<p><br>Appologies if you received multiple copies (Extended firm deadline: April 10, 2011)<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Call for Workshop Proposals</p>
<p>The 8th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems <br>(IEEE ICESS-11), Changsha, China, November 16-18, 2011.<br>URL: <a href="http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/icess2011/">http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/icess2011/</a></p>
<p>The ICESS-11 organizing committee invite proposals for workshops<br>to be held at the conference. Prospective workshop organizers are<br>invited to submit workshop proposals on foundational and emerging <br>topics in areas relevant to embedded software and systems. The workshops <br>
will provide an opportunity for researchers and industry practitioners <br>to share their research results and practical development experiences <br>on specific challenging and emerging issues.</p>
<p>A workshop proposal should include a proper title, an overview,<br>workshop scope, information about the program, organizers of the<br>workshop, a tentative list of members of the program committee,<br>history of the workshop (if held previously by the same team), and<br>
short bios of all organizers. Workshops will be either a full day <br>or a half day format. Workshop proposals should be submitted to <br>the workshop co-chairs: Dr. Qingxu Deng, Northeast University, <br>China (<a href="mailto:dengqx@mail.neu.edu.cn">dengqx@mail.neu.edu.cn</a>), Dr. Aniruddha Gokhale, Vanderbilt <br>
University, USA (<a href="mailto:a.gokhale@vanderbilt.edu">a.gokhale@vanderbilt.edu</a>), Dr. Shangping Ren, <br>Illinois Institute of Technology, USA (<a href="mailto:ren@iit.edu">ren@iit.edu</a>), with the subject <br>"ICESS-11 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL".</p>
<p>The organizers of approved workshops are required to announce the<br>workshop and call for papers, form a program committee to review<br>papers and decide upon the final program. The conference will provide<br>workshop facilities including author registration, meeting room<br>
arrangement, coffee break, lunch, etc. Papers accepted for ICESS-11<br>workshops will be published by the IEEE Computer Society and<br>distributed to the participants. All accepted papers will be included <br>in IEEE Xplore and indexed by EI and ISTP. Notice that the workshops <br>
with more than 15 accepted papers will be granted with a free <br>complimentary registration for the leading workshop organizer.</p>
<p><br>Important Dates</p>
<p> - Deadline for Workshop Proposals: April 10, 2011 (Extended Firm Deadline)<br> - Notification of Acceptances: April 15, 2011<br> - Tentative Workshop Date: November 16, 2011</p>
<p><br>IEEE ICESS-11 Workshop Co-Chairs<br>Qingxu Deng, Northeast University, China<br>Aniruddha Gokhale, Vanderbilt University, USA<br>Shangping Ren, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p>