Questions tagged [workshop]
Questions about academic workshops, which are often smaller, more collaborative forms of an academic conference, or which take place as a session of a larger conference.
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May a man attend a workshop entitled “Young women in [domain]”?
The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics at the University of Bonn hosts workshops such as 'Young Women in Harmonic Analysis', 'Young Women in Geometry' and 'Young Women in Mathematical Physics' ...
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Should I have doubts if the organizers of a workshop ask me to sign a behavior agreement upfront?
Recently, I applied to attend a workshop of 14 days. I came to know about this workshop from colleague of mine. After a few days, I received an email saying I got accepted, along with that, some ...
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How important are poster sessions in conferences?
Many times I've attended and will attend international conferences presenting a poster in my life.
I used to think that this poster works have been considered less important than scientific papers or ...
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What is the point in publishing a paper in a workshop rather than in a conference?
At first glance seems more interesting to submit your work to a conference, but a lot of people are still interested in workshops.
Which is their motivation?
I have also heard that to use your new ...
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What is done in a workshop? How does it differ from an academic conference?
I have done some research on this, but I still don't know what is carried out in a workshop. What activities are arranged? How are they different from conferences?
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Conference management software (preferably open source) with custom fields
I've been told to set up software to organize a workshop. Is there (preferably an open source) conference solution that allows for:
Abstract Submission
Event Planning
Arbitrary user data-fields
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What is "Oberwolfach style"?
I've read the following in a description of a workshop:
We have about 15 participants and seek an “Oberwolfach style” with a relatively low density of talks.
I couldn't find anything about this ...
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A few students requesting to cancel lectures due to their personal reasons. What should I do?
I give lectures to postgraduate students. The number of students in this batch is very low (< 20). The lectures are foundation lectures for the course. We are only into the basics of the course.
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Is it normal to go to a conference/workshop without a publication?
I started my PhD not long ago, and I have heard some of my colleagues something to the effect of since they did not get their submission to some conference accepted, they will not be going to that ...
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What percentage of registered participants eventually show up at conferences?
I am organizing a small workshop which is over subscribed. We will have to reject a few applications. The worst applicants are easy to spot, but there are a few borderline cases, and I'm afraid that a ...
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Paper status "Accept with Shepherd". What does it really mean?
Recently, one of my works have received the status of Accept with Shepherd. We have received many suggestions from the reviewers.
I'd like to know in more detail in which real status is my paper and ...
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How do I create a workshop/conference?
I have noticed that there is no real workshop or conference in my particular field of research, that tends to be across different fields (for instance, security and risk). There are of course general ...
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How to foster gender diversity as an organizer
I am part of the organizing committee for a workshop in a STEM field that historically has problems with underrepresentation of women (and other groups, but let me focus on women in this question). I ...
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First-year PhD giving a talk among well-established researchers in the field
I am currently a first-year Ph.D. student, before that (as I have posted about before) I was forced to leave my Ph.D. program after one year because of a bullying supervisor. Previously, I made a good ...
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What is the difference between a plenary and a keynote talk?
I am organizing a workshop and have invited a featured speaker to give a synthetic talk. What is the appropriate term for this role?
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