Short Courses

Accepted Short Courses (in Portuguese)

Call for Papers
The WebMedia short courses introduce current topics of research and technology related to the symposium, in a practical and didactic way. The short courses are presented in Portuguese and should target undergraduate students, postgraduate students and / or professionals.

Information to Authors
Proposals will be accepted for short courses lasting four hours. They should be limited to 4 (four) pages, including the following itens:
– Resume;
– Target audience, with specification and justification of requisites;
– Sumary with explanatory text of what will be covered in each topic;
– Justification of course interest for the target audience;
– Short biographies of the authors;
– Indication of which author will teach the course;
– Audiovisual resources required. If you need a lab, this should be well specified to check if there are any available at the event location.

Important Dates

Submissions
All papers must be submited by JEMS.

Important Info
Each selected author should produce the following:
a) A 35-50 page Portuguese text that will be part of an electronic book (pdf) dedicated to the minicourses of the event, with due registration of ISBN. This book will be distributed for free, and should have a more didactic approach. The format of the Portuguese text must conform to the modified SBC format for Webmedia for book chapters. DOC or LATEX (by Professor Marcos Alves Vieira).

b) A four page English text with the chapter summary. This summary will be available in the ACM Digital Library. The abstract format must conform to the ACM template.

c) An English text between 25 and 30 pages, with a more technical approach. This text will be published as a book chapter in Springer after the event. This text is optional.

This year we are pleased to announce that the Special Committee on Multimedia and Web Systems (CE-WebMedia) has the financial resources to provide the following cost help to the authors of the selected papers:
– Round trip with flexible dates and times;
– Accommodation (2 nights)
– Invitation to the event dinner;
– Lunch (2 days);
– Others to be defined.

As in previous editions, when submitting a paper, at least one of its authors must make a commitment to register for the Symposium and present the paper, if accepted.

Papers can be written in Portuguese or English. Works in Portuguese should include abstract in English and, optionally, abstract in Portuguese. Accepted papers will be published in an electronic book (with ISBN).

The topics for submission of short courses are the same as for the call for papers, but they do not have to be restricted to them.

Chairs
Valter Roesler (UFRGS) – Geral Chair

Artur Kronbauer (UNIFACS) – Local Chair

Contact

valter.roesler@gmail.com
arturhk@gmail.com