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• Call for bids to host the 22nd European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS) in 2020. We will consider bids from all geographical regions within Europe. Bids should be made by individuals or small groups, with the backing of a host institution (typically a university or research centre). All correspondence regarding bids should be directed to the EURAMAS board member responsible for the EASSS summer schools, Marija Slavkovik (marija.slavkovik@uib.no). The deadline for submitting bids is 1 October 2019. For more information on how to submit a bid see the call here.

The European Association for Multi-Agent Systems (EURAMAS) is a non-profit organisation aimed at promoting European science and technology in the area of multiagent systems. In pursuit of its objects the Association shall engage in activities including:

• Becoming a representative forum for European experts within the field of multiagent systems;
• Coordinating with scientific and other institutions, organizations and other societies, including industrial companies, governments and international bodies with similar or related purposes;
• Granting scholarships and making awards to promote or acknowledge research in artificial intelligence or multiagent systems;
• Managing a set of “Designated Events” and ensuring their proper organisation.

Since December 2009, the Designated Events of EURAMAS are the following:

• The European Conference on Multiagent Systems (EUMAS) (former European Workshop on Multiagent Systems).
• The European Summer School on Multiagent Systems (EASSS)

EURAMAS promotes scientific and technological events in the field of multiagent systems that take place in Europe. Organisers of events who seek promotion by EURAMAS should contact the EURAMAS officers. Events previously promoted by EURAMAS include:

• Multi-Agent Logics, Languages, and Organisations Federated Workshops (MALLOW)
• Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies (DALT) Spring School
• CretaMASSS-2013

Articles of the association are available here. The Bylaws of the association are available here.

Officers:

• Chair: Georgios Chalkiadakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
• Deputy Chair: Edith Elkind, University of Oxford, UK
• Secretary: Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, Italy
• Treasurer: Natalia Criado, King's College London, UK
• EUMAS liaison: Davide Grossi, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• EASSS liaison: Marija Slavkovik, Univertsity of Bergen, Norway

Directors:

• Elizabeth Black, King's College London, UK
• Georgios Chalkiadakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
• Natalia Criado, King's College London, UK
• Louise Dennis, University of Manchester, UK
• Edith Elkind, University of Oxford, UK
• Alessandro Farinelli, University of Verona, Italy
• Umberto Grandi, University of Toulouse, France
• Davide Grossi, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Maite Lopez-Sanchez, University of Barcelona, Spain
• Marin Lujak, University of Lille, France
• Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, Italy
• Marija Slavkovik, Univertsity of Bergen, Norway

Emeritus members of the board:

• Thomas Agotnes, University of Bergen, Norway
• Elisabeth Andre, University of Augsburg, Germany
• Luis Antunes, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Olivier Boissier, EMSE, France
• Rafael Bordini, FACIN-PUCRS, Brazil
• Vicent Botti, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
• Nils Bulling, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
• Carlos Carrascosa, TU Valencia, Spain
• Marco Colombetti, University of Lugano, Switzerland
• Mehdi Dastani, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Barbara Dunin-Keplicz, Warsaw University, Poland
• Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni, Sorbonne University, France
• Marie-Pierre Gleizes, IRIT, France
• Catholijn Jonker, TU Delft, The Netherlands
• Franziska Klügl, Örebro University, Sweden
• Emiliano Lorini, CNRS-IRIT, France
• Michael Luck, King's College London, UK
• Nicolas Maudet, University Pierre and Marie Curie, France
• Sanjay Modgil, King's College London, UK
• Pavlos Moraitis, Paris Descartes University, France
• Andrea Omicini, Universty of Bologna, Italy
• Nardine Osman, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA), Spain
• Sascha Ossowski, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
• Fabio Paglieri, ISTC-CNR, Italy
• Michal Pechoucek, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
• Jeffrey Rosenschein, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• Jordi Sabater-Mir, IIIA-CSIC, Spain
• Carles Sierra, IIIA - CSIC, Spain
• Rineke Verbrugge, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• George Vouros, University of Piraeus, Greece