[alife] Call for Workshops - Cellular Automata for Research and Industry 2014

Genaro Martinez Genaro.Martinez at uwe.ac.uk
Tue Dec 10 18:39:06 PST 2013


From: acri2014 at agh.edu.pl [acri2014 at agh.edu.pl]
Sent: 10 December 2013 21:01
To: acri2014 at agh.edu.pl
Subject: Call for Workshops - Cellular Automata for Research and Industry 2014

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ACRI2014 Krakow Poland www.acri2014.agh.edu.pl
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Call for Workshops Proposals

The ACRI-2014 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Workshops
Program to be held on September 22, 2014 immediately prior to the main
ACRI Conference. The main goal of the ACRI-2014 Workshops Program is to
stimulate and facilitate discussion, interaction, and comparison of
approaches, methods, and ideas related to specific topics, both
theoretical and applied, in the area of Cellular Automata focused on
topics which, in time, aggregates international devoted communities.
The ACRI-2014 Workshops will provide an informal setting where
participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific technical
topics in an atmosphere that fosters the active exchange of ideas.
In the past editions of ACRI the number of ACRI Workshops and satellite
Workshop has grown: C&CA (Crowds & Cellular Automata), T&CA (Traffic &
Cellular Automata), Asynchronous Cellular Automata), CACGI (Cellular
Automata of Cancer Growth and Invasion), IWNC (International Workshop of
Natural Computing).

Members from all areas of the ACRI community are invited to submit
workshop proposals for review. Workshops on new and emerging topics,
applications, and on broader topics of interest to a wider community are
particularly encouraged. Workshops can vary in length, but most will be
one full day in duration. Workshop organizers and attendees must
register for their workshop and preferably also for the main ACRI
conference. Attendance is limited to registered participants.

The papers presented to the Workshop will be published in special
session of the ACRI Proceedings. As in previous editions, special issues
of International Journals have been published after a selection and a
reviewed submission.

Important Dates

January, 9, 2014 Proposal Submission Deadline
January, 14 2014  Notification of Selected Workshops
January 21, 2014 Deadline for posting Workshop Call for Papers
ACRI-2014 Workshop Program Announced (after reviewing process and final
submissions – May 30 2014)
March 9 2014 Recommended deadline for Workshop Submissions
April 12 2014 Recommended deadline for Workshop Notification
Deadline for complete workshop notes submission to the workshop chairs
May 15 2014 Deadline for posting Workshop Call for Participation
September 22, 2014: ACRI-2014 Workshops

Requirements for Submission

Proposals for Workshops should be a maximum of 5 (fives) pages in
length and should contain the following information:


1.  Title of the Workshop.

2.  A technical description of the workshop, specifying the workshop
goals, the technical issues that it will address, and the relevance of
the workshop to the main conference.

3.  A discussion of why and to whom the workshop is of interest.

4.  A list of related workshops held within the last three years, if
any, and their relation to the proposed workshop.  Information  about
previous offerings of the proposed workshop: when and where it has been
offered in the past (i.e., with ACRI or another conference), organizers
names and affiliations, number of submissions, acceptances and
registered attendees, and follow-up publications, if any (e.g., journal
special issues).

5.  A preliminary workshop agenda and a proposed schedule for
organizing the workshop. This should include a brief description of how
the organizers intend to encourage an atmosphere appropriate for a
workshop.

6.  Description of the paper review process and acceptance standards.

7. The names, affiliations and email addresses of the proposed workshop
organizing committee. This committee should consist of three or four
people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed.  The
organizing committee should include individuals from multiple
institutions.

8. The name of the primary contact for the organizing committee (this
person must reply promptly to email messages).

9. List of potential program committee members, including their
affiliations.

10. Expected duration of the workshop (half or a full day).

11. A list of places (distribution lists, web sites, journals, etc.)
where the workshop is planned to be advertised.

All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, to the ACRI-2014
Workshop Chair email address (bandini at disco.unimib.it) as soon as
possible and no later than January 9 2014.

The selection of the workshops to be included in the final ACRI program
will be done by the general chairs of ACRI 2014 based on the advice of
the workshop chairs. The selection is based upon multiple factors,
including: the scientific/technical interest of the topics, the clarity
of the proposal in addressing the requested information, the innovative
character of workshop topics, the cross-disciplinary nature of the
workshop, the proposed tutorial session, and the capacity of the
conference workshop program.


Responsibilities of ACRI and Workshop Organizers

For all accepted proposals, ACRI will be responsible for:
- Providing publicity for the workshop series as a whole.
- Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop.
- Together with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time.
- ACRI reserves the right to cancel workshops, for example in case of
low number of registrants. In such case, accepted submissions can be
transferred to the main track of ACRI.

Workshop organizers will be responsible for:
- Setting up a website for the workshop.
- Advertising the workshop and issuing a call for papers (by January
21, 2014) and a call for participation (by June 4, 2014).
- Collecting and evaluating submissions, notifying authors of
acceptance or rejection on a timely basis, and ensuring a transparent
and fair selection process.
- All workshop organizers are strongly advised to adopt the same
deadlines for paper submissions and notifications of acceptance.

Please send proposals and inquiries to the ACRI-2014 Workshops Chair:

Stefania Bandini
Complex Systems & Artificial Intelligence Research Center
University of Milano-Bicocca
Milano (ITALY)
bandini at disco.unimib.it




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