IJCAI-2015 Final Call for Workshop Proposals

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IJCAI-2015 Call for Workshop Proposals

Do not hesitate to submit a workshop proposal even if the workshop program committee is not finalized. More generally, if you have a workshop proposal which is not finalized in some other way, you may contact the workshop chair.

*** Submission deadline: November 15 ***

The IJCAI-15 Program Committee invites proposals for the Workshop Program, to be held July 25-27, 2015, immediately prior to the technical conference. IJCAI-15 workshops will provide settings enabling participants to discuss technical topics in an atmosphere that promotes active exchange of ideas.

All members of the AI community are invited to submit workshop proposals for review. We encourage several forms of workshops (the list is non-exhaustive):
- classical workshops that focus on a particular research area, including proposals for continuations of workshops that were held at previous general AI conferences (e.g., IJCAI, AAAI, ECAI) or discipline specific conferences (e.g., NIPS, KR, AAMAS, UAI, ICAPS...).
- workshops that focus on emerging topics and applications, or on open research questions and challenges.
- cross-discipline workshops that foster exchange of ideas between groups that are unaware of each other's research.

Workshops can vary in length from half a day to two days. To cover costs, it is necessary to charge workshop participants a workshop fee, which is separate from the main conference fee. Workshop attendees do not need to register for the main IJCAI conference, but are encouraged to do so. IJCAI reserves the right to cancel workshops whose attendance does not support their running costs.

Important Dates

- November 15, 2014 - Proposal submission deadline
- November 22, 2014 - Acceptance notification
- December 15, 2014 - IJCAI-15 workshop program announced
- June 15, 2014 - Deadline for completed workshop notes submission to local organizer
- July 25-27, 2015 - IJCAI-15 workshops

Although we will not require all workshops to follow the same deadlines, for those who wish to coordinate their dates with the other workshops, we suggest the following dates:
- November 25, 2014 - Post the call for participation
- April 27, 2015 - Submission of contributions to workshops
- May 20, 2015 - Workshop paper acceptance notification
- May 30, 2015 - Deadline for final camera ready copy to workshop organizer

IJCAI-15 Workshops Requirements for Proposal Submission

The workshop proposals should be submitted electronically as a single PDF file through the Easychair system using the webpage https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ijcai15workshops.

Each proposal should contain the following information:
- A preliminary workshop format and a proposed schedule for organizing the workshop, including desired length for the workshop (0.5-day, 1-day, 1.5-day or 2-day). Please indicate if you intend to have any activities other than contributed talks (e.g., invited talks, panels, or posters).
- A tentative list of PC members (including full names and affiliations).
- A list of related workshops held within the last few years, if any, and their relationship to the proposed workshop. If this workshop continues a workshop from a previous general or area-specific conference, please indicate that. If available, please provide the number of submitted/accepted papers and approximate attendance numbers for these workshops.
- The names, email addresses, and URLs of the organizing committee members. The committee should consist of two to four people knowledgeable in the area who do not all work at the same institution. Strong proposals include organizers who bring differing perspectives to the workshop topic and who are actively connected to the communities of potential participants.
- The primary contact for the organizing committee.
- Brief CVs of organizing committee members, including a list of key publications demonstrating scholarship in the field and a list of workshops previously arranged, if any.

Selection process

The selection of workshops for the final program will be based upon multiple factors, including the scientific/technical interest of the topics in relation to the anticipated IJCAI audience, the quality of the proposal, the balance and distinctness of topics across all workshops, the history of past attendance for non-first-time workshops, and the capacity of the conference workshop program. We may request proposers addressing similar or overlapping content areas to merge their proposals.

For all accepted proposals, IJCAI will be responsible for providing publicity for the workshop series as a whole, and for providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop. Together with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time. Note: workshop date will depend on other workshops being held; IJCAI will also be responsible for electronically distributing working notes.

Workshop organizers will be responsible for:

- Setting up a Web site for the workshop and providing its URL to the workshop chairs.
- Advertising the particular workshop and issuing a call for participation/papers.
- Making the PDF of the workshop notes available to the Local Chair of IJCAI by June 15th, 2015, together with a list of audio-visual requirements and any special room requirements.
- Ensuring that the workshop organizers and the participants register for the workshop and are invited to register to the main conference.
- Coordinating and moderating workshop participation and content.
- Devising a schedule that meshes with shared breaks.

For each running workshop there will be two free workshop registrations. The organizers will decide themselves whom to give them to.

Please send all inquiries to Jérôme Lang (la...@lamsade.dauphine.fr).

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