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Call for Submissions

We invite submissions for the 1st US-RSE Conference to be held in Chicago, October 16 to 18, 2023. The theme of this year’s conference will be “Software Enabled Discovery and Beyond.” As such topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Discovery enabled by software
Architectures, frameworks, libraries, and technology trends
Research data management
Support for scalability and data-driven methods
Improving the reproducibility of research
Usability, portals, workflows, and tools
Sustainability, security, and stability
Software engineering approaches supporting research
Community engagement
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for RSEs and in RSEng
Training and workforce development
Building an RSE profession

Important Dates

Submissions open: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Workshops, Tutorials, and BoF submissions due: Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Papers / Notebooks due: Monday, May 15, 2023 - EXTENDED
Poster / Talk abstracts due: Monday, June 19, 2023

Submission Website: EasyChair

Authors of accepted submissions are expected to register by the author registration deadlines below or they will not be included in the program.

Review and Publication: All contributions will be subject to standard peer review for quality, relevance, and novelty, which will determine acceptance and the form of presentation. All submissions will be kept confidential prior to publication in the proceedings. Instructions for camera-ready versions will be sent to authors of accepted submissions. All submission types will be published as open access in Zenodo.

The Special Issue Editors are looking into options to invite accepted and presented submissions to US-RSE’23 to submit to a special issue in a suitable journal post-conference. Authors of selected submissions will receive the invitation after the conference.

Questions? Contact the organizers: usrsecon2023@easychair.org.

Short and Long Papers

We invite papers as peer-reviewed publications highlighting the above topic areas and the software/software techniques that enabled the research! Accepted papers will be given the opportunity to have an oral presentation during the conference (short papers will be lightning talks of 5 minutes and long papers will be 15 minutes). Both types of submissions will be included in the digital proceedings.

Papers should follow the IEEE format. Short papers should have no fewer than 300 words, but no more than two pages; long papers should be no longer than 8 pages in length. Neither limit includes references.

We particularly encourage submissions from first-time conference presenters and from members of groups that have historically been underrepresented in the scientific community.

Timeline

Submissions open: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Papers / Notebooks due: Monday, May 15, 2023 - EXTENDED
Notification of authors for papers / notebooks: Monday, June 19, 2023
Registration for authors of papers/notebooks: mid-July 2023
Camera-ready papers / notebooks due: Monday, July 3, 2023

Talks

We invite talks highlighting the above topic areas and the software/software techniques that enabled the research. Accepted talks will be given 15 minutes for an oral presentation during the conference. Talk submissions should be in the form of an abstract, no more than 1 page in length.

Timeline

Submissions open: Thursday, February 16, 2023
Talk abstracts due: Monday, June 19, 2023
Notification of authors for talks: Monday, July 24, 2023
Registration for authors of talks: Monday, August 21, 2023

Notebooks

Given the necessity for software in all aspects of research today, we would also like to encourage the submission of computational notebooks. To account for the broad variety of use cases for notebooks, we are accepting submissions in three categories, described in detail on the Notebook Submissions page. Accepted notebooks will be given the opportunity for a 15 minute oral presentation and included in our digital proceedings. There will be a US-RSE community call in March dedicated to discussing details and answering questions about notebook submissions.

Timeline

Submissions open: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Papers / Notebooks due: Monday, May 15, 2023 - EXTENDED
Notification of authors for papers / notebooks: Monday, June 19, 2023
Registration for authors of papers/notebooks: mid-July 2023
Camera-ready papers / notebooks due: Monday, July 3, 2023

Posters

We invite posters highlighting the above topic areas and the software/software techniques that enabled the research. Poster submissions should be in the form of an abstract, no more than 1 page in length.

Timeline

Submissions open: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Poster abstracts due: Monday, June 19, 2023
Notification of authors for posters: Monday, July 24, 2023
Registration for authors of posters: Monday, August 21, 2023
Camera-ready posters due: Monday, August 28, 2023

Workshops / Birds of a Feather (BoF)

We invite proposals for workshops and birds of a feather (BoFs) highlighting the above topic areas. Workshops and BoFs can range from an hour to half day events that will run in parallel tracks. Submissions should adhere to the Technical Program Templates.

Timeline

Submissions open: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Workshops, Tutorials, and BoF submissions due: Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Notification of authors for workshops, tutorials, and BoFs: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Registration for authors of workshops, tutorials, and BoFs: mid-July 2023

Tutorials

We invite proposals for tutorial sessions. Tutorials will be online only and conducted virtually in the weeks prior to the conference, Monday, October 2nd to Friday, October 13th. Submissions should adhere to the Technical Program Templates.

Timeline

Submissions open: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Workshops, Tutorials, and BoF submissions due: Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Notification of authors for workshops, tutorials, and BoFs: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Registration for authors of workshops, tutorials, and BoFs: mid-July 2023