<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>Apologies if you recieve multiple copies of this message. You are cordially invited to submit tutorial proposals for the Third International Conference on Social Computing and its Applications (SCA) and the Third International Conference on Cloud and Green Computing (CGC), to be held in Karlsruhe, Germany, Sept 30th to Oct 2nd 2013. Please pass this message on to colleagues who may be interested.</div>
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<div><br></div><div>************************************************</div><div>Call for Tutorials</div><div><br></div><div>The 3rd International Conference on Social Computing and its Applications (SCA 2013) and the 3rd International Conference on Cloud and Green Computing (CGC) intend to offer tutorials that provide the conference participants an opportunity to learn about advanced topics in social computing and cloud and green computing, and experts a venue to share their expertise with the community of social computing and cloud and green computing researchers and practitioners. </div>
<div><br></div><div>We solicit proposals for half-day or full-day tutorials on advanced topics in social computing and its applications and cloud and green computing, given by renowned scientists and practitioners in their fields.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tutorials must focus on a specific topic and may be delivered as lectures, hands-on training or other forms of instructional sessions. Incorporating diverse ways of interacting with the audience is strongly encouraged as well as advanced scientific topics with strong relation to practical applications. A list of topics of particular interest (but not limited to) can be found at <a href="http://socialcloud.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/confs/SCA2013/Calls.php">http://socialcloud.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/confs/SCA2013/Calls.php</a> and <a href="http://socialcloud.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/confs/CGC2013/Calls.php">http://socialcloud.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/confs/CGC2013/Calls.php</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF format according to the IEEE CS format style and not exceed 4 pages. </div><div><br></div><div>Tutorial proposals for SCA should be submitted by email to Jasminko Novak (<a href="mailto:tutorials.sca2013@eipcm.org">tutorials.sca2013@eipcm.org</a>) no later than May 15, 2013</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tutorial proposals for CGC should be submitted by email to Simone Ludwig (<a href="mailto:simone.ludwig@ndsu.edu">simone.ludwig@ndsu.edu</a>) no later than May 15, 2013.</div><div><br></div><div>************************************************</div>
<div>Proposal Criteria</div><div><br></div><div>Proposals must include:</div><div> * an abstract, keywords and the e-mail address of the corresponding author</div><div> * a motivation for the tutorial (why this, goals, why now, why at SCA 2013?)</div>
<div> * an outline of the content, a preliminary schedule and type of tutorial (e.g. lecture, hands-on)</div><div> * short bio(s) of the lecturer(s) incl. their qualification/expertise and prior instructional experience</div>
<div> * references to previous instances of the tutorial incl. date, venue, topics and number of participants (if applicable)</div><div> * special requirements for the tutorial room/technology if necessary (note: we can fulfill requests going beyond standard space and presentation equipment only to a limited extent)</div>
<div> * requirements for the attendants (e.g. bring own laptop or other hardware, prerequisites etc.)</div><div> * any other limitations (e.g. number of participants)</div><div><br></div><div>************************************************</div>
<div>Evaluation Criteria</div><div><br></div><div>The proposals will be evaluated based on:</div><div> * the relevance of the topic and its potential interest to the conference community,</div><div> * the suitability of the selected tutorial format,</div>
<div> * the expertise of the instructors in the topic area, and</div><div> * the overall quality of the proposal.</div><div><br></div><div>Accepted tutorials will be published in the conference proceedings as a 2 page summary, and receive one full conference registration fee waiver.</div>
<div><br></div><div>************************************************</div><div>Important Dates</div><div><br></div><div> * May 15th 2013: Submission of tutorial proposals</div><div> * May 31st 2013: Notification of acceptance</div>
<div> * June 15th 2013: Announcement of tutorials</div><div> * July 15th 2013: Camera-ready extended abstract for the proceedings</div><div> * Sept 1st 2013: Camera-ready slides for online publication</div><div>
* Sept 30th 2013: Tutorials take place</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>************************************************</div><div> Conference Information: </div><div> </div><div> * <a href="http://socialcloud.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/confs/SCA2013/">http://socialcloud.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/confs/SCA2013/</a></div>
<div> * <a href="http://socialcloud.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/confs/CGC2013/">http://socialcloud.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/confs/CGC2013/</a> </div><div><br></div><div> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IEEESCA">https://www.facebook.com/IEEESCA</a></div>
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