IEEE VAST 2008 Challenge
How to submit your entry
Last updated June 11, 2008 (and 2 very minor corrections
marked in yellow July 10)
After you have done your analysis
and filled the answer form(s) you should:
For EACH challenge you want to participate in:
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Choose an
informative nickname
for your entry.
Use a composite of your team’s organization, the name of your tool, and the
challenge you are entering e.g. UMD-SocialVis-Phone (please use the same challenge keyword we
used for numbering the questions: Wiki, Boat, Phone,
Traces, Grand)
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Create a directory
in your own website
with that name, and save all the materials for that challenge, keeping the
answer form file named “index.htm” as we already named it. The index file should link to all your
materials (remember to use relative links so they will still work when the
materials are moved elsewhere)
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Zip the entire
directory and save it
in a file using the same nickname . e.g. UMD-SocialVis-Phone.zip
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By JULY 11, 2008 (midnight EST) send to us at “challengecommittee-AT-cs.umd.edu”
(replacing the “-AT-“ by @ of course)
and email containing 2 URLs
o
The URL of the answer form (i.e. the index file) on your website
o
The URL of the zip file
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NEW: PLEASE include
“ [CHALLENGE] ” in the subject of your email when you submit your materials. THANK
YOU! (if you already submitted and didn’t do that… it’s ok, don’t worry, we’ll
be watching carefully)
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The person who submitted the entry should remain accessible by email for a
week (in case we have problems with your submission)
AFTER you submit:
- We will do a quick check of your
materials on your site
and review them quickly for suitability (i.e. we will check that you have answered
the questions as requested, that the figures are readable, that the video is
working - if you submitted one, etc.)
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By the end of the
day Tuesday July 15 we will acknowledge that the materials are ok (and that we
have downloaded the zip file)
OR
we will ask you to make corrections and give you a couple of days to
resubmit (NOTE that we have a tight and complex judging process)
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All the entries will be judged by a panel of expect, and you will hear if you were awarded a “certificate of
excellence” during the 1st week of August
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IF you are awarded
a certificate of excellence, we will ask you for a revised camera ready of your two-page summary to be submitted by August 15, which will be published in the VAST Symposium
Proceedings
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All submitted materials will be published online in a repository at NIST
(the National Institute of Standard and Technology), whether or not they are
awarded a Certificates of Excellence.
Questions? Send
email to challengecommittee-AT-cs.umd.edu
(replacing the “-AT-“ by @ of course)