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| DEMONSTRATIONS |
AAMAS 2009 will include a demonstration session. Demonstration submissions are be invited for four different categories:
- INDUSTRIAL SOFTWARE
- ACADEMIC SOFTWARE
- ROBOTICS
- STUDENT PROJECTS.
A best demo award will be chosen separately for each category. A price of 1000 Euro is provided for the winner in the category "student projects." The award selection will be done in consultation by the advisory board and the exhibits & demo co-chairs.
Demonstrators are expected to present a live interactive demo at assigned time slots during the conference. Developers of software or robotic system based on autonomous agents or multi-agent techniques, especially those showing novel technology, are welcome to submit a demo. Examples of demos include but are not limited to:
* Multi-agent software systems
* Industrial and military applications (including prototypes)
* Agent-based games
* Agent platforms and development environments
* Open-source software tools
* Robotic systems (single and multi-agent)
* Virtual agents and interactive virtual environments
* Simulation environments
The demonstration sessions will be held as part of the AAMAS main conference. The goal of the AAMAS demonstrations is to give participants, from industry and academia an opportunity to present their latest developments on software and/or robotic system. In addition, we strongly encourage students to submit valuable demos resulting from their projects or thesis work.
Submissions accepted for the demonstration session will be advertised on the AAMAS website and in the conference booklet, which will contain abstracts of all available demos. Each demo submission should consist of three parts:
1. A 2-page paper in which the authors describe the system to be demonstrated. The paper should describe the application domain/problem/scenario, the technology used, the agent/multi-agent techniques involved, the innovations of the system, its live and interactive aspects, etc. Papers have to be prepared in PDF format using the AAMAS style (follow the instructions at http://www.conferences.hu/aamas2009/).
2. A demonstration movie (youtube compatible) that clearly shows the purpose and use of the demo. Alternatively, the authors can submit a scenario that consists of a series of snapshots of the demo annotated with an explanation.
3. Only for student projects: 1 page statement in which the student clearly describes his personal contribution to the project. The content of the statement must be confirmed by the student's advisor via a separate email (demos@aamas09). Submissions of student projects will only be considered from authors who are regular students at the time of the demo presentation during AAMAS.
4. Additional information in a plain text file including the following information:
- Demonstration title
- Authors (name, affiliation, email, address, phone fax)
- The corresponding author with her/his email address
- Abstract (max. 150 words)
- Keywords
- The category of the submission
- URL (if available)
- Paper ID if the demo is related to a paper at the main conference
- Equipment you will bring (e.g., laptop, robot)
- Equipment you will need (e.g., table, poster board, power sockets)
- Special requirements (e.g., space for robot and if so how much, video projector)
- A discussion of the present state of your demo (e.g., ready to demonstrate now, but if not, include a realistic estimate for conclusion and what remains to be done before you have a demonstrable software/robotic system).
Accepted demos will have the 2-page papers included in the AAMAS proceedings.
Submissions
All demonstration proposals should be send to demos@aamas09.org
Submissions are open from October 27, 2009
Submission Deadline: January 12, 2009, 23:59 UTC
Selection Process
The submission and selection processes for the AAMAS 2009 demos will be separate from that of the main conference. Each submission will be assessed by the demo co-chairs and at least one member of the advisory board. The authors will receive a brief report with the result of the evaluation with the notification.
The main evaluation criteria are:
* Relevance to AAMAS
* Quality and soundness of the underlying technology
* Novelty of the application domain
* Maturity of the (deployed) system
* Potential for public interaction
Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted demos will be sent to the corresponding author by January 30, 2009. At least one author of each accepted demonstration is required to register and to attend the conference to give the demonstration.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: January 12, 2009.
Notification of acceptance/rejection: January 30, 2009.
Camera-ready paper: February 6, 2009
Contact Information
For more information, contact the demos co-chairs: demos@aamas09.org
AAMAS 2009 Exhibits & Demo Advisory Board
James Odell, Independent consultant (USA)
Andrea Omicini, Universita di Bologna (Italy)
H. Van Dyke Parunak, NewVectors LLC, Ann Arbor (USA)
Juan Pavón, Universidad Complutense Madrid (Spain)
Giovanni Rimassa, Whitestein Technologies(Switzerland)
Michael Winikoff, RMIT Melbourne (Australia)
AAMAS 2009 Exhibits & Demo Chairs
Paolo Giorgini, University of Trento, Povo (Italy)
Danny Weyns, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) |
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