CALL FOR PAPERS: COMPUTER GAMES WORKSHOP 2007

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CALL FOR PAPERS: COMPUTER GAMES WORKSHOP 2007

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
15-17 June 2007

H.J. van den Herik and J.W.H.M. Uiterwijk

Maastricht, The Netherlands

IBM, SARA (Academic Computer Centre Amsterdam) and NCF (Foundation of National Computing Facilities) are enabling the organization of the Computer Games Workshop 2007 (CGW2007) (15-17 June 2007), the 15th World Computer-Chess Championship (WCCC) (11-18 June) and the 12th Computer Olympiad (CO) (11-18 June) to be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Location: The Turing hall, Science Park Amsterdam, Kruislaan 419, 1098 VA Amsterdam.

For information on the 15th WCCC and the 12th CO, see elsewhere. Below we focus on the CGW2007.

The organization of the events is to highlight the initiation of the new NWO supercomputer, called HUYGENS. The official date of the start of the computer’s operation is June 13. The mayor of Amsterdam Dr. Job Cohen will attend the starting meeting.

The workshop commences on June 15 at 8.30 h and will take place on three consecutive days, each day from 8.30 h till 12.30 h. The workshop aims in the first place at providing an international forum for computer-games researchers presenting new results on ongoing work. Hence, we invite contributors to submit papers on all aspects of research related to computers and games.

Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: (1) the current state of game-playing programs, (2) new theoretical developments in game-related research, (3) general scientific contributions produced by the study of games, and (4) (adaptive) game AI. Moreover, researchers of topics such as (5) social aspects of computer games, (6) cognitive research of how humans play games, and (7) issues related to networked games are invited to submit their contribution.

Important Dates
Paper Submission May 15, 2007
Acceptance Notification May 21, 2007
Camera-ready Papers June 1, 2007

Paper Submission Requirements
Papers of 8 to 10 pages are preferred. The maximum length is 12 pages. The preferred format for submission is PDF, but Postscript or Word is also acceptable. The paper must be written in the English language. We prefer the Springer Lecture Note Series (LNCS/LNAI) format. Please follow the instructions for authors available at the Springer LNCS/LNAI Web: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.

Refereeing Process
Since this announcement is rather late, the usual full refereeing process is impossible to execute. Therefore papers will be refereed in a “light” way by members of the Programme Committee. In practice, this means that papers are accepted if their topic suits the workshop and their overall quality is acceptable. Accepted papers will be scheduled for presentation during the workshop and will be printed as workshop proceedings. Authors of accepted papers, or their representatives, are expected to present their papers at the workshop. Please submit papers via email to uiterwijk@micc.unimaas.nl, before May 15, 2007. Notice of acceptance of papers will be sent by May 21, 2007 to the principal author. Camera-ready papers are due by June 1, 2007. The best contributions of the workshop will be published in the ICGA Journal. Moreover, depending on the quality, a submission of material for publication in the LNCS series may be considered.


Registration
Registration Fee Early (on or before June 1) Late (after June 1)
Participants Euro 50 Euro 70
Students Euro 25 Euro 35
Admission to the workshop and a copy of the workshop proceedings are included in the workshop registration fee.

Workshop Proceedings
The proceedings will be edited by Professor H.J. van den Herik, dr. J.W.H.M. Uiterwijk, dr. M.H.M. Winands, and M.P.D. Schadd, M.Sc.. Each workshop participant will receive a copy at the start of the workshop.

The Programme Committee
The relatively short period between the final agreement on the organization and the actual dates of the events has inspired us to work with almost the same programme committee as last year (Turin, 2006, see below), except that three co-chairs are supplied by the scientific staff of our sponsors.

Co-chairs: Professor H.J. van den Herik
Representative IBM-research to be announced later
Dr. A. Osseyran (SARA)
Dr. P. Aerts (NCF)

For more information on WCCC, CO and CGW 2007:
J.W. Hellemons, email: hellemon@micc.unimaas.nl.
www.icga.org

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