ECML/PKDD 2014 Call for Workshop Proposals

[ECML PKDD]

Call for Workshop Proposals

The ECML/PKDD-2014 Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops to
be held
on the first and last days of the conference, which will take place in
Nancy, France from
September 15th to 19th, 2014. We invite proposals for full-day workshops in
relevant and
current topics in Machine Learning and Data Mining. The scope of the
proposal should be
consistent with the conference themes as described in the ECML/PKDD 2014
Call for Papers
(www.ecmlpkdd2014.org).

Workshops provide an opportunity to discuss current topics in a small and
interactive
atmosphere. They can concentrate in-depth on research topics, or be devoted
to application
issues, or to questions concerning the economic and social aspects of
machine learning and
data mining. Interdisciplinary workshops that bring together researchers
and practitioners
from different communities are especially welcome. We encourage workshops
that bridge the
gap between theoretical advances and important and/or innovative
applications of machine
learning and data mining.

Workshops are expected to cover a full day, with a program of typically 7
hours including a
30-minute coffee break and a 90-minute lunch break. We would like to
encourage proposers
to aim for a program that is both varied and interesting. Especially where
the format of the
workshop is concerned, we would like you to think about ways of going
beyond the usual list
of presentations of accepted papers, for example by means of panels,
discussions, demo
sessions and invited talks. Another way of extending the usual format is to
include a specific
challenge problem that can be addressed by the workshop participants, with
a dedicated
challenge session in the workshop program. Note that the challenge should
be only one of the
components of the workshop, targeting a problem which is specific to the
workshop topic(s).
Proposals focusing mainly on challenge problems should be submitted to the
Discovery
Track. For some workshops, it may be useful to first present an
introduction to the state of the
art in the field given by experienced invited presenters, and afterwards
discuss more technical
or novel work in a standard (or non-standard!) workshop setting.

In general, workshop proposals that show creativity as to the format will
be judged favourably
in the proposal selection. Furthermore, having ideas for follow-up to your
workshop, for
example a book or journal special issue, will help to attract more
submissions and to make
your workshop (proposal) a success.

We encourage workshops on novel and original topics, but also welcome
successors to
workshops that have been organized at ECML/PKDD or a related conference in
the past. For
successor workshops, proposers should motivate how another instance of the
workshop series
will address novel developments in the respective research field, and
should be able to show
that the previous edition(s) were successful in terms of paper submissions
and attendance.


Guidelines for proposals

Workshop proposals should contain the necessary information for the
workshop chairs and
reviewers to judge the importance, quality and community interest in the
proposed topic. Each
workshop should have one or more designated organizers and a workshop
program. When
proposing a workshop, please provide (at least) the following information:
* A brief description of the specific issues that the workshop will
address, the reasons
why the workshop is of interest in these times, the main research areas
involved.
* Contact information of the workshop chairs, their competence in the
proposed topic(s)
and previous experience in chairing scientific events.
* A tentative list of Program Committee members.
* A draft of the Call for Papers, including information on accepted formats
(e.g. regular
papers, extended abstracts, oral only presentations of relevant recently
published or
submitted contributions, etc.)  and expected format of the workshop (e.g.,
invited
talks, presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions, challenge
sessions, or other
ideas for ensuring an interactive atmosphere).
* Any special requirements regarding logistics (e.g. poster stands, more
than one
projector), if applicable.

Please submit your workshop proposals by e-mail to the ECML/PKDD workshop
chairs (see
contact information below). Proposals will be reviewed in close
collaboration with the
conference chairs and the program committee.


Important dates

The following deadlines are important for the workshop organizers:
* Workshop proposal deadline: Sunday, March 2, 2014
* Workshop acceptance notification: Friday, March 21, 2014
* Workshop websites and call for papers online: Friday, March 28, 2014
* Workshop proceedings (camera-ready): Friday, August 1, 2014

For paper submission, reviewing and final revisions, please consider the
following deadlines:
* Workshop paper submission deadline: Friday, June 20, 2014
* Workshop paper acceptance notification: Friday, July 11, 2014
* Workshop paper camera-ready deadline: Friday July 25, 2014

These deadlines are somewhat flexible, but consider as constraints that the
paper submission
deadline should be after conference author notification and acceptance
notification should be
before the conference early registration deadline.


Contact

In case you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are
looking forward to
your proposals. The ECML/PKDD 2014 workshop chairs:
* Bettina Berendt (KU Leuven, Belgium)
* Patrick Gallinari (University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France)

Please send emails to workshops at ecmlpkdd2014.org
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