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FGAHI 2019: CALL FOR PAPERS
2nd International Workshop on Face and Gesture Analysis for Health Informatics
Accepted papers will be published at the CVF open access archive.
Submission Deadline Extended: May 1st, 2019.
The camera-ready deadline: May 15th, 2019.
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The 2d International Workshop on Face and Gesture Analysis for Health Informatics (FGAHI
2019) will be held in conjunction with IEEE CVPR 2019 on June 16th - June 21st, Long Beach, CA.
For details concerning the workshop program, paper submission, and
guidelines please visit our workshop website at:
http://fgahi2019.isir.upmc.fr/
Best regards,
Zakia Hammal
Zakia Hammal, PhD
The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.ri.cmu.edu/http://ri.cmu.edu/personal-pages/ZakiaHammal/
Call for Challenge participation
Eight Emotion Recognition in the Wild (EmotiW) Challenge
https://sites.google.com/view/emotiw2020
@ ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction 2020, Utretch,
Netherlands
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The Emotion Recognition in the Wild 2020 Challenge consists of multimodal
classification challenges, which mimics real-world conditions.
Traditionally, affect recognition has been performed on laboratory
controlled data. While undoubtedly worthwhile at the time, such lab
controlled data poorly represents the environment and conditions faced in
real-world situations. With the increase in the number of video clips
online, it is worthwhile to explore the performance of affect recognition
methods that work ‘in the wild’.
Challenge sub-challenges:
1. Audio-video based Group Emotion Recognition
2. Driver Gaze Prediction
3. Engagement prediction in the Wild
4. Physiological Signal based Emotion Recognition
Timeline:
Train and validate data available - 7th March 2020
Test data available - 1st June 2020
Paper submission deadline - July 2020
Paper notification - July 2020
Organisers:
Abhinav Dhall, Monash University and IIT Ropar
Roland Goecke, University of Canberra
Tom Gedeon, Australian National University
Data Chairs:
Garima Sharma, Monash University
Yang Liu, Australian National University
Contact: emotiw2014(a)gmail.com
Hello,
My lab is searching for a postdoctoral fellow who will work on an exciting
four-year project investigating the cognitive and neural basis of
developmental prosopagnosia. Please see ad below.
We're also looking for a lab manager/research assistant to work on the
project. The lab manager position will require strong programming skills
and an interest in perception, neuroscience, and neuropsychology. If you're
interested in the lab manager position, please email me.
Thanks,
Brad
The Social Perception Lab in Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth
College is searching for a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow. We
encourage applications from creative scientists who are eager to develop an
independent research program involving psychophysics, neuroimaging, and
neuropsychology. The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to play
a key role in a four-year NIH-funded project investigating the cognitive
and neural basis of developmental prosopagnosia (DP). The project will
examine the extent and nature of cognitive and neural anomalies in DP using
behavioral tests and a rich set of neuroimaging data involving of
selectivity measures, functional connectivity, population receptive field
estimates, and diffusion tensor imaging.
The postdoctoral fellow will work closely with the PI (Brad Duchaine) and
the Co-I (Caroline Robertson), and both are committed to the training and
career development of the fellow. The Department of Psychological and Brain
Sciences has a concentration of laboratories working in two research areas
that are highly relevant to this project – high-level vision and space
perception/navigation. Moore Hall houses a research-dedicated scanner, and
because of the department’s emphasis on neuroimaging, excellent support and
resources are available for imaging work. For more information about the
Social Perception Lab, please visit: https://lab.faceblind.org/ and
https://www.faceblind.org/
Dartmouth College is an Ivy League university located in picturesque
Hanover, NH that has graduate programs in the sciences, engineering,
medicine, and business. The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
is a premier psychology and neuroscience department, with 26 faculty
members studying topics that range from place cell codes to social norms.
