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* EASSS - Student Session Call for Papers *
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All registered participants are cordially invited to participate in the student session of EASSS06.

The student session is designed to encourage student interaction and feedback from the tutors. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and either accepted as paper, accepted as poster or rejected. Accepted paper submissions will be assigned 15 minute slot for presentation. Typically a  presentation will either detail the intended approach to a problem or  ask a specific question, directed at the audience. Accepted posters will be on display until the poster session on day two of the summer school when the authors stand by them to answer questions.

By providing the students with a conference-like setup, both in the  presentation and in the review process, students have the opportunity  to prepare their own submission, go through the selection process  (peer review) and possibly present their work to themselves and their  interests to their fellow students as well as internationally leading experts in the agent field, both from the theoretical and the practical sector.

As the goal is to provide the speakers with constructive feedback and  a means to be introduced to the community, the competitive elements  often found in conferences (best paper award, best presentation  award) are intentionally omitted. The peer review will focus not on the magnitude of the presented material but on the clarity of the formulated material or whether or not the posed question is of relevance to a majority of students.

Giving a good presentation is a difficult task, practising it is the benefit of this session. The extend to which the audience has understood the details should be the criterion by which the presentations are judged.

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* Deadlines *
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June 18th (Sunday) : Submission
July 3rd (Monday) : Notification to authors
July 9th (Sunday) : Submission of camera ready copy of paper / poster / abstract
July 18th (Tuesday) : Student Poster Session
July 19th (Wednesday) : Student Paper Session

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* Submission Details *
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Submissions should be
- between 1 or 2 pages to up to 5 pages maximum (including figs, tables, bibliog. abstract etc).
- state the author(s), their affiliation and their current status.
- clearly stating the posed question or the proposed approach, as well as outlining the problem at hand.
- give a few references to both the standard literature and specific  relevant publications (possibly your own).
- in either .pdf or .ps format (.doc  (MS Word) will be  accepted as submission but the final version must be in either in .ps or .pdf format).
- student work at student level.
- send by email to hanno@csc.liv.ac.uk (subject "submission EASSS06").

Please feel free to email hanno@csc.liv.ac.uk with any questions regarding the student session.

Regards
Hanno Hildmann

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The 8th European Agent Systems Summer School
17 - 21 July 2006, Annecy, France
www.esia.univ-savoie.fr/easss06