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Submission instructions for Full Papers and Posters

Please address all inquiries related to Full Paper submissions and Poster submissions to:  its2010pc@gmail.com

Full Paper  submissions should be 10 pages maximum in Springer LNCS format. Poster submissions should be 3 pages max in Springer LNCS format. Both types of submissions should be submitted through EasyChair on or before January 15 January 22.  We ask those submitting Full Papers to submit an abstract first, on or before January 12  January 15,  which will help with the timely assignment of reviewers. When submitting a Full Paper or Poster, please select topics from the menu in EasyChair that accurately reflect the paper's content. The topics play a key role in matching papers with reviewers.

Only submissions in .pdf format will be accepted. All submissions should be in English.

Please note: the deadline will not be extended.

Step 1: Download the LNCS template and formatting instructions from the Springer website

Go to http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0

Download the LNCS template for the word processing software you would like to use. E.g., when using Word 2007, download LNCS-Office2007.zip, when using Word 97-2003, download word.zip, when using LaTex, download lncs.zip, and so forth. Note that most but not all of these downloads are listed at the top right (notable exception: LNCS-Office2007.zip is listed further down). You may ascertain which file to download for use with your preferred word processor by clicking on the relevant "Proceedings and Other Multiauthor Volumes ..... " link. For Word 2007 this actually gets you to the download link. Unzip the file and study the instructions.
 

NOTE to EndNote users still struggling to comply with the LNCS reference format requirements:

 
1. One way is to edit your References section by hand (ugh!).  Remember to use double hyphens for page numbers, e.g. change 123-130 to 123--130.
 
2. A possibly less painful alternative is to use the MyLNCS  reference style:
 
a. Copy the EndNote style file MyLNCS.ens attached to the Submisson Instructions page into your Styles directory, e.g.\Program Files\EndNote\Styles.
 
b. You will also need to edit the page number fields in the individual entries in your EndNote database (.enl file) to use double hyphens.
 
CAVEATS:
 
1. MyLNCS.ens may or may not be compatible with versions other than EndNote version 5.
 
2. MyLNCS.ens is derived from Numbered.ens, so it has reference templates for only a few reference types.
 
3. You may need to add or modify some reference templates, especially for publications other than conference papers, journal articles, books, book chapters, and generic.


Step 2: Prepare and submit your abstract (Full Papers only)

Pre-submission of an abstract is required only for Full Papers and not for Posters.

If you are submitting a Full Paper, prepare a page with title, author information, abstract, and keywords, following the instructions in the typeinst file that you downloaded. Submit the page you prepared through EasyChair by January 12  January 15, 2010, 11:59pm Hawaii time. All submissions must be in .pdf format.

To submit through EasyChair, go to: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=its2010. Login using your existing EasyChair account, or create a new account following the instructions on the site. (If you are not logged in as author, you may need to change your role to author. You may do so by selecting the menu item:  ITS 2010 > Change Role. Your current role is always shown at the top of the EasyChair screen.)

Once logged in, select New Submission, and select "Full Papers and Posters."  Follow the instructions on the submission screen to upload your one-page abstract in Springer LNCS format. Be sure to check the box labeled "Abstract Only," and to fill out the keywords and topics. Please select the topics carefully, as the topics play a key role in the process of assigning reviewers.

Step 3: Prepare and submit your paper or poster

Put together your paper or poster submission. Full Papers are 10 pages max and must have an abstract.  Posters are 3 pages max. All submissions must be in .pdf format. Please submit your submission through EasyChair by January 15  January 22, 2010. 11:59pm, Hawaii time. 

For Posters: Login as author as specified above under point 2. Select New Submission, and select "Full Papers and Posters." Follow the instructions on the submission screen to upload your 3-page document in Springer LNCS format. Poster submission must include an abstract. Please be sure to fill out the keywords and topics. Please select the topics carefully, as the topics play a key role in the process of assigning reviewers.

For Full Papers (assuming you submitted an abstract previously): Login as author, and select your paper (by number) at the top of the screen. Click on "Submit a new version" on the right, and follow the instructions on the submission screen. Upload your 10-page document in Springer LNCS format. Full Paper submissions must include an abstract. You may also update information specified previously. In particular, it is important that the topics you select on the submission screen in EasyChair accurately reflect the paper's content.

Please address all inquiries related to Full Paper submission and Poster submissions to:  its2010pc@gmail.com


Submission instructions for the Young Researchers' Track (YRT)

Please address all inquiries related to the Young Researchers' Track to: its2010yrt@gmail.com.