The ideal candidate for the position will have experience with both
perceptual research and neuroimaging as well as an interest in
neuropsychology, but we encourage enquires from candidates with other
backgrounds. To apply, please send a cover letter outlining your research
interests and qualifications, a CV, and contact information for two
references to bradley.c.duchaine(a)dartmouth.edu
Dear colleagues,
Call for Nominations for Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
The Governing Board of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) is pleased to invite nominations for the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Research in Memory & Cognition (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-applied-research-in-memory-and… <https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-applied-research-in-memory-and…>)
The Governing Board is seeking nominations from distinguished scholars in any area of applied memory and cognition to lead the Journal for a 5-year term beginning January 1, 2021. Nominees should preferably have a record of managing a scholarly journal process as an Associate Editor or Editor, possess effective communication skills, demonstrate the ability to work effectively with authors (particularly junior faculty and graduate students), and employ a team-based approach to collaborating with Associate Editors and the SARMAC Publications Committee. Preference will be given to candidates who support and encourage improved research and methodological practices.
Self-nominations will be accepted. SARMAC is an international society and the Governing Board encourages nominations from members of underrepresented groups.
Nominees should submit a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, the names of three referees who may be contacted by the Selection Committee, and a 2-page vision statement that addresses the preferred criteria noted above. Nomination packets should be submitted by email to the SARMAC Executive Director, Dr. Kim Wade (executivedirector(a)sarmac.org <mailto:executivedirector@sarmac.org>), no later than March 15, 2020.
For further information see the Call for Nominations on our website (http://www.sarmac.org/call-for-nominations-editor-in-chief <http://www.sarmac.org/call-for-nominations-editor-in-chief>) or contact the Chair of SARMAC's Publication Committee, Chris Meissner at cameissn(a)iastate.edu <mailto:cameissn@iastate.edu>
Best wishes,
Kim Wade - Executive Director of SARMAC
Dear colleagues,
We are delighted to announce the call for papers for the annual ACM 20th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, hosted this year at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
Please see below for further details. The submission portal is now open.
Questions? Just ask!
Best wishes,
Dr. Rachael E. Jack, Ph.D.
Reader (Associate Professor)
Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology
School of Psychology
University of Glasgow
Scotland, G12 8QB
+44 (0) 141 330 5087
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Call for Submissions
ACM 20th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
September 9-12th 2020 University of Glasgow, Scotland
https://iva2020.gla.ac.uk/
iva20(a)easychair.org<mailto:iva20@easychair.org>
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SUBMISSION DATES
Open now until Sunday, May 3, 2020 (23:59 UTC-12)
Submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iva20
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2020 Intelligent Virtual Agents
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Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) Annual Conference is the premier international event for interdisciplinary research on the design, application, and evaluation of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) with a specific focus on the ability to socially interact.
*** IVA 2020 will be the 20th Annual Conference. It will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, 9- 12th September 2020. ***
IVAs are interactive characters that exhibit human-like qualities including communicating using natural human modalities such as facial expressions, speech and gesture. IVAs are also capable of real-time perception, cognition, emotion and action that allows them to participate in dynamic social situations.
IVA 2020 aims to showcase cutting-edge research on the design, application, and evaluation of IVAs, as well as the basic research underlying the technology that supports human-agent interaction such as social perception, dialog modeling, and social behavior planning. We also welcome submissions on central theoretical issues, uses of virtual agents in psychological research and showcases of working applications.
IVA 2020 offers two submission tracks: Papers (8 pages, including references) and Extended Abstracts (3 pages, including references).
All submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed by external expert reviewers. All accepted submissions will be published in the proceedings. Accepted full papers will be presented as a talk. Accepted extended abstracts will be presented as a talk or a poster, depending on the outcome of the review process.
