University of Tartu
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

Call for Workshops

BIR 2015

CALL for WORKSHOPS

Hence the main goal of workshops is to explore emerging research topics, and to provide a forum for authors and practitioners to present early results on the conference-related topics. Contributions to the workshops would be for presenting novel ideas in a less formal setting, possibly more focused on a particular topic than the regular conference sessions do. We seek proposals from individuals and teams interested in organizing strong workshops.

General Information

  • The organisers are inviting a half day (4 hours) or full day (8 hours) workshop proposals
  • The workshops are self-sustainable (not sponsored by the main conference)
  • Workshop venue and equipment are provided free of charge
  • Accepted workshop papers will be published in the CEUR proceedings
  • Authors of the best papers will be invited to submit their extended papers to a special issue of the journal on Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly (CSIMQ)
  • The organizer(s) of approved workshops are responsible for the following:
    • Advertising their workshop
    • Managing workshops Website
    • Organising the review process
    • Collecting camera-ready copies and verifying that they comply with the Springer LNBIP formatting rules
    • Attending the workshop and providing a summary of the event to the BIR2015 workshop chair
    • Selecting the best papers to be invited for the CSIMQ special issue.

Important Dates

  • Workshop proposal submission: January 15th 2015
  • Workshop proposal notification: January 22nd 2015
  • Paper submission: May 25th 2015
  • Notification of acceptance: June 29th 2015
  • Camera ready submission: July 20th 2015
  • Workshops: August 26th 2015

Workshop Proposal should include:

  • Workshop title
  • Purpose
    • How is the focus of the workshop different from / related to the main conference
    • List of the workshop topics
  • Organizers and PC members:
    • PC chairs (and/or other organizers who will be present at the workshop or are otherwise involved, including the person responsible for web presence and communications)
    • Names, addresses, and affiliations of all those listed
    • One-paragraph biographical sketch for each organizer, describing relevant 
qualifications and experience
  • Estimation on the number of workshop attendees
  • Estimation on the expected submission number and estimated/targeted rate of acceptance
  • Brief information on plans for publicizing the workshop and making it highly visible
  • Historical figures from earlier editions of the workshop (if any)
  • Special requirements for special arrangements at workshop location (if any)

Proposal Submission

Workshop proposals should be submitted to by email bir2015_workshops<at>lists.ut.ee no later than January 15th, 2015

Workshop chair

  • Fabrizio Maria Maggi, University of Tartu, Estonia