SIGCSE- 2001
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions
Call for Proposals
Please send in your one-page proposal for a Birds-of-a-Feather session as early as
possible, but no later than Friday, November 10, 2000 to:
Venu Dasigi, Department of Computer Science, Southern Polytechnic State University,
1100 S. Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060-2896
OR by email (pdf / Word / text) to: vdasigi@spsu.edu
Please include as much of the following information as you can:
- Proposer: Include name, address, phone and fax numbers, email address (expect some
correspondence by email), WWW address (if applicable), etc. (This item does not count in
the page limit.)
- Statement of Topic: A short title (to be used in announcements), a longer title (if
appropriate), and a brief description.
- Significance and Relevance of the Topic: Please include information about any trends in
relation to the topic and possibly describe / cite evidence to that effect. The
objective here is to explain why the topic is significant. This information can help
your proposal to be selected if resources become an issue.
- Expected Audience: Please briefly describe the nature AND size of the expected audience.
If you expect a particularly large or small audience, please explain why.
(This information can help in room assignment.)
- Discussion Leader: Please include name, affiliation, a brief summary of qualifications
and experience relative to the topic area, etc. If discussion leader is different
from the proposer, proposer should indicate whether the proposed discussion leader has
agreed to attend the symposium and lead the discussion, and what contingency plans are
made in the absence of the proposed discussion leader.
- Special Requirements, if any: Please describe.
Questions? Please contact Venu Dasigi at 770-528-5559 or vdasigi@spsu.edu.