Conference from 28th to 29th Nov 2005

AUSCC to be hosted at ANU in 2005
 
First Call for Papers July 2005 Australians National University, Canberra,Australia.
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Why Present?
Australian undergraduates have seldom had the chance to present their research work at recognised conferences. However, there is no doubt that such presentations are the best way to kick off a career in the fields of IT. AUSCC04 provides an opportunity for you to showcase your own work in front of major IT companies, many of whom may have career opportunities available. What's more, presenting at a conference such as AUSCC04 provides valuable experience in communicating your ideas and innovations, a skill that is becoming progressively more vital for career advancement.
General Paper/Tutorial Presentation Guideliness

You may present:
  • Academic papers
  • Tutorials
  • Poster presentations


    • In general, an academic paper:
  • is writing with new and/or novel ideas written for other scholars
  • is devoted to topics and questions that are of interest to the academic community
  • presents the reader with an informed argument along with a clear aim and conclusion
  • is well referenced

    • The paper should not be more than eight A4 pages (10 pt) including the title, abstract and references, and should use the appropriate format
    br>In general, a tutorial:
  • is an informative talk on a well-established concept/technology
  • need not be argumentative or novel in content

    • To submit a tutorial, you will be ! required to first submit a tutorial summary.

    You will be expected to give a talk on your paper/tutorial material.

    They will take place over the two main days of the conference, and will be held in two parallel sessions each day. You will be provided with a microphone, overhead projector and a computer with Microsoft PowerPoint. The audience will be provided with an abstract/summary of your talk before it begins. Once your paper/tutorial material gets accepted, you will be tentatively assigned a time and venue for your talk. We will send you a confirmation soon afterwords, but please ensure that you are available for the talk over any of the two days.
    If you have any questions about paper submission, please check the FAQ first. If it does not answer your question, please email papers@auscc.asn.au. Note that any questions about AUSCC (not relating to paper submission) must be directed to enquiries@auscc.asn.au.
    IMPORTANT NOTE: It is YOUR re! sponsibility to ensure that your talk and your paper/tutorial transcri pt honours copyright laws. You will be asked to agree to the Privacy Statement for every paper/tutorial you wish to present.
    Paper Presentation Guidelines
    You can present a paper if you are an undergraduate/honours student (or started your research for the paper you wish to present while you were an undergraduate/honour's student) at a University/TAFE college in Australia.
    In general, the paper must:
  • be original, innovative, written in English
  • follow one of the supplied formats and must be in either PDF or Microsoft Word
  • be related to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - see below
  • maintain a reasonable research standard
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    The paper must be related to information and communication technology. Some broad '''categories include: social implications and impact of IT or some part of IT, IT education, software engineering, information systems, multimedia, networking, databases, information systems, netwo! rking and the Internet, hardware technology, artificial intelligence, and so on. In other words, the paper can be technical or have social implication but must be related to ICT. Certain unacceptable papers for example include, "How to use Microsoft Word" (as this paper will be neither new nor innovative and thus not be suitable for a presentation as a paper - but is suitable for a tutorial presentation) and "The life of Bill Gates" (if the focus is on personal history and not his influence on IT). If you have any questions, please email papers@auscc.asn.au with the title of your proposed paper and your include your login details (if you've registered) in the body of the email.
    You are expected to give a 15 minute talk about your paper that will be followed by about 5 minutes of questions from the audience. Your full paper will be published in a conference proceedings book that will be made available during the conference. The following websites may be useful ! if you want help in writing a paper. Note that they are not affiliated in any way to AUSCC and your use is in accordance with their privacy, copyright, access, etc policies.
    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_lit.html
    http://www.dartmouth.edu/'compose/student/ac_paper/what.html
    http://www.uni-magdeburg.de/hkersten/WritingPapers/Writlink.htm
    http://www.unibas.ch/shine/acadpaper.html
    Poster Presentation Guidelines
    Poster sessions form an integral part of most academic conferences. As posters are not (fully) published in a conference proceedings, the review process for posters is significantly faster than that for papers. This makes posters ideal for the presentation of late-breaking and in-progress research. Typically many more poster submissions are accepted into a conference than regular papers, making poster sessions an ideal venue for papers which did not quite make it into the proceedings (due to space constraints, for example). Many academics and students in the computer sciences communicate their research via papers and posters -- both are valuabe activities to learn about through participation in AUSCC.
    This is the first year for posters at AUSCC. We expect to accept most poster submissions, whose deadline is significantly after the paper deadli! ne and is just after the date in which paper authors will learn about their paper submissions' acceptance/rejection -- we (generally) strongly encourage rejected papers to be re-submitted for the poster session. Extended abstracts of AUSCC04 posters will be included in the AUSCC proceedings.
    The AUSCC04 poster session(s) will follow the canonical format of an informal session during the conference with a room reserved for the posters. Each poster will occupy space along the walls of the room, allowing conference attendents to walk around and read about topics that interest them. It is expected that the poster author(s) will be present at their posters for most of the session to answer questions and discuss their work. This general format is favoured as it gives attendents the opportunity to have 1-on-1 discussions with the student researchers and it gives the student researchers great networking opportunities as student/academic/industry attendents read over their poster! s
    Tutorial Presentation Guidelines
    You may present a tutorial if you are a student (Undergraduate/Honours/Postgraduate/PhD) at a University/TAFE college in Australia. Note that you will be required to send us your resume and/or a note outlining your credentials in presenting your paper. Click here to submit a tutorial description. You are also required to email your resume or a note outlining your credentials to papers@auscc.asn.au with the heading "Tutorial submission: resume attached". When "papers" are sought, please email us the entire transcript of your talk, including any handouts you want to include and your resume and/or a note outlining your credentials to present the tutorial. Your tutorial transcript will also be refereed in the same way that papers will, and will follow the same paper submission deadlines.In general, the tutorial transcript must:
    be related to Inf! ormation and Communication technology. Examples include "How to use Macromedia
    You are expected to give a one or two hour talk about your paper that will be followed by about 10 minutes of questions from the audience. You will be provided with a microphone, overhead projector and a computer with access to software relevant to your tutorial. Tutorials will be conducted in either normal rooms, or computer labs, whichever is more appropriate. The audience will be provided with an summary of your tutorial before it begins.There is no particular format to follow for the tutorial transcript. Ensure that it is well structured. Your tutorial summary will appear in the conference proceedings, which will be made available during the conference.