Workshops
SPLASH workshops are a great way to grow your knowledge and expand your professional network. They are highly interactive events that provide a creative and collaborative environment where attendees meet to discuss, and solve challenging problems related to a variety of new emerging technologies and research areas.
The topics of workshops as well as their formats are diverse. For example, workshops may provide an opportunity for people working in a particular area to coordinate efforts and to establish a collective plan of action, to collaborate on a book, to seek contribution, or to discuss and share ideas on a hot new language/environment/topic.
We encourage proposals for innovative, well-focused workshops on a broad spectrum of topics. If there is a topic about which you feel passionate - and you want to connect with others who have similar interests and passions - consider submitting a proposal to organize a SPLASH 2010 workshop!
| Submission Summary | |
|---|---|
| Due on: | March 25, 2010 |
| Notifications: | May 24, 2010 |
| Format: | ACM Proceedings format |
| Submit to: | http://cyberchair.acm.org/splashworkshops/submit |
| Contact: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (chair) |
2010 ACM International Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity.
Sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN in cooperation with ACM SIGSOFT.
Submission
A SPLASH workshop proposal should be limited to 5 pages (in the ACM Proceedings format) and include the following sections:
Main Theme and Goals - The proposal must explain the importance of the workshop theme to the SPLASH community. Goals should be clearly stated.
Abstract - The proposal must include a 150-word abstract that summarizes the theme and goals of the workshop. If the workshop is accepted, this abstract will be published in the advance program and the final program.
Organizers - The proposal must list the workshop organizers. Workshop organizers are responsible for advertising the workshop (e.g., creating the anchoring website for the workshop and sending CFPs to relevant mailing lists), organizing the review of paper submissions (e.g., by forming a small program committee), running the workshop, and collating any results of the workshop for dissemination to others. Workshop organizers should be listed, together with their affiliation and contact information. The primary organizer of the workshop and a contact person should be specified (they need not be the same person). For each organizer, the proposal should describe his/her background (expertise in the area, and previous experience running workshops) and also identify his/her responsibilities for this workshop.
Anticipated Attendance – A workshop proposal must specify the ideal, minimum, and maximum number of participants. Please note: Workshop registration at SPLASH 2010 will be an additional charge. The SPLASH organizing committee reserves the right to cancel any workshop that does not meet attendance goals. Workshops must have a minimum attendance of eight registered attendees.
Advertisement - Describe how you plan to advertise your workshop to ensure participation.
Participant Preparation - Your proposal should describe what preparation is expected of workshop participants. How do attendees gain access to your workshop (e.g., full paper, extended abstract)?
Activities and Format - The format of the workshop should be described and a timetable given. All SPLASH 2010 workshops must be planned for a full-day of activities. For example, a proposal should describe whether there will be any introductory material, whether there will be any paper presentations, any panel discussion, debate, or focus groups, and how such groups will report back to the other participants.
Post-workshop activities - The proposal should describe what results the workshop will produce and how those will be disseminated to the wider public.
Special Requirements - Identify any special requirements.
Selection Process
The following questions may help focus your submission:
Are there at least two organizers and do they represent a reasonably varied cross-section of the community?
Does the proposal present a compelling case for the importance of the topic area? Is this done succinctly and completely?
Are the goals of the workshop expressed clearly?
Is the topic likely to be attractive to SPLASH attendees?
Is the format clearly described and does it encourage a high level of interaction between the participants?
Is a workshop the right forum to address the theme and goals or does the proposal fit better into another type of SPLASH event (e.g., tutorial)?
For More Information
For additional information, clarification, or answers to questions please contact the Workshops Chair, Jeff Gray, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .Workshops Committee
- Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA (chair)
- Alessandro Garcia, PUC-Rio, Brazil
- Aniruddha Gokhale, Vanderbilt University, USA
- Christa Schwanninger, Siemens, Germany
- Elisa Baniassad, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Ruzanna Chitchyan, Lancaster University, UK
- Sergiu Dascalu, University of Nevada, USA
- Steve Marney, HP Enterprise Services, USA
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