ICCBR 2010 Doctoral Consortium: Call for Participation
For the second time, ICCBR-10 will include a Doctoral Consortium for Ph.D. students who are at the midpoint of their Ph.D. programs. The Doctoral Consortium is designed to create a supportive community of young researchers, and to connect them to the broader research community through interactions with mentors.
Participants will be matched with mentors, who will advise the students about their research trajectory, as well as advising them about writing about and presenting their research. We will facilitate communications between mentors and students prior to ICCBR, and will meet together on Monday, July 19, 2010. Each mentor-student pair will meet individually at the start of DC activities. Then, each student will present a 20-minute talk on a current facet of his/her research, getting feedback from both students and mentors present.
Student participants
ICCBR-10 invites Ph.D. students to apply to participate in the Doctoral Consortium. To apply, students should submit application materials (listed below) through the Doctoral Consortium track of the ICCBR-10 Conference Submission Site by April 17, 2010.
Application materials should include an application essay (3 pages or less), a brief (1-2 page) abstract of the paper to be presented at the DC, a current CV, and a letter of recommendation from the student's adviser. In your submission, all included in a single pdf file submitted though the ICCBR-10 Conference Submission Site in the Doctoral Consortium track. Alternatively, students may email their material directly to Professor Klaus-Dieter Althoff (dc@iccbr2010.com).
To submit information through Submission:
- Put the title of the paper you intend to present in the Title field.
- Enter "Student" where Submission asks for a title.
- In the Abstract box, place an abstract of the paper
- For keywords, enter keywords that are relevant to your research area. This will help us to match mentors and students.
- Put all parts of your application in a single PDF file, and upload it as the “Paper”.
In the application essay students should describe:
- The student's background and state of progress in their Ph.D. program,
- The student's current research project, what is completed, currently underway, and yet to be done,
- The questions the student has for the mentor,
- What the student expects to get from the Doctoral Consortium, and
- What the student has to offer to the other participants in the Doctoral Consortium.
Students will be notified of their acceptance to the Doctoral Consortium and the identity of their mentors by May 1, 2010.
A final version of the paper to be presented will be due on May 15, 2010.
Students are expected to commit to attending all DC activities at the conference. ICCBR anticipates providing some support for all DC students.
Please direct any questions to Professor Klaus-Dieter Althoff( dc@iccbr2010.com ).
Mentor participants
ICCBR-10 invites researchers to serve as mentors for the 2010 Doctoral Consortium. Mentors are expected to correspond with DC students prior to ICCBR-10, and to commit to attending as much of the DC as possible. Mentors must be present for the one-on-one meeting with their students, and for their own student's presentation. We encourage mentors to see presentations by other students, and to provide feedback where possible.
Interested mentors should submit information before April 17, 2010. The information should include a brief, one-paragraph description of their own career and research interests, and should describe what research areas they would be comfortable providing mentoring for. In addition, contact information for use by DC organizers and designated DC students should be provided.
Mentors may submit their information either through the Doctoral Consortium track of the ICCBR-10 Conference Submission Site, or in e-mail to Professor Klaus-Dieter Althoff (dc@iccbr2010.com ).
To submit information through Submission:
- Click on the link that automatically fills in first "Author" information from your Submission account.
- Enter "Mentor" where Submission asks for a title.
- In the Abstract box, enter the paragraph describing your research and what areas you are comfortable mentoring.
- For keywords, enter keywords that are relevant to your research area. This will help us to match mentors and students.
- Click "Abstract Only", and submit.
Please direct any questions to Professor Klaus-Dieter Althoff ( dc@iccbr2010.com ).
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