The Young Researchers’ Track (YRT) at ITS 2010 will provide a forum in which PhD students present and discuss their work during its early stages, meet peers who have related interests, and work with more senior members of the field (mentors). The program is open to all PhD students and invites submissions of papers with advisors or collaborators acknowledged appropriately, as co-authors or otherwise. Students are asked to honor the spirit of the program by submitting only work for which they are primary investigators. Students can submit papers for work reported in a regular paper submitted to ITS 2010, but not for work that has already been published.

We will provide a structured program in which each student is matched with a mentor, who will be encouraged to offer feedback and support to students as they prepare their presentations, during the Young Researchers' Track session, and in at least one one-on-one meeting at the conference. The session itself will be scheduled within the main conference program in order to encourage maximal community involvement. 

YRT paper submissions should be 3 pages maximum in Springer LNCS format and must include an abstract. For instructions for downloading the Springer LNCS template, see step 1 of the instructions for submitting Full Papers and Posters. YRT papers should be submitted through EasyChair on or before January 15  January 22.  Only submissions in .pdf format will be accepted. All submissions should be in English. YRT authors are not required to pre-submit a separate abstract, but all YRT submissions should include an abstract.

To submit through EasyChair, go to: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=its2010. Login using your existing EasyChair account, or create a new account following the instructions on the site. Once logged in, select New Submission, and select "Young Researcher’s Track (YRT)."  Follow the instructions on the submission screen. Please submit your submission through EasyChair by January 15  January 22, 2010. 11:59pm, Hawaii time. 


Submission instructions for Workshops and Tutorials

Please address all inquiries related workshops and tutorials to:   Joe Beck (josephbeck@wpi.edu) and  Niels Pinkwart (niels.pinkwart@tu-clausthal.de)

Individuals and groups are invited to propose workshops and tutorials. We invite a range of events varying in content, aim and structure. The general goal is to offer participants an opportunity to engage in professional exchange in an interactive and interpersonal setting. Workshops and tutorials are intended to bring together groups of researchers from around the world who have shared interests. They provide a good, extended opportunity for researchers to get to know each other in a relaxed atmosphere and stimulate the development of ideas and interests, sometimes leading to collaboration, grants and publications. Workshops and tutorials can be on any major and timely topic in Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: tools (e.g., tools for more effective, efficient, and enjoyable ITS interactions; analysis tools for researchers), practices (e.g., teacher best practices; the analysis of student practice), theories (e.g., learning, cognition, teaching, practice) and methods (e.g., research approaches, techniques, methodologies).

We invite both "classical workshops," during which early work is presented in an informal, “mini conference” style, as well as workshops that are highly interactive “working meetings” for a group of people, designed to take advantage of being co-located to work together collaboratively on a theme of shared interest. Tutorials on the other hand should provide an introduction and possibly in-depth treatment of an ITS topic under the guidance of an experienced researcher.

Proposal selection process

  • All proposals must follow the format instructions below.
  • Proposals should be submitted by January 29, 2010, through the ITS EasyChair conference submission system at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=its2010.
  • Acceptance notifications will be sent out on February 16, 2010.
  • For accepted workshop and tutorial descriptions, an announcement in a form ready to be posted on the ITS website will be due on February 23, 2010.
  • If workshop organizers want to solicit papers for their workshop, a suggested deadline is April 15, 2010.
  • If workshop / tutorial organizers want to publish proceedings or other material describing their event, for distribution among the participants, the deadline for providing this material is June 1, 2010.
  • Based on the pre-registrations, the workshop and tutorial chairs may identify and cancel undersubscribed workshops and tutorials in advance.


Proposal format for Workshops

Proposals should be submitted in English, in accordance with the process described above. Workshop proposals should not exceed 3 pages, indicating:
  • That it is a Workshop proposal
  • Title of the event
  • Organizers' names and affiliations
  • Preferred length (half day or full day)
  • Theme and goals, indicating why the topic is timely and relevant
  • Intended audience, including the expected number of attendees, and whether you will enforce a maximum or a minimum number of attendees for this event.
  • Evidence of interest of both attendees and of presenters.  Examples of such evidence are a list of people who have said they are likely to participate or to send students, or attendance figures from a similar prior workshop.  We understand that it can be difficult to obtain that kind of for a first workshop in an area.  The goal is to convince us that there is  interest and that the workshop will draw a sufficient number of participants. 
  • Brief description of format and activities
  • Participation requirements (e.g., prerequisites such as submission of a position paper, expected behavior during event, or a commitment to contribute to a joint publication after the event)
  • Relevant experience of the organizers with respect to the topic of the workshop
  • A/V facilities and other equipment needed
  • For workshops that will solicit papers, a preliminary program committee should be included

