<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.5pt" ><div dir="ltr" ><div>Call For Tutorial Proposals - ICS’16<br>------------------------------------</div>
<div>Tutorial proposals are solicited for ICS-2016, Istanbul, Turkey.<br>Tutorials will be held on Tuesday May 31th 2015 just before the<br>technical sessions (June 1st-3rd 2016).</div>
<div>Proposals for both half- and full-day tutorials are solicited on<br>any topic that is relevant to the ICS audience. Tutorials that<br>focus on tools and techniques that enable research across layers<br>of the computational stack are strongly encouraged.</div>
<div>Tutorials may have one of the following goals:</div>
<div>- Describe an important piece of research infrastructure.<br>- Educate the community on an emerging topic.</div>
<div>Submission Procedures<br>---------------------</div>
<div>Proposals should provide the following information:</div>
<div> - Title.<br> - Presenter(s) and contact information.<br> - Proposed duration (full day, half day).<br> - 1-2 paragraph abstract suitable for tutorial publicity.<br> - 1 paragraph biography per presenter suitable for tutorial<br> publicity.<br> - 1-3 page description (for evaluation). This should include:<br> 1. Tutorial scope and objectives,<br> 2. Topics to be covered,<br> 3. Target audience,<br> 4. Expected number of attendees,<br> 5. If the tutorial has been held previously, the location<br> (i.e., conference), date, and number of attendees.</div>
<div>Proposals should be submitted via e-mail to Ramon Bertran<br>(rbertra@us.ibm.com), Alper Buyuktosunoglu (alperb@us.ibm.com)<br>and Smail Niar (smail.niar@univ-valenciennes.fr), with the<br>subject « ICS’16 Tutorial Proposal". Submissions will be<br>acknowledged via e-mail.</div>
<div>Important Dates<br>---------------</div>
<div>Proposals date: February 26, 2016 AOE<br>Notification date: March 4, 2016 AOE<br>Tutorial date: May 31 2016</div></div></div><BR>