LATIN-AMERICAN MASTER THESIS CONTEST
Second Call for Papers

Program Committee

Chairs:
Mariela Curiel, Venezuela,
Carlos Brizuela, México

Important Dates

Paper submission opening: February 1st, 2013
Paper submission deadline: May 6th, 2013 (extended deadline)
Notification of acceptance: June 30th, 2013
Final version submission: July 31th, 2013

Scope and Motivation

The Latin-American Master Thesis Contest is an annual event that takes place in conjunction with the Conference organized by the Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios en Informática (CLEI). The objective is to disseminate the work of Latin American students who have recently completed their Master Thesis in Computer Science.
Graduated students in Master programs in Latin American Universities during the period from April 1st 2012 to March 31th 2013 may participate in the contest. The work submitted must be individual (cannot be in group).

To participate in the contest, a summary of the thesis should be submitted. A Committee will select the three best Theses.

To receive the award each winning Thesis must be presented orally at CLEI 2013. The summary of each winning Thesis will be published in the proceedings of the XXXIX Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática, to be held in Venezuela, 7 - 11 October 2013.

Conference Venue

The XXXIX CLEI will be held in Club Puerto Azul (http://www.puertoazul.com), near Naiguatá, a Venezuelan town in front of Caribbean beaches. The club is located 32 km from the International Airport of Maiquetia and 55 km from the city of Caracas. CLEI is organized by Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Universidad Simón Bolívar, and Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela.

Information for Paper Submission

Papers could be written in Spanish, Portuguese or English and have to be submitted no later than May 6th, 2013. The instructions for submissions can be found at the CLEI 2013 home page: http://clei2013.org.ve/concurso- tesis-de-maestrias.html. Three (3) files must be sent, each one of which must adjust to the following indications:

FIRST FILE (PRESENTATION PAGE) Must be in PDF format:
• Work Title
• Author name and e-mail (we repeat that only individual work will be accepted);
• Institution of origin,
• Institution address, including telephone and fax; and
• Name, e-mail and address of the Thesis director.

The following two PDF files must go together in a compressed .zip file that must be attached in the “attachment” section.

SECOND FILE (MASTER THESIS SUMMARY) The summary must be between 10 and 20 pages long in one of the official accepted languages: Spanish, Portuguese, or English. It must be sent in PDF format, suiting to CLEI 2013 format.

THIRD FILE (PROVING DOCUMENTATION) PDF format digitalized version of every document necessary to demonstrate the authors’ grade (a copy of the Master degree certificate within the established dates in this calling, or an equivalent document).
Note: In the “abstract” section you must include a summary of not more than 300 words. As “keywords” you must include up to five referring keywords to your work. These two sections are part of the 2nd file.

Contacts

Mariela Curiel: mcuriel@usb.ve
Carlos Brizuela: cbrizuel@cicese.mx