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<h1 class="">Overview <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">The IEEE Consumer Electronics
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(GEM) Conference (the seventh conference in a series of successful IEEE Game
Innovation Conferences). The venue will provide an opportunity for the
demonstration and study of the ways in which games and game technologies are
transforming the educational, health, and cultural landscape. The exhibition
area will allow researchers, developers and industry professionals to
demonstrate how they are using these technologies in research, as teaching tools and as means of modifying behavior in any
number of fields and will allow the participants to personally experience these
technologies<span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:Nahum" datetime="2014-04-08T15:20" class="">.</ins></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">The IEEE GEM 2015 conference is a
platform for disseminating innovative research and development work on game,
entertainment, and media technologies, applying lessons learned, and developing
new ideas through audience interaction. Participation from all sectors
including academia, industry, and government is welcome. The IEEE GEM 2015 conference
brings together researchers, developers, industry, and government partners for
formal and informal engagement and examination of emergent features of computer
game development for entertainment, for learning/teaching, for serious purposes,
and to impact society. IEEE GEM 2015 also provides an important forum for
future game, entertainment, and media development talent to gain perspective on
the knowledge, skills and attitude required to succeed in the game development
world.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">The conference will take place at
the University of Toronto Chestnut Conference Centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<h1 class="">Scope of the Conference <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Through exciting and
thought provoking demonstrations and presentations from leaders in academia
and industry, peer reviewed research presentations, workshops, and exhibitions
of posters, games, and the latest game, entertainment, and media technologies
and systems available from industry leading vendors, the IEEE GEM 2015 conference
will address a variety of topics including new developments and industrial
applications in all areas related to games</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">, play, entertainment, art, media, health, education,
training, social change, and gamification are invited, including but not
limited to the following:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Multi-player Games:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class=""> networked games, location awareness, infrastructure, performance,
latency, architecture, security.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Game Platforms:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class=""> mobile/handheld, computers, consoles, cloud-based gaming.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Beyond Entertainment:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> health, exercise (exergaming), education, training,
business, advertising, social change, usability beyond games, serious gaming, gender
issues in game design and development, gamification, assessment, usability
strategies and methodologies.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Design, Development and Production of Games, Entertainment, and Media:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> game design, entertainment and
media tools, interdependencies of software & hardware, graphics, animation,
content generation, artificial intelligence, cinematography, animation and
motion capture for games and entertainment.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies for Games, Entertainment and
Media:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">
decision-making, learning and adaptation, game AI design components, strategic
AI and collective behavior, AI in content creation, player profiling for
improved AI.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Mixed, Augmented and Virtual Reality Systems for Games, Entertainment,
and Media<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Interfaces for Games, Entertainment, and Media:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> interoperability, wearable devices,
biometrics, 3D effects, haptics, gaze, proximity, audio, gesture, multi-modal
interactions. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">User/player centered design<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Technology: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">multi-core
processors, mobile SoC, stereoscopic 3D, 3D graphics, storage, vision, imaging,
wireless, robots, entertainment system architectures. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">User Experience of Games, Entertainment and Media:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> playing experience, immersion,
engagement, playability & usability, behavioral impact, social impact,
player modeling, learning, lessons from games, entertainment and media, experiences
and lessons learned from game and entertainment development in academia and
industry, bridging the academia-industry gap.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Interaction. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Integration
of interaction and multimedia capabilities in entertainment systems, interactive
television and broadcasting, interactive art and entertainment<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Play:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">
Theories of play, historical evolution of play, relationship between electronic
and non-electronic forms of games and toys, psychological, play across the
lifespan, impact of computers on play, player-audience interactions.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Game Design and Development Education:</span></b><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> curriculum design, course design, survey of existing
programs, informal education, strategies for developing technology transfer,
copyright and IP protection for educators and students.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#262626" class="">Cultural Issues in Entertainment,
Games, and Media: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Psychological,
social, and cultural differences in perception and participation.
