[agents] IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 Call for Workshops Proposals

[Satoshi Kurihara]

IJCAI-PRICAI 2020
Call for Workshops Proposals
https://www.ijcai20.org/call-for-workshop.html

We invite proposals for workshops to be held July 11-13, 2020 in
Yokohama (Japan), immediately prior to the main conference. The aim of
the workshop program is to provide a structured setting for the
discussion of specialized technical topics, and the format of proposed
workshops should be designed to promote an active exchange of ideas
between attendees.

All members of the AI community are invited to submit workshop
proposals for review. We encourage several forms of workshops:

- classical workshops that focus on a particular research area,
  including proposals for continuations of workshops that were held at
  previous general AI conferences (e.g., IJCAI, AAAI, ECAI) or
  discipline specific conferences (e.g., NIPS, KR, AAMAS, UAI,
  ICAPS...).

- workshops that focus on emerging topics and applications, or on open
  research questions and challenges.

- cross-discipline workshops that foster exchange of ideas between
  groups that are unaware of each other's research.

- miscellaneous topics of interest to the AI community.

Workshops can vary in length from half a day to two days. To cover
costs, it is necessary to charge workshop participants a workshop fee,
which is separate from the main conference fee. Workshop attendees do
not need to register for the main IJCAI-PRICAI conference, but are
encouraged to do so. IJCAI-PRICAI reserves the right to cancel
workshops whose attendance does not support their running costs.


Important Dates:
    January 10, 2020 - Proposal submission deadline
    February 21, 2020 - Acceptance notification
    July 11-13, 2020 - IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 workshops


Requirements for Proposal Submission:

The workshop proposals should be submitted electronically as a single
PDF file using the web page:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/IJCAIWS2020

Each proposal should contain the following information:

- Call for contributions, containing a brief introduction and list of
  relevant topic areas.

- A preliminary workshop format and a proposed schedule for organizing
  the workshop, including desired length for the workshop (0.5-day,
  1-day, 1.5-day or 2-day). Please indicate if you intend to have any
  activities other than contributed talks (e.g., invited talks,
  panels, or posters).

- Estimate of the audience size.

- A tentative list of PC members (including full names and affiliations).

- A list of related workshops held within the last few years, if any,
  and their relationship to the proposed workshop. If this workshop
  continues a workshop from a previous general or area-specific
  conference, please indicate that. If available, please provide the
  number of submitted/accepted papers and approximate attendance
  numbers for these workshops.

- The names, email addresses, and URLs of the organizing committee
  members. The committee should consist of two to four people
  knowledgeable in the area who do not all work at the same
  institution. Strong proposals include organizers who bring differing
  perspectives to the workshop topic and who are actively connected to
  the communities of potential participants.

- The primary contact for the organizing committee.

- Brief CVs of organizing committee members, including a list of key
  publications demonstrating scholarship in the field and a list of
  workshops previously arranged, if any.


Selection Process:

The selection of workshops will be made by the Workshop Program
Committee and will be based on multiple factors, including the
scientific/technical interest of the topics in relation to the
anticipated IJCAI-PRICAI audience, the quality of the proposal, the
balance and distinctness of topics across all workshops, the history
of past attendance for non-first-time workshops, and the experience of
the organizing committee. We may request proposers addressing similar
or overlapping content areas to merge their proposals.

Responsibilities:

For all accepted proposals, IJCAI-PRICAI will be responsible for
providing publicity for the workshop series as a whole, logistic
support, and a meeting place for the workshop.

Workshop organizers will be responsible for:

- Setting up a web site for the workshop and providing its URL to the
  workshop chairs.

- Advertising the particular workshop and issuing a call for
  participation/contributions.

- Making the PDF of the workshop notes available to the Local Chair of
  IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 together with a list of audio-visual requirements
  and any special room requirements.

- Ensuring that the workshop organizers and the participants register
  for the workshop and are invited to register to the main conference.

- Coordinating and moderating workshop participation and content.

- Publishing a preliminary workshop program in the workshop's
  webpage before the registration process starts.

- Devising a schedule that meshes with shared breaks.

This year, to increase the exposure for the workshops, we are
considering the possibility of having the workshop chairs present
short summaries of the workshops during the main conference.

 For each running workshop there will be two free workshop
 registrations. The organizers will decide themselves whom to give
 them to. Please send all enquiries about the Workshops to the
 IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 Workshop Chairs, Felip Manya and Nina
 Narodytska, at the email workshopschairs2020 at gmail.com.

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