[agents] AAMAS 2012 Doctoral Mentoring Program CFP
Enrico Gerding
eg at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Dec 16 22:18:38 EST 2011
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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
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