*CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
*The Sixth International Joint Conference on
AUTONOMOUS AGENTS AND MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS (AAMAS-07)
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
May 14--18, 2007
http://www.aamas-conference.org/aamas2007/ 
<http://www.aamas-conference.org/aamas2007/>
*
INTRODUCTION *
The AAMAS-2007 Organising Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial 
Program, to be held immediately before to the technical conference (May, 
14-15). 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 and/or practice.
    * Motivate and explain an AAMAS topic of emerging importance.
    * Introduce expert non-specialists to an AAMAS subarea.
    * Survey an area of agent research especially relevant for people
      from industry


*SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS*
Proposals should be from two to four pages in length, and should contain 
the following information:

    * A brief description of the tutorial, suitable for inclusion in the
      conference registration brochure.
    * A detailed outline of the tutorial, including preferred length
      (1/2 or 1 day, corresponding respectively to 4 and 8 hours).
    * Characterization of the potential target audience for the
      tutorial, including previous background knowledge.
    * A description of why the tutorial topic would be of interest to a
      substantial part of the AAMAS audience.
    * A brief resume of the presenter(s), which should include name,
      postal address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail 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 ability), and evidence of scholarship
      in the area.
    * 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 take into account its general 
interest for AAMAS attendees (e.g., a tutorial on object-oriented 
inheritance will be unlikely to be accepted), the quality of the 
proposal (e.g., a tutorial that simply lists a set of concepts without 
any apparent rationale behind them will be judged badly) as well as the 
expertise and teaching abilities 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.
Those submitting a proposal should keep in mind that tutorials are 
intended to provide an overview of the field; they should present 
reasonably well established information in a balanced way. Tutorials 
should not be used to advocate a single avenue of research, nor should 
they promote a product.
All proposals should be submitted by e-mail to the Tutorial Chair, Jaime 
Simão Sichman ([log in to unmask]), in plain ASCII text, no later 
than
*November 3, 2006*.
Applicants will be notified of the committee's decision no later than* 
December 1, 2006 *.
The selection of the tutorials to be included in the final AAMAS program 
will be based upon a number of factors, including: the 
scientific/technical interest of the topics, the quality of the 
proposal, the need to avoid strictly overlapping tutorials, and the 
unavoidable need to limit the overall number of selected tutorials.
*
RESPONSIBILITIES OF AAMAS AND OF TUTORIAL ORGANIZERS *
For all accepted proposals, AAMAS will be responsible for:

    * Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the tutorial.
    * Together with the organizers, determining the tutorial date and time.
    * Duplicating tutorial material and distributing them to the
      participants.

Tutorial organizers will be responsible for the following:

    * Providing AAMAS with a legible PDF copy of their tutorial notes in
      due time (deadline: February 2, 2007)
    * Presenting the tutorial at AAMAS-07

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.
It is suggested that potential tutorial proposers contact the Tutorial 
Chair in advance if they have any questions or queries.
*
IMPORTANT DATES *
Tutorial Proposal Submission Deadline November 3, 2006
Tutorial Acceptance Notifications December 1, 2006
Deadline for submitting tutorial materials February 2, 2007
AAMAS-07 Tutorials May 14-15, 2007

Proposals and inquiries should be sent by e-mail (in ASCII) to the 
tutorial chair:
Jaime Simão Sichman
Dept. of Computer Engineering
Polytechnic School
University of São Paulo

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Jaime Simao SICHMAN        University of Sao Paulo
Associate Professor        Computer Engineering Department
                           Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, tv. 3, 158
[log in to unmask]  05508-970 Sao Paulo SP Brazil
URL:www.pcs.usp.br/~jaime  voice: +55 11 30915397 fax: +55 11 30915294