STOC 2015 Call for Workshops and Tutorials

Sanjeev Khanna and Chandra Chekuri are co-chairing the STOC 2015 workshops and tutorials, and are looking for submissions. The call is below:

Call for STOC 2015 Workshop and Tutorial Proposals

• Workshop and Tutorial Day: Sunday, June 14, 2015
• Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chairs: Chandra Chekuri and Sanjeev Khanna
• Submission deadline: March 20, 2015
• Notification: March 30, 2015

On Sunday, June 14, immediately preceding the main conference, STOC 2015 will hold a workshop-and-tutorials day. We invite groups of interested researchers to submit workshop or tutorial proposals. The goal of a workshop is to provide an informal forum for researchers to discuss important research questions, directions, and challenges. Connections between theoretical computer science and other areas, topics that are not well represented at STOC, and open problems are encouraged as workshop topics. Organizers are completely free to choose their workshop formats (invited speakers, panel discussions, etc.). The program for June 14th may also involve tutorials, each consisting of 1-2 survey talks on a particular area, and we welcome tutorial proposals as well.
STOC does not have funds to pay travel expenses or honoraria to invited workshop and tutorial speakers. Workshop and tutorials attendance will be free, and there is no separate registration for attending them. STOC will support coffee breaks for the workshops/tutorials attendees but no lunch will be provided. Note that STOC registration neither includes FCRC registration for Sunday, June 14 nor covers lunch for Sunday, June 14. Workshop/tutorial attendees who wish to attend another FCRC conference on June 14, would need to register for that conference.

Proposal submission

Workshop and tutorial proposals should be no longer than 2 pages. Please include a list of names and email addresses of the organizers, a description of the topic and the goals of the workshop or tutorial, the proposed workshop format (invited talks, contributed talks, panel, etc.), and proposed or tentatively confirmed speakers if known. Please also indicate the preferred length of time for your workshop or tutorial, along with the minimum acceptable time. We anticipate a 4-5 hour block for each workshop and a 2-4 hour block for each tutorial. Please feel free to contact the Workshop and Tutorial Co-Chairs at the email addresses below if you have questions about workshop or tutorial proposals.

Submission deadline

Proposals should be submitted by March 20, 2015, via email to chekuri@illinois.edu and sanjeev@cis.upenn.edu. Proposers will be notified by March 30, 2015, about whether their proposals have been accepted.

http://acm-stoc.org/stoc2015/callforworkshops.html

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