<div dir="ltr"><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Note: This is an initial call for participation. Its primary purpose is to allow the community to “save the dates”. A subsequent call will provide further details.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>===========</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">3rd ProvenanceWeek</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">7th International Provenance and Annotation Workshop (IPAW &#39;18)</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">10th USENIX Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Provenance (TaPP &#39;18)</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">---</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">July 9-13, 2018, London, UK</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">==============================<wbr>==============================<wbr>===========</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Important Dates</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">---------------------</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Co-located event proposal deadline:           February 12, 2018</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Co-located event acceptance notification:   March 5, 2018</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Abstract deadline:                                        March 12, 2018</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Paper deadline:                                            March 19, 2018</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Demo / Poster deadline:                              April 9, 2018</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Author notification:                                       May 14, 2018</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Camera ready due:                                      June 4, 2018</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Overview</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">-------------</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">The 3rd ProvenanceWeek will take place in London, UK, during the week of July 9-13, 2018. Following successful ProvenanceWeek events in 2014 and 2016, this year&#39;s installment will again co-locate the IPAW and TaPP workshops as well as several satellite events that focus on novel directions for provenance. IPAW and TaPP build on a successful history of provenance workshops that bring together researchers from a wide range of computer science fields including workflows, semantic web, databases, high performance computing,  distributed systems, operating systems, programming languages, and software engineering, as well as researchers from other fields, such as biology and physics that have urgent provenance needs.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Provenance is increasingly important in data science, cloud computing, workflow systems, and many other areas. By providing a record of the data creation process and of dependencies between data, provenance information is essential for tracing errors in transformed data back to erroneous inputs, access control, auditing, repeatability and reproducibility, evaluating data quality, and establishing ownership of data.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Topics</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">---------</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">The goal of ProvenanceWeek is to bring together researchers and practitioners who are studying, applying, and advancing provenance in scientific and scholarly uses.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Provenance management system prototypes and commercial solutions</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Provenance analytics, querying, and reasoning about provenance</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Visualizing provenance information</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Performance aspects of provenance capture, storage, and analytics</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Standardization of provenance models and representations</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Security and privacy implications of provenance</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Applications of provenance in real life settings</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Human interaction with provenance</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Retroactive reconstruction of provenance</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Using provenance for evaluating data quality and trust in data</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Novel methods for capturing provenance</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Integrating provenance information</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Interoperability among provenance-aware systems</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Provenance discovery</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Conference Organizers</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">------------------------------<wbr>-</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Ashish Gehani (SRI, USA) - ProvenanceWeek PC Chair</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Khalid Belhajjame (University Paris-Dauphine, France) - IPAW PC Chair</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Melanie Herschel (University of Stuttgart, Germany) - TaPP PC Chair</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- Vasa Curcin / Simon Miles (King’s College London, UK) - Local Chairs</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Submissions</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">-----------------</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Authors can submit papers to either the IPAW or TaPP track of ProvenanceWeek. Submission of the same or closely related work to both tracks is expressly disallowed. ProvenanceWeek also accepts posters and demonstration proposals that will be included in the IPAW proceedings.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">IPAW Track Research Papers</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">------------------------------<wbr>----------</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Authors are invited to submit original research work. The IPAW track solicits full research papers (12 pages). The workshop has traditionally been organized around the presentation of selected, peer-reviewed high-quality papers.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Papers must be:</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- not published or under review elsewhere</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- no longer than 12 pages, including references and appendices</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- formatted according to the Springer LNCS guidelines (</span><a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">https://www.springer.com/gp/<wbr>computer-science/lncs/<wbr>conference-proceedings-<wbr>guidelines</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">)</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- submitted as PDF files to the IPAW track</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">TaPP Track Research Papers</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">------------------------------<wbr>---------</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">TaPP 2018 continues the tradition of providing a genuine workshop environment for discussing and developing new ideas and exploring connections between disciplines and between academic research on provenance and practical applications.  We invite innovative and creative contributions, including papers outlining new challenges for provenance research, promising formal approaches to provenance, innovative use of provenance, experience-based insights, resourceful experiments, and visionary (and possibly risky) ideas. Proposals for tutorials, panel or group discussions, reports on early stage research, or any other activities that will create a successful workshop are encouraged.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Papers must be:</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- not published or under review elsewhere</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- no longer than 4 pages; an extra 4 pages of supporting material may be submitted, but the reviewers will not be obliged to read them</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- formatted according to the ACM SIGPLAN two-­column format (</span><a href="http://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Author/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">http://www.sigplan.org/<wbr>Resources/Author/</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">)</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- submitted as PDF files to the TaPP track</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">As in previous years, contributions to TaPP will be published online as open access; authors retain copyright to their submissions and full-length papers based on TaPP contributions may be submitted to other venues subsequently.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Posters</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">----------</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">ProvenanceWeek encourages the presentation of early work as posters. Proposals for posters should be limited to a 4 page description of the poster content, formatted using the LNCS guidelines. Accepted posters will be presented during a separate session at the workshop.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Poster descriptions must be:</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- no longer than 4 pages</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- formatted according to the Springer LNCS guidelines (</span><a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">https://www.springer.com/gp/<wbr>computer-science/lncs/<wbr>conference-proceedings-<wbr>guidelines</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">)</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- submitted as PDF files to the Poster track</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- accompanied by a preliminary version of the poster as a supplementary file</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Demonstrations</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">---------------------</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Demonstration proposals should be no more 4 pages long, formatted using the Springer LNCS guidelines. The proposal must describe the demonstrated system, clearly indicate what is going to be demonstrated, and state the significance of the research contribution, technologies, and/or applications.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Demonstration proposals must be:</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- not published or under review elsewhere</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- no longer than 4 pages</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- formatted according to the Springer LNCS guidelines (</span><a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">https://www.springer.com/gp/<wbr>computer-science/lncs/<wbr>conference-proceedings-<wbr>guidelines</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">)</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- submitted as PDF files to the Demonstration track</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Optionally, a video showcasing the demonstrated system may be uploaded.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Co-located Events</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">------------------------</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">We are looking for a small number of original and high-quality events, which focus on novel and visionary directions for provenance. Such events should seek to welcome work in progress that is not prime for proper refereed publications.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">Events that help broaden the community and increase its impact are particularly welcome. Examples of co-located events include tutorials, challenges, and discussions on specific topics. Co-located events should not issue formal calls for papers and should not have formal proceedings (since papers should be sent to IPAW or TaPP). Co-located events can be half a day or a full day.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">If you are interested in organizing a co-located event, please send an email to the ProvenanceWeek PC Chair with:</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- event title</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- event aims</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- organizers</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- proposed format</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- duration</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;white-space:normal">- how it helps broaden community and increase impact</span></pre></div>