The 18th ACM Conference on Information and
Knowledge Management
Hong Kong, November 2-6, 2009
Call for Tutorials
ACM Eighteenth Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
CIKM 2009, Hong Kong, November 2-6, 2009
Sponsored by: ACM SIGIR, SIGWEB
Important Dates:
Proposals due: July 15, 2009
Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2009
Camera ready due: October 1, 2009 (hard deadline for publication)
It is the goal of the CIKM 2009 Tutorial Program to offer conference attendees and local participants a stimulating and informative selection of tutorials reflecting current topics in databases, information retrieval, and knowledge management. These tutorials will be presented by subject matter experts and will reflect the high academic and research standards of the CIKM 2009 conference. We encourage submissions of tutorial proposal on all topics in the general areas of databases, information retrieval, and knowledge management, especially tutorials bridging these areas, or presenting new perspectives in these areas. A full list of current topics of interest can be found here.
Proposals will be considered for half-day and full-day tutorials. Topics should have a direct relevance to the topics of the conference. Anticipated areas of interest at the time of CIKM 2009 include topics related to database, information retrieval and knowledge management theory, technologies, and applications. A list of recent tutorials collocated with CIKMs can be found at CIKM 2008 (http://www.cikm2008.org/) and CIKM 2007 (http://www.fc.ul.pt/cikm2007/) websites.
Tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF using the submission site.
Do not use the two-column style, instead use a simple one-column style on letter-sized paper. Preliminary inquiries can be sent to the CIKM 2009 tutorial co-chairs, Michael Ng <mng@math.hkbu.edu.hk> and Masatoshi Yoshikawa <yoshikawa@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp>, with subject: CIKM 2009 Tutorial Proposal.
A tutorial proposal should include the following:
Title of the tutorial
Instructor(s) and their credentials (CV)
Aims/Learning objectives
Description of topics
Scope of the tutorial
Tutorial history (previous offerings of tutorial, if any)
Format of tutorial (1/2 day, 1 day, or 2 days)
300-word abstract (1-2 paragraphs suitable for inclusion in conference registration materials)
Keywords
Full description (1-2 pages to be used for evaluation)
Target audience information
Prerequisite knowledge of audience
Relevant references that would support proposal evaluation
Download PDF version here.
ACM Eighteenth Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
CIKM 2009, Hong Kong, November 2-6, 2009
Sponsored by: ACM SIGIR, SIGWEB
Important Dates:
Proposals due: July 15, 2009
Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2009
Camera ready due: October 1, 2009 (hard deadline for publication)
It is the goal of the CIKM 2009 Tutorial Program to offer conference attendees and local participants a stimulating and informative selection of tutorials reflecting current topics in databases, information retrieval, and knowledge management. These tutorials will be presented by subject matter experts and will reflect the high academic and research standards of the CIKM 2009 conference. We encourage submissions of tutorial proposal on all topics in the general areas of databases, information retrieval, and knowledge management, especially tutorials bridging these areas, or presenting new perspectives in these areas. A full list of current topics of interest can be found here.
Proposals will be considered for half-day and full-day tutorials. Topics should have a direct relevance to the topics of the conference. Anticipated areas of interest at the time of CIKM 2009 include topics related to database, information retrieval and knowledge management theory, technologies, and applications. A list of recent tutorials collocated with CIKMs can be found at CIKM 2008 (http://www.cikm2008.org/) and CIKM 2007 (http://www.fc.ul.pt/cikm2007/) websites.
Tutorial proposals should be submitted in PDF using the submission site.
Do not use the two-column style, instead use a simple one-column style on letter-sized paper. Preliminary inquiries can be sent to the CIKM 2009 tutorial co-chairs, Michael Ng <mng@math.hkbu.edu.hk> and Masatoshi Yoshikawa <yoshikawa@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp>, with subject: CIKM 2009 Tutorial Proposal.
A tutorial proposal should include the following:
Title of the tutorial
Instructor(s) and their credentials (CV)
Aims/Learning objectives
Description of topics
Scope of the tutorial
Tutorial history (previous offerings of tutorial, if any)
Format of tutorial (1/2 day, 1 day, or 2 days)
300-word abstract (1-2 paragraphs suitable for inclusion in conference registration materials)
Keywords
Full description (1-2 pages to be used for evaluation)
Target audience information
Prerequisite knowledge of audience
Relevant references that would support proposal evaluation
Download PDF version here.
