===== Call for S&T Program Committee Volunteers for ISMAR 2016 ======
The Science and Technology Program Co-Chairs for the IEEE International
Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2016 invite
applications for volunteers to serve on the 15-person Program Committee
(PC). This year we are continuing to make this an open call, with the
goal of good coverage of areas of ISMAR work, a more-inclusive
community, and increased transparency of the review process. Any
comments or suggestions are welcome!
A position on the PC is one of great importance and responsibility.
Members are responsible for handling the review of the papers that are
assigned to them and deciding, in conjunction with the Program Chairs,
which papers will be accepted. A member of the PC exerts significant
influence over the review process, both in the choice of reviewers and
in writing the meta-review and comments. Each member can also provide
opinions and vote on other papers at the PC meeting. Thus, the PC has a
strong influence over the final program, much more so than an ordinary
reviewer.
===== How To Apply =====
Please send the following brief set of materials by 1 December 2015 to
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* Your name, affiliation, and job title.
* Your main area(s) of AR focus. Please be succinct with your list.
* Any prior reviewing work you have done for conferences and/or journals.
Please use the subject line: “ISMAR PC Volunteer Application” when
submitting your materials.
===== Details about the PC Commitment =====
A successful candidate must commit to the following:
* Handling approximately 8 to 12 papers.
* Assigning reviewers to these papers (25 March) and making certain
those reviews get done (30 April).
* Reading (but not fully reviewing) each paper assigned to you.
* For each each paper assigned to you, leading a web-based discussion
with your reviewers, which includes considering author rebuttals.
* Writing a meta-review for each paper you are assigned (a summary
of the reviews plus your own opinion, generally a few paragraphs long).
* Attending the PC meeting (19--20 May). Because of the wide geographic
distribution of PC members, we will hold a globally distributed meeting
at three sites: in the USA, Japan, and Europe. PC members must travel
to one of these sites.
* Updating your meta-reviews (30 May), based on the discussions and
decisions at the PC meeting.
* Shepherding conditionally accepted papers and making sure that the
requested revisions are performed in a satisfactory manner (1 July).
* All PC members are expected to attend ISMAR 2016 in Merida, Yucatan,
Mexico (19--23 September); however, exceptions can be granted for
special circumstances.
The ISMAR conference will reimburse travel costs to the local PC meeting
up to a maximum of USD 1,000. We will help to coordinate travel and
accommodations with you in order to keep costs as low as possible.
If you (or anyone in your organization) submit a paper to ISMAR 2016,
you will not be assigned such papers and you will have to leave the room
at the PC meeting during the discussion of any such paper. This is to
avoid conflict of interest problems.
Thank you for your consideration, and we look forward to your
participation in ISMAR!
Sincerely,
Wolfgang Broll, Hideo Saito, J. Edward Swan II
ISMAR 2016 S&T Program Co-Chairs
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