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The 6th Workshop on Big Data Open Source Systems BOSS 2020 in Conjunction with VLDB 2020
	DATE:		September 4, 2020
	WEBSITE:	https://boss-workshop.github.io/boss-2020/
	EMAIL:		vldb.boss.workshop@gmail.com


*** UPDATE ***
Due to COVID-19, BOSS 2020 goes virtual. 
  
*** SCOPE ***
Following the great success of the previous BOSS workshops collocated with VLDB since 2015, the sixth Workshop on Big Data Open Source Systems (BOSS'20) will again give a deep-dive introduction into several active, publicly available, open-source systems. 
The systems will be presented in tutorials by experts who will give details on installation and non-trivial usage examples. 
We will encourage proposers to engage participants in hands-on quick jump-start familiarity exercises for each system, and will publish the resources made available by the presenters (e.g. slides, texts, exercises, etc.) on the workshop’s website. 

*** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ***
To propose a tutorial, please email a short abstract with a brief description of the system, an outline of the planned tutorial, the technology used for the hands-on tutorial, a list of presenters involved, and a link to the website of your system to vldb.boss.workshop@gmail.com. 
The standard tutorial duration is 1.5 to 2 hours. 

*** IMPORTANT DATES ***
Tutorial proposal submission: June 5, 2020 (Extended!).
Notification of acceptance: July 3, 2020.
Workshop date: September 4, 2020.

*** REVIEW PROCESS ***
The proposals will be evaluated by the chairs and the advisory committee for the system readiness, relevance, timeliness, and perceived interests from the conference participants. 

*** ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE ***
Co-Chairs:
Eleni Tzirita Zacharatou (TU Berlin, eleni.tziritazacharatou@tu-berlin.de)
Pedro Silva (Hasso Plattner Institute, pedro.silva@hpi.de)


*** ADVISORY COMMITTEE *** 
Tilmann Rabl (Hasso Plattner Institute)
Michael Carey (UC Irvine)
Volker Markl (TU Berlin) 

For more information, please visit https://boss-workshop.github.io/boss-2020/ or contact the organization committee (vldb.boss.workshop@gmail.com).