It's flexible.  A few weeks?



Maybe we should make something hard.  ;-)



Sean



On Dec 10, 2012, at 4:53 PM, glen e. p. ropella wrote:



> Is there an approximate deadline for submissions?

> 

> 

> Sean Luke wrote at 12/06/2012 02:20 PM:

>> GMU is hosting an NSF-sponsored workshop on future directions for the

>> MASON multiagent systems toolkit.  The workshop is by invitation only

>> and your flight, transportation, and hotel costs will be paid by us.

>> The workshop schedule has not been finalized (it depends on hotel

>> constraints), but it will be roughly two days long and *probably* be

>> over the weekend (Saturday, Sunday) of some period mid-to-late May or

>> possibly early June.  It'll be held at GMU campus in Washington, DC.

>> 

>> The goal of the workshop is to solicit community feedback on future

>> directions for MASON which we would then use in a proposal to NSF.

>> Think about what's missing in MASON that you would dearly like to

>> see.  Where should MASON be headed?

>> 

>> 

>> PROPOSALS FOR INVITATION Anyone who would like to attend is welcome

>> to do so.  However we can only *pay* for about thirty invitees, both

>> nationally ad internationally.   EITHER WAY, if you would like to

>> attend the workshop, we ask that you send us a SHORT whitepaper

>> detailing:

>> 

>> - Who you are - How many you are proposing from your group to attend 

>> - What travel funding needs you will have in order to attend - How

>> you use MASON - What work you do in MASON, multiagent systems,

>> multiagent modeling, or related topics - Why you think your input

>> would be of benefit to the workshop - Constraints (if any) you may

>> have on the timing of the workshop which might or might not influence

>> exactly when we hold it

>> 

>> Please send the whitepaper as a simple plaintext email message, or a

>> PDF if you want to show of pretty pictures.  Submit the request to:

>> 

>> TO:		[log in to unmask] SUBJECT:	Mason Workshop Proposal

>> 

>> We hope to see you at the workshop!  It'll be fun.

>> 

>> Sean

>> 

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