SIGMOD 2020 Call For Workshop Proposals
We invite proposals for workshops to be collocated with the SIGMOD/PODS 2020 conference. Workshops will run on June 14 and June 19, and can last for half a day or a full day.
Logistics and Organizational Support
The organizers of accepted workshops are required to announce the workshop and call for papers, solicit submissions, conduct the reviewing process, and decide on the final workshop program that must be published at least two weeks before the early registration deadline. In addition, each workshop must prepare its own proceedings. The publishing company is at the discretion of the workshop chairs, but all proceedings must be submitted for inclusion in the ACM Digital Library. Publication of calls for papers and participation as well as eventual workshop reports in SIGMOD Record are encouraged.
The logistics of the workshops will be handled by the SIGMOD 2020 organization. Specifically, the SIGMOD 2020 local organization chairs will work with workshop chairs individually to take care of facilities, catering, and registration for all workshops. To enable this, breaks will be coordinated.
Each workshop receives two free registrations, which are typically used for keynote or invited speakers; the recipients of the free registrations are at the discretion of the workshop chairs, who are requested to send the recipients' names and contact information to the SIGMOD 2020 local organization and registration chairs. If workshops are able to attract sufficient sponsorship (see below) to not require the free registrations, that would be highly encouraged, but not necessary.
Submission Guidelines
- The following link details the contents expected of a proposal: http://sigmod.org/about-sigmod/sponsorship/conferences-symposia-and-workshops-held-in-cooperation-with-sigmod/
- In addition, the workshop proposals must include:
- Statistics for the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions of each workshop (as applicable) and the expected statistics for 2020:
- number of submissions
- number of accepted papers
- number of registered delegates
- Interestingness and attractiveness of each workshop for the database community and possible overlap with workshops on the same topics in other conferences (even beyond our community).
- Detailed information about handling of Conflicts of Interest. More specifically, this information should include but not be limited to: double-blind reviewing or not; whether the workshop accepts submissions by the chairs and their colleagues; how these submissions will be handled; how any other types of COIs are handled (e.g., in the case of single-blind reviewing).
- Rationale about recruiting the PC of the workshop, for example, diversity considerations (academia/industry, geography, gender, seniority, etc). These criteria should also be taken into account for the choice of the PC Chairs of each workshop.
- Publicity and sponsorship plans.
- Statistics for the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions of each workshop (as applicable) and the expected statistics for 2020:
Proposal evaluation criteria include the following: relevance to SIGMOD, scientific quality, perceived interest (e.g., previous submission counts), past performance (e.g., publication of the proceedings in the ACM DL), diversity considerations, long-term vision, and overlap with other proposals. Workshop proposals and further inquiries should be sent to the SIGMOD 2020 Workshop chairs:
- Angela Bonifati (angela.bonifati [at] univ-lyon1.fr)
- Ihab Ilyas (ilyas [at] uwaterloo.ca)
- Aditya Parameswaran (adityagp [at] berkeley.edu)
Important Dates
- Workshop proposal submission: Friday, September 27, 2019
- Workshop proposal notification: Friday, October 18, 2019.
All deadlines are at 5PM Pacific Daylight Time.
