[AISWorld] RecSys 2011: Call for Workshop Proposals

[Zeno Gantner]

[Apologies for multiple posting]

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RecSys 2011: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
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5th ACM International Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2011)

October 2011, Chicago, Illinois, USA
http://recsys.acm.org/2011/

Submission Deadline: March 21, 2011

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS
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RecSys 2011 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:

* One day mini-conferences on specialized topics; such workshops may
have their own paper submission and review processes.
* Working group meetings organized around a specific problem; such
workshops may wish to ask participants to submit a short white paper
or position statement.
* Mini-competitions or challenges around selected topics with
individual or team participation.

We welcome proposals for half-day and full-day workshops.

We encourage you to contact us in advance (werner.geyer at us.ibm.com,
riedl at cs.umn.edu) with workshop ideas; we will work with prospective
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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Mar 21, 2011: Workshop proposals due
Apr 18, 2011: Decisions announced
Jul 25, 2011: Workshop paper submission deadline
Aug 19, 2011: Author notification
Sep 12, 2011: Camera-ready workshop papers due

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PROPOSAL FORMAT
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The workshop proposal should be a PDF document no more than 4 pages
long, submitted by e-mail to werner.geyer at us.ibm.com and organized as
follows:

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).

Please visit the conference website at

        http://recsys.acm.org/2011/

for more information.

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RecSys 2011 Workshop chairs:
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Werner Geyer, IBM Research, Cambridge, MA (werner.geyer at us.ibm.com)
John Riedl, University of Minnesota, USA  (riedl at cs.umn.edu)

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Zeno Gantner
Machine Learning Lab
University of Hildesheim
Tel. +49 5121 / 883 856
http://www.ismll.uni-hildesheim.de/

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