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Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals at KI-2012 <br>
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KI 2012, the 35th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
invites workshop and tutorial proposals from all areas of AI, its
fundamentals, its algorithms, and its applications. <br>
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Together with the main conference, we plan to organize a small
number of high-quality workshops and tutorials that any participant,
whether graduate student or experienced researcher and practitioner,
may attend. <br>
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<b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>General
Information<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> <br>
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Workshops will be free of charge for conference participants and
will be held on the first day of the conference. We are interested
in submissions of full-day (6 hours) and half-day (3 hours)
workshops. They should preferably be given in English. <br>
Tutorials will be free of charge for conference participants and
will be held at the first day of the conference. Tutorials will be
free of charge for conference participants and will be held on the
first day of the conference. We are soliciting proposals for
full-day (6 hours) and half-day (3 hours) tutorials as well as
mini-tutorials (1.5 hours). Tutorials should preferably be given in
English. <br>
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The KI 2012 conference organizers will provide logistic support and
meeting rooms for the workshops and tutorials and will determine the
dates and times of the workshops. Working and teaching material will
be printed by the conference organization. Workshop volumes are
limited to a total of 200 pages. <br>
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<b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>How to
Propose a Workshop<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> <br>
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Proposals should be prepared in PDF, or plain ASCII (two pages) and
sent by email to the KI 2012 Workshop Chair. Each workshop proposal
should provide the following information: <br>
- Description of workshop topic and goal. <br>
- This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested
topic and its interest to the general AI community and the KI 2012
audience. <br>
- Names and full addresses (including email and web address) of the
workshop organizer(s). This can be a single person or a group of
persons. Please indicate the primary contact person for the workshop
to KI 2012. Strong proposals include organizers who bring differing
perspectives to the workshop topic and who are actively connected to
the communities of potential participants. <br>
- Names and affiliation of the members of the Program Committee. <br>
- For which areas of AI do you expect to draw participants for your
workshop and how many participants do you expect? How do you plan to
invite participants for the workshop? <br>
- A brief description of the workshop format regarding the mix of
events such as paper presentation, invited talks, panels,
demonstrations, and general discussion. <br>
- Do you expect the workshop to be a full-day workshop or a half-day
workshop? <br>
- A list of important dates (submission deadline etc.) for the
workshop. <br>
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Workshop organizers will be responsible for: <br>
- Producing a call for participation. This call will be posted on
the KI 2012 website. <br>
- Organizers are responsible for additional publicity such as
distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing
lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the KI
conference community. <br>
- Submissions of the workshop papers will be handled by the workshop
organizers. Please make sure that you have a proper review process.
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- Organizers are encouraged to maintain their own web site with
updated information about the workshop. <br>
- Coordinating the production of the workshop notes. The workshop
organizer coordinates the paper collection, production and
distribution of the working notes for the workshops. <br>
<br>
<b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>How to
Propose a Tutorial<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> <br>
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Tutorials should give a comprehensive, in-depth perspective on
innovative AI methods or technologies that have an obvious potential
for research and/or application and are not covered by typical AI
textbooks. Proposals for tutorials should be submitted to the
tutorial chair, Wolfgang Maass [<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:wolfgang.maass@iss.uni-saarland.de">wolfgang.maass@iss.uni-saarland.de</a>].
Prior contact with the tutorial chair is encouraged. <br>
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Proposal texts should be submitted by e-mail to the Tutorial Chair
in pdf or plain text format. Annexes may be sent as .pdf, .ppt, or
.doc format. Each tutorial proposal should provide the following
information: <br>
- Descriptions of the tutorial topic, goals, the intended audience,
an outline of the contents <br>
- Necessary information to point out the importance, quality and
community interest in the proposed tutorial <br>
- Brief CVs of the tutor(s), including their expertise and teaching
experience in the field and the intended length of the tutorial
(half-day, full-day, or mini-tutorial). <br>
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Proposers are encouraged to include excerpts of material from recent
teaching about the proposed topic as an annex of their submission,
if available. <br>
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The organizer(s) of approved tutorials will be responsible for
advertising their tutorial, e.g., via relevant newsgroups and
electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from
outside the KI conference community. Organizers are encouraged to
maintain their own web site with updated information about the
tutorial. <br>
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Organizers (including co-organizers) are expected to attend their
entire tutorial and to provide a summary of the event for
presentation to the KI-2012 organisers. <br>
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<b class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>Chairs and
Important Dates<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> <br>
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Workshop Chair: Gabriele Kern-Isberner, TU Dortmund, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:gabriele.kern-isberner@cs.tu-dortmund.de">gabriele.kern-isberner@cs.tu-dortmund.de</a>
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Deadline for workshop proposals: March 15, 2012 <br>
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2012 <br>
Workshop proceedings ready: September 1, 2012 <br>
Workshops date: September 24, 2012, Saarbrücken <br>
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Tutorial Chair: Wolfgang Maass, Universität des Saarlandes, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:wolfgang.maass@iss.uni-saarland.de">wolfgang.maass@iss.uni-saarland.de</a>
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Deadline for tutorial proposals: March 15, 2012 <br>
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2012 <br>
Camera-ready copy of tutorial notes (firm): July 31, 2012 <br>
Tutorials date: September 24, 2012, Saarbrücken
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