The ICCCT-2011 organizing committee invites proposals for workshops to be held at the International Conference on Computer Communication &Technology, immediately prior to the technical conference, on Thursday, September 15, 2011 in Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, UP, India.

ICCCT-2011 will provide an informal setting where participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific technical topics in an atmosphere that fosters the active exchange of ideas. Members from all segments of the Computer and Communication community are invited to submit workshop proposals for review. Workshops that focus on new and emerging topics, or on applications, are particularly encouraged. To facilitate interaction and a broad exchange of ideas, each workshop will be limited to 50 participants and should plan for ample time to foster open discussions. Affiliated workshops will be held on Thursday-Friday, September 15-16. The purpose of these workshops is to provide a platform for presenting novel ideas in a less formal and possibly more focused way than the conferences themselves. As such, they also offer a good opportunity for young researchers to present their work and to obtain feedback from an interested community. The format of each workshop is to be determined by the organizers, but it is expected that they contain ample time for general discussion. The preference is for one-day workshops, but other schedules will also be considered.

Submission Information

Proposals for workshops should contain :

• A title and brief (2-page max) description of the workshop topic and content.
• A brief discussion of why and to whom the workshop is of interest
• The desired workshop length (one or two days), and an estimate of the audience size.
• The names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the organizers, with one-paragraph statements of their research interests and areas of expertise.
• A budget.
• A list of potential members of the program committee, with an indication of which members have already agreed.
• A description of any shared tasks associated with the workshop.
• A description of special requirements for technical needs.
• The name of the primary contact for the organizing committee; this person must have an email address.
• The URL of the workshop web site.

Responsibilities of ICCCT 2011 and Workshop Organizers

For all accepted proposals, ICCCT-2011 will be responsible for :

• Providing publicity for the workshop series as a whole.
• Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the workshop.
• Together with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time.
• Duplicating working notes and distributing them to the participants.

Workshop organizers will be responsible for the following :

• Setting up a Web site for the workshop according to the template that will be distributed upon acceptance.
• Advertising the workshop and issuing a call for participation/papers. The call must make it clear that the workshop is open to all members of the Computer & Communication community. It should also note that the number of participants is strictly limited. The call should also make clear the process by which the Organizing Committee will select the participants.
• Collecting submissions, notifying acceptances in due time, and ensuring a transparent and fair selection process. All workshop organizers commit themselves to adopt the same deadlines for submissions and notifications of acceptance.
• Making the PDF of the whole workshop notes available to the workshop chair (up to a maximum of 200 pages) as well as a list of audio-visual requirements and any special room requirements.
• Ensuring that the workshop organizers and the participants get registered to the workshop are invited to register to the main conference.

ICCCT-2011 encourages the production of publications based on the workshops, but the ICCCT-2011 name cannot be used on such publications without prior permission. ICCCT-2011 reserves the right to cancel any workshop if deadlines are missed or if too few attendees register for the workshop to support its running costs. To cover costs, it will be necessary to charge workshop participants a workshop fee

Please send proposals and inquiries to: iccct2011@gmail.com