The PhD-NOW workshop, following the success of PhD sessions at the senZations’06 and senZations’07 summer schools aims to provide a friendly and supportive atmosphere where PhD students can present their ongoing research for an open discussion, get constructive feedback and learn what problems are being tackled by the fellow students. More importantly, it also provides a venue for all participants to “network” with their peers and established networks researchers, obtain valuable guidance tips and participate in a forum designed specifically to benefit graduate students. We particularly encourage PhD students from the EU convergence regions and Western Balkan countries to take part in the workshop.

Applicants should be far enough into their PhD to have a concrete proposal, and have initially outlined the most important issues and proposed research methodology.

Selected abstracts will appear in the AdHOC-NOW proceedings.

Format

The PhD workshop will be a one-day, seminar-style event, consisting of short presentations followed by roundtable discussions. Time will be allotted to each student for the presentation, and for the following in-depth consideration and discussion.

 

Submission

Topics of interest are the same as those for the main conference (http://www-sop.inria.fr/mascotte/adhocnow/ ). All submissions should comply with the following guidelines:

  1. A research summary (2-3 pages) describing the work in progress, and including a 100 word abstract. Things to consider for inclusion in the research summary might be: the expected contribution; the original idea or thesis statement; the problem domain and the specific problem addressed; a brief overview of related work; the methodological approach; research carried out and results so far.
  2. Student’s CV, including the names and affiliations of the research advisor(s), and expected date of dissertation submission
  3. List of publications

The research summary and biographical sketch should be prepared according to the formatting instruction at the LNCS web site. All submissions should be submitted as PDF files. Submissions should be submitted using the EasyChair conference management system (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=phdnow2008).

Research summaries will be reviewed by the chairs and program committee.

Time table

Manuscript Submission: May 15, 2008

Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2008

Final Manuscript Due: June 15, 2008

Workshop: September 13, 2008