Cross-cultural and intercultural approaches, communities, social interaction
and social capital in games, entertainment and media, impact of game,
entertainment, and media technologies on users, culture, and society.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<h1 class="">Submission Types <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">We invite submissions of various
types including papers, workshops, courses, tutorials, panels, and demos in all
areas of gaming that fall within the scope of the conference.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></b></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Demos<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">This is an opportunity
to show colleagues your innovative use of game technologies in your research,
teaching or product development. You will be provided with a space in which to
set up your system and encouraged to allow as many participants as possible to
see it in action. We are especially
interested in demos that support papers being presented in sessions. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Demo proposals are restricted to a
maximum of one page in length and may also include an (optional) accompanying
poster. Demo proposals must include the following information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Title.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Synopsis of what you are
demonstrating (e.g., use of the Kinect and customized algorithms to train and
monitor recovering stroke patients), and supporting materials which demonstrate
the validity of your approach.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Contact information (name,
affiliation, phone number, email) of the demo presenter.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Relevant bio information of the
panel leader(s) and any known participants.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Description of the demo.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Anticipated audio/visual and other
equipment needs (and equipment you will be bringing). <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Whether or not a poster will also be
included.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Papers<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Paper submissions must
present original, unpublished research or experiences. Papers under review
elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted to the IEEE GEM 2015 conference. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Papers should properly place the
work within the field, cite related work, and clearly indicate the innovative
aspects of the work and its contribution to the field.
The following categories of papers will be accepted:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Long (Full) papers (5-8 pages):</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Should present original reports of
substantive new/original work. Eight page maximum. Accepted full papers will be presented in the
form of a 20 minute presentation at the conference. Individual presentations
will be grouped by topic into sessions by conference organizers.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Short papers (3-4 pages):</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Should present interesting recent
results or novel thought-provoking ideas that are not quite ready for a regular
full-length paper. Four page maximum. Accepted
short papers may be presented in the form 20 minute presentation at the
conference or as a poster (to be determined by the conference organizers). <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial" class="">Extended Abstracts (1-2 pages):</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Industry projects and outlook, late-breaking
advances and work in progress reports from ongoing research are encouraged to
be submitted as posters – two page maximum.
Accepted papers will be presented in the form of a poster presentation
at the conference. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></b></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Workshops<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">We invite workshop proposals in all areas of gaming that
fall within the scope of the conference and particularly welcome proposals that
will focus on and promote discussion on new and emerging trends. Workshops will
be held on October 14, 2015 (the first day of the conference). Proposals are
restricted to a maximum of four pages in length and must include the following
information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Contact information (name,
affiliation, phone number, email) of the organizer(s).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Indicate whether you would like your
workshop to be scheduled for half or full day. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Background and relevance of the topic.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Expected workshop outcomes
(publications, activates, “take-home” skills development, etc.). If the
workshop will involve a separate call for papers, it can be done independent of
the IEEE GEM 2015 conference and the resulting papers may be published in
special issue journals, online, etc.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Relevant bio information of the workshop
leader(s).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Names of potential participants and
expected number of participants (if available).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Due dates (schedule of submission
and review of submitted material for your workshop). <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Anticipated audio/visual and other
equipment needs. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Courses and</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> <b class="">Tutorials<o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">Courses and tutorials will be held on October 14, 2015 (the
first day of the conference). We encourage hands-on activities for
course/tutorial participants. Course and tutorial proposals are restricted to a
maximum of two pages in length and must include the following information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Course/tutorial title.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Contact information (name,
affiliation, phone number, email) of the organizer(s).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Course/tutorial objective/purpose
and expected outcomes.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Duration of the course/tutorial. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Background and relevance of the topic.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Relevant bio information of the
course/tutorial leader(s).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Anticipated audio/visual and other
equipment needs. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Panels<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">Panel proposals are restricted to a maximum of one page in
length and must include the following information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Title.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Contact information (name,
affiliation, phone number, email) of the panel organizer(s).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Panel topic and objective/purpose
