{"id":244208,"date":"2023-01-30T09:50:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecis2024.eu\/?page_id=244208"},"modified":"2026-01-07T09:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T09:14:32","slug":"call-for-tutorials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/aamas2026\/call-for-tutorials\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Tutorials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.43)&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/aamas2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pfo_aphrodites_rock_1112_02_ps_.jpg&#8221; background_size=&#8221;stretch&#8221; background_position=&#8221;bottom_left&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;overlay&#8221; min_height=&#8221;290px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||22px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;98px||0px|||&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;curve2&#8243; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; 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_builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#6c6866&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>The AAMAS 2026 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial Program, to be held on May 25-26, 2026, immediately before the main conference in Cyprus.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tutorials should serve one or more of the following objectives:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduce novices to major topics of AAMAS research.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide instruction in established practices and methodologies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Survey a mature area of AAMAS research or practice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Motivate and explain an AAMAS topic of emerging importance.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduce expert non-specialists to an AAMAS area.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Survey an area of agent research especially relevant for people from industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Present a novel synthesis combining distinct lines of AAMAS work.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduce AAMAS audiences to an external topic that can motivate, use, or be useful to AAMAS research.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areas of interest include all of those listed in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/aamas2026\/call-for-papers-main-track\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call for Papers (Main Technical Track<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tutorials will be half-day long and will be <\/span><b>in person <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 <\/span><b>online\/remote versions will not be accepted<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A few full-day tutorials may be considered, but the proponents need to motivate their request when submitting their proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><b>Important Dates<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Proposal Submission:<\/strong> Jan 16, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Organizer Notifications:<\/strong> Jan 30, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Tutorial site Available on the Web:<\/strong>\u00a0 Mar 04, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Tutorial Forum Presentations:<\/strong> May 25-26, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>All deadlines are at the end of the specified day, Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conference Dates<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Workshops: May 25-26, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Main Conference: May 27-29, 2026<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><b>Submission Requirement<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeuc9o8Nv0zVnN6kWMWh5vuKAUuKRKia5hiwlrxDLagmGjz1g\/viewform&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Tutorial Proposals &#8211; Submission Website&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_use_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#6c6866&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span>Each proposal must include a <\/span><b>Tutorial Proposal file<\/b><span>\u00a0in pdf form, as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tutorial Proposals file <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should be 2 to 4 pages in length, formatted using the AAMAS paper template (available<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/aamas2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AAMAS-2026-Formatting-Instructions-pre-CR.zip\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), containing the following information:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A short title of the tutorial.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A brief description of the tutorial, suitable for inclusion in the conference registration brochure.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A detailed outline (up to a half page) of the tutorial, including preferred length.\u00a0 Note that a half-day tutorial has <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.5 hours of technical content, 4 hours with breaks. A full-day tutorial has 7 hours of technical content, 9 hours with breaks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Characterization of the potential target audience for the tutorial, including prerequisite knowledge.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A description of why the tutorial topic would be of interest to a substantial part of the AAMAS audience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A brief resume of the presenter(s), which should include name, postal address, phone numbers, email address, website, 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\u2019s presentation skills as applicable), and evidence of scholarship in the area. Information about previous tutorials delivered by the presenters (if any). All named presenters are expected to deliver the tutorial in person.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 tutorials on the same or related topics at AAMAS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 their authors to combine the proposals into a single tutorial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><b>Responsibilities (with respect to accepted proposals)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AAMAS will be responsible for the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing logistic support and a meeting place for tutorials.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together with the organizers, determining the tutorial date and time.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advertising the availability of the tutorial material to the AAMAS 2026 participants.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tutorial organizers will be responsible for the following:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Creating a website<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the tutorial and sending its link to the AAMAS 2026 Tutorial Chairs by<\/span> <b>March 04th 2026.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The website should include:\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The title and abstract of the tutorial<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenters\u2019 details<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A detailed outline of the tutorial<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The slides to be used during the tutorial, along with any additional materials that may benefit attendees (e.g., lecture notes, recommended readings)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presenting the tutorial <\/span><b>in-person<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at AAMAS 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><b>Submissions and Inquiries<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inquiries should be sent to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:agmon@cs.biu.ac.il\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agmon@cs.biu.ac.il<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"mailto:tony.savarimuthu@otago.ac.nz\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tony.savarimuthu@otago.ac.nz<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with title prepended with \u201c[AAMAS\u201926 Tutorials]\u201d .<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><b>Tutorial Chairs<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noa Agmon (Bar-Ilan University) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/u.cs.biu.ac.il\/~agmon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/u.cs.biu.ac.il\/~agmon\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tony Savarimuthu<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (University of Otago) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bastintonyroy.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bastintonyroy.github.io\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_module dsm_text_divider dsm_text_divider_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dsm-text-divider-wrapper dsm-text-divider-align-center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dsm-text-divider-before dsm-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"dsm-text-divider-header et_pb_module_header\"><span>TUTORIAL PROPOSALS<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dsm-text-divider-after dsm-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>The AAMAS 2026 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial Program, to be held on May 25-26, 2026, immediately before the main conference in Cyprus.\u00a0 Tutorials should serve one or more of the following objectives: Introduce novices to major topics of AAMAS research. 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