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        2015</span></p>
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        Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing<br>
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        18-22, 2015</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Georgia, USA</span></p>
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        are pleased to invite you to submit papers to the 2015 IEEE
        Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing
        (VL/HCC), to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA at the Georgia
        Tech Hotel &amp; Conference Center, October 18-22, 2015.</span></p>
    <br>
    <br>
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        AND TOPICS</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        solicit original, unpublished research papers that focus on
        efforts to design, formalize, implement, or evaluate computing
        technologies and languages for programming, modeling and
        communicating, which are easier to learn, use or understand than
        the state of the art. This includes languages and tools intended
        for general audiences (e.g., professional or novice programmers,
        or the public) or domain-specific audiences (e.g., people
        working in healthcare, urban design or scientific domains). It
        encompasses languages and tools for expressing forms of
        computation and reasoning through any means (e.g., visual,
        textual, form-based, haptic) and in any computing context (e.g.,
        cloud, web, desktop, mobile or pervasive computing).</span></p>
    <br>
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        of interest include, but are not limited to:</span></p>
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        Design, evaluation, and theory of visual languages</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        End-user development and end-user programming</span></p>
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        Novel representations and user interfaces for expressing
        computation</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Human aspects and psychology of software development and
        language design</span></p>
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        Debugging and program understanding</span></p>
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        Crowdsourcing, as related to languages and tools</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Computational thinking and Computer Science education</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Model-driven development</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Domain-specific languages</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Software visualization</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Query languages</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        EMPHASIS FOR 2015: COMPUTATIONAL THINKING AND CS EDUCATION</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
        push to enhance computational thinking and computing skills in
        education has never been stronger, with a number of high-profile
        movements actively working to establish computer science as a
        foundation in education (e.g., Code.org) and to broaden
        participation in computing among underrepresented groups (e.g.,
        NCWIT). VL/HCC is well suited to this pursuit: learning and
        education is inherently human-centered, and the potential of
        visual languages to captivate users and remove barriers is well
        recognized. Thus, for VL/HCC 2015, we seek to place a special
        emphasis on education-oriented topics. To this end, we strongly
        encourage the submission of works on visual languages and
        human-centric computing that, for example, explore theories of
        human learning, propose new methods and tools to enhance
        learning, and empirically investigate and evaluate learning in a
        variety of computing contexts.</span></p>
    <br>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">PAPER
        SUBMISSIONS</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">We
        invite two kinds of papers (deadlines below under Important
        Dates):</span></p>
    <br>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">[***NOTE:
        The page limits have changed for 2015.]</span></p>
    <br>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        full-length research papers, up to 8 pages -- plus 1 additional
        page that contains only references</span></p>
    <br>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        short research papers, up to 4 pages -- plus 1 additional page
        that contains only references</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">In
        addition to papers, we also invite contributions of other types
        -- see below under Workshops, Showpieces (Posters &amp; Demos),
        and Graduate Consortium.</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">All
        accepted papers, whether full or short, should be complete
        archival contributions. Contributions from full papers are more
        extensive than those from short papers. Work-in-progress, which
        has not yet yielded a contribution, should be submitted to the
        Showpieces category. All submissions will be reviewed by members
        of the Program Committee. Submission and reviews for the
        technical program are managed with EasyChair.</span></p>
    <br>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Accepted
        papers will be distributed at the conference and will be
        submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library
        (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/">http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/</a>). The proceedings are an official
        electronic publication of the IEEE in Computer Science, with an
        ISBN number. Be sure to use the current IEEE conference paper
        format, which was changed in 2011:</span></p>
    <br>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html">http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html</a></span></p>
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    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Additionally,
        selected papers from VL/HCC 2014 and 2015 will be invited for
        submission in expanded form to a special issue of the Journal of
        Visual Languages and Computing (JVLC). The topic of the special
        issue will be programming and modeling tools. Further
        instructions regarding formatting and the review/publication
        process will be provided when the invitations are made.</span></p>
    <br>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
        latest details are available at our website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://vlhcc.org/">http://vlhcc.org/</a></span></p>
    <br>
    <br>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">EVALUATION</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Papers
        are expected to support their claims with appropriate evidence.
        For example, a paper that claims to improve programmer
        productivity is expected to demonstrate improved productivity; a
        paper that claims to be easier to use should demonstrate
        increased ease of use. However, not all claims necessarily need
        to be supported with empirical evidence or studies with people.
