Proposal Guidelines

The tutorial proposal (maximum 5 pages) should describe concisely the content, importance and timeliness of the tutorial. It should include the following information:

• Title;
• 150 to 200-word abstract describing the tutorial, that is suitable for inclusion on the conference website;
• Contact information (name, e-mail, affiliation) and a brief biography (up to 200 words) of the presenter(s);
• Proposed duration (half-day (3 hours) or full-day (6 hours));
• Intended audience skill level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and any prerequisite knowledge required;
• Outline of the tutorial (overall goal and concrete objectives, teaching method and structure);
• The link between the tutorial and the ICPE topics of interest (a sentence or paragraph);
• If appropriate, a description of past versions of the tutorial should be provided. It should be indicated where the tutorial has been given (venue, date, number of attendees ) and how it will be modified for ICPE 2017.

Submission Process

Submissions are made via EasyChair, selecting the ICPE 2017 Tutorial track.

Important Dates

• Tutorial proposal due: October 31, 2016
• Notification of acceptance: November 15, 2016

Authors of accepted tutorial proposals are expected to prepare a set of slides to be distributed to participants, including a bibliography pertinent to the tutorial. The camera-ready set of slides should be submitted as a PDF file with two slides per page.

Proposers of accepted tutorials will be given the opportunity to also submit a tutorial paper, which will appear in the conference proceedings. The content of a tutorial paper must be on the material covered by the tutorial and must not exceed 4 pages in size using the ACM format. Further instructions on the tutorial paper will follow.

Tutorial Chair

Valeria Cardellini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Please feel free to contact her if you have any questions regarding potential ICPE 2017 tutorials.