SIGMOD 2018 Call For Workshop Proposals
We invite proposals for workshops to be collocated with the SIGMOD/PODS 2018 conference. Workshops will run on June 10 and June 15, and can last for half a day or full day.
Logistics and Organizational Support
The organizers of accepted workshops are required to announce the workshop and call for papers, solicit submissions, conduct the reviewing process, and decide upon the final workshop program that must be published at least two weeks before the early registration deadline. In addition, each workshop must prepare its own proceedings. The publishing company is at the discretion of the workshop chairs, but all proceedings must be submitted for inclusion in the ACM Digital Library. Publication of calls for papers and participation as well as eventual workshop reports in SIGMOD Record are encouraged.
The logistics of the workshops will be handled by the SIGMOD 2018 organization. Specifically, the SIGMOD 2018 local organization chairs will work with workshop chairs individually to take care of facilities, catering, and registration for all workshops. To enable this, breaks will be coordinated.
Each workshop receives two free registrations, which are typically used for keynote or invited speakers; the recipients of the free registrations are at the discretion of the workshop chairs, who are requested to send the recipients' names and contact information to the SIGMOD 2018 local organization and registration chairs.
Submission Guidelines
- The following link details the contents expected of a proposal: http://sigmod.org/about-sigmod/sponsorship/conferences-symposia-and-workshops-held-in-cooperation-with-sigmod/
- In addition, the workshop proposals must include:
- Statistics for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 editions of the workshop (as applicable) and the expected statistics for 2018:
- number of submissions
- number of accepted papers
- number of registered delegates
- Detailed information about handling of Conflicts of Interest. More specifically, this information should include but not be limited to: double-blind reviewing or not; whether the workshop accepts submissions by the chairs and their colleagues; how these submissions will be handled; how any other types of COIs are handled (e.g., in the case of single-blind reviewing).
- Rationale about recruiting the PC of the workshop, for example diversity considerations (academia/industry, geography, gender, seniority, etc).
- Publicity and sponsorship plans.
- Statistics for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 editions of the workshop (as applicable) and the expected statistics for 2018:
Proposal evaluation criteria include the following: relevance to SIGMOD, scientific quality, perceived interest (e.g., previous submission counts), past performance (e.g., publication of the proceedings in the ACM DL), and overlap with other proposals. Workshop proposals and further inquiries should be sent to the SIGMOD 2018 Workshop chairs:
- Ihab Ilyas (ilyas [at] uwaterloo.ca).
- Benny Kimelfeld (bennyk [at] cs.technion.ac.il)
Important Dates
- Workshop proposal submission: Monday, September 11, 2017
- Workshop proposal notification: Monday, October 9, 2017.
All deadlines are at 11:59pm Eastern Daylight Time.
