[agents] AAMAS 2020: Second Call for Tutorials

[Haris Aziz]

*AAMAS 2020: Second Call for Tutorials*


 https://aamas2020.conference.auckland.ac.nz/call-for-tutorials/
<https://aamas2020.conference.auckland.ac.nz/call-for-tutorials/>



The AAMAS 2020 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial Program
to be held on 9th and 10th May 2020, immediately before the technical
conference. AAMAS 2020 Tutorials should serve one or more of the following
objectives:



·     Introduce novices to major topics of AAMAS research.

·     Provide instruction in established practices and methodologies.

·     Survey a mature area of AAMAS research or practice.

·     Motivate and explain an AAMAS topic of emerging importance.

·     Introduce expert non-specialists to an AAMAS area.

·     Survey an area of agent research especially relevant for people from
industry.

·     Present a novel synthesis combining distinct lines of AAMAS work.

·     Introduce AAMAS audiences to an external topic that can motivate or
use AAMAS research.

Topic areas of interest include all of those listed in the call for the
technical track (see
https://aamas2020.conference.auckland.ac.nz/call-for-papers/), including
the special tracks. Tutorials will be half day long. A few full day
tutorials may be accepted, but the proponents need to motivate their
request when submitting their proposal.



Important Dates

·     Proposal Submission: Nov 15, 2019 (23:59 UTC-12)

·     Author Notifications: Dec 6, 2019 (23:59 UTC-12)

·     Making the tutorial site available on the web (without notes): Feb 1,
2020 (23:59 UTC-12)

·     Submitting tutorial notes and making them available on the web: April
12, 2020 (23:59 UTC-12)

·     Tutorial Forum Presentations: 9-10 May, 2020

·     Main Conference: 11-13 May 2020



SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS



Those interested in presenting a tutorial should email their proposal to
one of the tutorial chairs (see below). Proposals should be two to four
pages in length, formatted using the AAMAS paper template, and should
contain the following information:



·     A short title of the tutorial.

·     A brief description of the tutorial, suitable for inclusion in the
conference registration brochure.

·     A detailed outline of the tutorial, including preferred length (half
or full day).

·     Characterization of the potential target audience for the tutorial,
including prerequisite knowledge.

·     A description of why the tutorial topic would be of interest to a
substantial part of the AAMAS audience.

·     A brief resume of the presenter(s), which should include name, postal
address, phone numbers, email address, background in the tutorial area, any
available example of work in the area (ideally, a published tutorial-level
article on the subject), evidence of teaching experience (including
references that address the proposer's presentation skills as applicable),
and evidence of scholarship in the area. Information about previous
tutorials delivered by the presenters (if any).

·     The name and e-mail address of the corresponding presenter. The
corresponding presenter should be available for e-mail correspondence
during the evaluation process, in the case clarifications and discussions
on the scope and content of the proposal are needed.

·     The evaluation of the proposal will take into account the level of
general interest for AAMAS attendees, the quality of the proposal, and the
expertise and skills of the presenters. We emphasize that the primary
criteria for evaluation will be whether a proposal is interesting,
well-structured, and motivated, rather than the perceived
experience/standing of the proposer.



Those submitting a proposal should keep in mind that tutorials are intended
to provide an overview of the field; they should present reasonably
well-established information in a balanced way. Tutorials should not be
used to advocate a single avenue of research, nor should they promote a
product.



The selection of the tutorials to be included in the final AAMAS program
will be based upon a number of factors, including: the scientific/technical
interest of the topics, the quality of the proposal, the need to avoid
strictly overlapping tutorials, and the unavoidable need to limit the
overall number of selected tutorials.



RESPONSIBILITIES (with respect to accepted proposals)



AAMAS will be responsible for:



·     Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the tutorial.

·     Together with the organizers, determining the tutorial date and time.

·     Advertising the availability of the tutorial material to the AAMAS 2020
participants.



Tutorial organizers will be responsible for:



·     Providing AAMAS with a legible PDF copy of their tutorial notes by
May 6th, 2020.

·     Providing a web site for the tutorial, which will include title and
abstract of the tutorial, presenters' details, outline, tutorial notes and
related reading material. The Tutorial co-chairs will ask the
Tutorialorganizers
to follow some common format and style for their web sites, in order to
make them as homogeneous as possible. More details will be provided upon
acceptance.

·     Presenting the tutorial at AAMAS 2020.



AAMAS reserves the right to cancel any tutorial if the above
responsibilities are not fulfilled, if deadlines are missed, or if too few
attendees register for the tutorial to support the costs of running the
tutorial.



SUBMISSIONS AND INQUIRIES



Those interested in presenting a tutorial should send the proposal file as
PDF to both the AAMAS 2020 Tutorial Co-chairs, Haris Aziz and Samarth
Swarup, by email.



Inquiries should be sent by email to the Tutorial Co-chairs:



Haris Aziz (haris.aziz at unsw.edu.au)

Samarth Swarup (swarup at virginia.edu)
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