Doctoral Consortium is organized in collaboration with the TRAIS, Turkey Chapter of AIS.
Invitation Deadline Open Learn more about the extension of submission deadline The IMISC 2018 Doctoral Consortium (DC) which is organized in collaboration with the TRAIS, Turkey Chapter of AIS, provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of a panel of distinguished researchers from both academia and industry. We invite students who feel they would benefit from this kind of feedback on their work to apply for this unique opportunity to share their work with students in a similar situation as well as senior researchers in the field. The strongest candidates will be those have made some progress, but who are not so far along their research that they can no longer make changes. Typically this means that they have defined their topic and have completed some research, but still have at least a year of research remaining before completing a dissertation (in many universities this corresponds to the dissertation proposal stage). The feedback from attendees in previous years has been very positive and the DC has been considered very useful in providing research guidance. The consortium has the following objectives: Student participants will have their extended abstracts (1250 words excluding references) published in the conference proceedings. They will also have the opportunity to present a poster of their work. Participants are expected to attend the entire workshop and are also expected to attend the IMISC 2018 conference, including the dinner. The format of the consortium will be primarily student presentations supplemented by one or two panel sessions to provide advice and Q&A opportunities with senior researchers in the field. Student presentations will be structured to provide maximum feedback. In particular: Being accepted into the consortium is an honor, and involves a commitment to giving and receiving thoughtful commentary with an eye towards shaping the field and upcoming participants in the research area. To provide maximum feedback to each student, participation in the doctoral consortium is limited to no more than 8 doctoral students. Selection is based on two broad criteria: Applications are invited from graduate students pursuing a PhD project who would benefit from detailed workshop discussions of their doctoral research by a panel of established researchers. Applications should include the following: Extended Abstract Prepare a four-page (excluding references) extended abstract of your thesis work in the IMISC Proceedings format. The extended abstract will be evaluated with regard to: Please write your extended abstract to the same quality standards as a regular IMISC submission. The accepted extended abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings and available on the conference website. Confidentiality Confidentiality of submissions is maintained during the review process. All rejected submissions will be kept confidential in perpetuity. All submitted materials for accepted submissions will be kept confidential until two weeks prior to the start of the conference. Submissions should contain no information or materials that are proprietary at publication time. Evaluation Evaluation of a particiular presentation will be based on DC Scoring Rubric (See Appendix) and it will be filled out by respective mentors in addition to other written feedback. Overall score will be kept confidential but can be used for improving the presented work by the student, personally. There will be no archive about the evaluation process.
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Notification August 19, 2018 August 26, 2018 Doctoral Consortium is organized in collaboration with the TRAIS, Turkey Chapter of AIS.
The degree to which the applicant is positioned to benefit from participation, including the student’s position in the doctoral process (the greatest benefit is for students with a developed research idea but much of the work yet undone).
The degree to which the student may otherwise lack access to a diverse set of feedback and input on his or her research plans (e.g., availability of local experts and advisors).
The quality of the extended abstract (as identified above), both as a model of excellent research and as an indication of the student’s potential in the field.
Diversity of participation, including diversity by institution, country, research topic and approach, and demographics. In general we will limit participation to one or two students per institution, depending on the number of applicants.
Evidence that the student will be an effective and active participant, providing feedback to others and helping to build a research network.