Purpose

Agents and multiagent systems (AAMAS) is one of the most attractive research areas in Artificial Intelligence at the moment. The interest is growing and MAS-related meetings nowadays attract researchers and students from all over the world.

In order to disseminate the knowledge about AAMAS, the IFMAS, AA, and ATAL sponsor a series of schools. Recent editions were in China and India.

The purpose of the school in Porto Alegre is to bring together graduate students and also professionals interested in agents technologies and research on multiagent systems living in South America. However, everyone is welcome.