Call for ICSE 2003 Doctoral Symposium
INTRODUCTION
The Doctoral Symposium is a forum for Ph.D. students to publicly discuss
their research goals, methods, and results at an early stage in their research.
The Symposium aims to provide useful guidance for completion of the dissertation
research and initiation of a research career. The Symposium and ICSE will
also provide an opportunity for student participants to interact with established
researchers and others in the wider software engineering community.
Participants who present their work at the Symposium will be offered
support in the form of complementary admission to the Symposium and to
ICSE. Additional support may be provided depending on available resources.
DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE
Dick Hamlet |
Portland State University USA (Symposium Co-chair) |
Mary Lou Soffa |
University of Pittsburgh USA (Symposium Co-chair) |
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
10 January 2003
WHO SHOULD SUBMIT?
Students should consider participating in the Doctoral Symposium at least
six months before completion of their dissertations, but after having settled
on a research area or dissertation topic.
REVIEW PROCESS
Each prospective student participant will submit a package of materials
for consideration by the Symposium Committee. The Committee
will select participants using the following criteria:
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The potential quality of the research and its relevance to software engineering.
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The stage of the research. The Committee will select students
across a range of research stages.
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Diversity of background, research topic, and approach.
SUBMISSIONS
To apply as a student participant in the Doctoral Symposium, prepare a
submission package consisting of three parts listed below. Each
part must be submitted electronically by the submission deadline.
Part 1: GENERAL INFORMATION
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Name of student participant
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Name of dissertation advisor
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University and department
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Full mailing address, including country and postal code
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Telephone
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Fax
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Electronic mail address
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Electronic mail address of dissertation advisor
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Universal resource locator (URL), if available
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Related submissions (e.g., if you are also submitting a technical paper
to ICSE)
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Brief description of research topic (25 words or less)
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2 to 5 keywords and phrases
E-mail in plain ASCII, no markup, to:
hamlet@cs.pdx.edu
with the subject line: ``Doctoral Symposium Application''.
Part 2: RESEARCH ABSTRACT
(See FORMAT description below.)
The research abstract should include:
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Your name.
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The title of your work.
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The research area or sub-area of your work (10 words or less).
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The technical problem to be solved. The importance of the problem should
be justified.
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Justification that prior research has not solved the problem.
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The research hypothesis (claim) and details of the proposed solution.
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The expected contributions of your dissertation research. Progress in solving
the stated problem should be the major contribution, but there may be others.
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The methods you are using or will use to carry out your research. It is
important to describe a plan for evaluating your work and presenting credible
evidence of your results to the research community.
Students at relatively early stages of their research will have some difficulty
addressing some of these areas. Nonetheless, each prospective student participant
should address them as well as possible.
Part 3: LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
Ask your dissertation advisor to e-mail (plain ASCII text, no markup)
a letter of recommendation to
hamlet@cs.pdx.edu.
The subject line should be: ``Recommendation for XXX'', where XXX is your name.
The letter should include an assessment of the
current status of your dissertation research and an expected date for dissertation
submission.
FORMAT OF RESEARCH ABSTRACT
Research abstracts should be 3-5 pages long, and
may be submitted in any of the following formats
(in order of preference):
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
Plain ASCII text with no markup
HTML 3.0 or lower, no images
Level 2 PostScript, with all fonts included except Times and Symbol
Typeset abstracts should
be set in 12-point type on a 14-point baseline, with 1-inch margins on
all sides. Page size letter is preferred to A4. For plain text, line length
should be limited to 80 characters.
E-mail to hamlet@cs.pdx.edu, with the
subject line: ``Doctoral Symposium Abstract''.
PDF and PostScript files should be sent uuencoded
to prevent corruption by mail handlers.
UPON ACCEPTANCE
Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent by e-mail.
Final versions of research abstracts will be included in a Symposium
Proceedings to be distributed to all participants.
Participants selected for the Doctoral Symposium will later be asked
to prepare a short description of their research for the published ICSE Proceedings.
GROUND RULES
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All submitted materials must be in English.
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All materials must be submitted electronically in the formats listed above.
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Submissions should contain no proprietary or confidential material and
should cite no proprietary or confidential publications.
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Permissions to use video, audio or pictures of identifiable people must
be obtained in advance of the Symposium.
Important Dates
Submissions Due |
10 January 2003 |
Notification |
7 February 2003 |
Final Summaries Due |
3 March 2003 |
Final Abstracts Due |
11 April 2003 |
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dick Hamlet
Department of Computer Science
Portland State University
Box 751
Portland, OR 97297 USA
Tel: (503) 725-3216
Fax: (503) 725-3211
Email: <hamlet@cs.pdx.edu>
<http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~hamlet/><