International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS
2025)
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We invite researchers and practitioners to participate in the Maritime
Shipping Competition (MSC), hosted as part of the 24th International
Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2025), with
final presentations taking place on the 20th of May 2025 in Detroit,
Michigan, USA. This competition provides an opportunity to showcase and
compare innovative approaches in auction bidding and transportation
scheduling.
To participate, please visit:
https://jbuerman.github.io/Maritime-Shipping-Competition-AAMAS2025/
About the Competition
Maritime transportation is one of the backbones of international trade and
supply chains. While the sector has shown growth in recent years, maritime
transportation is also facing critical challenges around geopolitical
tensions, climate change and disruptions at key chokepoints, e.g. the
Panama and the Suez Canals. Shipping companies are investigating digital
solutions, including digital twin and multi-agent technologies, to improve
fleet utilisation, e.g. via transportation scheduling, to reduce costs but
also greenhouse gas emissions. Many of these digital solutions are in their
infancy and could benefit from innovative applications of approaches from
multiagent system, artificial intelligence, scheduling, auction bidding and
related technologies.
The competition will require to develop a software agent in Python that
operates the trade auctions and fleet transmutation scheduling for a
maritime shipping company. Participating will allow you to compete for
prizes.
We will run a warm-up competition to get early feedback and a final
competition with results being presented at AAMAS.
Participation and Timeline
We welcome contributions from teams up to five people across academia,
industry, and independent research communities. Participants are required
to submit an agent implemented in Python and a short 2-4 page report.
- Warm-up Competition Submission Deadline: 24/03/2025
- Warm-up Competition Results Release: 07/04/2025
- Competition Submission Deadline: 28/04/2025
- Announcement of Presentation Slots: 05/05/2025
- Competition Results Presentation and Winner Announcement: 20/05/2025
Submissions should be made via msc.aamas2025@soton.ac.uk, following the
instructions provided at
https://jbuerman.github.io/Maritime-Shipping-Competition-AAMAS2025/.
All submission dates are 23:59h AoE (Anywhere on Earth).
Competition Session at AAMAS
All teams will have the opportunity to present their agent and strategy at
the session at AAMAS 2025. A presentation will be necessary to compete for
the innovative ideas prize.
Awards & Recognition
The competition will feature certificates and performance based prizes and
a prize for an innovative ideas.
The first three teams according to the average tournament ranking will
receive a certificate and a cash prize. The overall winner will receive
£500, the runner-up will receive £300 and the team placing third will
receive £100.
Additionally, the team with the most interesting strategy agent prize will
receive £100. This prize will be judged on the day of the competition at
AAMAS after the presentations.
How to Get Involved
To participate, please visit
https://jbuerman.github.io/Maritime-Shipping-Competition-AAMAS2025/ for
detailed guidelines. For any inquiries, contact us at
msc.aamas2025@soton.ac.uk.
Organising Committee
<https://jbuerman.github.io/Maritime-Shipping-Competition-AAMAS2025/organisingcommittee>
- Enrico Gerding, University of Southampton, UK
- Enrico Marchioni, University of Southampton, UK
- Baharak Rastegari, University of Southampton, UK
- Jan Buermann, University of Southampton, UK
The competition and prizes are made possible thanks to the Centre for
Maritime Futures at the University of Southampton with support from Shell
plc.
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