EASA 96: European Academic Software Award
CALL FOR JURORS AND DOMAIN EXPERTS
The second European Academic Software Award Programme, EASA 96, is well under
way, with a deadline for submissions of 31st October 95. (If you are are still
intending to submit an entry, refer to the EASA Web area for details, url
address: http://asi.uni-klu.ac.at/easa.html)
The finals will take place in Klagenfurt, Austria, from 30th May to 1st June
1996. The authors of the best programmes will be invited to this event to
present their software to the jurors and to the public who will choose the award
winners.
The organisers of EASA 96 are now seeking Jurors and Domain Experts who can
assist in judging the submitted software.
A brief summary of EASA is given at the bottom of this email; more details are
available on the EASA Web page: http://asi.uni-klu.ac.at/easa.html.
JURORS AND DOMAIN EXPERTS
The EASA organisers are seeking both Jurors, who will be responsible for
conducting the evaluation process, and Domain Experts, who will look in more
depth at submissions which have been selected for the Finals -- their role is
essentially to advise the Jurors.
Details of the tasks which Jurors and Domain Experts will undertake can be seen
in the EASA Web Area (url address above, then select 'Information for Jurors').
If you wish to serve as a Juror for EASA 96, please contact either Nick Hammond
(nvh1@york.ac.uk) or Rhonda Riachi (alt%nsa.oucs@ox.ac.uk), stating your area of
expertise.
If you wish to be a Domain Expert for EASA 96, please fill in the form which can
be found in the EASA Web area.
BRIEF BACKGROUND TO EASA
EASA was set up to stimulate the development of high quality software for
education and research. Software is generally recognised to be a key factor
which the European market will need to exploit to remain competitive.
Universities and colleges must therefore seek to develop appropriate software
and use it with students in all disciplines and at all levels of study. The EASA
programme provides a forum for European software authors to gain academic
recognition for their efforts and offers academic software authors the unique
opportunity to enter their programs into a broad competition that acknowledges
software as a valid contribution to education and research.
Each entry will be judged on the basis of its general applicability in its
subject area, the level of innovation, educatinal content and usability. All
software must run in English, but should also support a second European language
or be designed to facilitate translation (multilinual design).
Form the initial rounds of evaluation, a number of submissions (about 35) will
be selected for entry in the final round. Authors of selected programs will be
invited to attend the EASA 96 finals at the University of Klagenfurt at which a
further round of judging will nominate award winners.
Nick Hammond
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. Nick Hammond Email: nvh1@york.ac.uk .
. University of York
. UK Web: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/ctipsych/ .
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