The SBBD short courses are short-term events aimed at presenting an introductory or advanced view of current research and/or technology topics of interest to the Database community. This gives participants the opportunity to learn about a new subject related to their field of activity and to extract elements that can be applied in their scientific studies and/or professional activities.

The short courses should last 4 hours and be presented in Portuguese or English. The target audience includes undergraduate and graduate students and professionals in the field in general.

Important Dates

• Submission of short courses: until May 13, 2024 – May 20, 2024
• Acceptance notification: June 3, 2024 – 10 de junho de 2024
• Final version submission: August 5, 2024

Submission Instructions

Initial proposals should be limited to 5 (five) pages in the SBC book chapter templatehttps://www.sbc.org.br/documentos-da-sbc/summary/169-templates-para-artigos-e-capitulos-de-livros/878-modelosparapublicacaodeartigos), including:

• Title of the short course;
• Authors;
• Abstract (up to 200 words);
• Indication of target audience (for proposals with an interdisciplinary profile) with specification and justification of prerequisites;
• Summary of the text with a description for each of the summary topics;
• Indication of why the course is interesting and should attract the attention of the target audience;
• Brief curriculum of the authors;
• Indication of which author will present the course;
• The necessary computational and audiovisual resources.

Submission of short course proposals must be made directly by email to monteiro@dc.ufc.br with the subject “[SBBD2024] Short Course Proposal Submission“. The email must include the identification of the author(s) and a PDF file attachment with the short course proposal. Proposals will be evaluated based on their originality, relevance, presentation, and affinity with the target audience.

Accepted initial proposals will participate in a new phase in which they must be detailed in a text with a minimum of 20 pages and a maximum of 30 pages. The text will be published in the format of a book chapter. The final formats of the chapters will be directly disclosed to the authors. Questions about the submission of short courses should be sent to monteiro@dc.ufc.br.

Support for Facilitating the Participation of One of the Authors

If resources are available, one of the authors may receive support for travel and lodging to present the short course. In the absence of sufficient resources for all selected authors, the event organization will establish criteria for the distribution of supports to cover as many proposals as possible, informing the authors during the submission of the final version. At least one author of the short course must register for the symposium, preferably the presenter.

Short Courses Coordination

José Maria da Silva Monteiro Filho

Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)

monteiro@dc.ufc.br