[Mycolleagues] Call for workshop proposals

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CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
33rd Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference
(COMPSAC 2009)
Seattle, Washington, USA
20 - 24 July, 2009
Co-located with SAINT 2009 (http://infonet.cse.kyutech.ac.jp/conf/saint09/)

The IEEE International Conference on Computer, Software and Applications
(COMPSAC), first held in Chicago in 1997, is one of the major international
forums for academia, industry, and government
to discuss research results, advances and future trends in computer and
software technologies and
applications. The technical program includes keynote addresses, research
papers, industrial case studies, panel discussions and fast abstracts. It
also includes a number of workshops on emerging important topics.

COMPSAC is designated as the IEEE Computer Society Signature International
Conference on
Computer, Software and Applications. Based on this designation, COMPSAC
organizers are able to work with other key functions of IEEE to create more
value for conference volunteers and participants.

Proposals for workshops are being solicited for consideration for
affiliation with COMPSAC 2009. Affiliated workshops will be held in
conjunction with COMPSAC and co-located with other affiliated workshops.
The purpose of these workshops is to provide a platform for presenting novel
ideas in a
less formal and possibly more focused way than the conference itself. As
such, they also offer a good opportunity for young researchers to present
their work and to obtain feedback from an interested community.
Workshop organizers are responsible for establishing a program committee,
collecting
and evaluating submissions, notifying authors of acceptance or rejection in
due time, ensuring a transparent and fair selection process, organizing
selected papers into sessions, and assigning session chairs.

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a one-page workshop
proposal to the 33rd COMPSAC Workshop Chair, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed
(iq@mscs.mu.edu) by November 15, 2008. Submissions should be sent
electronically
by email with "COMPSAC Preliminary Workshop Proposal" in the subject header.
Submissions must follow the Workshop Proposal Format outlined below.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 15, 2008. Following
acceptance, workshop organizers will be expected to work closely with the
COMPSAC Workshop Chair to finalize details. Important due dates are
mentioned below.

Selection criteria for new workshops to be included in COMPSAC 09 will be
based upon several factors, including the scientific/technical interest of
the topics to conference participants, the quality of the proposal,
balance and distinctness of workshop topics, and the capacity of the
conference workshop
program. Special consideration will be given to proposals that address the
technical theme of COMPSAC 2009, Harmonizing Humans, Computers, and Software
in Services Environments.

Workshops use the same paper submission system COMPSAC 2009. Each paper
selected for inclusion in the proceedings must be registered for COMPSAC at
the full registration rate. Without confirmed
registration an accepted paper will be removed. Each paper must be presented
in person by the author, or one of the authors. Proceedings of the COMPSAC
Workshops will be provided as a separate volume by IEEE Computer
Society Press, and will be made available to all conference registrants on
site. It is the
policy of COMPSAC not to mail proceedings to the "no show" authors. All
workshop papers will also be electronically available through IEEE Xplore
Digital Database, and professionally indexed through INSPEC and EI Index
(Elsevier's Engineering Information Index). For further information on
preparing a workshop proposal, please contact Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, the
COMPSAC Workshop Chair, at iq@mscs.mu.edu. Also consult the 33rd COMPSAC
website at http://www.compsac.org as a source of first-hand information.

33rd COMPSAC Preliminary Workshop Proposal Format follows. Each proposal is
limited to one page, typed double space in 11 pt Times New Roman. Include
workshop title, primary organizers with their affiliations and
contact information, the significance of the workshop either to the
conference theme or to the general advancement of research in computer and
software technologies and applications, a statement of goals for the
workshop, workshop theme for 2009, likely participants, proposed duration
(i.e. number of sessions envisioned; 1 session=90 minutes for typically 3
presentations; typically 3-4 sessions to fill a day), plans for publicity,
and a draft call-for-papers. Please check http://www.compsac.org for
examples of past workshops.

33rd COMPSAC important dates for workshops

Nov. 15, 2008: Preliminary Workshop Proposal submission due
Dec. 15, 2008: Feedback provided to the workshop proposers
Dec 21, 2008: Final workshop proposal submission due
March 1, 2009: Workshop paper submission due
April 7, 2009: Workshop paper notification (electronic)
April 30, 2009: All final manuscript and author pre-registration due

Note: The 33rd COMPSAC Steering Committee will allocate sessions to each
workshop within the constraints of space availability and the likely
interest of the attendees in the workshop. Please be advised to organize
your workshop early and request for adequate space as soon as your effort
turns out to be fruitful. The COMPSAC Workshop Chair will work closely with
the primary organizers to ensure a successful workshop. In your individual
announcement please make sure that your contributors are aware of the
registration requirements, as well as the proceedings policy.

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