[PragmaticWeb] cfp: ACM Hypertext 2015: call for workshops and tutorials

[Federica Cena]

Apologies for cross-posting

==================== CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS =======================
In conjunction with Hypertext 2015, the 26th ACM Conference on Hypertext
and Social Media.
Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus, Cyprus
September 2-4, 2015
http://ht.acm.org/ht2015/
http://ht.acm.org/ht2015/cfp_workshoptutorial.html
March 13, 2015: Tutorial and workshops proposals due
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The ACM Hypertext conference focuses on all aspects of modern hypertext
research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed
hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications.
The 26th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media conference is pleased
to invite proposals for tutorials to be held with the conference.

The goal of tutorial is to present state-of-the-art theories, 
methodologies and
techniques from experts in the field. Topics of interest should be related
to the main conference tracks, in relation on novel aspects to be examined
in deep. Interdisciplinary tutorials are also encouraged.We expect
proposals for half-day tutorials.

The goals of the workshops are to provide a more informal setting
for exchanging opinions, to share experiences, presenting ideas, foster 
research
community and identify open problems and/or explore directions for
future research. As such, they also offer a good opportunity for researchers
to present their work and to obtain feedback from an interested community
in an interactive atmosphere. Proposals are especially encouraged on 
emerging
topics, somehow related to the main conference tracks (links and connection
between people, open data and the semantic of things, user experience and
adaptive linking), but are not limited to other (novel) topics which might
be of interest for the hypertext community. Acceptance of workshop proposals
will be based on the experience and background of the organizers in the 
topic,
and on the relevance of the subject matter with regard to the topics 
addressed
in the main conference.We welcome proposals for different types of 
workshops,
from working groups on a specific topic to more traditional conference-like
workshops. However, we prefer interactive workshops that guarantee richer
active interactions among participants and provide significant room for
controversial and stimulating discussions.We preferentially would rather
proposals for half-day workshops. The need for a full-day workshop should
be motivated by some particular reason. Potential proposers are invited 
to discuss
their ideas with the workshop chair before working out a detailed
proposal.

====================== PROPOSAL FORMAT (TUTORIALS) =========================
The tutorial proposals – not longer than 3 pages - have to be sent by
email to the workshop chairs, and must contain the following information:
- Title of the tutorial
- Tutorial presenters (affiliation, contact details, homepage, and prior
experiences with tutorial organization, if any).
- Keywords (describing the main themes of the tutorial) (from 3 to 5)
- Abstract (up to 70 words)
- Description of the tutorial (topics and goals of the tutorial)
(up to 500 words)
- Motivation (why the topic is of interest for the conference audience)
- Tutorial format (lessons, exercises, etc)
- Intended audience and expected attendance (with historical data of past
versions of the tutorial, if available)
- Previous editions of the tutorial (if applicable) (URLs, conference it
was co-located with, number of participants , and any other relevant
information)

The organizers of accepted tutorials are then expected to prepare a
tutorial Web Site with the information about the tutorial.

====================== PROPOSAL FORMAT (WORKSHOPS) =========================
The workshop proposals – not longer than 5 pages - have to be sent by 
email to the workshop chairs, and must contain the following information:

- Title of the workshop and acronym
- Workshop organizers (affiliation, contact details, homepage, and prior
experiences with workshop organization.
- Keywords (describing the main themes of the workshop) (from 3 to 5)
- Abstract (up to 70 words)
- Description of the workshop (topics and goals of the workshop) (up to 500
words)
- Motivation (why the topic is of interest for the conference audience)
- Workshop format (paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demo, 
discussion,
etc)
- Submissions format (position papers, research papers, demo, poster,
presentations..) and, for each type of submission, specify the features
(length of the papers, template, etc)
- Intended audience and expected attendance (with historical data of past
versions of the workshop, if available)
- Initial list of (potential) members of the program committee
- Requested duration (half day or full day- in this case, motivation for
the need of a full day)
- Previous editions of the workshop series (if applicable) (URLs, 
conference it
was co-located with, number of registrants, number of submissions,
number of accepted papers, and any other relevant information)

The Workshop Proceedings will be published in the ACM Hypertext Extended
Proceedings. If the organizers have addition plans for dissemination (for
example, a special issue of a journal) this needs to specified in the 
proposal.

=============== ORGANIZATION OF WORKSHOP===============
After the acceptance of a workshop proposal, the organizer(s) should:

- Create and distribute a Call for Papers and a Call for Participation;
- Create a Web page for the workshop, with the call for papers and the
information about the workshop organization and timeline. The link of the
web site will be published on the Conference Web site;
- Create a Program Committee;
- Review and select contributions to be included in the workshop proceedings
(at least 2 reviewers for each paper);
- Schedule and coordinate the workshop activities.
- Put together accepted papers into electronic workshop proceedings, to be
published in the Extended Proceedings of ACM Hypertext 2015.

=============== IMPORTANT DATES ===============
March 13, 2015: Workshop and tutorial proposals due
March 23, 2015: Decisions announced
September 2, 2015: Workshop and Tutorial day

=============== SUGGESTED TIMELINE ===============
Workshop web site: March 24, 2015
Workshop Call for Papers: March 24, 2015
Paper submission deadline: June 12, 2015
Notification to authors: July 10, 2015

================== WORKSHOP CHAIRS ==================
Alvin Chin, Microsoft, China
E-mail: alvin.chin at utoronto.ca
Web: http://www.alvinychin.com

Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
E-mail: munson at uwm.edu
Web: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/munson/www/

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Federica Cena, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor - Researcher
Dipartimento di Informatica
Universita' di Torino
Corso Svizzera 185, 10149 Torino, Italy

Phone +39 0116706779
Fax +39 011751603
email: cena at di.unito.it
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