[alife] 2017-02-02 - ECAL 2017 - Last call for tutorials

[Nicolas Bredeche]

Just a few days left! 

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Call for Tutorials - European Conference on Artificial Life - ECAL 2017 
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ECAL 2017, September 4-8, 2017, Lyon (France). 
https://project.inria.fr/ecal2017/ 

DEADLINES: 

Tutorial proposal deadline: February 8th, 2017 
Tutorial acceptance decision: March 8th, 2017 
Date of the conference: September 4-8th, 2017 

DESCRIPTION: 

Tutorials at ECAL will cover any topics related to the artificial life
conferences (ECAL or ALIFE). They will be presented by experts in the
domain, and will address either beginner, intermediate or advanced
levels. 

ECAL will provide a 2-hour slot for each tutorial. It is suggested that
a tutorial fits within one slot, but two slots may be allocated if
clearly motivated. Tutorials will take place in parallel with the
conference tracks. 

The organisers of accepted tutorials are responsible for: 
- publicity 
- tutorial content and delivery 

The ECAL 2017 committee provides: 
- suitable seminar room space (standard rooms for tutorials should fit
approx. 30 attendees, please tell us if you expect more) 
- presentation equipment 
- catering 
- web hosting for a 250 word summary of the tutorial 

SUBMISSION PROCESS: 

A one-page description that should contain: 
- Title 
- Name, affiliation and contact details of the organizers 
- A description of the tutorial (half a page), including: (1) scope (2)
level (beginner, intermediate, expert) (3) Target audience and why it is
relevant to ECAL 2017 
- List of speakers (if different from organisers) 
- A draft of the outline of the tutorial (big ideas, general outline) 

A short bio of (each of) the tutorial presenter(s) (one page) 

Also, if applicable, please provide: 
description of (software or hardware) demos and/or interactive activity 
previous occurrences of this tutorial (dates, venues, and number of
attendees) 
link to the slides (PDF) of the previous occurrences (draft is also ok) 

Tutorial proposals will be reviewed on the basis of relevance of the
topic, targeted audience, expertise of the presenters, and available
time slots. 

Please submit your tutorial proposal to: 

Nicolas Bredeche (Université Pierre et Marie Curie) 
Tutorial chair at ECAL 2017 
E-mail: ecal2017-tutorials at inria.fr 

Your submission should be sent in a document either in plain text or PDF
(exclusively). Please add the following prefix in the subject line of
your e-mail: [ECAL2017-tutorial] 

We look forward to seeing you in Lyon in 2017! 

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