iLRN 2018 Western Montana: June 24 – 29, 2018
Call for Pre-Conference Workshop Proposals
Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) is the premier venue for presenting
innovative systems and research results related to scientific, technical, and
applied potential of immersive learning. The iLRN 2018 Conference Committee
invites proposals for half-day and full-day workshops to be held at the iLRN
Conference on June 25th, 2018 in Missoula, Montana, U.S.A. The function of the
workshops is to provide a setting for focused and intensive scientific exchange
among researchers interested in a specific topic. As such, workshops are the
primary venues for the exploration of emerging ideas as well as for the
discussion of novel aspects, and applications of established research topics.
However, preference will be given to workshops whose format includes sessions
that facilitate highly interactive discussions. Examples include Q&As,
scenario building, trend analyses, debates, panels, or even a competition or a
challenge around an interesting dataset. Although all proposal topics are
welcome, preference will be given to workshop proposals that focus on the
conference special call for cultural heritage and environmental sciences.
Review Criteria
The decision on acceptance or rejection of a workshop proposal will be made on
the basis of the overall quality of the proposal and its appeal to a reasonable
fraction of the immersive learning community. Other factors, such as degree of
overlap with other workshop proposals, or issues regarding logistics, will also
be taken into account when making the final decision.
In particular, workshops should address research topics which satisfy each
of the following criteria:
The topic falls in the general scope of iLRN 2018
There is a clear focus on a specific technology, problem or application
There is potential to attract a sufficiently broad community interested in the
topic
Potential for future impact
Submission Guidelines
All submissions should be in English via EasyChair as a single PDF file
containing the following sections:
-Title and Acronym
-Workshop Type: established/emerging
-Abstract: 200 word summary of the
workshop purpose
-Topics: What topics of interest will be
covered by the workshop? (Bulleted list; ½ page)
-Motivation (emerging only): Why is the
topic timely and of interest to iLRN participants? (One to three
paragraphs)
-Workshop Format: The intended mix of
events, such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demos and general
discussion (Either a schedule or a one paragraph summary)
-Audience: Who and how many people are
likely to attend? (One paragraph)
-Community: Demonstrate that there is a
community interested in the topic by providing references for up to six
publications relating to the topic (preferably not co-authored by the
organizers and preferably published in the past few years). Otherwise, if six
such papers cannot be provided, discuss why the workshop will attract submissions.
(½ page)
-Chair(s): Name, affiliation, email
address, homepage and short (one paragraph) biography of each chair, explaining
the chair’s expertise for the workshop
-Program Committee: Names and affiliations
of potential PC members
-Proposed Length: Half-day or
full-day?
We strongly advise having more than one chair, preferably from different
institutions, bringing different perspectives to the topic, ideally with a mix
of both junior and senior researchers. We also advise to have a maximum of five
workshop organizers. We welcome workshops with an innovative structure and a
diverse program which attracts various types of contributions and ensures rich
interactions. Proposed workshops should have a core theme that is much more
selective than the broader scope of the main conference. iLRN may reject or
propose to merge workshops that overlap significantly with each other (giving
preference to established workshops).
Tasks and Common Deadlines for Accepted Workshops
The Workshop chairs are expected to apply highest standards to promote, manage
and run the workshop respecting the deadlines and procedure. This
includes:
-Preparing and distributing the call for
contributing to the Workshop.
-Setting up a quality submission and
review procedure following the deadlines in proposal.
-Communicating with the authors, Special
Track Chairs and Academic Program Chair
-Keep the conference organizers updated on
the status
-Providing a one page abstract to be
published with any workshop papers. The abstract must follow the style
guideline and include title, name and affiliation of Workshop chairs,
background and motivation of Workshop, format, and summary of review
process.
Important Dates
Workshop proposals due: November 15, 2017
Notification of accepted proposals: December 1, 2017
Workshop web-site and CfP published: December 15, 2017
Workshop papers due: February 1, 2018
Notification of accepted workshop papers: March 15, 2018
Publication of workshop proceedings: June 1, 2018
Workshops held: June 25, 2018
All deadlines are all deadlines are 11:59 PM Hawaii time. Please note that
these are strict deadlines necessary to comply with the overall conference
organization. Later dates can cause severe problems by making it impossible for
potential workshop participants to get their Visa on time.
How to submit a proposal?
Please use the iLRN submission system https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ilrn2018
and select ‘Workshops‘ when adding your
proposal.
All submitted proposals will be reviewed by the Special Track and Workshop
Co-chairs and selected board members following the quality aspects published in
the detailed call text. For the quality aspects please refer to the Authors’
Kit.
Workshop Chairs
Daphne Economou, University of Westminster
Foaad Khosmood, California Polytechnic State University
if you have any questions please send us an email to info@immersivelrn.org
