Tutorials Track

ICPE enhances the attendee experience through a strong Tutorial Track led by renowned scientists and practitioners in the fields of relevance for the ICPE community. In 2014, the Tutorial Track will be organized in two tracks and take place during a full day.

Proposal guidelines

• A title and abstract (max 150 words)
• Contact information (name, email, address, telephone number) and a brief biography of the speaker(s)
• Motivation for the tutorial (why this? why now?)
• The link between the tutorial and the current topics of interest of ICPE (a sentence or paragraph)
• Outline of the tutorial content, in brief. Topics of broad interest are preferred!
• Type of tutorial (lecture, hands-on, interactive workshop, gamified experience, etc.)
• Level of tutorial (introductory, intermediate, or advanced)
• Previous experience with this tutorial, if applicable (venue, topics and number of  participants, date). Include major changes vs previous iterations of the tutorial. Explain main reason for giving the tutorial again.
• Duration of the tutorial (2 hours, 4 hours, 7-8 hours, including breaks; include all that apply if you can tailor the duration of the tutorial)
• Requirements for the attendants (BYOC, other hardware, prior knowledge and skills, etc.)

In case the proposed tutorial has been presented previously, it should be indicated where the tutorial has been given and if and how it will be modified for ICPE 2014.

Submission process

Tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF format, not exceeding three (3) pages in total, to the Turorial Chair Alexandru Iosup (A.Iosup(at)tudelft(dot)nl) and the General Co-Chair, Klaus-Dieter Lange (Klaus.Lange(at)hp(dot)com).

Submission deadlines

Proposal deadline is 11:59 PM (23:59) submitter's local time on December 15, 2013.
Proposal notification is  December 31, 2013.

Authors of accepted tutorial proposals are expected to prepare a set of slides to be distributed to participants, including a bibliography pertinent to the tutorial. The camera-ready set of slides should be submitted as a PDF file with two slides per page.

Proposers of accepted tutorials will be given the opportunity to also submit a tutorial paper, which will appear in the Conference Proceedings. The content of a tutorial paper must be on the material covered by the tutorial and should be 4-12 pages in size using the ACM format. Authors are required to adhere to the ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism as well as to the ACM Policy on Prior Publication and Simultaneous Submissions.