SCOPE AND LIST OF TOPICS
IVA invites submissions on a broad range of topics, including but not limited to:
Agent design and modeling of:
- Cognition
- Emotion (including personality and cultural differences)
- Socially communicative behavior (e.g., of emotions, personality traits)
- Conversational behavior
- Social perception
- Machine learning approaches to agent modeling
- Approaches to realizing adaptive behavior
- Models informed by theoretical and empirical research from psychology
Multimodal interaction:
- Verbal and nonverbal behavior coordination
- Face-to-face communication skills
- Engagement
- Managing co-presence and interpersonal relation
- Multi-party interaction
- Data driven multimodal modeling
Social agent architectures:
- Design criteria and design methodologies
- Engineering of real-time human-agent interaction
- Standards / measures to support interoperability
- Portability and reuse
- Specialized tools, toolkits and tool chains
Evaluation methods and studies:
- Evaluation methodologies and user studies
- Ethical considerations and societal impact
- Applicable lessons across fields (e.g. between robotics and virtual agents)
- Social agents as a means to study and model human behavior
Applications:
- Applications in education, skills training, health, counseling, games, art, etc.
- Virtual agents in games and simulations
- Social agents as tools in psychology
- Migration between platforms
SPECIAL IVA 2020 TOPIC:
Exploring Connections between Computer Science, Robotics and Psychology.
Across computer science, robotics, psychology and the commercial world, there has been a rapid growth in the research, development and application of artificial social agents. Computer scientists and roboticists are researching graphics-based and physical social agents. Psychologists and neuroscientists are using these artifacts in laboratory experiments in order to study our interaction with them as well as to use them as confederates in the study of human behavior. Companies are actively developing similar technologies. However, these communities too rarely interact even though there are close synergies between psychology, the study of human behavior, and artificial social agents, the engineering of human behavior. The design of an artificial social agent involves the formalization of theories and data about human behavior, integration of resulting models into an agent and evaluation of its behavior, leveraging techniques derived from psychology. Each of these steps can in return be of fundamental value to psychological research. For example, formalization and integration forces one to concretely specify theoretical constructs and thereby expose hidden assumptions and gaps in theories. IVA 2020’s Special Topic provides an invitation to researchers and developers across disciplines to share their work on the challenges and uses of social agent research, in the hope to further trans-disciplinary collaboration.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Paper submissions should be anonymous and prepared in the “ACM Standard” format, more specifically the “SigConf” format.
- The LaTeX template for the “ACM Standard”/”SigConf” format can be found inside the official 2017 ACM Master article template package. Please use the most recent version available at: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template#h-latex-authors
- The “ACM Standard” Microsoft Word template is currently not part of the downloadable package as the ACM is currently revising it to improve accessibility of resulting PDF-documents. Please use the “Interim Word Template” instead as per the instructions in: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template#h-word-authors
IVA 2020 accepts two types of submissions:
- Full papers: 8 pages (including references)
- Extended abstracts: 3 pages (including references)
All papers must be submitted in PDF-format.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Submission Deadline: Sunday, May 3, 2020 (23:59 UTC-12)
- Notification of acceptance: June 7, 2020
- Camera-ready submission: August 2, 2020 (23:59 UTC-12)
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
Conference Chairs:
- Stacy Marsella, University of Glasgow
- Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow
Program Chairs:
- Hannes Vilhjalmsson, Reykjavik University
- Pedro Sequeira, SRI International
- Emily Cross, University of Glasgow
Contact: iva20(a)easychair.org<mailto:iva20@easychair.org>
Workshop/Demonstration Organization Chairs:
- Lucile Callebert, University of Glasgow
- Florian Pecune, University of Glasgow
Contact: workshopsdemos.iva2020(a)gmail.com<mailto:workshopsdemos.iva2020@gmail.com>
Web Site
- Amol Deshmukh, University of Glasgow
Doctoral Consortium
- Jonathan Gratch, ICT/USC
Treasurer
- Catherine Pelachaud, CNRS
Publicity Chair
- Mary Ellen Foster, University of Glasgow
Volunteer Coordinator:
- Carolyn Saund, University of Glasgow
Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Associate in
Computing the Face Syntax of Social Communication
Dr. Rachael Jack is delighted to announce the opening of a 3-year ERC-funded postdoctoral researcher position on the project Computing the Face Syntax of Social Communication at the Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology and School of Psychology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
The Project. This ambitious project aims to mathematically model the human face as an algebraic generator of dynamic social signals and build a psychologically and culturally valid generative model of social face signalling that is transferrable to social robots. The project will use a multidisciplinary approach that combines social and cultural psychology with dynamic 3D structural face computer graphics, vision science psychophysical methods, and mathematical psychology. Given that project involves interdisciplinary knowledge and skills, the ideal candidate would have experience of both computational (e.g., programming) and social psychology, for example via a joint degree or research experience/interests.
