3rd Future Internet Symposium 2010 - Call for Research Abstracts for the Doctoral Consortium

Doctoral Consortium

The doctoral consortium will bring together PhD students around the STI International research community, in order to present the latest progress in their doctoral research and open their newest ideas up to discussion. It will help the students concretize their research intentions and receive feedback on the soundness and completeness of their achieved work. Presenting their own work to a peer group also constitutes a good opportunity for them to practice the defense of their dissertation.

By contrast to similar initiatives usually co-located with scientific events in the field, such as the ESWC series, workshop participants will not only receive constructive comments with respect to topic-specific research issues; they will also be assisted in formulating a coherent research narrative of their doctoral work.  A set of guidelines, which have been designed to highlight the key methodological components required for a sound research narrative at various stages of the PhD work, can be used by the students to organize the content of their submission, and the associated presentation (see below).

The doctoral consortium will take place on September 23-24 (1.5 days) in Berlin, Germany and will be co-located with the 3rd Future Internet Symposium FIS2010. The first day will be covered by the presentations of the work of the students. The second (half) day of the event will be organized as a hands-on workshop on the topic of evaluation, including a detailed presentation of evaluation methodologies and techniques and hands-on exercises.

The event is open to all PhD students, independently of their affiliation to a STI International member organization. Participants, including authors of accepted papers, will be required to register to the event. STI International members will receive a discount on the registration fee.

Please read the complete Call for Research Abstracts for the Doctoral Consortium.