Call for Workshop & Tutorial

 

Besides the main technical programme, ISDA 2015 will host a number of workshops/Tutorials on topics related to the general theme of the conference. The role of the workshops is to provide a context for a focused and intensive scientific exchange among researchers interested in a particular topic. Hands-on workshops that focus on state-of-art topics or on applications related to ISDA 2015 conference theme are highly encouraged. The workshop/tutorial should plan for ample time to foster open discussions. Financial assistance for the workshop/tutorial instructor will be limited to one participation fee waiver for the conference only. Workshops/tutorials can be varying in length from 2 to 3 hours.
We invite you to submit a proposal for a co-located workshop/tutirial on a topic of interest to ISDA 2015 attendees.


Review Criteria
The decision on acceptance or rejection of a workshop/tutorial proposals will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and its appeal to a reasonable fraction of the Information and Communication Technologies.
In particular, workshops/tutorials should address topics which satisfy each of the following criteria:

  • the topic falls in the general scope of  ISDA 2015
  • there is a clear focus on a specific technology, problem or application
  • there is a sufficiently large community interested in the topic

We especially encourage the submission of workshop/tutorial proposals on:

  • Intelligent Systems Architectures and Applications
  • Intelligent Image and Signal Processing
  • Intelligent Internet Modeling
  • Intelligent Data mining
  • Intelligent Business Systems
  • Intelligent Control and Automation
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Intelligent Knowledge Management
  • . Innovative Information Security
  • Web Intelligence
  • Intelligent Software Engineering

Submission Guidelines
The intended workshops/tutorials should fall within the scope of ISDA 2015. The proposal should be made to the Workshops/Tutorials Chair at Ali Wali  ali.wali@ieee.org. The submission of proposals should be in pdf-format stated clearly with the following information:

  • Workshops/tutorial Title
  • Duration of the workshops/tutorial
  • A Technical Description of the workshops/tutorial Topic area
  • A Brief Statement of the Relevance of the proposed workshops/tutorial to ISDA 2015
  • Composition of the Organizing Committee (if applicable)
  • Composition of the Program Committee (if applicable)

The proposals will be evaluated by the Workshop/Tutorial Chair of ISDA 2015. The acceptance of the proposed workshop/tutorial will be published in ISDA 2015 official website.


Important Dates
Proposal submission: September 7, 2015
Acceptance notification:  September 15 , 2015