        For example, a paper that claims to make something feasible that
        was clearly infeasible might substantiate its claim through the
        existence of a functioning prototype. Moreover, there are many
        alternatives to empirical evidence that may be appropriate for
        claims, including analytical methods or formal arguments. Given
        this criteria, we encourage potential authors to think carefully
        about what claims their submission makes and what evidence would
        adequately support these claims.</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
        evaluation process will proceed as follows:</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">1.
        Initial review period: At least three members of the Program
        Committee will review each paper. At the end of this period,
        these initial reviews will be released to the authors.</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">2.
        Author response period: Authors will have an opportunity to
        submit a 500-word response based on their initial reviews.
        Responses should focus on answering reviewers' questions,
        addressing reviewers' concerns, and clarifying any factual
        misunderstandings.</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">3.
        Final review period: Taking the author response into account,
        the original reviewers will revise their reviews as they deem
        appropriate, and the Program Committee will reach a final
        decision to accept or reject the submitted work. </span></p>
    <br>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">WORKSHOPS,
        SHOWPIECES (POSTERS &amp; DEMOS), AND GRADUATE CONSORTIUM</span></p>
    <br>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
        conference also invites submissions for workshops and tutorials,
        showpieces (e.g., demos and posters), and the Graduate
        Consortium (GC). More information about these contribution types
        will be posted on the VL/HCC 2015 web site at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://vlhcc.org/">http://vlhcc.org/</a>.</span></p>
    <br>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">IMPORTANT
        DATES </span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        27 Feb: Deadline - Workshop/tutorial proposals</span></p>
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        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Fri
        27 Mar: Notifications - Workshop/tutorial proposals</span></p>
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    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
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        1 May: Deadline - Paper abstracts</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        8 May: Deadline - Papers</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        9 May - Fri 12 June: Initial review period</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        12 June: Preliminary notifications - Papers</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        12 June - Fri 19 June: Author response period</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        19 June: Deadline - Author responses</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        20 June - Fri 26 June: Final review period</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        29 June: Final notifications - Papers</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        24 July: Deadline - Workshop papers, showpieces, and GC
        applications</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        14 Aug: Notifications - Workshop papers, showpieces, and GC
        applications</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        4 Sep: Deadline - All final camera-readies</span></p>
    <br>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Chair</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Kraemer - Clemson University, USA</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Chairs</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Ermel - Technische Universität Berlin, Germany</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        D. Fleming - University of Memphis, USA</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Chair</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Li - Microsoft Corporation, USA</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Consortium Chair</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Sarma - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Chairs</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Avazpour - Swinburne University of Technology, Australia</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        to be announced</span></p>
    <br>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        COMMITTEE</span></p>
    <br>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Abraham - Microsoft Corporation, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Blackwell - University of Cambridge, UK</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Bogart - Carnegie Mellon University, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Bottoni - Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Burnett - Oregon State University, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Francesca Costabile - University of Bari, Italy</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Costagliola - Università di Salerno, Italy</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Daily - Clemson University, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        de Lara - Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        DeLine - Microsoft Research, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Diniz Junqueira Barbosa - PUC-Rio, Brazil</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Engels - Universität Paderborn, Germany</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Fish - University of Brighton, UK</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Good - University of Sussex, UK</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Grundy - Swinburne University of Technology, Australia</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Hermans - Delft University of Technology, Netherlands</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Hosking - University of Auckland, New Zealand</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Howse - University of Brighton, UK</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Hundhausen - Washington State University, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Kelleher - Washington University in St. Louis, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Andrew
        J. Ko - University of Washington, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        D. LaToza - University of California, Irvine, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Zhen
        Li - Microsoft Corporation, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Minas - Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Murphy-Hill - North Carolina State University, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Brad
        Myers - Carnegie Mellon University, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Chris
        Parnin - North Carolina State University, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Marian
        Petre - The Open University, UK</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Pietriga - INRIA &amp; INRIA Chile, France</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Beryl
        Plimmer - University of Auckland, New Zealand</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">David
        Redmiles - University of California, Irvine, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Alexander
        Repenning - University of Colorado, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
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        Beth Rosson - Pennsylvania State University, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Anita
        Sarma - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Stefan
        Sauer - Universität Paderborn, Germany</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Christopher
        Scaffidi - Oregon State University, USA</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Gem
        Stapleton - University of Brighton, UK</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
        style="font-size:13px;font-family:'Courier
New';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Simone
        Stumpf - City University London, UK</span></p>
    <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
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