Research Environment. The successful applicant will experience a unique and intellectually stimulating research environment within the Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology, undertake a specific programme of specialist research skill development, and contribute to progressing an internationally competitive and strategic research agenda. The applicant will have access to (1) a unique, state-of-the-art 4D structural face imaging technology and dynamic face movement generator; (2) specialist in-house training on advanced quantitative methods and statistical analyses (e.g., 4D image processing, model fitting); (3) postdoctoral communities; (4) a dedicated full-time Research Technologist specializing in 3D and 4D computer graphics; (5) a dedicated full-time computing support team who provide data storage (>5 Petabytes), high-security data management systems, high-performance equipment and software; (6) a secure on online Subject Pool (7,000+ members, 106 nationalities); (7) international collaborators; and (8) a full suite of brain imaging facilities including 7T fMRI, MEG, EEG, and TMS.
The Team
Primary Investigator: Dr. Rachael E. Jack
http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psychology/staff/rachaeljack/
The successful applicant will join an internationally renowned, high performance interdisciplinary research team and receive regular, close mentorship and collegial interaction from PI Jack and other lab members via lab meetings. The successful applicant will develop and apply state-of-the-art specialist skills and knowledge of social face perception and face signalling including 3D & 4D face capture and generation, advanced MATLAB programming, lab testing booth preparation, high volume data collection, mathematically modelling 3D dynamic face signals, analyzing high-dimensional data, scientific writing, and producing high-quality data visualizations for presentations and high-profile publications. The successful applicant will also have the opportunity to present at national and international academic conferences, participate in public engagement activities, and submit their work to high-impact and specialist peer reviewed academic journals. Successful applications may also have the opportunity to work with other interested parties (e.g., social robotics designers).
Affiliate labs. The Jack lab regularly interacts with and has joint lab meetings with the following labs:
Prof. Stacy Marsella
https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/neurosciencepsychology/staff/stacy…
Prof. Philippe G. Schyns
http://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/neurosciencepsychology/staff/philip…
Start date: May 2020 (negotiable)
Closing date: 20th February 2020
Reference number: 032999
Apply here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BYD853/research-assistant-associate
Full-time Permanent Faculty Positions: Centre for Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (cSCAN) at the Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology (INP), University of Glasgow, Scotland
The Centre for Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (cSCAN) is actively pursuing multiple research appointments at all levels (Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Reader/Associate Professor, Professor/Full Professor) to enrich our internationally connected research-intense environment and world-leading reputation in social perception, social cognition, social neuroscience, social interaction and communication, with an emerging leadership in behaviour change. cSCAN members operate in a research-rich capacity, with teaching-rich staff leading in the innovation and delivery of education.
Research focus. cSCAN is a uniquely interdisciplinary research environment that brings together international researchers across a range of complementary disciplines including Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Computer Science and Engineering who work together to address central questions in social, cognitive, and affective science.
Interdisciplinary links. Our researchers have close links with centres and departments across the university, including:
* Computing Sciences. Our interdisciplinary Glasgow Social Robotics group was recently awarded a UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Socially Intelligent Artificial Agents with funding for 50 PhD students over the next 8 years (https://socialcdt.org/)
* Institute of Health and Well-Being. Many of our members work closely with top researchers in this world-leading interdisciplinary research centre focused on improving population health and reducing inequalities.
