Researchers both from academia and industry are invited to submit proposals for workshops and tutorials to be held as part of CPS-IoT Week 2023 in San Antonio, Texas, USA on May 9-12, 2023.
Proposal submission deadline: Dec. 2, 2022
Notification of acceptance: Dec. 9, 2022
Call for Workshops, Tutorials and Competitions
Workshop Proposals
Workshop proposals should contain at least the following information:
Submissions should be in PDF format, and made via email to Dr. Wan Du (wdu3@ucmerced.edu) with the heading "Proposal to 2023CPS-IoT Week Workshop: your name”.
- The name of the workshop and its duration (half or full day)
- A brief description of the motivation and rationale for the workshop, including the reasons why the workshop is of interest to the broad CPS/IoT community
- A draft version of the CFP, as complete as possible, including workshop deadlines
- The name, affiliation, contact info, and short bio of each organizer (note that the complete organizing committee should be included and later changes are not allowed)
- A tentative list of prospective TPC members, including their names and affiliations; please specify whether their potential participation has been already secured or not
- The planned format of the workshop, including the expected number of presented papers, invited/keynote talks, panels, posters/demonstrations, or any other means to facilitate lively discussions and attendee involvement
- The expected number of submissions and the expected number of participants
- A description of the plans for publicity
- In case of a recurring workshop, the proposal should include a description of the history of the workshop (including the number of submitted and accepted papers, and the attendee count), as well as a description of the changes w.r.t. previous editions, concerning format (if any) and composition of the TPC
Submissions should be in PDF format, and made via email to Dr. Wan Du (wdu3@ucmerced.edu) with the heading "Proposal to 2023CPS-IoT Week Workshop: your name”.
Tutorial Proposals
Tutorial proposals should include:
Submissions should be in PDF format (max. 2 pages), and made via email to Christian Dietrich (christian.dietrich@tuhh.de) with the heading "Proposal to 2023CPS-IoT Week Tutorials: your name”
- The title of the tutorial and its duration (half or full day)
- A brief description of the motivation and rationale for the tutorial, including the reasons why it is of interest to the broad CPS/IoT community, and the potential target audience
- The name, affiliation, contact info, and short bio of each organizer (note that the complete organizing team should be included and later changes are not allowed)
- The planned format and technical requirements in detail
Submissions should be in PDF format (max. 2 pages), and made via email to Christian Dietrich (christian.dietrich@tuhh.de) with the heading "Proposal to 2023CPS-IoT Week Tutorials: your name”
Competition Proposals
The competitions provide a unique opportunity to bring researchers and practitioners from different communities together to share their experiences in an interactive atmosphere and to foster collaboration for new and innovative projects. They also provide excellent opportunities to student researchers to showcase their skill on cutting-edge research topics.
Competition proposals should include:
Submissions should be in PDF format, and made via email to Dr. Madhur Behl (madhur.behl@virginia.edu) with the heading "Proposal to 2023CPS-IoT Week Competitions: your name”.
Competition proposals should include:
- The title of the tutorial and its duration (half or full day)
- Title of the competition
- A brief description of the competition, including what task is under evaluation and why the competition is of interest to the CPS-IoT community.
- Tell us how the competition will be run:
- Expected duration, and format of the competition
- Include eligibility and competition categories, if applicable
- An overview (or draft) of the rules and assessment criteria
- Request for the Organizing Committee for facilities including required space (area in square feet and minimum height) along with power, networking, audio-visual, and other requirements.
- For continued competitions, a summary of previous runs (e.g., the number of participants and their composition), and ideas for improvement. Link to the previous competition website/video.
- Names, contact information, and a brief bio of the competition organizers, describing experience in organizing previous competitions, workshops, etc.
- (Optional) - Include a list of possible participants.
- Follow-up plans (if any) to disseminate the ideas from the competition, for example through position paper or journal special issue.
Submissions should be in PDF format, and made via email to Dr. Madhur Behl (madhur.behl@virginia.edu) with the heading "Proposal to 2023CPS-IoT Week Competitions: your name”.