[agents] Final Call for Doctoral Mentoring Program Submissions at AAMAS'15

[Amit Chopra]

Please take note of this opportunity!
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Associated with the 14th International Conference on Autonomous Agents
and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS’15) in Istanbul
http://www.aamas2015.com/

Symposium date: May 5th

Building upon the success of previous years, AAMAS 2015 will again
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 as well as with other students, to receive
feedback on their work and to get advice on managing their careers.

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Specifically, the goals of the program are:
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- 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 insights, contacts and professional
networking opportunities for their future career.

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.

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Submission Requirements
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We encourage submissions from PhD students at advanced stages of their
research within the Autonomous Agents and Multiagent 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. The submission package
consists of:

1. A two-page extended abstract of the student’s thesis (in the AAMAS
submission format, including abstract and keywords)
2. A short (2-page) application document including the following:
- gender
- country and institute of study
- area of study (provide 1-3 keywords)
- whether you have participated in the AAMAS DMC before
- one or  two names of suggested mentors
- CV
3. A recommendation letter from the advisor/supervisor.  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.

Submissions of the first two items should be submitted in pdf via
easychair here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aamas15dmp.

The  letter of recommendation should be sent by e-mail to the doctoral
mentoring co-chairs:

Kobi Gal <kobig at bgu.ac.il>
M. Birna van Riemsdijk <m.b.vanriemsdijk at tudelft.nl>

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Important Dates
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February 11: Submission package due
March 3: Acceptance notifications (changed!)
March 8: Camera-ready copy due (changed!)
May 5: Doctoral Mentoring Symposium