The Calls
General Rules
TL;DR: By October the 26th you must compile this form. By November the 4th, you should send here further information.
We aim to build the workshop on the contributions and participation of attendees. During the workshop, there will be three different kinds of activities with different scopes and implementations. We ask to answer here before October the 26th, providing for each call a level of preference.
The possible scores are:
A (Accept) - If there is the chance, I would be happy to do this!
B (Borderline) - It is not my favorite thing, but if it is required, it is ok.
R (Reject) - No way, I do not want to do this.
While we do not want to oblige to anything, we ask all participants to answer positively at least one of the following calls (but we will be enthusiastic if you contribute to multiple ones). Hence, it is not possible to mark all the calls with Reject.
The calls answered with Accept can be considered automatically approved (hence you can start to think\work on these) - but we will give a definitive confirmation in the next few days after the call ends. We will communicate whether and which one they should work on to all participants who answered B to one or more calls.
Example: If you are super happy to participate in Poster and OpenMic calls, but you prefer to avoid GeekMic, you can answer:
Posters - A
OpenMic - A
GeekMic - R
We encourage you to do your best, but also to challenge your skills and give a try to new approaches! This workshop is a great occasion to do practice, and there is no chance to fail.
For any issue, doubt, question, anxiety, or anguish, feel free to reach us!
Call for posters and live demos
Why?
The poster sessions are an opportunity to communicate your research in a less formal setting than a presentation. They will take place in an open space with people freely moving between stands. The poster should be about your specific research work. If you have already prepared a poster during your studies, recycling it for this occasion is perfectly fine.
How?
We imagine most stands as wall posters (A0 format, 90cm x 150cm, landscape or portrait orientation). Yet, we know that the communication needs of some research areas fit poorly in a rectangular piece of paper. For this reason, we foster any other communication tool that fits the open space nature of the session (e.g., live demos with coordinated drones flying in the room, live board games to play against your last AI agent, speakers to showcase the astonishing results of your latest audio research, or whiteboards to display your latest theoretical result). There is no print service in the place, so take care to print your poster in advance.
Deadlines?
By November the 4th, you should send here the poster's title and its orientation (landscape or portrait), any additional needs for the eventual live demo, such as a desk, the proximity to an electric plug, a whiteboard, etc.
Suggestions?
Display information clearly and concisely while generating interest to engage in a discussion. To this end, a good idea may be to write a question in your poster explicitly. Consider that most people do not have expertise in your field, hence be prepared to provide proper background and keep different levels of depth in your narration. See the poster as something to support your talk, and to attract random walkers in the room. Do not worry that the poster speaks by itself: you will be there to provide any missing information.
A good read about how to build a poster is: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1955747/pdf/hesr0042-0311.pdf
A more recent trend is discussing different approaches:
A TL;DR tutorial on the topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwMFhyH7_5g
Finally, a quick google search will bring you hundreds of templates to make a fantastic poster.
Call for Open Mic
Why?
Did you meet something that thrills you as a researcher? Let us know!
Open Mic is a format to talk to all other participants on research topics not specific to your research work (for that, the poster session is the correct place). Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
The main research questions of your computer science area.
Influential and debated research work. It can be recent or a classic rediscovered.
Issues, questions, or field contamination you would like to find someone to discuss.
Research ideas that inspired you that could spark general interest.
How?
The talks will take place in the main auditorium in plenary sessions. Talks duration is strictly limited to 10 minutes (but slight changes may occur due to organizational reasons). At the end of each talk, there will be additional time to continue discussing the audience. Still, we expect that during our stay in Bertinoro, there will be several occasions to keep up the discussions with the speakers.
Deadlines?
By November the 4th, you should send here a tentative presentation title and a very brief abstract (300-500 characters). It is not required to be too specific: just give us the main insights to understand what you present.
Suggestions?
Keep in mind that the majority of the audience does not share your background. Hence, do not be too specific, do not worry about being formal, and try to share the same enthusiasm you felt when you faced the topic. During the oral talks, we are used to imposing more restrictions than needed (e.g., "I have to proceed in this order", "I have to divide my talk into these sections", "I cannot use this or that tools"): feel free to try and be enthusiastic! This workshop is the best place to take the occasion to test something you have never done before. We swear that nobody will judge you!
Some good tips for preparing a good presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwpi1Lm6dFo
Call for Geek Mic
Why?
There is a book that you find amazing? Are you a fan of a super-cool musical group that nobody knows? Are you excited by board games, theatre, climbing, or any activities that you find absurdly charming? Present it at the Geek Mic! You can share anything in any shape. You may find new people with the same passion, or you may inspire others to know more about something that they are not used to!
How?
The talks will take place in the main auditorium in plenary sessions. Talks duration is strictly limited to 10 minutes (but slight changes may occur due to organizational reasons). At the end of each talk, there will be additional time to continue the discussion with the audience. Still, we expect that during our stay in Bertinoro, there will be several occasions to keep up the discussions with the speakers.
Deadlines?
By November the 4th, you should send here a tentative presentation title and a very brief abstract (300-500 characters). It is not required to be too specific: just give us the main insights to understand what you present.
Suggestions?
What is ordinary to you is extraordinary for others! Do not be afraid, and do not take it too seriously!