Submission Deadline:
November 1, 2006
Due to an inconsistency in published due dates,
the deadline for BOF proposals has been extended to
November 10.
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Important Dates
- November 1:
Proposal Submission deadline
(Extended to November 10)
- November 27:
Moderator Notification
- December 4:
Online Title and Organizer Modifications due,
brief Birds of a Feather description due to BOF Chair
What is a Birds of a Feather?
Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF)
Sessions provide an environment for colleagues
with similar interests to meet for informal discussion. Proposers
of BOF sessions should serve as discussion leaders only. BOFs
are not intended to be presentations.
How Should the Proposal be Formatted?
Your proposal should include as much of the following information
as possible. Please limit your proposal to one (1) page.
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Proposer: Include name, address, phone and fax
numbers, email address (expect most correspondence by email), WWW
address (if applicable), etc. This item does not count in the page
limit. Birds of a Feather proposals do not undergo blind review,
so this information should be included.
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Statement of Topic: A short title (to be used in
announcements), a longer title (if appropriate), and a brief
description.
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Significance and Relevance of the Topic: Please
include information about any trends in relation to the topic and
possibly describe (or cite) evidence to that effect. Your objective
here is to explain why the topic is significant. This information can
help your proposal to be selected if resources become an issue.
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Expected Audience: Briefly describe the nature
and size of the expected audience. If you expect a
particularily large or small audience, please explain why. This
information can help in room assignment.
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Discussion Leader(s): Although my correspondence will be
with the proposer above, it will be the discussion leader(s) who
will be mentioned in Symposium literature. Please list any
additional such names (besides the proposer her/himself) and
affiliations here. Be certain you have their commitments to attend
the Symposium.
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Special Requirements, if any: Because of the informal
and spontaneous nature of these sessions, A/V equipment is typically
not provided. That said, please describe any pressing needs you
feel you have. Although I cannot guarantee that your requested
equipment will be available, I will make every effort to let you
know this well before March.
- No more specific formatting requirements (or templates)
are needed for BOF proposal submission.
How Do I Submit My Proposal?
Step 1: Write your proposal using
the format specified above.
Step 2: Convert your document into Adobe PDF format. Refer
to our
Creating Adobe PDF Documents page
for assistance.
Step 3: Submit your document using the
online Birds of a Feather Submission Form.
Please do not wait until the last minute to submit your documents
because that is when everyone else will be connecting to our server!
Step 4: Make note of the BOF ID number and password
assigned to your submission. You will receive an e-mail message
confirmation.
Step 5: After receiving confirmation, go to the
Author Verification Form
to review your submission for accuracy.
Send e-mail to Bina Ramamurthy
(bina@cse.buffalo.edu)
if there are any problems. Warning! Several
authors have reported problems viewing their PDF files using Internet
Explorer. If you experience similar problems, it is best to
download the file and use Acrobat Reader directly.
Deadline: All electronic submissions must be
received by November 1, 2006.
How do I format my accepted proposal
for viewing on line?
Here are sample BOF/Poster descriptions for the online program.
We'd appreciate your
replacing your original .pdf submission with this form
and resubmit to the database by Dec. 4.
Questions? Please contact:
Bina Ramamuthry
SIGCSE 2007 Birds of a Feather Chair
bina@cse.buffalo.edu
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