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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">The Neural Information Processing Systems Conference 2014
<a href="http://nips.cc/Conferences/2014/"><span style="color: #a01e1d">http://nips.cc/Conferences/2014/</span></a> has a Demonstration Track running in parallel with some of the evening Poster Sessions, December 8-11, 2014, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">Demonstration Proposal Deadline: Monday September 15, 2014, 11pm Universal Time (4pm Pacific Daylight Time).</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="http://nips.cc/Conferences/2014/CallForDemonstrations">http://nips.cc/Conferences/2014/CallForDemonstrations</a></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">Demonstrations offer a unique opportunity to showcase:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">- Hardware technology</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">- Software systems</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">- Neuromorphic and biologically-inspired systems</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">- Robotics</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">or other systems, which are relevant to the technical areas covered by NIPS (see Call for Papers
<a href="http://nips.cc/Conferences/2014/CallForPapers"><span style="color: #a01e1d">http://nips.cc/Conferences/2014/CallForPapers</span></a>).</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">Demonstrations must show novel technology and must be run live, preferably with some interactive parts. Unlike poster presentations or slide shows, live action and interaction with the audience
are critical elements.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">Submissions:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">Submission of demo proposals at the following URL:</div>
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<a href="https://nips.cc/Demonstrators/">https://nips.cc/Demonstrators/</a></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">You will be asked to fill a questionnaire and describe clearly:</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">- the technology demonstrated</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">- the elements of novelty</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">- the live action part</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">- the interactive part</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">- the equipment brought by the demonstrator</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">- the equipment required at the place of the demo</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">Evaluation Criteria: </div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">Submissions will be refereed on the basis of technical quality, novelty, live action, and potential for interaction.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Courier;">Demonstration chair: Hugo Larochelle <demonstration-ch...@<a href="http://nips.cc">nips.cc</a>></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="http://nips.cc/Conferences/2014/CallForDemonstrations">http://nips.cc/Conferences/2014/CallForDemonstrations</a></span></div>
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