[game_edu] First Diversity in Games Research (DGR) Workshop Deadline Extended

[R. Michael Young]

*NOTE SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED*

*The First Diversity in Games Research (DGR) Workshop*

*Part of the AIIDE 2014 Workshop Program*

*October 4, 2014*

*NC State University, Raleigh, NC*

Over the past ten years, the area of computer games has expanded to be a
significant area of computer science research, with a number of strong
annual conferences, IEEE Transactions-level journals and a growing number
of tenured faculty across the US. Students at the undergraduate level are
drawn in large numbers to pursue computer science degrees with
concentrations or focus on game creation methods and federal funders like
the DOD and NSF are supporting exciting new computational developments
relating to games. Nevertheless, the number of faculty from
under-represented groups in this area is significantly low. We announce The
First Diversity in Games Research Workshop to encourage undergraduate and
graduate students from under-represented groups to engage in graduate
training in games research and to better prepare them for entry into an
academic research career in this field.

In general, the workshop will involve a mix of “big picture” talks about
major research problems in the field (e.g., interactive narrative, game
analytics, procedural content generation), poster sessions for
student/post-doctoral attendees and panels/ targeted talks on career
development in the area of games (e.g., how games research fits in to a
conventional computer science department, where funding for games research
can be found, how to build collaborative relationships with design, media
studies and other related disciplines).  We also hope to arrange small
group mentoring activities between participants and leaders in the field of
games research as well as (potentially) focused mentoring activities at the
larger AIIDE conference.

Target audience

The workshop will be designed to provide significant content for a range of
attendees at a range of experience levels, including junior faculty,
post-docs and recent doctoral awardees, graduate students and
undergraduates with an interest in pursuing graduate degrees.  The workshop
will be of particular interest to women, members of other underrepresented
groups (Hispanics, African American, and Native American), and students,
post-docs and junior faculty who do not have access to mentoring networks
at their home institutions.

Application to attend

Priority for attendance at the workshop will be given to individuals who
apply and are accepted via the process described below.  Depending on the
number of workshop invitees, a limited number of seats may be made
available on a first-come, first-served basis once invitee attendance is
set.  *All* applicants must follow the procedures listed here, providing
the required documentation by the submission dates indicated.

   - All applicants other than junior faculty must arrange for a letter of
   recommendation to be emailed directly to Michael Young at young at
   csc.ncsu.edu from a faculty member at their home institution.  The
   letter should describe the research or research potential of the applicant,
   the applicant's interest in a research career and the potential benefit to
   the applicant of attendance at DiGR.  The subject field for the email
   should start with the text "DIGR RECOMMENDATION."
   - All applicants must submit a two-page description of their work and
   interests via the DGR 2014 Easychair site.  Content and process for this
   submission is described below.

Important Dates* (note submission and notification dates updated!)*

   - Recommendation letter submission:  July 20, 2014 *(updated)*
   - Two-page summary submission: July 20, 2014 *(updated)*
   - Notification of invitation decisions/travel award offers to
   applicants:  July 25, 2014 *(updated)*
   - Acceptance of invitation by applicants: July 31, 2014
   - Notification of additional seating availability:  August 1, 2014
   - AIIDE early registration deadline:  August 15, 2014
   - Camera-ready deadline: August 20, 2014
   - Workshop held:  October 4, 2014


Submission

Applications should submit a 2-page statement of interest and description
of research, formatted according to AIIDE/AAAI proceedings guidelines (see
theauthor instructions page
<http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php>).  Submitted papers
will be distributed to attendees for reference and discussion and used to
group attendees according to interests in panels, discussions and other
workshop activities.  Submissions will not be collected into a published
proceedings, are not peer reviewed and are not intended to be cited.
 Papers should contain technical content about the author's work sufficient
to serve as an overview for his or her research program that can serve as a
guide both to workshop organizers (to select relevant applicants for
invitation) and to workshop attendees (to introduce one another's research
efforts).  Papers should be submitted in PDF format via the DGR 2014
Easycahir web submission site:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=digr2014

Organizing Committee


   - Tiffany Barnes (co-chair, NC State University)
   - Hector Munoz-Avila (co-chair, Lehigh University)
   - R. Michael Young (co-chair, NC State University)
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