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Students, Faculty, Staff and Sentient AIs:<br>
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normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The
ninth annual SIGBOVIK conference will take place at Carnegie
Mellon University on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Rashid
Auditorium (GHC 4401). The Special Interest Group on Harry Q.
Bovik is a multidisciplinary conference which specializes in
lesser-known research areas such as:</span></p>
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font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align:
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font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align:
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baseline;">And many more!</span></p>
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background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For
the time being, the submission deadline is March 8. Everyone is
encouraged to submit, regardless of affiliation, discipline,
rationality, or goodwill.</span></p>
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disinformation is available at our website:</span></p>
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href="http://sigbovik.org/2015/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span
style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85,
204); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;
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vertical-align: baseline;">http://sigbovik.org/2015</span></a></p>
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background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Submissions
are already open on EasyChair:</span></p>
<a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigbovik2015"
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transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigbovik2015</span></a></p>
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have no idea what’s going on:</span></p>
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style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SIGBOVIK
is an evening of tongue-in-cheek academic presentations. If we
have a goal, it’s to poke fun at our fields and provide a venue
for silly ideas with (often but not always) serious executions.
SIGBOVIK has both a published proceedings and live talks, and
everyone is welcome to participate in either or both of these.
All subjects are welcome, although be advised that the primary
audience is computer scientists. The best way to get a feel for
SIGBOVIK is to look at our past proceedings, which you can find
at</span><a href="http://sigbovik.org/"
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transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span
style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85,
204); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline;
vertical-align: baseline;">sigbovik.org</span></a><span
style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></p>
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