<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">IJCAI-ECAI-2018 CALL FOR TUTORIALS </span></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.ijcai-18.org/cft/" style="font-family: Courier;" class="">http://www.ijcai-18.org/cft/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">IJCAI-ECAI-18 invites proposals for the Tutorial Track. Tutorials will be held on </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">July 13-15, 2018, </span><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">immediately prior to the technical conference. Tutorial attendance </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">is complimentary for all </span><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">IJCAI-ECAI-18 conference registrants.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">//// OBJECTIVES ////</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">Tutorials should serve one or more of the following objectives:</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Introduce novices to major topics within Artificial Intelligence.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Introduce expert non-specialists to an AI subarea.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Motivate and explain a topic of emerging importance for AI.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Survey a mature area of AI research and/or practice.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Provide instruction in established but specialized AI methodologies.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Present a novel synthesis combining distinct lines of AI work.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Introduce AI audiences to an external topic that can motivate or use AI research.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Mentor AI researchers (particularly, junior researchers) on a broad AI-relevant </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">non-technical topic (examples could be AI jobs, or ethical issues in AI).</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">Tutorials are intended to cover reasonably well-established information in a balanced</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">way. Tutorials </span><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">should not be used to advocate a single avenue of research, nor should </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">they promote a product. We </span><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">encourage tutorials with a hands-on component or other </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">interactive element. We also welcome tutorials </span><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">with explicit ties to IJCAI-ECAI-18’s </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">theme of the Evolution of the Contours of AI.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">//// KEY DATES ////</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Proposal Submission Deadline: January 10, 2018 (tentative)</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Acceptance Notification: February 10, 2018 (tentative)</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Title, Abstract, and Speaker Biography Deadline: March 6, 2018</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Syllabus and Course Handouts Posted: June 12, 2018</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* IJCAI-18 Tutorials: July 13-15, 2018</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">//// SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ////</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">Tutorial proposals should be submitted to:</span></div><div class=""><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ijcai18tutorialtrack" style="font-family: Courier;" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ijcai18tutorialtrack</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">Proposals must be submitted as a single PDF file containing the following information:</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* A two-sentence description of the tutorial, suitable for inclusion in the conference </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">  registration brochure.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* A two-paragraph description of the tutorial, suitable for a web page overview.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Proposed length of the tutorial: 1/4 or 1/2 day (one or two 1:45h slots respectively)</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* A detailed, point-form outline of the tutorial.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* A brief characterization of the potential target audience for the tutorial, including </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">  prerequisite knowledge.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* A brief description of why the tutorial topic would be of interest to a substantial </span><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">part</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">  of the IJCAI audience, and which of the above objectives are best served by the tutorial.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* A brief resume of the presenter(s), which should include:</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">    * Name, postal address, phone number, e-mail address</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">    * Background in the tutorial area, including a list of publications/presentations</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">    * Citation to an available example of work in the area (ideally, a published tutorial-level</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">     article or presentation materials on the subject)</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">    * Evidence of teaching experience (courses taught or references)</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">    * Evidence of scholarship in AI or Computer Science</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">//// CONTACT ////</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">Any questions about the tutorial program should be directed to the tutorial chairs:</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* Bo An (</span><a href="mailto:boan@ntu.edu.sg" style="font-family: Courier;" class="">boan@ntu.edu.sg</a><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">) </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">* </span><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">Meghyn Bienvenu (</span><a href="mailto:meghyn@lirmm.fr" style="font-family: Courier;" class="">meghyn@lirmm.fr</a><span style="font-family: Courier;" class="">)</span></div></body></html>