Facilities and in-house expertise. A wide variety of state-of-the-art methods and technologies are available:
* Full, on-site brain-imaging suite comprising 7T fMRI, 3T fMRI, MEG, EEG and TMS via the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi) with expertise in combining technologies (e.g., fMRI+EEG, MEG+Eye tracking, EEG+TMS). Affiliate facilities include ECoG at The Glasgow Epilepsy Centre
* A range of technologies used for studying human behavior as well as for the design of applications, including virtual reality environments and the cSCAN's own state of the art tools for creating virtual and robotic social agents, specifically for generating dialog, posture, gestures, facial actions and facial morphology.
* Multiple technologies for capturing behaviour, including eye trackers, 3D facial morphology, motion capture systems and voice capture.
Researchers also have the following dedicated research support facilities:
* Online, secure Subject Pool (1000+ members, 16-80+ years, 100+ nationalities)
* In-house computing support team providing 6+ Petabytes of storage, High Performance Computing (HPC, 5k cores, 5Tb RAM, 20+ GPU cards), high-security data management systems, advice, sourcing and installation of high-performance computing equipment and software development of on-line research facilities
Links to cSCAN and Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology
https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/neurosciencepsychology/research/cs…http://cscan.gla.ac.ukhttps://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/neurosciencepsychology/
Please contact cSCAN-vacancies(a)glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:cSCAN-vacancies@glasgow.ac.uk> for further information
It is the University of Glasgow's mission to foster an inclusive climate, which ensures equality in our working, learning, research, and teaching environment. We strongly endorse the principles of Athena SWAN, including a supportive and flexible working environment, with commitment from all levels of the organization in promoting gender equity.
The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401
CALL FOR PAPERS:
10th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL)
(This is the follow-up of the previous ICDL-EpiRob conference series)
7th-10th September 2020, Valparaiso, Chile
https://cdstc.gitlab.io/icdl-2020/
An IEEE Computational Society-sponsored conference
==== Important Dates ====
Submission deadline: 15th March 2020
Author notification: 15th May 2020
Camera ready due: 1st July 2020
Conference: 7th-10th September 2020
==== Overview ====
The IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL),
previously referred to as ICDL-EpiRob, is the premier gathering of
professionals dedicated to the advancement of cognitive and
developmental learning. As such, ICDL is a unique conference gathering
researchers from computer science, robotics, psychology and
developmental studies.
ICDL is a highly selective annual international conference that aims to
showcase and share the very best interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary
research on how humans and animals develop sensing, reasoning and actions.
ICDL community focusses on the understanding of how biological agents
take advantage of interaction with social and physical environments to
develop their cognitive capabilities. Moreover, how this knowledge can
be used to improve future computing and robotic systems.
We invite submissions for the conference to explore, extend, and
consolidate the interdisciplinary boundaries of this exciting research
field.
==== Scope and Topics ====
The primary list of topics of interest includes, but not limited to:
- principles and theories of development and learning;
- development of skills in biological systems and robots;
- nature vs nurture, developmental stages;
- models on the contributions of interaction to learning;
- verbal, non-verbal and multi-modal interaction;
- models on active learning;
- architectures for lifelong learning;
- emergence of body and affordance perception;
- analysis and modelling of human motion and state;
- models for prediction, planning and problem solving;
- models of human-human and human-robot interaction;
- emergence of verbal and non-verbal communication;
- epistemological foundations and philosophical issues;
- robot prototyping of human and animal skills;
- ethics and trust in computational intelligence and robotics;
- social learning in humans, animals, and robots.
==== Submissions ====
Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished papers of six
pages with the possibility of two-extra pages at a fee. Submissions are
in the IEEE conference template. Submission will be selected for either
oral or poster presentation based on the reviews. Accepted and presented
regular six-page paper submissions will be included in the conference
proceedings published by IEEE Xplore after the conference.
