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<div>The ECML PKDD 2019 Organizing Committee invites proposals for half-day tutorials to be held on the first and last days of the conference (September 16th and 20th, 2019), which will take place in Würzburg, Germany. Tutorials are intended to provide a comprehensive introduction to established or emerging research topics of interest to the machine learning and data mining community. These topics include related research fields or applications but also well-developed tools and suites that support ML/DM research. The ideal tutorial should attract a wide audience. It should be broad enough to provide a basic introduction to the chosen area, but it should also cover the most important topics in depth. Each tutorial should be well-focused so that its content can be covered in a half-day slot. Proposals that exclusively focus on the presenter’s own work or commercial demonstrations are strongly discouraged. Tutorial slides will be made available online at the ECML-PKDD website, although authors can provide them on additional websites as well. We offer a waived registration fee for attendance of the main conference to one speaker for each accepted tutorial.</div>
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<div>GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS</div>
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<div>Tutorial proposals should contain at least the following:</div>
<div>A title and abstract of the tutorial.<br/>
A brief description of the tutorial content and its relevance to the ECML-PKDD community (no more than 2 pages).<br/>
A brief outline of the tutorial structure showing that the tutorial’s core content can be covered in a 4 hours slot (including a 30 minutes break).<br/>
The names and contact information of the tutorial instructors, including one-paragraph statements of their research interests and areas of expertise; it is required to indicate in the proposal who is planning to attend the conference and who will present which part.<br/>
A list of previous venues and approximate audience sizes, if the same or a similar tutorial has been given elsewhere; otherwise an estimate of the audience size.<br/>
A description of special requirements for technical equipment (e.g., audio equipment). Especially for a relatively novel but rapidly maturing topic, a half day tutorial (4h incl. one 30 minute break) followed by a half day workshop (also 4h incl. one 30 minute break) is a highly recommended format. We kindly ask you to write a single proposal for the tutorial and workshop that covers the different guidelines and requirements for tutorials and workshops. In addition, the links should be clearly described and the proposal should be submitted to the workshop and tutorial chairs (select ‘Workshop and Tutorial’ as topic on easychair). For workshop guidelines, please see the separate Call For Workshop Proposals. The proposal will be reviewed by the workshop and tutorial co-chairs, who may use the help of external reviewers and experts on the submission topics. Features that will be evaluated are:<br/>
The interestingness for the ECML PKDD areas, which should result in a large audience.<br/>
The clarity of the tutorial, which should emerge from its description.<br/>
Good organization as appearing from the outline.<br/>
The adequacy of the speakers, i.e., her/his background/experience in teaching the target topics.<br/>
The ability to explain the topics to a large audience with heterogeneous background.</div>
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<div>SUBMISSION</div>
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<div>Please submit your proposals through EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wtecmlpkdd2019). The submitted proposals will be reviewed in a close collaboration with the conference chairs and the program committee.</div>
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<div>IMPORTANT DATES</div>
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<div>The following deadlines are important for the tutorial organizers:</div>
<div>Tutorial proposal deadline: March 22nd, 2019<br/>
Tutorial acceptance notification: April 5th, 2019<br/>
Tutorial final abstract submission: April 19th, 2019<br/>
Early bird registration: July 26th, 2019<br/>
Tutorial course material (slides, bibliography) online: Monday, September 6th, 2019</div>
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<div>CONTACT INFORMATION</div>
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<div>In case you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Workshop and Tutorial Chairs (Peggy Cellier and Kurt Driessens) at wt_chairs@ecmlpkdd2019.org. We are looking forward to your proposals.</div>
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