[agents] AAMAS 2024 — Call for Workshops (Proposal submission deadline: Oct 30, 2024)

[Reyhan Aydogan]

Dear all,

Please find below the call for workshops for the 23rd International
Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2024) to be
held in Auckland, New Zealand, on May 6-10, 2024.

We look forward to seeing you in Auckland!

Reyhan Aydogan and Andrei Ciortea

Publicity Chairs

On behalf of the AAMAS 2024 Organizing Committee


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CALL FOR WORKSHOPS

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See this call on the AAMAS 2024 website:

https://www.aamas2024-conference.auckland.ac.nz/calls/call-for-workshops/

AAMAS 2024 invites proposals for the workshop program, to be held on May
6-7, 2024, immediately prior to the main program of the AAMAS conference.

The objectives of the AAMAS 2024 workshop program are 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 2024
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. Workshop attendees do not need to register for the main AAMAS
conference but are encouraged to do so.

AAMAS 2024 is expected to be run in-person in Auckland, New Zealand. The
workshops will be held in the same modality as the main conference. So, we
ask the workshop organizers to plan for on-site events with possible remote
presentations, if needed.

AAMAS 2024 reserves the right to cancel workshops whose attendance does not
support their running costs.

== Submission Instructions ==

Workshop proposals must be submitted via EasyChair using the following link
(please select the Workshop Proposals track):
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aamas24ws

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 October 30, 2023, AoE.

== Requirements for Submission ==

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

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

1. Title and acronym of the workshop.

2. 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.

3. 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).

4. A description of how the workshop would be run in case the conference
will be held online.

5. 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.

6. Description of the paper review process and acceptance standards.

7. 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.

8. The name of the primary contact of the workshop’s organizing committee.

9. A list of potential program committee members, including their titles
and affiliations.

10. A tentative list of places (distribution lists, websites, journals,
etc.) where the workshop is planned to be advertised.

11. If available, a list of tentatively confirmed attendees.

In addition to the above items, please include a brief resume (half a page
max) for each of the organizing committee members (not included in the 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 workshops.

== 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.

* 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.

== Inquiries ==

Please send any inquiries to the AAMAS 2024 Workshop Co-chairs:

* Davide Grossi (d.grossi at rug.nl)

* Julian Padget (j.a.padget at bath.ac.uk)

* Samarth Swarup (swarup at virginia.edu)
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