[agents] AmI-15: Call for Workshop Proposals, Nov. 11-13, 2015, Athens, Greece

[Vassilis Koutkias]

*Call for Workshop Proposals - * *European Conference on Ambient 
Intelligence (AmI-15)**
*(Nov. 11-13, 2015, Athens, Greece, http://www.ami-conferences.org/2015/)

The European Conference on Ambient Intelligence is the prime venue for 
research on Ambient Intelligence, with an international and 
interdisciplinary character. It brings together researchers from the 
fields of science, engineering, and design working towards the vision of 
Ambient Intelligence.

AmI-15 will provide a meeting point for each of these communities, 
aiming for intensive networking and scientific debate, and shaping 
visions of the future. Workshops are an opportunity to meet in the 
context of the Conference and discuss a common theme and/or common 
topics of interest. In particular, emerging and future areas in AmI are 
particularly suitable to the Workshop format. All types of Workshop 
proposals will be considered, including thematic Workshops, e.g. based 
on real-world datasets, which will provide researchers with an 
opportunity to present novel ideas for services based on the data. 
Overall, Workshops should have the potential to move the field forward 
and suggest promising directions.

Workshops could be either half-day (3 hours per day) or full day (6 
hours per day). It is envisaged that all Workshops at AmI-15 will be 
held in November 11, 2015. Prospective Workshop organizers are invited 
to submit a proposal for consideration. If the proposal is accepted, it 
will be publicized on the Conference Web site and potential participants 
will be invited for paper submission. The reviewing process and 
acceptance criteria will be handled by the Workshop organizers. 
Workshops are only open to people accepted by the Workshop organizers 
and registered for the Conference. A minimum required number of 
attendees for each Workshop will be defined by the Conference Committee. 
Workshop organizers will be expected to set up an external Web page 
delivering all the necessary information for those interested.

Please submit a (max two pages) proposal using the following headings:
- Workshop title.
- Organizers, Affiliations and Contact details.
- Brief description of the Workshop topic.
- Rationale (why this topic is of interest?).
- Experience in organizing Workshops/Conferences.
- Outline of plan for organizing the Workshop including, for example, 
publicity, TPC recruitment, review procedures, expected number of 
participants, profile of participants and any other information deemed 
relevant.

The Workshop proposal submissions should follow the Springer CS 
proceedings instructions available at: 
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0

On acceptance of their Workshop proposal, organizers will be asked to 
prepare a two-page outline for inclusion in the Conference proceedings 
published by Springer. Final camera-ready versions of accepted Workshop 
proposals must be accompanied by a signed copyright form.

Important Dates
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Proposal Submission: March 15, 2015
Notification of Acceptance: April 17, 2015
The timeframe for Workshop submissions is up to the organizers, but our 
recommendation is:
Workshop paper submission deadline: July 15, 2015
Notifications to Workshop authors: August 15, 2015
Workshop paper camera ready: September 1, 2015

Workshop Proceedings
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Upon agreement with all accepted Workshop organizers, the proceedings 
from all Workshops will be compiled into a single volume and published 
as an online CEUR Volume (see here for further details), indexed in 
SCOPUS. As such, Workshop organizers must ensure that their call for 
papers and submission guidelines adhere to the publication policies of 
CEUR, especially paying attention to format and copyright requirements 
detailed here.
Further Information

Inquiries and submission of proposals to the workshop chairs:

Dr. Andreas Komninos
University of Strathclyde
andreas.komninos [at] strath.ac.uk

Dr. Vassilis Koutkias
INSERM, Paris, France
vasileios.koutkias [at] inserm.fr