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YDS 2011<br>
Fourth York Doctoral Symposium on Computer Science<br>
20th October 2011, York, UK<br>
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<a href="http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/yds/" target="_blank">http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/yds/</a><br>
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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS<br>
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Background<br>
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The Department of Computer Science at the University of York is to host<br>
the 4th York Doctoral Symposium on Computer Science (YDS 2011), on the<br>
20th October this year. The goal of the symposium is to bring together<br>
doctoral students from around the UK and Europe to share and exchange<br>
their research and ideas with others. The symposium will promote<br>
interdisciplinary research and help research students to gain experience<br>
in presenting their work to colleagues.<br>
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Invited Speaker<br>
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We are pleased to confirm that our keynote speaker will be Professor<br>
Alan Winfield (UWE).<br>
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Announcement: <a href="http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/yds/?p=59" target="_blank">http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/yds/?p=59</a><br>
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Important Dates<br>
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* Paper submission deadline: 19th June<br>
* Author notification: 1st August<br>
* Poster submission deadline: 8th August<br>
* Poster notification: 24th August<br>
* Camera-ready papers and posters due: 31st August<br>
* Symposium: 20th October<br>
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Scope<br>
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YDS 2011 welcomes contributions from all areas of computer science, which<br>
include, but are not limited to, areas of active research at York:<br>
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* Artificial Intelligence<br>
* Computer Architectures<br>
* Computer Vision<br>
* Enterprise Systems<br>
* Formal Methods<br>
* Human-Computer Interaction<br>
* Model-Driven Engineering<br>
* Natural Language Processing<br>
* Non-Standard Computation<br>
* Programming Languages and Systems<br>
* Real-Time Systems<br>
* Safety Analysis<br>
* Software Engineering<br>
* Software Testing<br>
* Theoretical Computer Science<br>
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Submission Guidelines: Papers<br>
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This year, we will be accepting two categories of papers:<br>
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* Full length papers (up to 8 pages)<br>
* Extended abstracts (2-4 pages)<br>
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Extended abstracts can describe very early work and ideas; full length<br>
papers should describe work that is more developed. We urge authors to<br>
write with the breadth of the symposium's scope in mind; papers should be<br>
as self-contained as possible, and should not assume specialist background<br>
knowledge, in order to enable as many participants as possible to engage<br>
with the contribution.<br>
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Papers should be formatted using Springer's LNCS style. Templates and<br>
guidelines are available from this webpage:<br>
<a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors" target="_blank">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors</a><br>
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Paper submissions will only be accepted via Easychair: the link to use is<br>
available from our "Submission" page on <a href="http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/yds/" target="_blank">http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/yds/</a><br>
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Financial support may be available, upon request, to enable authors to<br>
attend the symposium.<br>
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Submission Guidelines: Posters<br>
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For the first time, YDS will be offering a poster session this year.<br>
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With regards to submission, we require the following:<br>
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(1) A one-page abstract of your research (for inclusion in the proceedings).<br>
(2) A poster OR a poster plan.<br>
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The above submissions should be sent electronically to<br>
<a href="mailto:cposkitt@cs.york.ac.uk">cposkitt@cs.york.ac.uk</a> , NOT via our Easychair instance (which is for<br>
papers only). Further details are available from our "Submission" page on<br>
<a href="http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/yds/" target="_blank">http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/yds/</a> . Note in particular the later submission<br>
deadline for posters.<br>
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Financial support may be available, upon request, to enable poster authors<br>
to attend.<br>
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Publication<br>
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The proceedings of the symposium (which will include both types of paper,<br>
as well as poster abstracts) will be published as a technical report by<br>
the Department of Computer Science, The University of York. The report<br>
will be freely available online via <a href="http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/library/onlinereports/" target="_blank">http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/library/onlinereports/</a> , and in addition, a<br>
number of hard copies will be printed.<br>
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Prizes<br>
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Thanks to our sponsors, we will be able to offer a number of cash prizes<br>
to YDS contributors:<br>
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* Best full-length paper: £100<br>
* Best extended abstract: £80<br>
* Best poster: £80<br>
* Best presentation (as voted by the audience!): £50<br>
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Sponsors<br>
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We are very grateful to be sponsored by the following companies and<br>
institutions:<br>
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* BAE Systems<br>
* Cybula<br>
* Department of Computer Science (The University of York)<br>
* Google<br>
* IBM<br>
* Rapita Systems<br>
* Researcher Development Team (The University of York)<br>
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Programme Committee<br>
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* Dr. Chris Bailey<br>
* Victor Bandur<br>
* Michael Banks<br>
* Anna Bramwell-Dicks<br>
* Professor Alan Burns<br>
* Sam Devlin<br>
* Dr. Alan Frisch<br>
* Chris Marriott<br>
* Professor John McDermid<br>
* Dr. Matthew Naylor<br>
* Jenny Owen<br>
* Professor Richard Paige<br>
* Gary Plumbridge<br>
* Christopher Poskitt (PC Chair)<br>
* Siva Reddy<br>
* Jason Reich<br>
* Professor Colin Runciman<br>
* Dina Salah<br>
* Rasha Salah El-Din<br>
* Amir Sarvestani<br>
* Jan Staunton<br>
* Malihe Tabatabaie<br>
* James Williams<br>
* Richard Alun Williams<br>
* Professor Jim Woodcock<br>
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Organisation<br>
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Programme Chair<br>
* Chris Poskitt <a href="mailto:cposkitt@cs.york.ac.uk">cposkitt@cs.york.ac.uk</a> <br>
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General Chairs<br>
* Gary Plumbridge <a href="mailto:gp@cs.york.ac.uk">gp@cs.york.ac.uk</a> <br>
* James Williams <a href="mailto:jw@cs.york.ac.uk">jw@cs.york.ac.uk</a><br>
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Organising Committee<br>
* Anna Bramwell-Dicks<br>
* Ali Afshar Dodson<br>
* Chris Marriott<br>
* Dina Salah<br>
* Amir Kamali Sarvestani<br>
* Frank Soboczenski<br>
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