[alife] SASO 2009 - call for tutorials

[Tom Holvoet]

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The deadline for SASO 2009 tutorial proposals has been extended:

         Proposal Submission Deadline:   May 7, 2009
         Acceptance Notifications:       May 31, 2009


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                         CALL FOR TUTORIAS

                   Third International Conference on
      Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2009)

	      San Francisco, September 14-18, 2009

		 http://www.saso-conference.org/

      Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society (approval pending)
Task Force on Autonomous and Autonomic Systems (approval pending)
	in cooperation with ACM SIGOPS (approval pending)


Tutorial Scope

The SASO-2009 Organizing Committee invites proposals for tutorials
to be held in association with the conference. SASO is a highly
successful conference series which aims to bring together diverse
communities working on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems
to discuss new results and upcoming trends in this exciting area.
The tutorial program has been initiated to support this aim.
Tutorials should address one or more of the following objectives:

- Introduce a major topic area of SASO research.
- Survey a significant application / technology area of SASO.
- Explain an area of SASO research relevant to industry.
- Overview a particular approach or methodology for SASO work.
- Highlight emerging SASO topics and techniques.
- Explain SASO ideas originating from one community but applicable
  to others.

For a guide on what topic areas, technologies and communities
fall within the SASO focus refer to the Call for Papers available
on the conference website. It is not expected that tutorials will
cover specific topics or techniques that are already covered in
existing textbooks. For example, a tutorial on "genetic algorithms"
would not be accepted. However, a tutorial that coherently shows
how such an existing technique has been applied in innovative ways
to solve SASO-relevant engineering problems would be acceptable.
Novel and timely areas, approaches and paradigms are
particularly encouraged. Proposals that promote only a single
author's work or a specific commercial product are not encouraged.

Proposal Submission

Tutorial proposals, maximum 3 pages, should contain:
- A descriptive title of the tutorial (max. 1 line).
- A specification of the tutorial length, i.e. specify half day
  (approx. 4 hours) or full day (approx. 8 hours).
- A brief, one paragraph, description of the tutorial suitable
  for publication on the SASO website and in other publicity
  material (max. half page).
- A statement of why the tutorial is relevant / interesting
  for the potential conference audience (max. half page).
- An outline syllabus of the topics to be covered in the
  tutorial - list a maximum of eight specific subtopic headings.
  For each heading list relevant keywords and, where necessary,
  references to representative published work that will be covered
  within that topic (max. one page).
- Short resume of the presenter(s) including name, e-mail,
  home web-page URL, postal address, telephone and fax numbers and
  brief description of background in the tutorial area including
  evidence of teaching experience (previous courses / tutorials
  taught) and scholarship in the area (2 or 3 selected references
  to representative publications). If more than one presenter is
  listed, indicate which should be the corresponding contact
  (max. half page).

Proposals (and further inquiries) should be sent by e-mail
to the Tutorial Chair of SASO 2009:
  Prof. Kurt Geihs (geihs at uni-kassel.de)
  EECS Department, University of Kassel/ Germany

Proposal Acceptance

Tutorial submissions will be evaluated by the SASO Tutorial
Chair in association with the General Co-Chairs. During the
evaluation process the prospective speakers may be contacted to
provide clarification or further information. Those submitting
rejected proposals will be given reasons and feedback.

For all accepted proposals SASO will provide:
- Meeting place, publicity, logistics and registration for the
  tutorial.
- Duplication and distribution of tutorial notes to participants.

Tutorial organizers provide:
- A PDF file of their tutorial notes by the due date.
- Presentation of their tutorial at SASO 2009.

Important Dates

Proposal Submission Deadline:   May 7, 2009
Acceptance Notifications:       May 31, 2009
Notes Submission Deadline:      July 15, 2009
Tutorial Presentations:         September 14-18, 2009