[agents] AAMAS 2012 Doctoral Mentoring Program CFP

[Enrico Gerding]

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AAMAS 2012 Doctoral Mentoring Program
Tuesday 5 June, 2012
Valencia, Spain

Submission deadline: January 31, 2012

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As in previous years, AAMAS 2012 will include a doctoral mentoring 
program, intended for PhD students in advanced stages of their research. 
This program will provide an opportunity for students to interact 
closely with established researchers in their fields, to receive 
feedback on their work and to get advice on managing their careers.

Specifically, the goals of the program are:

* To match each student with an establish researcher in the community 
(who will act as a mentor). The mentor will interact closely with the 
student, will provide feedback on research, help form new contacts, etc.
* To allow students an opportunity to present their work to a friendly 
audience of other students as well as mentors.
* To provide students with contacts and professional networking 
opportunities.
* The doctoral mentoring program will consist of opportunities for 
interactions between mentors and their mentorees prior to the 
conference, as well as a one day doctoral symposium, which will likely 
be held one day prior to the workshops.

Submission Requirements

We encourage submissions from PhD students at advanced stages of their 
research within the Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems field. 
Based on the submissions, the organizing committee will select a group 
of students that will be invited to participate in the program. 
Participants will be expected to take active part in all doctoral 
mentoring program activities. Each submission should include a set of 
documents from the students, and a recommendation letter from the advisor.

Specifically, the submission package should include:

* A two-page extended abstract of the student’s thesis (in the AAMAS 
submission format).
* A personal research statement (one page).
* A short (2-page) resume (CV).
* A recommendation letter from the advisor.

Please also provide the following information:

* University and country in which you study.
* Gender.
* Whether you are a (co-) author of a paper accepted for the technical 
conference. Include title, number, and full author list (in order as 
appearing on paper).
* (For applicants from the U.S) State whether you are a member of an 
ethnic minority.

Submissions should be sent in electronic form (PDF), Doctoral Mentoring 
Chairs: Enrico Gerding (eg at ecs.soton.ac.uk) and Radhika Nagpal 
(rad at eecs.harvard.edu).

** We expect that financial support will be made available to some 
consortium participants based on the quality of the proposal, distance 
to travel, and level of participation. **

In addition, the dissertation advisor should send the last item (a 
letter of recommendation) by e-mail directly to the doctoral mentoring 
chairs. The letter should address the expected benefit of attending (to 
the student), the significance of the research, and the expected date 
for thesis submission. This letter can be sent in either plain text or 
PDF format. The student’s name must be clearly pointed out in the letter.

Important Dates

Submission of Applications Due: January 31, 2012
Acceptance Notifications: March 1, 2012
Date of Consortium: Tuesday 5 June, 2012

Further information will appear on the AAMAS 2012 website 
http://aamas2012.webs.upv.es/

Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs

Enrico Gerding eg at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Radhika Nagpal rad at eecs.harvard.edu