<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">First call for workshop and tutorial proposals at KI 2018</div><div class="">==========================================</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">KI 2018 is the 41st edition of the German Conference on Artificial</div><div class="">Intelligence which will take place in Berlin. It is organized in cooperation</div><div class="">with the AI chapter of the German Computer Science Society. KI</div><div class="">traditionally brings together academic and industrial researchers from all</div><div class="">areas of AI, providing an ideal place for exchanging news and research</div><div class="">results of intelligent system technology. The technical program of KI 2018</div><div class="">comprises paper presentations as well as tutorials, workshops, and a</div><div class="">doctoral consortium. Further information on KI 2018 can be found at</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://ki2018.dai-labor.de/" class="">http://ki2018.dai-labor.de/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We invite proposals for workshops and tutorials to be held at the beginning</div><div class="">(September 24-25) of the conference week (September 24-28). Topics include</div><div class="">all subareas of artificial intelligence as well as their foundations and</div><div class="">applications.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Important dates </div><div class="">============</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Workshop/tutorial proposal deadline: March 25, 2018</div><div class="">Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2018</div><div class="">Workshop 1st call for papers ready by: April 10, 2018 </div><div class="">Workshop/tutorial web page ready by: April 10, 2018 </div><div class="">Workshop/tutorial: September 24-25, 2018</div><div class="">Conference: September 24-28, 2018</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How to propose a workshop</div><div class="">=====================</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Proposals should be PDF documents of up to three pages and should be sent</div><div class="">by mail to <a href="mailto:oezcep@ifis.uni-luebeck.de" class="">oezcep@ifis.uni-luebeck.de</a>. They should be formulated in English</div><div class="">language and must have been sent not later than March 25, 2018. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Workshop proposals should provide the following information:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Title (and possibly acronym) of the workshop</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Description of workshop topic and goal. This description should discuss</div><div class="">the relevance of the suggested topic and its interest to the general AI</div><div class="">community and the KI 2018 audience.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Names and affiliations (including email and web address) of the workshop</div><div class="">organizer(s). Please indicate the primary contact person for KI 2018.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Description of the organizers' background regarding the workshop topic</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- How many participants do you expect? How do you plan to attract enough</div><div class="">participants for the workshop?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- A brief description of the workshop format regarding the mix of events</div><div class="">such as paper presentation, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, and</div><div class="">general discussion</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- A preliminary agenda</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- A notice on the expected length of the workshop, half-day or full-day</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- A tentative list of PC members</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Workshop organizers will be responsible for:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- producing a call for papers. The first call is due April 10, 2018. This</div><div class="">call will be posted on (/ linked from) the KI 2018 website. Organizers are</div><div class="">responsible for additional publicity such as distributing the call to</div><div class="">relevant newsgroups and mailing lists, and especially to potential</div><div class="">audiences from outside the KI conference community.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- maintaining a workshop web page (going online no later than April 10,</div><div class="">2018) with updated information about the workshop.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- producing the workshop proceedings - in case the workshop organizers plan</div><div class="">to have proceedings. The workshop organizers coordinate the collection,</div><div class="">production and distribution of the proceedings for the workshops.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How to propose a tutorial</div><div class="">===================</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tutorial proposals should be PDF documents of up to three pages and should</div><div class="">be sent by mail to <a href="mailto:oezcep@ifis.uni-luebeck.de" class="">oezcep@ifis.uni-luebeck.de</a>. They should be formulated in</div><div class="">English language and must have been sent not later than March 25, 2018.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tutorial proposals should provide the following information:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Title of the tutorial</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Description of tutorial topic and goal. This description should discuss</div><div class="">the relevance of the suggested topic and its interest to the general AI</div><div class="">community and the KI 2018 audience.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Names and affiliations (including email and web address) of the person(s) </div><div class="">giving the tutorial. Please indicate the primary contact person for KI</div><div class="">2018.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- A description of the background of tutorial organizers w.r.t. previous</div><div class="">teaching/tutorial experience and/or own papers published in the field</div><div class="">covered by the tutorial</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- A description of the targeted audience and the expected prerequisite</div><div class="">knowledge</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- An indication of the length of the tutorial: quarter day (slot of 90</div><div class="">minutes), or half day tutorial (two slots), three quarter day (three slots)</div><div class="">or full day tutorial (4 slots)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- An outline of the tutorial agenda</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tutorial organizers will be responsible for</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- setting up a tutorial web page containing - in particular - a short</div><div class="">description of the tutorial, possibly a link to tutorial slides, hints on</div><div class="">reading material, and a short biography of the presenters. The web page</div><div class="">should be online by April 10, 2018.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The KI 2018 conference organizers will provide rooms for the workshops and</div><div class="">the tutorials as well as determine the dates and times of the tutorials and</div><div class="">workshops.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Should you have further questions regarding the KI 2018 workshops and tutorials,</div><div class="">please do not hesitate to contact me.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Workshop and tutorial chair</div><div class="">Özgür L. Özcep</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:oezcep@ifis.uni-luebeck.de" class="">oezcep@ifis.uni-luebeck.de</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">——————————————————————————<br class="">Dr. Özgür L. Özcep<br class="">Universität zu Lübeck<br class="">Institut für Informationssysteme (Ifis)<br class="">Ratzeburger Allee 160 (Gebäude 64, 2. OG)<br class="">D-23562 Lübeck, Deutschland<br class="">Telefon: +49 451 3101 5710</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:oezcep@ifis.uni-luebeck.de" class="">oezcep@ifis.uni-luebeck.de</a><br class="">Web: <a href="https://www.ifis.uni-luebeck.de/index.php?id=oezcep" class="">https://www.ifis.uni-luebeck.de/index.php?id=oezcep</a><br class="">——————————————————————————<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div>
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