Thirteenth AAAI/SIGART Doctoral Consortium
The AAAI/SIGART Doctoral Consortium (DC) provides an opportunity for a group of Ph.D. students to discuss and explore their research interests and career objectives with a panel of established researchers in artificial intelligence. The consortium has the following objectives: (1) to provide a setting for mutual feedback on participants' current research and guidance on future research directions; (2) develop a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research; (3) support a new generation of researchers with information and advice on academic, research, industrial, and nontraditional career paths; and (4) contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other researchers and participation in conference events.
The Doctoral Consortium will be held as a workshop on July 13–14, 2008, immediately before the start of the main conference. Student participants in the Doctoral Consortium will receive complimentary conference registration and a fixed allowance for travel/housing.
The deadline for applications has past. For further information about the Doctoral Consortium, please consult the following:
At the Conference
The organizers invite all students to attend and participate in the Doctoral Consortium, whether or not they apply to present their work. In previous years, many nonpresenting students said they found it useful to observe their peers' presentations and to participate in the ensuing discussions.
All participants selected to present their work at the Doctoral Consortium are expected to be present throughout the consortium. Our experience has been that participants gain almost as much by interacting with their peers as by having their presentations critiqued by the faculty panel. As such, we expect a commitment from participating students to attend the entire DC.
Acknowledgements
Support for the 2008 Doctoral Consortium is provided by AAAI and ACM's SIGART.
Inquiries
Additional information may be obtained by contacting Colleen van Lent, chair of the organizing committee.
AAAI-08 Doctoral Consortium Program Chair and Cochair
- Colleen van Lent, Chair
California State University Long Beach
Computer Engineering and
Computer Science Department
1250 Bellflower Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90840 USA
562-985-8583 (telephone)
562-985-7823 (fax)
www.cecs.csulb.edu/~vanlent
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Scott Wallace, Cochair
Computer Science Department
Washington State University, Vancouver