[agents] WI-IAT 2015: Call for Tutorials

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			Call for Tutorials

IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence 2015
IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology 2015
(WI-IAT 2015)

December 6-9, 2015 / Singapore

Homepage: http://wi-iat15.ntulily.org 

Sponsored By:
 IEEE Computer Society
 Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC)
 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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The 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'15) 
and the 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent 
Technology (IAT'15) will be held in Singapore December 6-9, 2015, hosted by 
the Joint NTU-UBC Research Centre of Excellence in Active Living for the 
Elderly (LILY) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Living 
Analytics Research Centre at Singapore Management University (SMU). The two 
co-located conferences are sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical 
Committee on Intelligent Informatics (TCII), Web Intelligence Consortium 
(WIC), ACM-SIGART, and the Memetic Computing Society.

Following the great successes of WI-IAT'01 held in Maebashi, Japan, WI-
IAT'03 in Halifax, Canada, WI-IAT'04 in Beijing, China, WI-IAT'05 in 
Compiegne, France, WI-IAT'06 in Hong Kong, WI-IAT'07 in Silicon-Valley, USA, 
WI-IAT'08 in Sydney, Australia, WI-IAT'09 in Milano, Italy, WI-IAT'10 in 
Toronto, Canada, WI-IAT'11 in Lyon, France, WI-IAT'12 in Macau, China, WI-
IAT'13 in Altanta, USA, and WI-IAT'14 in Warsaw, Poland, the WI-IAT'15 will 
provide a global forum for scientists, engineers and educators to present 
the latest WI-IAT technologies and the development of future intelligent 
systems for complex applications. We will celebrate the common theme of Big 
Data in Global Brain and Social Networks and we welcome industry sessions 
representing both local and international companies developing solutions and 
running projects related to those areas.

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CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
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In order to enhance the experience of WI-IAT'15 participants, we solicit 
proposals for tutorials on selected topics from renowned researchers in 
academia and industry. Tutorials are expected to address state-of-the art 
research on any or a combination of WI and IAT topics. We specifically 
invite tutorials on the special interest topic of WI-IAT'15, i.e., Big Data 
in Global Brain and Social Networks. 

Tutorials can be delivered as lectures or as active learning workshops. We 
welcome both long (4 hours) and short (2 hours) tutorials. 

All inquiries and submission of tutorial proposals should be addressed to 
the Tutorial chairs via e-mail.

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TUTORIAL PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS AND FORMAT
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Proposal for tutorials should be in PDF format and should consist of 
tutorial description and background information on the presenter(s).

The tutorial description should be limited to 2 pages and must contain:
1. Title and abstract of the tutorial
2. Proposed duration: short (2 hours) or long (4 hours)
3. Description of the intended audience: one or more of WI'15 and IAT'15
4. Description of the prerequisite background knowledge for the attendees
5. Overview or outline of the tutorial (including references to papers, books, 
   etc.)

The background information on the presenter(s) should be limited to 2 pages 
and must contain:
1. Names, affiliations, homepages and contact details of all presenters
2. Short biographies, including main publications related to the proposed 
   tutorial
3. Information about previous tutorials given by the same presenters (title, 
   conference, number of attendees etc.)

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Tutorial Proposal Submission		June 1, 2015
Decision Notification			July 1, 2015	
Conference				December 6-9, 2015

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WI-IAT'15 TUTORIAL CHAIRS
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Pradeep Varakantham 			pradeepv at smu.edu.sg
Singapore Management University, Singapore 
	
Yue Xu					yue.xu at qut.edu.au
Queensland University of Technology, Australia