[agents] Student travel support available for the Automated Negotiating Agents Competition (ANAC) at IJCAI 2018

[Tim Baarslag]

*** Student Travel Support for the Automated Negotiating Agents 
Competition 2018 ***

We are pleased to announce that we are able to provide scholarships to 
support student participants in the Automated Negotiating Agents 
Competition (ANAC) 2018, to be held at IJCAI 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden, 
as part of the IJCAI competition track. (For more information, see: 
http://web.tuat.ac.jp/~katfuji/ANAC2018/)

The purpose is to enable BSc., MSc., and graduate students to travel and 
participate in ANAC and the AAMAS/IJCAI conference. To be eligible, you 
must be registered as a full-time student at a higher education 
institution (e.g. University); and participate in the ANAC 2018 
competition as a team member and/or presenter.

The order of priority for awards is as follows:

1. Student finalists of the leagues of ANAC 2018;
2. Students presenting a paper or poster about their negotiating agent 
at AAMAS/IJCAI 2018 or the International Workshop on Automated 
Negotiation (ACAN 2018);
3. Students presenting their work at the ACAN workshop;

Given the limited budget, priority will be given to high-ranking 
finalists of each league. To the extent that funds allow, we also hope 
to support students whose research will benefit from attendance at ANAC 
2018. We anticipate different levels of funding based on anticipated 
costs, ranking within the competition, and so on, covering travel costs 
and/or attendance fees.


*** Application ***

To apply, you are required to apply for a Student Scholarship as part of 
the submission form of your ANAC agent at: 
https://tinyurl.com/GENIUSANAC2018

You will need to provide your participation details for ANAC 2018 as 
well as a pdf with a scanned student ID card certifying you are 
registered as a full-time student. Please note that participation in the 
student scholarship program carries with it an obligation to be present 
at the ANAC 2018 session during the ACAN workshop (July 13/14) or the 
main IJCAI conference (July 16/17).

Please submit your application by May 21, 2018 (11:59pm, Hawaiian time) 
together with your agent submission via the web form shown above. We 
will notify you of the decision as part of the announcements of the 
finalist (end of June 2018 at the latest).