and expected outcomes.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Duration of the panel. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Relevant bio information of the
panel leader(s) and any known participants.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Anticipated audio/visual and other
equipment needs. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Visual Art<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">Artists will have an opportunity to present work and
research in exhibition and/or lecture format. Visual art submissions may
include a link to the artist’s portfolio and a written statement, restricted to
a maximum of one page. Statements should include the following information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Artwork / Presentation Title.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Contact information (name,
affiliation, phone number, email) of the artist.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Link to artist’s portfolio.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Relevant bio information of the artist
and any known collaborators.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol" class="">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Anticipated audio/visual and other
equipment needs. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p>
<h1 class="">Submission Formatting <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">All submissions (papers, workshop, course, tutorial, panel,
and demo proposals) must adhere to IEEE formatting -- Portable Document Format
(PDF) formatted in two-column conference style. Please see the IEEE proceedings
template available via the following URL:
<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">All full paper, short paper and extended abstract
submissions will follow a double-blind review process whereby the authors will
not know the names of the reviewers of their papers, and the reviewers will not
know the names of the authors of the papers they are reviewing. To facilitate a
double-blind review, for your initial submission, we are asking that author
information (name(s), affiliation(s), etc.) be removed (please ensure that you
do leave some empty space at the beginning of your initial manuscript after the
title to allow author information to be added to the care-ready (final)
submission). Furthermore, avoid phrases such as “we previously proposed…” or
“our previous work…” that may identify the authors, remove information that may
identify the authors in the acknowledgements, avoid providing links to websites
that may identify authors, and if supplying any supplemental material, avoid
including information that may identify the authors.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">All submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on
originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to
the conference, contributions, and readability. All accepted papers (full,
short, and extended abstracts), workshop, tutorial and demo proposals will be
included in the distributed conference proceedings and the online IEEE Xplore digital
library. At the time of the camera-ready submission, authors of accepted papers
will also be required to complete a copyright form.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">Selected accepted papers will be invited to expand to full
length for submissions to the <i class="">IEEE
Transactions of Consumer Electronics</i>, and possibly other journals (these selected
papers must comply with the requirements of their respective journals).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="CM6" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Please submit your paper or workshop, tutorial,
and demo proposals via the EasyChair conference system available via the
following URL: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="Default"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=2015ieeegem" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=2015ieeegem</a><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="Default"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
<h1 class="">Conference Organization <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="Default" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default"><b class=""><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Conference Chair <o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Elena
Bertozzi, Quinnipiac University<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><b class=""><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></b></p><p class="Default"><b class=""><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Conference Co-Chair</span></b><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Bill
Kapralos, University of Ontario Institute of Technology<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default"><b class=""><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Conference Co-Chair</span></b><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Nahum
Gershon, MITRE<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default"><b class=""><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Program Chair<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Jim Parker,
University of Calgary<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default"><b class=""><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Art Chair<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Johannes DeYoung,
Yale University<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p>
<h1 class="">Important Dates<o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Submission deadline: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Full, and short papers: Monday, June 15, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">Extended abstracts Friday,
July 31, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">Workshop, tutorial, panel and demo proposals Friday, July 31, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Notification: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Full, and short papers: Friday, July 31, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">Extended abstracts Friday,
August 21, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">Workshop, tutorial, panel and demo proposals Friday, August 21, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class=""> </span></p><p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial" class="">Final
submission: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:11.55pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" class="">Full, and short papers: Monday, August 17, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">Extended abstracts Friday,
August 28, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">Workshop, tutorial, panel and demo proposals Friday, August 28, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<h1 class="">Conference Venue <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial" class="">The IEEE GEM conference is being held at the University of
Toronto Chestnut Conference Centre (89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G
1R1, Canada), in the heart of downtown Toronto, near Toronto’s iconic city
hall, and in close proximity to the University of Toronto’s main campus.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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