Topics

ECSS 2011 is soliciting contributions on topics of interest to its intended audience, including (but not limited to) the following list:

Major trends in informatics research and education.
Relationship of informatics researchers and educators with governments.
Research funding: issues, experience reports, policy.
Image of the discipline, student enrollment.
Infrastructure to support informatics research and education.
Issues in research and education policy.
Experience reports on educational techniques for informatics.
Research organization for informatics.
Research careers in informatics, researcher evaluation.

Of particular relevance are contributions directly related to the theme of ECSS 2011, Informatics Transforming Society. In particular, contributions examining the effect of technology and the way to make them beneficial are welcome.

How to submit your contribution
Position papers can be submitted as either:

Extended abstracts (up to 3 pages)
Full papers (up to 12 pages)

Each submission should state in the first page to which of these categories it belongs, as well as the tittle, authors and affiliation.
Format guidelines: A4 format, 11-pt Arial font type, single-space, one-column and 2 cm margins. Pages should not be numbered.

All submissions should be submitted as PDF format in the conference submission site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecss20110

Deadline: 27 August 2011

Authors Notification: 10 September 2011

Early submission is encouraged!