For more information about submissions, travel grants, social events,
etc. visit the conference webpage under https://cdstc.gitlab.io/icdl-2020/
==== Organizing committee ====
General Chairs: Giulio Sandini, and Javier Ruiz-del-Solar
Program and Finance Chairs: Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero, and María-José Escobar
Bridge Chairs: Minoru Asada, Frédéric Alexandre, and Linda Smith
Publicity Chairs: Carmelo Bastos, Maya Cakmak, Angelo Cangelosi, Yukie
Nagai, and Emre Ugur
Publication Chairs: Pablo Barros, and Haian Wu
Tutorials and Workshops Chair: Miguel Solis
Travel and Registration Awards Chair: Francisco Cruz
Local chairs: Mauricio Araya
Webpage Chairs: Cristóbal Nettle, and Patricio Castillo
Graphics: Camila Angel Alfaro
Best regards from the organizing committee,
--
Best regards,
Nicolás Navarro-Guerrero
https://nicolas-navarro-guerrero.github.io/
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ICMI 2020: Call for Workshops (deadline extended to 17 Feb)
https://icmi.acm.org/2020/index.php?id=CfW
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The International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2020) will be
held in Utrecht, the Netherlands, October 25-29, 2020. ICMI is the premier
international conference for multidisciplinary research on multimodal
human-human and human-computer interaction analysis, interface design, and
system development. The theme of the ICMI 2020 conference is Art, Culture,
and Society. ICMI has developed a tradition of hosting workshops in
conjunction with the main conference to foster discourse on new research,
technologies, social science models and applications. Examples of recent
workshops include:
- Media Analytics for Societal Trends
- Neuromanagement and Intelligent Computing
- Multi-sensorial Approaches to Human-Food Interaction
- Group Interaction Frontiers in Technology
- Modeling Cognitive Processes from Multimodal Data
- Human-Habitat for Health
- Multimodal Analyses enabling Artificial Agents in Human-Machine
Interaction
- Investigating Social Interactions with Artificial Agents
- Child Computer Interaction
- Multimodal Interaction for Education
We are seeking workshop proposals on emerging research areas related to the
main conference topics, and those that focus on multi-disciplinary
research. We would also strongly encourage workshops that will include a
diverse set of keynote speakers (factors to consider include: gender,
ethnic background, institutions, years of experience, geography, etc.).
The content of accepted workshops are under the control of the workshop
organizers. Workshops may be of a half-day or one day in duration. Workshop
organizers will be expected to manage the workshop content, solicit
submissions, be present to moderate the discussion and panels, invite
experts in the domain, conduct the reviewing process, and maintain a
website for the workshop. Workshop papers will be indexed by ACM Digital
Library in an adjunct proceedings, and a short workshop summary by the
organizers will be published in the main conference proceedings.
Submission
Prospective workshop organizers are invited to submit proposals in PDF
format (Max. 3 pages). Please email proposals to the workshop chairs:
Yukiko Nakano (y.nakano(a)st.seikei.ac.jp) and Albert Ali Salah (
a.a.salah(a)uu.nl) The proposal should include the following:
- Workshop title
- List of organizers including affiliation, email address, and short
biographies
- Workshop motivation, expected outcomes and impact
- Tentative list of keynote speakers
- Workshop format (by invitation only, call for papers, etc.), anticipated
number of talks/posters, workshop duration (half-day or full-day) including
tentative program
- Planned advertisement means, website hosting, and estimated participation
- Paper review procedure (single/double-blind, internal/external,
solicited/invited-only, pool of reviewers, etc.)
- Paper submission and acceptance deadlines
- Special space and equipment requests, if any
Important Dates:
*Workshop proposal submission: Monday, February 17, 2020*
Notification of acceptance: Monday, February 24, 2020
Workshop papers due: End of July, 2020 (suggested)
Workshop dates: October 25 or 29, 2020