Taken for Granted

One of the events that I have attended a couple of times in the past is ESWeek, an amalgamation of three separate subconferences: CODES+ISSS (itself an amalgamation of two conferences), CASES, and EMSOFT. As a result it offers a greater critical mass of attendees that the three conferences on their own, and in these current economic times when people need to be extra-prudent on travel, it is much better to combine events. It also allows a much more interesting technical programme, with three keynotes and a wider variety of technical presentations. Attendees can freely hop between the sub-conferences.

This year ESWeek 2009 is in Grenoble from October 11-16. The deadlines for all three conferences for submissions is very soon:

• Abstract submission Friday 1 May 2009
• Full paper submission Friday 8 May 2009

So if you have an idea for a paper, this allows you to whip up an abstract, submit it and then have a week to finish it and submit it for consideration. Perhaps at this late date this will only be useful for “works in progress”. You can submit to one of the three conferences.

However, ESWeek is also looking for tutorial ideas, and here the deadline is a little better: 18 May 2009. Tutorials will be held Sunday 11 October, and will be half day – two in the morning, two in the afternoon. They can be on any theme relevant to the three conferences and embedded systems in general, and can include research, commercial aspects or both. To submit, send the following proposal details:

• title
• 200 word abstract
• organisers and proposed speakers with brief bio and affiliation
• list of topics to be covered
• if the tutorial has been held previously, please list conference, date, number of attendees

to Luca Carlone, luca@cs.columbia.edu. Please write “ESWEEK 2009 Tutorial Proposal” on the email subject line.

As someone involved in ESWeek in the past and present I think it deserves your consideration either as a presenter or attendee or both.