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The ECML-PKDD 2017 Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops to be held on the first and last days of the conference (September 18 and 22, 2017), which will take place in Skopje, Macedonia. We invite proposals for both full- and half-day workshops in current and emerging topics in machine learning and data mining.
Workshops provide an opportunity to discuss novel topics in a small and interactive atmosphere. They can concentrate in-depth on research topics, but can also be devoted to application issues, or to questions concerning the economic and social aspects of machine learning and data mining. Multidisciplinary workshops that bring together researchers and practitioners from different communities are particularly welcome.
If the budget permits, one organizer or invited speaker of an accepted workshop will be offered the possibility of waived registration fee for attendance on the workshop day (only).
We welcome both full- and half-day workshop proposals. Full-day workshops will have a program of typically 8 hours including two 30-minute coffee breaks and a 90-minute lunch break. Half-day workshops will have a 4 hours program with a 30-minute coffee break.
We would like to encourage proposers to aim for a program that is both varied and interesting. Especially where the format of the workshop is concerned, we would like you to think about ways of going beyond the usual list of presentations of accepted papers. Keep in mind that the main conference is necessarily more time-constrained and workshops therefore allow for group explorations of interesting topics, for example by means of discussions, demo sessions, invited talks, and panels.
Another way of extending the usual format is to include a specific challenge problem that can be addressed by the workshop participants, with a dedicated challenge session in the workshop program. Note, however, that the challenge should be only one of the components of the workshop, targeting a problem which is specific to the workshop topic(s).
For some workshops, it may be useful to first present an introduction to the state-of-the-art in the field given by experienced invited presenters, and afterwards discuss more technical or novel work in a standard (or non-standard!) workshop setting.
Especially for a relatively novel but rapidly maturing topic, giving the aforementioned introduction of the state-of-the-art may go beyond the scope of an invited presentation. In this case, a half day tutorial (4h incl. one 30 minute break) followed by a half day workshop (4h incl. one 30 minute break) could be a good format. We kindly ask you to write a single proposal for the tutorial and workshop that covers the different guidelines and requirements for tutorials and workshops. In addition, the links should be clearly described and the proposal should be submitted to the workshop and tutorial chairs (select both 'Workshop' and 'Tutorial' as topics). For tutorial guidelines, please see the separate Call For Tutorial Proposals.
Workshop proposals should contain the necessary information for the workshop chairs and reviewers to judge the importance, quality, and community interest in the proposed topic (a minimum of 15-20 expected participants is required). Each workshop should have one or more designated organisers and a program. When proposing a workshop, please provide (at least) the following information:
● A brief description of the specific issues that the workshop will address, the reasons why the workshop is of interest, the main research areas involved, and what the workshop will add to the conference (e.g., do you expect papers of a theme that would not fit the main conference?).
● Contact information of the workshop chairs, their competence in the proposed topic(s), and previous experience in chairing scientific events.
● A tentative list of Program Committee members and potential invited speakers.
● A draft of the Call for Papers, including information on accepted formats (e.g., regular papers, extended abstracts, oral-only presentations of relevant recently published or submitted contributions, etc.) and expected format of the workshop (e.g., invited talks, presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions, challenge sessions, or other ideas for ensuring an interactive atmosphere). In the case of a combined tutorial-workshop, please clearly indicate the format.
● Any special requirements regarding logistics (e.g., poster stands, audio equipment), if applicable.
● An estimate of the number of expected submissions, and an estimate of the number of expected workshop participants at the conference.
Please submit your workshop proposals in PDF format using EasyChair.
The submitted proposals will be reviewed in a close collaboration with the conference chairs and the program committee.
The following deadlines are important for the workshop organizers:
● Workshop proposal deadline Monday, April 17, 2017
● Workshop acceptance notification Monday, May 1, 2017
● Workshop websites and call for papers online Monday, May 15, 2017
● Workshop program and proceedings online Monday, September 4, 2017
For paper submission, reviewing and final revisions, please consider the following deadlines:
● Workshop paper submission deadline Monday, July 3, 2017
● Workshop paper acceptance notification Monday, July 24, 2017
● Workshop paper camera-ready deadline Monday, August 7, 2017
These deadlines are somewhat flexible, but consider as constraints that the paper submission deadline should be after conference author notification (June 19) and acceptance notification should be before the conference early registration deadline (July 31).
In case you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Workshop and Tutorial Chairs (Panče Panov and Nathalie Japkowicz) at [log in to unmask]. We are looking forward to your proposals.
Nikola Simidjievski & Dragi Kocev
Publicity Chairs of ECML-PKDD 2017