- The deadline is July 3rd, 2009 (Hawaii-Aleutian time zone)
- The authors must send an e-mail which includes the following
  information to prima2009-multimedia@itolab.mta.nitech.ac.jp

1) Title (mandatory)
2) Authors and affiliations (mandatory)
3) How do you submit your contribution? sftp? mail? e-mail? etc. (mandatory)
4) Description (highly recommended)

- The preferred format for multimedia submissions is video,
  encoded with a commonly available codec. Videos should
  highlight and make clear the research contribution of the work
  and not simply show system behavior. For example, a video of
  robots simply playing a RoboCup game is not appropriate.
  Powerpoint presentations or web pages are also an acceptable
  format, provided the focus is on the research contribution of the
  work.
- Executable code will be accepted, provided it can be easily run
  on a common platform.Sending a tool or simulator without a
  tutorial or other guidance that will allow a reviewer to quickly
  understand the research significance of the work is not
  recommended.
- Multimedia submissions should allow a reviewer to understand
  and evaluate the research contribution of the work in
  approximately the same amount of time it would take to review
  a paper covering the same topic.
- A one page description of research contribution, potentially
  including references to related work, is highly recommended.
- An sftp server will be provided for uploading of multimedia
  submissions and media such as DVDs may be sent by regular
  mail to:
                Takayuki Ito
                Nagoya Institute of Technology,
                Gokiso, Showaku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan.
                TEL +81-52-735-7968 / FAX +81-52-735-7407

Upload page is here.

For some multiagent systems, especially those that aim for broad, useful functionality, it can be challenging to convey the research contributions of the world compellingly in a traditional paper format. In recognition of this, PRIMA’09, in addition to regular paper submissions, encourages multimedia (non-paper) electronic submissions of technical contributions. This is because some valuable researches are difficult to be summarized as a traditional paper format. For example, Game theory researches can be summarized in a paper format very well. On the other hand, in particular, in terms of real dynamic world robotics, a video or a power point file has much information and impacts. Also, in terms of programming languages, like a ruby-on-rails video which shows 10-minutes-website creation, it is very impressive to show it in a video format and source codes. These submissions can be in whatever electronic format best conveys the research contributions of the work, from Powerpoint presentations, to videos, to working code to websites. These submissions will be reviewed by an experienced group of Multiagent researchers and be provisionally accepted or rejected. If accepted, authors are required to submit a “traditional” paper via the normal submission process. These provisionally accepted papers will be reviewed and then treated like journal papers “accepted with revisions” – authors must make changes as suggested by the reviewers and camera ready papers will be checked to ensure that appropriate changes have been made and the paper meets high quality standards. Papers accepted via this submission process will be indistinguishable from “normal” papers in the proceedings. In addition, the electronic submission will be made available to conference participants via DVD. The aim of this novel process is to ensure that high-quality Multiagent research is shared with the community, even in cases where a traditional paper format might not highlight contributions of the work. Of specific interest under this submission process are contributions such as:

- Agent based simulation where the space in a paper constrains
  the large amount of interesting data that might be generated
- Tools for building agents or multi-agent systems
- Intelligent, interactive agent-based systems or interfaces, where
  the interesting functionality cannot be easily explained in a text
  format
- Complex, interesting multi-agent behavior that is best shown in a
  video format
- Robotics, humanoids, or intelligent vehicles
- Enterprise systems based on agents or multi-agent systems
- Web-based agent systems or multi-agent systems

Notice that the criteria for accepting work through this submission process are still the research aspects of the work. Well engineered, but not novel or research oriented systems are not encouraged. The aim is specifically and narrowly to provide a mechanism to get interesting research shared with the community even when its merit is difficult to convey in a traditional paper format.