Call for Workshop Proposal for SAINT2008

SAINT2008 (The 2008 International Symposium on Applications and the Internet) invites proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with SAINT2008 co-located with COMPSAC2008 (IEEE-CS Conference on Computer Software and Applications). The workshop proposal theme should be closely related to the conference topics. See http://www.saintconference.org/ or http://www.icta.ufl.edu/saint08/.

Each workshop proposal should clearly indicate its strength and usefulness and how it complements conference theme. It is expected that a proposal should provide a better insight into the proposed topics compared to what is covered in conference presentations.

Workshop proposals should be submitted to both Workshop Co-chairs and it should include the following. It is recommended to follow a style of "Call for Workshop Papers", so that it will be on the web when the proposal is accepted. See previous ones on the SAINT web.
•	Workshop title
•	Workshop description with justification
•	Workshop organizer(s)' name, contact points, organizations, and the names of key organizers such as program chair(s)
•	Resources required
•	Information about the previously organized workshop (if any): attendance, number of papers submitted, number of papers accepted

Prior discussion with Workshop Co-chairs about the intention to submit a proposal is highly encouraged.

Every submitted workshop proposal will be reviewed by at least two expert reviewers. The organizers of the accepted workshop proposal are responsible for promoting and advertising the workshop with proper reference to SAINT2008. For example, the organizer(s) should provide a Call for Workshop Papers to be put on the main conference web site. It is requested that the organizer(s) of the workshop would arrange for stringent reviewing of each submitted paper. 

Due to the limitation of conference facilities, not all proposed workshops will be accepted.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline: Workshop Proposals: November 15, 2007
Proposal acceptance Notification: November 26, 2007
Workshop Call for Papers: November 30, 2007
Workshop Paper Submission: March 1, 2008
Workshop Paper Notification: March 30, 2008
Workshop Final Manuscript: May 1, 2008

Workshops papers will be processed as follows:
•	Author(s) will submit a paper directly to organizer(s).
•	Organizer(s) will inform the number of submitted papers to Workshop Co-chairs (Workshop Co-chairs will assign a room based on this number).
•	Organizer(s) will process paper reviews using PC (Program Committee) etc. Each workshop should have its own PC.
•	Organizer(s) will provide title, author(s) and e-mail address of accepted papers to Workshop Co-chairs (CS press will send Author(s)' kit to authors accordingly)
•	Author(s) will upload a file to CS press.
•	Organizer(s) will inform session structure to Workshop Co-chairs (this is for the final program).

Workshop papers will be published by CS press with a separate volume from Symposium papers. Workshop papers will be limited to 4 pages.

Contact mail address: saint08workshops [AT] ndrc.kyutech.ac.jp

WORKSHOP CHAIRS
Morris Chang, Iowa State University, USA
Masato Tsuru, Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan