[agents] Call for Workshops: AAMAS 2015, Istanbul (Turkey), 4-8 May 2015

[Amit Chopra]

Call for workshops

The AAMAS-2015 invites proposals for the Workshop Program to be held on May
4-5, 2015 immediately prior to the main technical program of the AAMAS
conference. The main goal of the AAMAS-2015 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 AAMAS-2015 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.
The AAMAS-2015 Workshop Co-chairs ask all workshops to include a tutorial
session. A tutorial session might include, for example, a discussion of the
main issues in the research themes of interest to the workshop, and give a
historical perspective, particularly for long-running workshops. It would
be an excellent way to attract new participants and introduce students to
the workshop. There is no restriction on the length of the proposed
tutorial.
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 of interest to a wider 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.

Important Dates

December    01, 2014:    Deadline for Workshop Proposals
December    20, 2014:    Deadline for Announcing Accepted Workshops
February    11, 2015:    Deadline for Submitting to Workshops
March        10, 2015:    Deadline for Announcing Accepted Papers by
Individual Workshops
March        19, 2015:    Deadline for Camera-Ready Papers

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:
1.    Title of the workshop.
2.    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.
3.    A discussion of why and to whom the workshop is of interest.
4.    A brief description of a proposal for a tutorial session to be held
as part of the workshop.
5.    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 issues).
6.    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.
7.    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.
8.    Description of the paper review process and acceptance standards.
9.    If available, a list of tentatively confirmed attendees.
10.    The names, affiliations, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email
addresses of the proposed workshop organizers. 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 spreading in different regions.
11.    The name of the primary contact for the organizing committee (this
person must reply promptly to email messages).
12.    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.
13.    List of potential program committee members, including their title
and affiliations.
14.    Expected duration of the workshop (usually a full day).
15.    A list of places (distribution lists, web sites, journals, etc.)
where the workshop is planned to be advertised.

All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, in plain ASCII text,
to the AAMAS-2015 Workshop Chairs, email address
aamas2015-workshops at gmail.com, as soon as possible and no later than
Wednesday November 2nd, 2013.
The selection of the workshops to be included in the final AAMAS program
will be done by the general chairs of AAMAS 2015 based on the advice of the
workshop chairs. 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 innovative character
of workshop topics, the cross-disciplinary nature of the workshop, the
proposed tutorial session, and the capacity of the conference workshop
program.

Responsibilities of AAMAS and workshop organizers

For all accepted proposals, AAMAS will be responsible for:
•    Providing publicity for the workshop series as a whole.
•    Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop.
•    Together with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time.
•    Provide one free workshop registration when the workshop has more than
15 registrations.
•    AAMAS reserves the right to cancel workshops, for example in case of
low number of registrants.

Workshop organizers will be responsible for:
•    Setting up a website for the workshop.
•    Advertising the workshop and issuing a call for papers and a call for
participation as per the important dates.
•    Collecting and evaluating submissions, notifying authors of acceptance
or rejection on a timely basis, and ensuring a transparent and fair
selection process.
•    All workshop organizers are strongly advised to adopt the same
deadlines for paper submissions and notifications of acceptance as per the
important dates.
•    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: aamas2015-workshops at gmail.com

Workshop Co-Chairs
Michal Pechoucek
Czech Technical University in Prague
michal.pechoucek at agents.fel.cvut.cz

Longbing Cao
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
longbing.cao at uts.edu.au