ASCS 2009 announcements

Revised program

waynechristensen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:31:03 +0000

There have been a number of changes to the program since the program booklet was printed. A revised program can be downloaded here, a list of the changes is available here, and a separate list of abstracts is here.

Phone number for security & medical emergencies

waynechristensen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:32:18 +0000

For security and medical emergencies on the Macquarie University campus call 9850 9999.

Note that you should call this number instead of an ambulance – security will call an ambulance for you and direct it to your location.

Submissions to the conference proceedings

waynechristensen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:02:27 +0000

Submitting a paper for the proceedings is optional; those who wish to do so should send their paper by 30 October, four weeks after the conference, to the conference email address (ascs09@maccs.mq.edu.au).

The guidelines for submission are as follows:
- Papers should conform to the formatting of the ASCS 2009 template.
- The submission should be a .doc rather than a .docx file.
- The maximum length is eight pages.
- The document name should be your registration number (e.g., if your registration number is 47 then the document should be called ’47.doc’).
- If you do not have your registration number then please use your name (firstname.lastname) as the document name (e.g., elizabeth.schier.doc).

All papers submitted will be refereed, and (if accepted) will count as an E1 publication.

The proceedings will be published as a website, and as a CD-ROM (available on request). The URL for the web site will be announced when this has been finalised.

There is a prize for best student paper at the conference which will be judged on the basis of the papers submitted for the proceedings.

Student prize

waynechristensen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:49:54 +0000

A prize will be awarded for the best conference paper by a student. This will be a $100 book voucher from Footprint books (http://www.footprint.com.au/).

The prize will be judged on the basis of papers submitted for publication in the proceedings.

For the purposes of the prize a presenter is considered a student if the research presented was carried out whilst a student, regardless of whether the person is enroled as a student at the time of the conference.

List of program changes

waynechristensen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:39:51 +0000

Subsequent to the printing of the program booklet there have been a number of changes to the conference schedule. These are listed below, and a revised program is available here.

Wednesday
Session 3, Room 1
Glenda Andrews is unable to attend – her talk will be presented by Graeme Halford.
Damian Birney’s talk has moved to Thursday 2.50 Room 2.
Leonard Gabales’s talk is shifted from 4.40 to 4.20.
Graeme Halford’s talk is shifted from 5.00 to 4.40.
Kate Stevens will lead discussion in the 5.00-5.20 session.

Thursday
Session 4, Room 3
Jolie Bell’s talk is cancelled.
Susan Green’s talk is shifted from 12.30 to 12.10.

Session 5, Room 2
Damian Birney’s talk is in the 2.50 slot.

Session 6, Room 2
Edoardo Zamuner’s talk at 4.10 is cancelled.
Lucas Bietti’s talk is in the 4.10 slot.
Russell Downham’s talk is in the 4.30 slot.

Session 9, Room 3
This session is now empty – Bietti and Downham have shifted to Session 6, Room 2.

Wireless internet access at the conference

waynechristensen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:24:37 +0000

Here are the details for accessing the wireless network:

Network Name (SSID) – “Macquarie University Wireless”

The first time you try to go to a website you are re-directed to a login page.

username : ascs2009
password : maccs2009

Things to note.
1. The network name isn’t to be confused with the wireless network named “Macquarie University” which is our old wireless network.
2. If you only want to use email or an IM client (but don’t want to view a webpage), you must nevertheless still open your web-browser and login.
3. The username/password combo will automatically be disabled at 11:55 on Friday night.