<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=""><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">CALL FOR WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Cyber-Physical Systems <span class="il">Week</span> (<span class="il">CPS</span> <span class="il">Week</span>)</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">April 11-14, <span class="il">2016</span>, Vienna, Austria</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cpsweek.org/2016/" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">http://www.cpsweek.org/<span class="il">2016</span>/</a></span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">——————————————————————————————<wbr class="">————</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="il">CPS</span> <span class="il">Week</span> is the premier event on Cyber-Physical Systems. It brings </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">together four top conferences, HSCC, ICCPS, IPSN, and RTAS, </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">10-15 workshops, a localization competition, tutorials and various </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">exhibitions from both industry and academia. Altogether the <span class="il">CPS</span> <span class="il">Week</span> </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">program covers a multitude of complementary aspects of <span class="il">CPS</span>, and </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">reunites the leading researchers in this dynamic field.</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="il">CPS</span> <span class="il">Week</span> <span class="il">2016</span> in Vienna, Austria will host 10-15 workshops (subject to room </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">availability) and 2-3 tutorials on Monday April 11 and is soliciting proposals for </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">new and recurring workshops as well as for tutorials. </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="il">CPS</span> <span class="il">Week</span> workshops are excellent opportunities to bring together researchers </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">and practitioners from different communities to share their experiences in an </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">interactive atmosphere and to foster collaboration for new and innovative </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">projects. We invite you to submit workshop proposals on any topic related </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">to the broad set of research, education, and application areas in </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">cyber-physical systems.</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Guidelines for workshop proposals:</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">——————————————————————————————<wbr class="">————— </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Proposals should be submitted at the latest by *** October 1, 2015 ***</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">A workshop proposal consists of a 2-page maximum PDF file, </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">including the following information:</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - A concise title of the workshop</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Description of the topics and specific issues that the workshop will</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> address, how the workshop complements CPSWeek conferences </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> and why the workshop theme is relevant</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Expected format of the workshop (regular paper presentations, poster</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> presentations, invited talks, panel discussions, demo sessions, or other</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> ideas to promote active exchange of ideas)</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Organizers with short bio, affiliation, and their expertise in the</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> proposed topic(s)</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - In case the workshop has been previously held, provide information to</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> show that the previous edition(s) were successful in terms of paper</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> submissions and/or attendance. Links to past workshop editions</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> would be very helpful too.</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Length of the workshop (half-day/one-day) and the expected number of</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> participants</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Follow-up plans (if any) to disseminate the ideas from the workshop,</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> for example through proceedings or journal special issue</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Please submit your workshop proposal by email to the workshop and tutorial chairs</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Christoph Kirsch (<a href="mailto:ck@cs.uni-salzburg.at" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ck@cs.uni-salzburg.at</a>) and Ana Sokolova </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(<a href="mailto:anas@cs.uni-salzburg.at" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">anas@cs.uni-salzburg.at</a>). Please write “[CPSWeek <span class="il">2016</span>] Workshop Proposal" </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">in the e-mail subject line.</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Guidelines for tutorial proposals:</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">——————————————————————————————<wbr class="">————— </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Proposals should be submitted at the latest by *** October 1, 2015 ***</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">A proposal consists of a 2-page maximum PDF file, including the following </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">information on the tutorial program:</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - The title and abstract of the tutorial</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - An outline of tutorial content and objectives</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Prerequisite knowledge</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - Organizers/Speakers with short bio, affiliation, and their expertise in the</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> proposed topic(s)</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - In case the tutorial has been previously held, include information on the last</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> tutorial of the same topic held within <span class="il">CPS</span> <span class="il">Week</span> or other conferences such </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> as the year it was held and the number of attendees. A link to past tutorial </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> would be very helpful too.</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> - We envision tutorials to last for 3 hours.</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Please submit your tutorial proposal by email to the workshop and tutorial chairs</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Christoph Kirsch (<a href="mailto:ck@cs.uni-salzburg.at" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ck@cs.uni-salzburg.at</a>) and Ana Sokolova </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(<a href="mailto:anas@cs.uni-salzburg.at" target="_blank" class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">anas@cs.uni-salzburg.at</a>). Please write “[CPSWeek <span class="il">2016</span>] Tutorial Proposal" </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">in the e-mail subject line.</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">——————————————————————————————<wbr class="">—————— </span><br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Notification of acceptance *** October 15, 2015 ***</span> <br class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">——————————————————————————————<wbr class="">——————</span></p></body></html>