Proposal format for Tutorials

Proposals should be submitted in English, in accordance with the process described above. Tutorial proposals should not exceed 3 pages, indicating:
  • That it is a Tutorial proposal
  • Title of the event
  • Organizers' names and affiliations
  • Preferred length (half day or full day)
  • Theme and goals, indicating why the topic is timely and relevant
  • Description of content to be covered.  The content should be appropriate and at the right level for ITS. attendees. 
  • Intended audience, including information about how many attendees are reasonable for this event (is there a maximum or a minimum number of attendees for this event?) 
  • What is the expected background of the attendees?  Do they need particular background knowledge or software? 
  • Evidence of interest, such as a list of people who have said they are likely to participate or to send students
  • Description of format and activities planned.  Tutorials do not have to be 100% lecture; activities where attendees can apply what they learned is very helpful.
  • Expected outcomes.  What will attendees learn? Please describe outcomes in terms of expected knowledge and/or skills acquired.
  • Relevant experience of the organizers, both at presenting, and as experts in the subject matter.  In addition to past papers written and tutorials run, classes you have taught in the area are very germane here.
  • A/V facilities and other equipment needed

Submission instructions for Interactive Event (IE) proposals

Please direct all inquiries related to Interactive Events to:
 The Interactive Events track will showcase interactive demonstrations of intelligent tutoring systems and related tools. Individual system components that exhibit intelligent educational behaviors would also be welcome.  A presentation at the Interactive Events provides the ITS2010 attendees opportunities to interact with the demonstrated systems, as opposed to a passive demo.  Interactive Events will be held during the opening reception so as to avoid competing with technical sessions.  A one page abstract for all accepted Interactive Events will be published as a part of the conference proceedings. We also encourage authors submitting papers to the main conference.

Form and Content
Authors proposing an Interactive Event should submit: (1) a one-page abstract and (2) a typical scenario of the demo.

The one-page abstract should be in the ITS2010 paper format (see the instructions for submitting Full Papers, but use the main body format).  The abstract should have“Interactive Event” in the title, author information, email, and a brief explanation of the system’s purpose, significance, and novelty.  Final abstracts will be published in the ITS 2010 proceedings (the final abstract should include a pointer to the web-accessible scenario and/or project web page).

The typical scenario is a step-by-step scenario of the proposed Interactive Event (or the system demo, if you will) as a sequence of key screenshots or video clips, annotated to explain the system’s purpose, user input and system output. The screenshots must be appropriately annotated, but the scenario text may total up to 2000 words. The scenario can be either Web-accesible on-line material or printed material. Either way, it should serve as a proposal for the Interactive Event and, to the extent possible, as a self-explanatory demo of the proposed Interactive Event that will remain accessible after ITS 2010.

Submission
Email IE proposals to Noboru Matsuda <noboru.matsuda@cs.cmu.edu> and Tanja Mitrovic <tanja.mitrovic@canterbury.ac.nz> as follows:
  • Include “[ITS 2010 Interactive Event proposal]” in the Subject line of the message.
  • Attach a one-page abstract as a .pdf file.
  • Include the typical scenario as either (a) the URL to view it as web page(s) in a standard browser, (b) a .pdf or .ppt attachment, or (c) a URL to download it as a .pdf or .ppt file.
Criteria
The Interactive Event chairs will select proposals based upon expected interest to the ITS attendees, scientific value, originality, innovation, and potential logistic constraints.  Commercial products are eligible, but sales and marketing activities are not appropriate.

Awards
The Interactive Event chairs will confer Best Interactive Event Award(s) based in part on audience feedback.

Equipment
ITS 2010 will provide a projector and vertical surface on which to project the screen images, tables, chairs, power, and (if requested) Internet connections.  Presenters should provide the rest, including computers with necessary software installed.

Important dates for Interactive Events

  • Submission deadline:  29 Jan 2010 (11:59 pm Hawaii time)
  • Acceptance notification: 1 March 2010
  • 1-page camera-ready abstract due: 1 April 2010
  • Interactive Events:  during the reception on 15 June