The AAMAS 2011 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial Program, to be held on May 2-3, 2011 immediately before to the technical conference. AAMAS 2011 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 or practice
• Motivate and explain an AAMAS topic of emerging importance
• Introduce expert non-specialists to an AAMAS area
• Survey an area of agent research especially relevant for people from industry

Submission Requirements

• Proposals should be 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 (half or full day).
• Characterization of the potential target audience for the tutorial, including prerequisite 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 skills), 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, the quality of the proposal as well as the expertise and skills 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.

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.
Even after initial acceptance, individual tutorials may be canceled by the Conference Organizing Committee if too few attendees register for them, as has been done in the past.  With this in mind, tutorial organizers are encouraged to think carefully about how to make their tutorial appealing to the AAMAS community, as well as to advertise their tutorials where appropriate (in addition to the publicity that AAMAS will automatically provide).

Responsibilities (with respect to 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 materials and distributing them to the participants.

Tutorial organizers will be responsible for:

• Providing AAMAS with a legible PDF copy of their tutorial notes that is suitable for printing (with all fonts embedded) by March 13, 2011.
• Notifying the tutorial chair in a timely fashion of any needs and constraints -- special equipment, scheduling constraints (for example with a related workshop), etc.
• Presenting the tutorial at AAMAS 2011.

AAMAS reserves the right to cancel any tutorial if the above responsibilities are not fulfilled, if deadlines are missed, or (as noted above) if too few attendees register for the tutorial to support the costs of running the tutorial.

Important Dates

Submissions and Inquiries
Proposals and inquiries should be sent by email (in ASCII or pdf) to the Tutorials Chair:
Vincent Conitzer
Department of Computer Science, Duke University
conitzer@cs.duke.edu