[hpc-announce] PASC22: Special Call for Minisymposia for Topics in Humanities and Social Sciences (Deadline 15 Dec for Expressions of Interest)

[Tim Robinson]

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                        SPECIAL CALL FOR MINISYMPOSIA
                   Topics in Humanities and Social Sciences 

                  Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing
                                    PASC22

                            Congress Center Basel
                             Basel - Switzerland
                               27-29 Jun 2022

                      https://pasc22.pasc-conference.org

              Deadline for Submitting an Expression of Interest: 
                                Dec 15, 2021 

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PASC22 is pleased to announce a special call for minisymposia targeting scientific computing applications and methods in the social sciences and humanities.

Co-sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and SIGHPC, PASC22 will be held at the Congress Center Basel, Switzerland, from June 27 to 29, 2022.

The PASC Conference series is an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of knowledge in scientific computing and computational science with a strong focus on methods, tools, algorithms, application challenges, and novel techniques and usage of high performance computing. For this special call, we welcome minisymposium proposals in all areas related to the social sciences and humanities (including but not limited to behavioural, economic, legal, political and business sciences, philosophy, languages and the arts). Proposals that address aspects emphasizing the challenge of PASC22 - "Computing and Data... for all Humankind" - and the affiliated topics "Computing for Planet Earth", "Data Science and Inequality", and "Epidemiology and Public Health" are particularly welcome. 

A minisymposium is a two-hour session of four 30-minute slots on a topic of current importance in computational science that showcases research related to domain science, applied mathematics, computer science and software engineering, and is an ideal platform for promoting interdisciplinary communication. 

The minisymposium submission for PASC22 is a two-stage process. The first stage is an expression of interest, which includes a description of the proposed minisymposium (abstract) and suggestions for possible speakers who are experts in their field(s). The expressions of interest will be reviewed by the Minisymposia and Posters Program Committee (https://pasc22.pasc-conference.org/about/minisymposia-and-posters-program-committee). A selection of submissions will be invited to submit a full proposal.

The review process will consider the relevance and timeliness of the proposal topic as well as overall program balance.

The second stage, the full proposal, should include an extended abstract along with the names of possible speakers and presentation titles for four 30-minute presentation slots (typically, these slots are 25-minute talks with 5 minutes for questions). The minisymposium organizer is permitted to give one of the four presentations her/himself. If desired, the fourth 30-minute slot could be a panel discussion or open discussion forum. 

The organizer of a minisymposium takes an "active chair" role in their session – that is, s/he should present a brief overview of the themes of the minisymposium and the state of the art, introduce the speakers and their topics, and facilitate a lively and interactive discussion amongst the speakers and audience throughout the session.
 
SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS

In order to be allowed to submit a full proposal, minisymposium organizers must first submit an expression of interest:

* Title
* Scientific domain(s): A primary domain and optionally additional domains.
* Organizer details: Names and contact details of organizers (up to three).
* Abstract: Description of the minisymposium (up to 500 words), including suggestions for topics and speakers. 
* Diversity and Inclusivity: A statement on how you have addressed issues of diversity and inclusivity in proposing speakers.

Following the evaluation of the expressions of interest, organizers may be invited to submit a full proposal: 

* Title
* Scientific domain(s): A primary domain and optionally additional domains.
* Organizer details: Full names and contact details of organizers (up to three).
* Presenter details: Full names and contact details of four proposed speakers (three if the minisymposium proposal includes a discussion panel) and proposed titles for their presentations.
* Extended abstract: A description of the minisymposium that outlines the scope, describes the problems being addressed and their importance, and discusses current directions of research and methods being developed to solve these problems (up to 800 words).
* Abstract for publication: A short abstract for publication in the conference program (no more than 200 words). 
* Diversity and Inclusivity: A statement on how you have addressed issues of diversity and inclusivity in proposing speakers. 

If the proposal is accepted then presentation titles and abstracts (200 words) will be requested from each speaker.

The expressions of interest and full proposals will be reviewed based on the following criteria:

* The work should be of significant current interest to the given scientific domain, and ideally, have potential application to other scientific domains.
* Research should be based on state-of-the-art numerical methods.
* The proposal should include speakers from multiple institutions and/or countries, and be designed such that the speakers bring a range of different perspectives and views to the topic.
* The proposal should consider diversity - including women and other underrepresented groups.
* Preference may be given to proposals that address the challenge of PASC22: Computing and Data... for all Humankind.

Proposals must be submitted through the PASC22 online submission portal (https://submissions.pasc-conference.org).

SUBMISSION DEADLINES

* 15 Dec 2021: Deadline for expressions of interest (no extensions)
* 15 Jan 2022: Deadline for full proposals (no extensions)
* 15 Feb 2022: Acceptance notifications 
* 17 Mar 2022: Deadline for abstracts from presenting speakers 

Deadlines correspond to anywhere on earth ('AoE' or 'UTC-12').

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION TERMS

Designated presenters may be changed closer to the event according to circumstances.

Please note that PASC22 is unable to reimburse the expenses or waive the registration fees of organizers and speakers. Organizers and speakers must register for the conference and are subject to the corresponding registration fees.

In-person participation is preferred and encouraged whenever possible. We request that at least one organizer of a minisymposium be present in-person and serve as moderator for the session. Further details on the conference format can be found at https://pasc22.pasc-conference.org/about/conference-format/.

MINISYMPOSIA AND POSTERS PROGRAM COMMITTEE   

Chairs

* Petros Koumoutsakos (ETH Zurich, Switzerland / Harvard University, US)
* Lois Curfman McInnes (Argonne National Laboratory, US)

Scientific Committee

* Takayuki Aoki (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
* Marc Baaden (CNRS, France)
* Ramesh Balakrishnan (Argonne National Laboratory, US)
* Allison Baker (National Center for Atmospheric Research, US)
* Eleni Chatzi (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
* Luigi del Debbio (University of Edinburgh, UK)
* Nicola Ferrier (Argonne National Laboratory, US)
* Mike Heroux (Sandia National Laboratories, US)
* Marina Krstic Marinkovic (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
* Felix Kubler (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
* Margarete Jadamec (The State University of New York at Buffalo, US)
* (Xiaoye) Sherry Li (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US)
* Erik Lindahl (Stockholm University, Sweden)
* Nuria Lopez (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), ES)
* Mathieu Luisier (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
* Rajat Mittal (John Hopkins University, US)
* Robert Pincus (Columbia University, US)
* Matej Praprotnik (National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia)
* Patrick Sanan (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
* Ivo Sbalzarini (TU Dresden, Germany)
* Antonino Tumeo (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US)
* Wim van Rees (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US)
* Julija Zavadlav (TU Munich, Germany)


Questions regarding the submission and reviewing process can be addressed to info at pasc-conference.org.