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<p>Notice revised, extended deadlines:<br></p><p>This year, the organizing committee of AAMAS 2023 invites the community to submit <strong>proposals for competitions</strong>.</p>
<p>The conference organizers believe that competitions are an effective
way to make rapid progress on research topics and are important
components of the conference. By posing challenges to the AAMAS
community, competition organizers contribute to pushing the
state-of-the-art in specific subjects and/or solving problems of
practical importance.</p>
<p>We encourage competition proposals from emerging fields or new
application scenarios relevant to AAMAS, and proposals from competitions
held in previous years at other venues. We highly value
interdisciplinary topics that have the potential to attract a
significant cross-section of the community.</p>
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<h3>Submission Requirements</h3>
<p>Competition proposals are <a href="https://aamas2023.soton.ac.uk/calls/submission-instructions/">short papers</a> (2 pages excluding references) containing the following information.</p>
<ul><li>A brief bio of the proposer(s) highlighting their experience in (or readiness for) organizing competitions.</li><li>The aims and objectives of the competition.</li><li>A brief history of the competition, if it was run at other conferences in the past.</li></ul>
<ul><li>The relevance and importance of the competition for the AAMAS community.</li><li>The rules and guidelines for the competition.</li><li>The software/hardware platforms and data sets to be used. </li><li>The competition evaluation criteria.</li><li>The
expected duration of the competition and any specific requirements
(e.g., physical space, monitors) for conducting the competition at the
conference.</li></ul>
<h3>Selection Process</h3>
<p>The submission and selection processes for the competition proposals
will be separate from the main conference. Each submission will be
assessed by the Competition Program Committee, and the proposers will
receive a brief evaluation report. The evaluation criteria are:</p>
<ul><li>Relevance to AAMAS</li><li>Significance</li><li>Expected participation level </li><li>Proposer(s) background/readiness level</li></ul>
<p>Proposer (s) of accepted competition proposals will be encouraged to
submit a Demo paper at AAMAS 2024 summarizing their experience at the
2023 conference. </p>
<h3>Important Dates</h3>
<p><strong><s>November 28, 2022</s> February 10, 2023</strong> – Submission deadline<br><s><b>December 16, 2022</b></s> <strong>February 12, 2023</strong> – Notification of acceptance/rejection<br><strong><s>January 20, 2023</s></strong> <strong>February 28, 2023</strong> – Call for Competition Participation</p>
<p>The global (in any time zone) deadline for the above dates will be 11:59 PM.</p>
<h3><strong>Contact</strong></h3>
<p>Please send all inquiries to the Competition Track chairs (<a href="mailto:aamas23-competitions@easychair.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">aamas23-competitions@easychair.org</a>).</p>
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