DEXA workshop proposals

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in conjunction with the

19^th International Conference on

  Database and Expert Systems Applications

        DEXA 2008

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September 1 - 5, 2008

Turin, Italy

The DEXA'08 Organizing Committee invites proposals for the Workshop
Program to be held on September 1 - 5, 2008 in parallel to the main
technical program of the DEXA conferences. The main goal of the DEXA'08
workshops is to stimulate and facilitate an active exchange,
interaction, and comparison of approaches, methods, and ideas about
specific (both theoretical and applicative) topics in the general area
of Information Science.

Workshops should be organized to facilitate informal discussion and
active engagement among attendees. Members from all areas of the
Information Science community are invited to submit workshop proposals
for review. Workshops on new emerging topics or specific relevant
aspects of broader topics are particularly encouraged. Workshops can
vary in length, but most will be one full day in duration. Workshop
organizers and attendees must register for their workshop and are
permitted to join the main DEXA conference.

      Requirements for Submissions

To propose a workshop in DEXA'08, you will submit a complete workshop
proposal containing the following information:

    * The title of the workshop;
    * A 1 page (max.) description of the technical issues that the
      workshop will address;
    * The statements:
          o How is the workshop relevant to, and complementary with, the
            main conference?
          o Why is the workshop of particular significance at this time?
    * The names, affiliations, postal address, phone and fax numbers,
      and e-mail addresses of the workshop organizers (It is expected
      that organizers will be recognized experts in the related fields,
      and the organizing committee should include individuals from
      multiple institutions);
    * A list of potential program committee members, including their
      affiliations;
    * The expected number of attendees (estimating minimum and maximum
      values);
    * Description of paper review process and acceptance standards;
    * A draft workshop call for papers;
    * The expected date and duration of the workshop;

All proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the DEXA
Conference Organisation Office (office@dexa.org
<mailto:office@dexa.org>), in plain ASCII text, no later than January
15, 2008

Proposers will be notified of the committee's decision no later than
January 31, 2008

The selection of the workshops to be included in the final DEXA program
will be based upon multiple factors, including: the scientific/technical
interest of the topics, the quality of the proposal, balance and
distinctness of workshop topics, and the capacity of the conference
workshop program.

      Responsibilities of DEXA and of Workshop Organizers

For all accepted proposals, DEXA will be responsible for:

    * Providing conference software for paper upload and review process
      (obligatory)
    * Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop;
    * Providing electronic registration system
    * Together with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time;
    * Publication of the papers in the proceedings of DEXA'08 Workshops
      with IEEE.

Workshop organizers will be responsible for the following:

    * Setting up a web site for the workshop;
    * Advertising the workshop and issuing a call for participation/papers;
    * Collecting and evaluating submissions using the DEXA conference
      software (mandatory), notifying authors of acceptance or rejection
      in due time, and ensuring a transparent and fair selection
      process. All workshop organizers are recommended to adopt the
      following deadlines for submissions and notifications of acceptance.
          o Submission of Full Papers: March 15, 2008
          o Noification of Acceptance: April 20, 2008
          o Camera-ready Copies: May 15, 2008

    * Ensuring that the workshop organizers and the participants get
      registered to the workshop by registering to DEXA'08.

    * Accepted workshops are entitled to receive a small budget which is
      depending on the number of accepted and registered papers

DEXA reserves the right to cancel any workshop if the above
responsibilities are not fulfilled, or if too few attendees register for
the workshop.

      Workshop Chair:

Roland R. Wagner, University of Linz, Austria (rrwagner@faw.at
<mailto:rrwagner@faw.at>)

A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

      Important Dates

    * Proposal submission deadline: January 15, 2008
    * Workshop selection notification: January 31, 2008
    * Submission of Full Papers: March 15, 2008
    * Notification of Acceptance: April 20, 2008
    * Camera-ready Copies and Registration of Participation: May 15, 2008

*For further inquiries, please contact:*

DEXA Conference Organisation Office (gabriela@dexa.org)

-- 
Univ. Prof. Dr. Roland Wagner Director of the Institute of Applied Knowledgeprocessing  (FAW)
Director of the Institute "integriert studieren"
Tel.: +43 676 84673210
Fax: +43 732 24689308 rrwagner@faw.uni-linz.ac.at
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sec2: Barbara  Arrer
Tel: +43 732 2468 9232
Fax:+43 732 2468 9322
barbara.arrer@jku.ta
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