[agents] AAMAS 2020 Call for Workshops Deadline Updated Oct.24

[AAMAS 2020]

AAMAS 2020 Call for Workshops Deadline Updated Oct.24

*Call for Workshops Deadline has been updated from 17 October to 24
October, 2019 (23:59 UTC-12).*

Nineteenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent
Systems
9-13 May 2020, Auckland, New Zealand
https://aamas2020.conference.auckland.ac.nz
Important Dates

*Proposal Submission: 24 October 2019*
*Notification: 7 November 2019*
Conference Dates

*Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Workshops: 9-10 May 2020*
*Main Conference: 11-13 May 2020*

AAMAS2020 invites proposals for the Workshop Program, to be held on May
9-13, 2020, immediately prior to the technical AAMAS conference.

The objective of the AAMAS2020 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 AAMAS2020
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 and supports community development.

All members of the AAMAS community are invited to submit workshop proposals
for review. We encourage workshops that focus on emerging topics and
applications, on open research questions and challenges, and on broader
topics that are of interest to a wider community. In addition, we also
encourage workshops that have had previous editions in AAMAS, and that
could attract communities that have been working in a same research area
for some years.

Workshops can vary in length from half a day to two days, though we expect
most to be one full day in duration. As attendance will be limited to
registered participants, workshop organisers and attendees must register
for their workshop, whose fee will be separate from the main conference
fee. As in previous AAMAS editions, one free workshop registration will be
offered for each accepted workshop. Workshop attendees do not need to
register for the main AAMAS conference but are encouraged to do so.

AAMAS2020 reserves the right to cancel workshops whose attendance does not
support their running costs.
Submission Requirements

The workshop proposals should be submitted electronically as a single PDF
file.

Items 1-10 should be a maximum of five pages in length, and should contain
the following information:

   1. Title and acronym of the workshop.
   2. A brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the
   workshop’s goals, the technical issues that it will address, the relevance
   of the workshop to the main conference, together with a brief discussion of
   why and to whom the workshop is of interest.
   3. A preliminary workshop format and a proposed schedule for organising
   the workshop, including the desired length for the workshop. Please include
   a brief description of how the organisers intend to encourage an atmosphere
   appropriate for a workshop and indicate whether you intend to have any
   activities other than contributed talks (e.g., invited talks, panels, or
   posters).
   4. A list of related workshops held within the last three years, if any,
   and their relation to the proposed workshop. Please include, when
   information is available: when and where they have been offered in the past
   (i.e., with AAMAS or another conference), organisers’ names and
   affiliations, number of submitted/accepted papers, approximate attendance
   numbers, and follow-up publications (e.g., journal special issues). In
   particular for workshops that have had previous editions (even if they had
   different titles and were not held with AAMAS), please include a list of
   URLs of the websites of the previous editions.
   5. Description of the paper review process and acceptance standards.
   6. The names, affiliations, URLs, and email addresses of the proposed
   workshop organisers. This committee must consist of two to four people
   knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed. The organising
   committee should include individuals from multiple institutions, spreading
   across different regions. By submitting the workshop proposal, the
   organisers commit to fulfilling their responsibilities, outlined below in
   the “Responsibilities” section.
   7. The name of the primary contact for the organising committee.
   8. A list of potential program committee members, including their titles
   and affiliations.
   9. A tentative list of places (distribution lists, websites, journals,
   etc.) where the workshop is planned to be advertised.
   10. If available, a list of tentatively confirmed attendees.

In addition to the above items, please include one-page CVs for each of the
organising committee members (not included in the 5-page limit). Please
focus on the qualifications of the individual committee members with
respect to organising an AAMAS workshop and including a list of key
publications demonstrating scholarship in the field and a list of workshops
previously arranged, if any. Note that strong proposals should include
organisers who bring differing perspectives to the workshop topic and who
are actively connected to the communities of potential participants.
Section Criteria

The selection of workshops for the final program will be based upon
multiple factors, including the scientific/technical interest of the topics
in relation to the AAMAS community, the clarity of the proposal in
addressing the requested information, the innovative character of workshop
topics, the cross-disciplinary nature of the workshop, the capacity of the
organisers in leading a successful workshop, and the capacity of the
conference workshop program. Please note that AAMAS may request proposers
addressing similar or overlapping content areas to merge their proposals.
Responsibilities

*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 organisers, determining the workshop date and time.
   - AAMAS reserves the right to cancel workshops, for example in case of a
   low number of registrants.
   - We plan to publish the best papers of AAMAS 2020 satellite workshops
   as a joint LNCS/LNAI post-proceedings. Although this provides an excellent
   opportunity to publish the best papers of the workshops that have no
   official proceedings, the authors of the accepted best papers of all
   workshops can decide whether they want to publish their papers (or an
   extension of them) in either the workshop’s proceedings or the joint
   proceedings.

Submission Instruction

Workshop proposals must be submitted via Confmaster, in the following link:

https://aamas-workshops.confmaster.net/

Please select the “Submissions” tab, and then upload your proposal by
choosing “Submit a paper” item. Submissions are supposed to be in a single
pdf file, not exceeding 5 pages (plus one-page CVs for each organizer).
Inquiries

Please send any inquiries to the AAMAS2020 Workshop Co-chairs:

Mehdi Dastani (m.m.dastani at uu.nl)

Jaime Sichman (Jaime.sichman at poli.usp.br)
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