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RecSys
2012: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
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6th ACM
International Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2012)
September
9 - 13, 2012, Dublin, Ireland
Submission
Deadline: March 15, 2012
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CALL FOR
WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
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RecSys
2012 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in
conjunction
with the conference. The goal of the workshops is to provide
additional
venues for presenting research on topics of interest and an
informal
forum to discuss research questions and challenges.
We
encourage proposals for a wide range of workshops, including but
not
limited
to:
- Working
group meetings organized around a specific problem; such
workshops
may wish to ask participants to submit a short white paper or
position
statement.
- One day
mini-conferences on specialized topics; such workshops may have
their own
paper submission and review processes.
-
Mini-competitions or challenges around selected topics with
individual
or team
participation.
We welcome
proposals for half-day and full-day workshops.
workshop
organizers to help them design successful proposals. We actively
encourage
both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop
proposals.
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IMPORTANT
DATES
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- March
15, 2012: Workshop proposals due
- Apr 7,
2012: Decisions announced
- Jun 8,
2012: Workshop paper submission deadline
- Jun 22,
2012: Author notification
- Jul 6,
2012: Camera-ready workshop papers due
- Sept 9,
2012: Workshops day 1
- Sept 13,
2012: Workshops day 2
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PROPOSAL
FORMAT
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The
workshop proposal should be a PDF document no more than 4 pages
long,
1. Workshop
Title
2. Name,
email address, and affiliation for workshop chair(s)
3. Requested
duration (half day or full day), and maximum number of
participants
4. Short
description of workshop for use in advertising workshop to
prospective
participants. This description should include the topic,
format,
and details about what type of submission is requested from
prospective
attendees. It should not include the title, organizers, or fee
structure
(all of which will be inserted by the conference).
5. Description
of workshop activities. Outline how the workshop will be
organized
and how the time will be spent. If the workshop is selective,
also
outline the process of selecting participants.
6. Description
of plans for promoting the workshop (aside from the
conference
website and announcements, how will you let people know about
this
workshop).
7. Plans
for disseminating the results of the workshop (if any).
8. History
of prior workshops on this topic (if any).
more
information.
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RecSys
2012 WORKSHOP CHAIRS
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Jill
Freyne, CSIRO, Australia
Pearl Pu,
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
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FURTHER
INFORMATION
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For more
details on the 2012 edition of RecSys, please visit the
twitter
@recsys2012
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