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Call for Tutorials

IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence 2015
IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology 2015
(WI-IAT 2015)

December 6-9, 2015 / Singapore

Homepage: http://wi-iat15.ntulily.org

Sponsored By:
IEEE Computer Society
Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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The 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'15)
and the 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent
Technology (IAT'15) will be held in Singapore December 6-9, 2015, hosted by
the Joint NTU-UBC Research Centre of Excellence in Active Living for the
Elderly (LILY) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Living
Analytics Research Centre at Singapore Management University (SMU). The two
co-located conferences are sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical
Committee on Intelligent Informatics (TCII), Web Intelligence Consortium
(WIC), ACM-SIGART, and the Memetic Computing Society.

Following the great successes of WI-IAT'01 held in Maebashi, Japan, WI-
IAT'03 in Halifax, Canada, WI-IAT'04 in Beijing, China, WI-IAT'05 in
Compiegne, France, WI-IAT'06 in Hong Kong, WI-IAT'07 in Silicon-Valley, USA,
WI-IAT'08 in Sydney, Australia, WI-IAT'09 in Milano, Italy, WI-IAT'10 in
Toronto, Canada, WI-IAT'11 in Lyon, France, WI-IAT'12 in Macau, China, WI-
IAT'13 in Altanta, USA, and WI-IAT'14 in Warsaw, Poland, the WI-IAT'15 will
provide a global forum for scientists, engineers and educators to present
the latest WI-IAT technologies and the development of future intelligent
systems for complex applications. We will celebrate the common theme of Big
Data in Global Brain and Social Networks and we welcome industry sessions
representing both local and international companies developing solutions and
running projects related to those areas.

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CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
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In order to enhance the experience of WI-IAT'15 participants, we solicit
proposals for tutorials on selected topics from renowned researchers in
academia and industry. Tutorials are expected to address state-of-the art
research on any or a combination of WI and IAT topics. We specifically
invite tutorials on the special interest topic of WI-IAT'15, i.e., Big Data
in Global Brain and Social Networks.

Tutorials can be delivered as lectures or as active learning workshops. We
welcome both long (4 hours) and short (2 hours) tutorials.

All inquiries and submission of tutorial proposals should be addressed to
the Tutorial chairs via e-mail.

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TUTORIAL PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS AND FORMAT
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Proposal for tutorials should be in PDF format and should consist of
tutorial description and background information on the presenter(s).

The tutorial description should be limited to 2 pages and must contain:
1. Title and abstract of the tutorial
2. Proposed duration: short (2 hours) or long (4 hours)
3. Description of the intended audience: one or more of WI'15 and IAT'15
4. Description of the prerequisite background knowledge for the attendees
5. Overview or outline of the tutorial (including references to papers, books,
etc.)

The background information on the presenter(s) should be limited to 2 pages
and must contain:
1. Names, affiliations, homepages and contact details of all presenters
2. Short biographies, including main publications related to the proposed
tutorial
3. Information about previous tutorials given by the same presenters (title,
conference, number of attendees etc.)

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Tutorial Proposal Submission June 1, 2015
Decision Notification July 1, 2015
Conference December 6-9, 2015

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WI-IAT'15 TUTORIAL CHAIRS
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Pradeep Varakantham pradeepv@smu.edu.sg
Singapore Management University, Singapore

Yue Xu yue.xu@qut.edu.au
Queensland University of Technology, Australia