CALL FOR SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATION PROPOSALS

NOTE EXTENDED DEADLINE

Second International Conference on 
AUTONOMOUS AGENTS (Agents '98)

Agents'98 will host an evening of peer-reviewed software demonstrations showing early implementations of novel autonomous agents. All demos will be given in parallel in an informal setting. The demonstration period will last about three hours; demos should be brief so that they can be shown repeatedly in this time.

Demo submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their innovation, relevance, scientific contribution, and potential logistic constraints.  Commercial products are eligible, but sales and marketing activities are not appropriate.

The submission should consist of a cover letter indicating the primary author's name, affiliation, address, phone number, and e-mail address, and  two copies of the following:
 

  1. A two-page summary of the technical content of the demo. This summary will be handed out at the conference.
  2. A detailed description of hardware and software requirements. Please state whether you can supply these yourself. Agents'98 will attempt to provide necessary equipment, but some demonstrators may be required to provide their own equipment.
  3. An informal videotape of the demo (in NTSC VHS format), or a demo storyboard with at least six screen dumps (not more than six pages, including pictures).
Demo submissions must be received by Henry Kautz, Software Demos Chair, at the address below no later than Friday, February 27, 1998. Email submissions are acceptable. Authors will be notified of acceptance by March 13, 1998.  If your travel plans require an earlier decision, please indicate this on your application.

Authors of accepted Agents'98 papers will automatically be invited to demonstrate their systems at the conference, assuming appropriate equipment can be arranged.  Authors of accepted papers must, however, submit items (1) and (2) above by the deadline if they wish to participate in the demonstration program.

Email submission:
 kautz@research.att.com

Hardcopy submission:
Henry Kautz / Agents98 Demo Chair
AT&T Labs, Room A-257
180 Park Ave, Florham Park, NJ 07932-0971
kautz@research.att.com
(973) 360-8310

Note that there is a separate Agents'98 track for robotic, i.e., physically embodied, agent demonstrations.  For more information, please contact Robin Murphy (rmurphy@mines.edu).

 

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