[agents] AAMAS2022 : Call for Workshops - Deadline : 18 November 2021

[Brian Ravenet]

Dear all, 

This is the Call for Workshops for the 2022 International Conference on
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. Detailed instructions are
provided below. 

AAMAS 2022 invites proposals for the Workshop Program, to be held on May
9-10, 2022, immediately prior to the main program of the AAMAS
conference. 

The objective of the AAMAS 2022 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 2022 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. 

We invite submissions for 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 the 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 organizers 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. 

AAMAS 2022 is expected to be run in-person in Auckland, New Zealand.
However, a final decision on the conference modality (fully in presence,
fully virtual, hybrid) will be only taken by the end of this year. The
workshops will be held in the same modality as the main conference. So,
we ask the workshop organizers to plan for both on-site and partially or
fully virtual events. 

AAMAS 2022 reserves the right to cancel workshops whose attendance does
not support their running costs. 

IMPORTANT DATES

November 18, 2021: Proposal Submission Deadline 

December 6, 2021: Acceptance Notification 

December 17, 2021: Deadline for posting the Workshops Call for Papers 

December 17, 2021: AAMAS-2022 Workshops Program Announced 

January 30, 2022: Recommended deadline for submission of contributions
to workshops 

February 27, 2022: Recommended deadline for paper acceptance
notification 

March 13, 2022: Deadline for complete workshop notes submission to the
workshop chair 

March 13, 2022: Deadline for posting the Call for Participation 

May 9-10, 2022: AAMAS-2022 Workshops 

REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION

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

Items 1-11 should be a maximum of five pages in length, and should
contain the following information: 

 	* Title and acronym of the workshop.
 	* 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.
 	* A preliminary workshop format and a proposed schedule for organizing
the workshop, including the desired length for the workshop. Please
include a brief description of how the organizers 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).
 	* A description of how the workshop would be run in case the
conference will be held online.
 	* 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), organizers' 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.
 	* Description of the paper review process and acceptance standards.
 	* The names, affiliations, URLs, and email addresses of the proposed
workshop organizers. This committee must consist of two to four people
knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed. The organizing
committee should include individuals from multiple institutions,
spreading across different regions. By submitting the workshop proposal,
the organizers commit to fulfilling their responsibilities, outlined
below in the "Responsibilities" section.
 	* The name of the primary contact for the organizing committee.
 	* A list of potential program committee members, including their
titles and affiliations.
 	* A tentative list of places (distribution lists, websites, journals,
etc.) where the workshop is planned to be advertised.
 	* If available, a list of tentatively confirmed attendees.

In addition to the above items, please include a brief resume (less than
one page) for each of the organizing committee members (not included in
the 5-page limit). Please focus on the qualifications of the individual
committee members with respect to organizing 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 organizers who bring differing
perspectives to the workshop topic and who are actively connected to the
communities of potential participants.  

SELECTION 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 organizers 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 in
case of a physical event.
 	* Together with the organizers, determining the workshop date and
time.
 	* AAMAS reserves the right to cancel workshops, for example in case of
a 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.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Workshop proposals must be submitted via Easychair using the following
link: 

AAMAS-2022 EasyChair Site:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wsaamas2022 

Submissions are supposed to be in a single pdf file, not exceeding 5
pages (plus one-page CVs for each organizer). 

The deadline for submission is NOVEMBER 18, 2021, AOE. 

INQUIRIES

Please send any inquiries to the AAMAS 2022 Workshop Co-chairs: 

 	* Francisco Melo (fmelo at inesc-id.pt)
 	* Fei Fang (feifang at cmu.edu)

 https://aamas2022-conference.auckland.ac.nz/calls/call-for-workshops/ 

-- 
Brian Ravenet - Maître de Conférences (IUT Orsay)
https://brianrave.net/
LISN - Campus Universitaire bâtiment 507 - Bureau 204
Rue du Belvédère
91405 Orsay
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