and-pencil exercises).
Such practical sessions may be either offered as standalone tutorials,
or in combination with more lecture-style tutorials.
We encourage both well-established senior researchers and younger
colleagues to put in a proposal.
Each tutorial is usually given by one or two people.
Exceptions are of course possible; for proposals by more than two tutors,
please justify this choice in the proposal and explain how you intend to
ensure the coherence of the tutorial.
To be able to offer this summer school and keep registration costs
manageable for attendees,
we are dependent on the support of the research community. We can at this
point commit to the provision
of up to 700 euros per tutorial proposal, to cover the travel and
accommodation costs of all the tutorial's speakers.
However, since we expect that some tutorials will be given by region-based
speakers with lower costs,
we anticipate (but can of course not guarantee at this point) that some
surplus monies will be made available
for distribution where necessary amongst tutorial speakers whose costs may
exceed the 700 euros per tutorial.
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*** IMPORTANT
DATES ***
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Deadline for tutorial proposals: 5 March 2014
Notification of acceptance: 20 March 2014
Teaching materials due: 31 May 2014
Summer school: 14-18 July 2014
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*** SUBMISSION
INSTRUCTIONS ***
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A tutorial proposal should take the form of a single PDF document
covering the points listed below.
Please, submit the proposal by email to
easss2014sc at intelligence.tuc.gr
mentioning [EASSS14] in the subject line.
The following points should be addressed in the tutorial proposal,
preferably in the order stated below:
(1) Title of the proposed tutorial.
(2) Tutor(s): name, affiliation, full contact details, and a link to the
personal homepage of each tutor.
(3) Abstract: a short paragraph describing the tutorial (100-300 words),
suitable for publication at the EASSS-2014 website.
(4) Topics covered: detailed list of topics covered in the tutorial in
terms of a list,
preferably in the order in which the tutorial will cover them.
(5) Type: a clear indication of whether the tutorial takes a theoretical or
applications-oriented perspective on the covered material.
We encourage tutorials to balance the two perspectives.
(6) Level: please indicate the target audience and level of the course.
If there are some prerequisites about existing knowledge of students,
describe what knowledge will be assumed.
(7) Teaching materials: Please indicate what kind of teaching materials you
intend to provide.
Note that we will require materials by the due date above, in order that
they can be distributed to EASSS attendees in advance.
(8) Duration: Tutorials are typically 3.5 hours long.
If you have strong reasons for wanting to deviate from this standard,
please explain this in your proposal.
(9) Equipment: Please list any special equipment (beyond data projector and
blackboard) that you might need.
(10) Short biographical sketch(es): a short paragraph on the background of
the tutor or tutors (around 100 words per tutor),
suitable for publication at the EASSS-2013 website.
(11) Experience of tutors: For review purposes, please provide details on
relevant teaching experience of the tutor(s).
(12) Additional information on the proposed tutorial. Include as much
detail as you see fit.
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*** EASSS-2014
Committees ***
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Scientific Committee:
Georgios Chalkiadakis (Technical University of Crete)
http://www.intelligence.tuc.gr/~gehalk/
Pavlos Moraitis (Paris Descartes University)
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~moraitis/
Michael Rovatsos (University of Edinburgh)
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/mrovatso/
Local Organizing Committee
Georgios Chalkiadakis (Technical University of Crete)
http://www.intelligence.tuc.gr/~gehalk/
Nikos Spanoudakis (Technical University of Crete)
http://users.isc.tuc.gr/~nispanoudakis/
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CONTACT ***
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For all matters concerning the technical program of EASSS-2014 and this
Call for Tutorial Proposals, please contact easss2014sc at intelligence.tuc.gr.
For matters concerning the local organisation of the summer school,
please contact easss2014 at intelligence.tuc.gr
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*** PREVIOUS
EDITIONS ***
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EASSS has been organised annually in different European locations since
1999, when it was held in Utrecht.
Here are the websites of the most recent editions:
* EASSS-2013 in London: http://www.inf.kcl.ac.uk/events/easss13/index.html
* EASSS-2012 in Valencia: http://easss2012.webs.upv.es/
* EASSS-2011 in Girona: http://eia.udg.edu/easss2011/
* EASSS-2010 in Saint-Etienne: http://easss2010.emse.fr/
* EASSS-2009 in Torino: http://agents009.di.unito.it/EASSS.html
* EASSS-2008 in Lisbon: http://centria.di.fct.unl.pt/events/easss08/
EASSS'07/Durham, UK; EASSS'06/Annecy, France; EASSS'05/Utrecht, Netherlands;
EASSS'04/Liverpool, UK; EASSS'03/Bologna, Italy; EASSS'02/Barcelona, Spain;
EASSS'01/Prague, Czech Republic; EASSS'00/Saarbrucken, Germany;
EASSS'99/Utrecht, Netherlands
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