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The AAMAS 2023 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the
<span class="gmail-il">Tutorial</span> Program to be held on May 29-30, 2023, immediately before the
technical conference AAMAS 2023.
<div><p><span class="gmail-il">Tutorials</span> should serve one or more of the following objectives: </p>
<ul><li>Introduce novices to major topics of AAMAS research. </li><li>Provide instruction in established practices and methodologies.</li><li>Survey a mature area of AAMAS research or practice.</li><li>Motivate and explain an AAMAS topic of emerging importance. </li><li>Introduce expert non-specialists to an AAMAS area. </li><li>Survey an area of agent research especially relevant for people from industry. </li><li>Present a novel synthesis combining distinct lines of AAMAS work. </li><li>Introduce AAMAS audiences to an external topic that can motivate, use or be useful to AAMAS research. </li></ul>
<p>Areas of interest include all of those listed in the call for the technical track (<a href="https://aamas2023.soton.ac.uk/calls/call-for-papers/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://aamas2023.soton.ac.uk/calls/call-for-papers/</a>). </p>
<p><span class="gmail-il">Tutorials</span> will be half day long. A few full day <span class="gmail-il">tutorials</span> may be
accepted, but the proponents need to motivate their request when
submitting their proposal. </p>
<h3>Important Dates </h3>
<p>Proposal Submission: <strong>January 9, 2023 (23:59 UTC-12)</strong><br>Author Notifications: <strong> January 31, 2023 (23:59 UTC-12)</strong><br>Making the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> site available on the web: <strong> TBA</strong><br><span class="gmail-il">Tutorial</span> Forum Presentations: <strong>May 29-30, 2023</strong></p>
<h3>Conference Dates </h3>
<p><span class="gmail-il">Tutorials</span>, Doctoral Consortium, Workshops: <strong>May 29-30, 2023</strong><br>Main Conference: <strong>May 31- June 2, 2023</strong></p>
<h3>Submission Requirements </h3>
<p>Submissions URL: TBA</p>
<p><span class="gmail-il">Tutorial</span> proposals should be 2 to 4 pages in length, formatted using the <a href="https://aamas2022-conference.auckland.ac.nz/files/2021/07/AAMAS-2022-Formatting-Instructions.zip" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">AAMAS paper template</a>, and should contain the following information: </p>
<ul><li>A short title of the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>. </li><li>A brief description of the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>, suitable for inclusion in the conference registration brochure. </li><li>A detailed outline of the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>, including preferred length (half or full day). </li><li>Characterization of the potential target audience for the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>, including prerequisite knowledge. </li><li>A description of why the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> topic would be of interest to a substantial part of the AAMAS audience. </li><li>At
this point the conference, including the <span class="gmail-il">tutorials</span>, is planned as
face-to-face. Yet, please add a description of an alternative plan for
how the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> will be run in the event that participants cannot
attend due to travel restrictions (i.e., withdraw the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>, hybrid,
or entirely virtual) </li><li>A brief resume of the presenter(s), which
should include name, postal address, phone numbers, email address,
background in the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> area, any available example of work in the
area (ideally, a published <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>-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 <span class="gmail-il">tutorials</span> delivered
by the presenters (if any). </li><li>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. </li></ul>
<p>The evaluation of the proposal will consider the level of general
interest for AAMAS attendees, the quality of the proposal, the
feasibility of running it in the proposed mode, the expertise and skills
of the presenters, and recent <span class="gmail-il">tutorials</span> on the same or related topics
at AAMAS. </p>
<p>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. Given the uncertainty
of predicting international travel conditions, weight will also be put
on flexible plans for running the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> in all circumstances. </p>
<p>The overall goal in the selection process is to compose a balanced
program of excellent <span class="gmail-il">tutorials</span>. Thus, even good proposals might be
rejected. In the case of several closely related proposals the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>
chairs might propose their authors to combine the proposals into a
single <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>.</p>
<h3>Responsibilities (with respect to accepted proposals)<strong> </strong></h3>
<p>AAMAS will be responsible for: </p>
<ul><li>Providing logistic support and a meeting place for any face-to-face <span class="gmail-il">tutorials</span>. </li><li>Together with the organizers, determining the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> date and time. </li><li>Advertising the availability of the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> material to the AAMAS 2023 participants. </li></ul>
<p><span class="gmail-il">Tutorial</span> organizers will be responsible for: </p>
<ul><li>Providing AAMAS with a link to a complete <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> notes by 20 April 2023. </li><li>Providing
a website for the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>, which will include title and abstract of
the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>, presenters’ details, outline, <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> notes and related
reading material. The <span class="gmail-il">Tutorial</span> co-chairs will ask the <span class="gmail-il">Tutorial</span>
organizers 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. </li><li>Presenting the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> at AAMAS 2023. </li></ul>
<p>AAMAS reserves the right to cancel any <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> if the above
responsibilities are not fulfilled, if deadlines are missed, or if too
few attendees register for the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span> to support the costs of running
the <span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>. </p>
<h3>Submissions and Inquiries </h3>
<p>Inquiries should be sent at <a href="mailto:aamas2023.tutorial.chairs@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">aamas2023.<span class="gmail-il">tutorial</span>.chairs@gmail.com</a></p>
<h3><span class="gmail-il">Tutorial</span> Chairs</h3>
<ul><li>Svetlana Obraztsova (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/svobraztsova/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/svobraztsova/</a></li></ul>
<ul><li>Reshef Meir (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)<br><a href="https://reshef.net.technion.ac.il/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://reshef.net.technion.ac.il/</a></li></ul></div>
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