Linux Virtualization - Aug 2014 - [WorldCIST'15]: Call for Workshops Proposals - Proceedings by Springer

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WorldCIST'15 - 3rd World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies 
Ponta Delgada, S?o Miguel, Azores *, Portugal
1st-3rd of April 2015.
http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist15/
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* Azores is ranked as the second most beautiful archipelago in the world by
National Geographic.
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WORKSHOP FORMAT

The Information Systems and Technologies research and industrial community is
invited to submit proposals of Workshops for WorldCIST'15 ? 3rd World
Conference on Information Systems and Technologies to be held at S?o Miguel,
Azores, Portugal, 1st-3rd of April 2015.

Workshops should focus on a specific scientific subject on the scope of
WorldCIST'15 but not directly included on the main conference areas. Each
workshop will be coordinated by an Organizing Committee composed of, at least,
two researchers in the field, preferably from different institutions and
different countries. The organizers should create an international Program
Committee for the Workshop, with recognized researchers within the specific
Workshop scientific area. Each workshop should have at least 10 submissions and
5 accepted papers in order to be conducted at WorldCIST'15.

The selection of Workshops will be performed by WorldCIST'15
Conference/Workshop Chairs. Workshops full and short papers will be published in
the conference main proceedings in specific Workshop chapters published by
Springer in a book of the AISC series. Proceedings will be submitted for
indexation by ISI Thomson, SCOPUS, DBLP, EI-Compendex among several other
scientific databases. Extended versions of best selected papers will be
published in journals indexed by ISI and SCOPUS. Detailed and up-to-date
information may be found at WorldCIST'15 website:
http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist15/

WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION

The Organizing Committee of each Workshop will be responsible for:
-    Producing and distributing the Workshop Call for Papers (CFP);
-    Coordinating the review and selection process for the papers submitted to
the Workshop, as Workshop chairs (on the paper submission system installed for
all the Workshops);
-    Delivering the final versions of the papers accepted for the Workshop in
accordance with the guidelines and deadlines defined by WorldCIST'15
organizers;
-    Coordinating and chairing the Workshop sessions at the conference.
WorldCIST'15 organizers reserve the right to cancel any Workshop if
deadlines are missed or if the number of registered attendees is too low to
support the costs associated with the Workshop.

PROPOSAL CONTENT

Workshop proposals should contain the following information:
-    Workshop title;
-    Brief description of the specific scientific scope of the Workshop;
-    List of topics of interest (max 15 topics);
-    Reasons the Workshop should be held within WorldCIST?15;
-    Name, postal address, phone and email of all the members of the Workshop
Organizing Committee;
-    Proposal for the Workshop Program Committee (Names and affiliations).

Proposals should be submitted electronically by email to worldcist at gmail.com
(cc: lpreis at dsi.uminho.pt), in PDF, (in English), by September 15, 2014.

IMPORTANT DATES

-    Deadline for Workshop proposals: September 15, 2014
-    Notification of Workshop acceptance: September 25, 2014
-    Deadline for paper submission: November 30, 2014
-    Notification of paper acceptance: December 28, 2014
-    Deadline for final versions and conference registration: January 06, 2015
-    Conference dates: April 01-03, 2015

CHAIR
Luis Paulo Reis, University of Minho

Regards,
WorldCIST'15 Organizing Committee
http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist15/