• Call for Workshop/Special Session Proposals: IEEE/WIC/ACM Int'l Conf. W

    From Xiaohui Tao@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 15 23:39:18 2015
    [Apologies if you receive this more than once]

    #######################################################################
    CALL FOR WORKSHOP/SPECIAL-SESSION PROPOSALS

    IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence 2016 (WI'16)

    October 13-16, 2016, Hilton Omaha, USA

    CALL FOR PAPERS

    Homepage: http://wibih.unomaha.edu/wi

    Sponsored By:
    IEEE Computer Society
    Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC)
    Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

    (WORKSHOP/SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: March 20, 2016)

    #######################################################################

    The Program Committee of the 2016 IEEE/WIC/ACM International
    Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'16) invites proposals for workshops/special-sessions in all areas related to Web Intelligence,
    its foundations and applications. WI'16 will be collocated with
    another top-quality international conference: Brain Informatics &
    Heath 2016 (BIH'16), in order to bring together researchers and
    practitioners from diverse fields with the purpose of exploring the
    fundamental roles, interactions and practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Information Technology, in particular, how
    to connect network and brain with big data. The workshops/special
    sessions will be held at Hilton Omaha on October 13th, 2016.

    The main objectives of the WI'16 workshops/special-sessions are to
    stimulate and facilitate active exchange, interaction and comparison
    of approaches, methods and related to diverse areas of Web
    Intelligence. Each workshop/special session subject will focus on new
    and emerging research challenges related to the themes of the
    conference. The workshops/special-sessions should provide an informal
    and vibrant forum for researchers and industry practitioners to share
    their research results and practical development experiences in the
    field. The aim of the workshops/special sessions should be to provide
    the participants with an opportunity to discuss specific technical
    topics in an atmosphere that fosters active exchange of
    ideas. Workshops/special sessions can typically focus on topics
    aligned to or specified in general call for contributions but may not
    be restricted to those. All areas focusing on theoretical and applied
    aspects of Web Intelligence are welcome.

    +++++++++++++++
    IMPORTANT DATES
    +++++++++++++++

    Workshop/Special Session Proposal submission: March 20, 2016 Workshop/Special Session Paper submission: June 1, 2016

    +++++++++++++++++
    WORKSHOP SETTINGS
    +++++++++++++++++

    Workshops may be full-day or half-day. A full-day workshop should
    select 10-14 regular papers, while a half-day workshop should select
    5-7 regular papers, from a large number of submissions. Special
    sessions, on the other hand, should select 4-6 regular
    papers. Submissions accepted as workshop/special session papers will
    be allocated 4 pages in the IEEE WI-IAT 2016 workshop proceedings to
    be published by IEEE-CS Press.

    The workshop organizers should ensure the presence of authors of
    accepted papers at the workshops. Optionally, the workshop may be
    started or concluded by a panel focusing on interesting aspects,
    controversial issues, or unsolved problems to stimulate lively,
    thoughtful, and thought-provoking debate; we expect the workshop
    organizers to actively engage the audience and help them gain a deeper understanding of the issues. The goal of a panel is to debate and thus
    panels should always reflect more than one point of view.

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    WORKSHOP/SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Workshop organizers should submit their proposals to one of workshop
    chairs. All workshop/special-session proposals should be submitted as
    a single pdf file and include the following information:

    * Title of the workshop/special-session
    * Names of workshop/special-session organizers,
    affiliation, mailing address and e-mail address
    * Short CV of organizers
    * A description of the topics of the workshop/special-session
    (not exceeding 200 words)
    * For the workshop: type of the workshop (full-day or half-day)
    * A description of how the workshop/special-session will contribute
    to the field of Web Intelligence
    * A short description on how the workshop/special-session will be advertised so
    as to ensure a sufficiently wide range of authors and high quality papers
    * Information about previous offerings of the proposed workshop/special-session.
    * A list of potential Program Committee members and attendees/submissions
    and/or a justification of the expected attendees and submissions.

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    WORKSHOP/SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZATION
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Organizers, whose proposals are accepted, will be responsible for
    advertising the workshop/special-session, forming the program
    committees, reviewing and selecting the papers, all along guaranteeing
    high quality worthy of the prestige and range of the Conference. The
    Conference will provide an online paper submission and review system
    to support the workshops. After the acceptance of a workshop proposal
    the organizer(s) should:

    * Create a "Call for papers/participation" for the workshop/special-session
    * Create a webpage for the workshop/special-session, the link of which will
    be published on the conference website
    * Create a Board of Reviewers (Program Committee)
    * Review and select papers
    * Schedule the workshop/special-session program

    The papers selected by workshop/special-session organizers will also
    be reviewed by the workshop/special-session chairs for final
    acceptance. All submitted papers will be reviewed on the basis of
    technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. The
    organizers will also have the discretion of editing selected papers
    (after their expansion and revision) into books or journal special
    issues.

    ++++++++++++
    REGISTRATION
    ++++++++++++

    Workshop/special session paper registration fees are the same as
    regular conference fees. All registered participants are entitled to
    attend all keynotes, sessions, workshops, panels, tutorials and social
    events. Workshop/special-session organizers will receive one
    additional free registration against six registered papers. Free
    registration can be used for one (or more) of organizers or other
    person(s) approved by the organizers.

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    WORKSHOP/SPECIAL SESSION CO-CHAIRS
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    * Saeid Belkasim, Georgia State University, USA (sbelkasim@cs.gsu.edu)
    * Stefano Ferilli, University of Bari, Italy (stefano.ferilli@uniba.it)
    * Marek Reformat, University of Alberta, Canada (marek.reformat@ualberta.ca)

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)