CALL FOR TUTORIALS

The organizing committee of MIDDLEWARE 2021, 22^nd ACM/IFIP International Conference, invites proposals for the tutorial program to be held on December 6^th – 10^th 2021.

The tutorials should target one of the following objectives:

1. Present the most current and innovative research related to Middleware 2021 topics of interest
2. Survey area of research or practice relevant to Middleware systems with the focus on the design, development and validation of distributed systems, platforms and architectures for computing, storage and communication
3. Describe and motivate research topic of emerging importance related to middleware systems
4. Provide training in well-established methodologies and practices for designing and using middleware systems

Topic areas of interest are described in the conference call. Tutorials will be half day long.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Tutorial proposal should be sent to the Tutorial chair. The proposal should be two to three pages in length. It should include:

1. Title of the tutorial
2. A detailed outline of the tutorial
3. The potential target audience and prerequisite knowledge
4. A short description of the tutorial for the Workshop registration brochure
5. A resume of the presenter(s) which should include name and email address, background in the tutorial research area/topic, sample(s) of work in the research area/topic, prior tutorials delivered by the presenters (if any) and evidence of teaching experience.

The evaluation criteria are: the level of interest to a substantial number of attendees (scientific and technical interest of the topics), the quality of the proposals (well-structured and motivated proposals), the expertise and skills of the presenters.

SUBMISSIONS AND INQUIRIES

Tutorial proposals and inquiries should be sent by email to the Tutorial chair: Nadjia.kara@etsmtl.ca

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