We are one of the world leaders in the area of intelligent agents and multiagent systems, both from a research perspective and a sociological one. We cover a broad research scope within this area. We have a strong presence in both the construction of individual agents and the coordination of multiple agents. We also include major contributors in the creation of both virtual humans and web-based information agents. We founded the annual Autonomous Agents conference, and continue to have a very strong presence there; for example, at Agents 2000 in Barcelona, Spain, USC led the way with over twice as many accepted papers as the next most successful university (19% of the accepted papers were from USC as compared to 8% from second best Carnegie Mellon University). We have played a significant role in the International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, including program co-chair for 2000. We are on the board of directors of the International Foundation for Multi-Agent Systems, and a Trustee of the Robocup foundation. We include three former Chairs of the ACM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (SIGART) and the President of the International AI in Education Society. We also include two Fellows of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and former AAAI Councilors, plus the current AAAI Conference Chair.