Doctoral Consortium
September 14, 2008, Aarhus, Denmark
The ECDL Doctoral Consortium aims to bring together PhD students working on the topics related to ECDL2008 conference.
The workshop will offer PhD students the opportunity to present, discuss, and receive feedback on their research in a constructive and collegial atmosphere. The consortium will be led by research experts in the field of Digital Libraries.
The Doctoral Consortium is intended for students who have already settled on a specific research proposal and have some preliminary results, but still have enough time remaining before submitting their dissertation so that they can benefit from workshop feedback. The consortium language is English.
PhD students who want to attend the Doctoral Consortium should provide an extended abstract of the doctoral work. The contribution should be prepared in accordance with the guidelines for the LNCS format provided by Springer (www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). The extended abstract should not exceed ten pages and must cover the following aspects:
- a clear formulation of the research topic
- an outline of the significant problems in the field and their current solutions
- a description of the proposed approach and its expected contributions
- a discussion of preliminary results
- evaluation (-plan) of the research
All contributions must be sent by email, specifying "ECDL2008 DC Extended Abstract" in the subject field, by the Doctoral Consortium submission deadline to doctoral_consortium@ecdl2008.org.
Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, correctness, and clarity. Workshop participation is limited to 15 PhD students.
Accepted abstracts will be distributed to participants and made available on the web. The consortium participants are in addition invited to present their research as a poster to the whole ECDL community during the ECDL conference poster session.
Important Dates
- Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 June 2008
- Notification of acceptance: 1 July 2008
- Camera ready papers due: 10 August 2008
- ECDL2008: 14-19 September 2008
- Doctoral Consortium: 14 September 2008
Contact address: requests for information should be sent to doctoral_consortium@ecdl2008.org.