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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
2011 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE (GECCO-2011)
Sponsored by ACM SIGEVO
http://www.sigevo.org/GECCO-2011
The GECCO-2011 Program Committee invites proposals for workshops to be
held in conjunction with the 2011 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
Conference (GECCO-2011) in Dublin, Ireland, July 12-16.
** Important Dates **
Deadline for Workshop Proposals: November 8th, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: November 29th, 2010
Information and Submissions: [log in to unmask]
GECCO workshops provide an excellent opportunity to meet people with
similar interests, to be exposed to cutting-edge research and to
exchange ideas in an informal setting. Ideally, a GECCO workshop should
focus on a specialized research area, on an emerging research field, or
on interdisciplinary research area between the genetic and evolutionary
computation community and other research fields. GECCO workshops can be
two hours, half day, or a full day long. The format can be decided by
the organizers who are encouraged to plan interactive sessions (e.g,
debate/discussion sessions, brainstorming or problem solving sessions)
which cannot be easily accommodated in the GECCO conference program.
Proposals should be mailed to: [log in to unmask]
Each proposal must be submitted as a plain text file and must contain
the following information:
1. A half page description of the workshop including a clear description
of the specific topics issues on which the workshop will focus should be
identified.
2. A brief (half page) discussion of why the topic is of interest to the
genetic and evolutionary computation community and about the workshop
target audience.
3. The estimated number of potential attendees, accepted papers and
submissions. If a previous edition of the workshop has already taken
place, then the previous number of submissions, accepted papers, and
attendees should be included.
4. A draft schedule of the workshop (with a duration of either 2 hours,
half day or a full day) highlighting the planned discussion sessions
(panels, Q&A, hands-on demonstrations, problem-solving sessions,
brainstorming, etc.)
5) The complete contact information of the workshop organizers (Postal
address, E-mail, phone and fax numbers, & WWW page).
6) A brief biography of the organizers with their photos
The proposal should be accompanied by the full CVs of the organizers in
PDF format. These should include previous experience in workshop or
conference organization.
The organizers of an accepted workshop are responsible for its
coordination, for its publicity (e.g., for sending out call for papers),
for collecting and reviewing the papers, for providing a list of
accepted papers and their authors, if applicable.
Attendance at the workshops will be open to all GECCO attendees.
Note that *all* organizers, participants and presenters must register to
the GECCO-2011 conference. Organizers of a workshop *do not* qualify for
a reduction in the registration or accommodation costs at the
conference. Accepted workshop papers will be collected by Sheridan/ACM
Press, and published in a separate workshop proceedings volume. Details
and additional deadlines will be provided once it has been decided which
workshops will be accepted for GECCO-2011. All accepted Workshop Papers
must use the ACM template for papers and must follow all ACM formatting
rules. Accepted workshop papers that do not use the ACM template and/or
do not adhere to ACM formatting rules will not be published.
The deadline for the submission of workshop proposal is November 8th,
2010. Proposals should be submitted as plain text files (no HTML) with
the exception of the CVs which have to be submitted as PDFs. Workshop
organizers will be notified by November 29th whether the workshop
proposal has been accepted.
GECCO is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Special
Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO). SIG
Services: 2 Penn Plaza, Suite 701, New York, NY, 10121, USA,
1-800-342-6626 (USA and Canada) or +212-626-0500 (Global).
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