[iva] Call for Tutorials - AAMAS 2022 - Deadline: December 15, 2021

[Magalie Ochs]

  Call for Tutorials - AMAAS 2022


      *Important Dates *

Proposal Submission:  *December 15, 2021 (23:59 UTC-12)*
Author Notifications: * January 3, 2022 (23:59 UTC-12)*
Making the tutorial site available on the web (without notes):  
*February 10, 2022 (23:59 UTC-12)*
Submitting tutorial notes and making them available on the web:  
*April 10, 2022 (23:59 UTC-12)*
Tutorial Forum Presentations:  *May 9-10, 2022*


      *Conference Dates *

Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Workshops:  *May 9-10, 2022*
Main Conference:  *May 11-13, 2022*

The AAMAS 2022 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial 
Program to be held on May 9-10, 2022, immediately before the technical 
conference.

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://aamas2022-conference.auckland.ac.nz/ 
<https://aamas2022-conference.auckland.ac.nz/>). 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.


      *Submission Requirements *

Submissions URL: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/AAMASTutorials2022 
<https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/AAMASTutorials2022>
Tutorial proposals should be 2 to 4 pages in length, formatted using the 
AAMAS paper template 
<https://aamas2022-conference.auckland.ac.nz/files/2021/07/AAMAS-2022-Formatting-Instructions.zip>, 
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.
  * Whether the tutorial is planned to be face-to-face only, entirely
    virtual, or hybrid, assuming that the main conference will be
    face-to-face and few travel restrictions.
  * A description of an alternative plan for how the workshop
    will be run in the event that participants cannot attend due to
    travel restrictions (i.e., withdraw the workshop, hybrid, or
    entirely virtual)
  * 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 consider the level of general
    interest for AAMAS attendees, the quality of the proposal, the
    feasibility of running it in the proposed mode, 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. Given the uncertainty
    of predicting international travel conditions, weight will also be
    put on flexible plans for running the tutorial in all circumstances.
  * The overall goal in the selection process is to compose a balanced
    program of excellent tutorials. Thus, even good proposals might be
    rejected. In the case of several closely related proposals the
    tutorial chairs might propose that they are combined.


      *Responsibilities (with respect to accepted proposals) *

AAMAS will be responsible for:

  * Providing logistic support and a meeting place for any
    face-to-face tutorials.
  * Together with the organizers, determining the tutorial date and time.
  * Advertising the availability of the tutorial material to the
    AAMAS 2022 participants.

Tutorial organizers will be responsible for:

  * Providing AAMAS with a link to a complete
    tutorial notes by 10 April 2022.
  * 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 Tutorial 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.
  * Presenting the tutorial at AAMAS 2022.

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 face-to-face, hybrid or virtual.


      *Submissions and Inquiries *

Inquiries should be sent at aamas2022.tutorial.chairs at gmail.com 
<mailto:aamas2022.tutorial.chairs at gmail.com>


      *Tutorial Chairs*

  * Ferdinando Fioretto (Syracuse University, US)

  * Magalie Ochs (LIS-Laboratory, FR)


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