SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS AGENTS
 
                  Minneapolis/St Paul, May 10-13, 1998
 
                        Tutorials Held on May 9, 1998
 
 
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                     CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
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                   http://www.cis.udel.edu/~agents98/
 
The program committee of the 2nd International Conference on
Autonomous Agents (Agents'98) invites proposals for the tutorial
program.  Agents'98 is to be held in Minneapolis/St Paul, USA, May
10--13, 1998.  Tutorials will be offered on a variety of aspects of
agent-related research.  A list of suggested topics and technical
issues that can be covered by tutorials is given below.  This list is
by no means exclusive; other agent-related topics will be considered.
In correspondence with the general direction of the conference, we
especially encourage proposals for tutorials that emphasize the view
of agents as complete autonomous systems.
 
 
Topics:
 
Technical isses to be addressed include, but are not restricted to:
 
        * action selection and planning
        * agent architectures
        * agent communication languages and their semantics
        * autonomous robots
        * believability
        * collaboration between people and agents
        * communication between people and agents
        * coordinating perception, thought, and action
        * expert assistants
        * evolution of agents
        * human-like qualities of synthetic agents
        * information agents
        * instructability
        * integration and coordination of multiple activities
        * knowledge acquisition and accumulation
        * life-like qualities
        * longer-term adaptation and learning
        * artificial market systems
        * meta-modeling of an agent by itself
        * middle-agents (e.g., matchmakers, brokers, routers)
        * mobile agents
        * modeling the environment
        * modeling the behavior of other agents
        * models of emotion
        * models of motivation
        * models of personality
        * multi-agent communication, coordination, and collaboration
        * multi-agent simulation
        * multi-agent teams
        * network and mobile agents
        * organization of agent societies
        * real-time performance
        * synthetic agents
        * user modeling
 
REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION
 
Summary of important dates:
October 1, 1997         Tutorial proposals due
December 15, 1997       Tutors notifications will be mailed
January 15, 1998        Tutorial material due
 
Anyone interested in presenting a tutorial should submit a proposal to
the  Agents'98 Tutorial  Chair,  Anand Rao. A  tutorial  proposal
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.
 
 * A clear statement of the necessary background and the potential
   target audience for the tutorial.
 
 * A description of why the tutorial topic is of interest to a
   substantial part of the Agents'98 audience.
 
 * A brief resume of the presenter(s), which should include
        - name
        - postal address
        - phone and fax numbers
        - email address (if available)
        - background in the tutorial area (e.g., teaching experience,
          any available example of work in the area).
 
It is suggested that potential tutorial proposers contact the Tutorial
Chair in  advance  if  they  have  any questions  or   queries.  Those
submitting a proposal should keep  in mind that tutorials are intended
to  provide an     overview  of   the  field;  they    should  present
state-of-the-art information in a balanced  way.  Tutorials should not
be  used to  advocate a single   avenue of  research, nor  should they
promote a  specific product. It  is planned  that the Tutorial Program
will  consist of  about six  half-day  or  full-day  tutorials at  the
beginning of the conference.
 
Proposals must   be  received no  later than  by  October 1, 1997.  The
electronic  submission   of   proposals  in   PostScript    format  is
possible. Decisions about topics and speakers will  be made by December
15, 1997. Tutors will be  sent a set of  guidelines for the preparation of
course materials.  Completed  course materials  must  be received  for
duplication  by  January 15, 1998.  Please  note  that  Agents'98 will
normally only duplicate up to 200 pages per participant.
 
Please send proposals to:
        Dr. Anand S. Rao
        Chief Research Scientist
        Australian Artificial Intelligence Institute
        Level 6, 171 La trobe Street
        Melbourne, Victoria 3000
        Australia
 
        Phone: +61-3-9663-7922
        Fax:   +61-3-9663-7937
        Email: [log in to unmask]
 
For up-to-date information about the conference and the tutorial
program, see the Agents'98 web site.