| Subject: | [WI] KR2020 - Doctoral Consortium Call for Applications |
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| Date: | Thu, 09 Jan 2020 15:41:04 +0200 |
| From: | Theofanis I. Aravanis <taravanis@upatras.gr> |
| Reply-To: | Theofanis I. Aravanis <taravanis@upatras.gr> |
| Organization: | University of Patras |
| To: | taravanis@upatras.gr |
KR Doctoral Consortium Call for Applications
September 12-18, 2020
Rhodes, Greece
https://kr2020.inf.unibz.it/
The 17th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge
Representation and Reasoning (KR 2020) invites PhD students to
apply for the Doctoral Consortium program.
1) AIMS AND SCOPE
The Doctoral Consortium (DC) is a student mentoring program
bringing together PhD students and senior researchers from the
area of KR. The aims of the consortium are:
* to provide a forum for students to present their current
research, and receive feedback from other students and senior
researchers;
* to promote contacts among PhD students working in similar
areas;
* to support students with information and advice on academic,
research, and industrial careers.
The DC is intended for PhD students who have a specific research
proposal and some preliminary results, but who have sufficient
time prior to completing their dissertation to benefit from the
consortium experience. Preference will be given to students
satisfying these criteria, but well-motivated applications from
students who are at earlier or later stages of their doctoral
studies will still be considered.
For accepted students there will be a row of dedicated events,
including DC invited talks on research practice, a lightning
talk session, a poster session, and a mentoring lunch. Each
student will be given ample time to present their work and
therefore be able to fully benefit from direct feedback from the
assigned senior researcher mentor and the wider KR conference
audience.
2) APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Applications must be submitted by email. Each application must
contain the following elements combined into a single PDF
document.:
(1) Thesis summary. A description of the problem being
addressed, your motivation for addressing the problem, proposed
plan of research, the progress to date (what you have already
achieved and what remains to be done), and related work. It must
be four pages maximum in AAAI style
(http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php).
(2) Curriculum Vitae. A description of your background and
relevant experience (research, education, employment), of two
pages maximum.
(3) Letter of recommendation. A letter from your thesis advisor
that states that he/she supports your participation in the DC.
(4) Indication of whether a sponsored studentship is requested,
and if so, whether the student volunteers to help with local
organization during KR, DL, and NMR.
(5) Optionally, a suggestion of up to 5 potential mentors with
similar research interests, who could give good advice on
technical aspects related to the work, and/or career
opportunities.
The selection process will consider the quality of the submitted
proposal and the stage of the student's PhD project.
Doctoral students who submit to the DC are permitted to have
previously published on their research, and are encouraged to
submit papers to KR 2020 and associated conferences and
workshops.
3) IMPORTANT DATES
Application deadline: May 6, 2020
Acceptance notification: May 27, 2020
Doctoral Consortium: September 12 - 18, 2020 (TBC)
For further information, please contact the DC chairs:
Vaishak Belle, University of Edinburgh (vaishak@ed.ac.uk)
Rafael Peñaloza, University of Milano-Bicocca
(rafael.penaloza@unimib.it)