KR 2016 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM
Last Call for Applications
Cape Town, South Africa
25-29 April 2016
http://kr.org/KR2016/
The 15th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and
Reasoning (KR 2016) invites PhD students to apply for the Doctoral Consortium
program.
1) AIMS AND SCOPE
The Doctoral Consortium (DC) is a student mentoring program that introduces
students to senior researchers with similar research interests. The aims of
the consortium are:
- to provide a forum for students to present their current research, and receive
feedback from other students and senior researchers;
- to promote contacts among PhD students working in similar areas;
- to support students with information and advice on academic, research and
industrial careers.
The DC is intended for PhD students who have a specific research proposal
and some preliminary results, but who have sufficient time prior to completing
their dissertation to benefit from the consortium experience. Preference will
be given to students satisfying these criteria, but well-motivated applications
from students who are at earlier or later stages of their doctoral studies will
still be considered.
2) STUDENT SPONSORSHIPS
Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, KR will provide registration
and
accommodation for selected students. We expect to be able to provide support
for
all Doctoral Consortium participants that volunteer to help with local
organization.
Additionally, there is dedicated NSF funding to help cover the travel costs of
Doctoral Consortium participants from US universities.
More details on student support can be found on the KR website.
3) APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Applications must be submitted by email to the following address:
kr201...@gmail.com
Each application must contain the following materials:
- Thesis summary. A description of the problem being addressed, your motivation
for
addressing the problem, proposed plan of research, the progress to date (what
you
have already achieved and what remains to be done), and related work. It must
be
four pages maximum in AAAI style
(http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php).
- Curriculum Vitae. A description of your background and relevant experience
(research,
education, employment).
- Letter of recommendation. A letter from your thesis advisor that states that
he/she
supports your participation in the DC.
- Indication of whether you request a sponsored studentship, and if so, whether
you
volunteer to help with local organization during KR, DL, and NMR.
Optionally, you can suggest 3-5 potential mentors with similar research
interests as you,
who could give you good advice on technical aspects of your work, and/or your
career.
The most preferred way of submission is to combine the thesis summary and the
letter of
recommendation (and, optionally, the list of suggested mentors) into a single
PDF document.
If you cannot do that, archive the documents into a single zip file.
4) IMPORTANT DATES
- 21 December 2015: Deadline for application
- 15 January 2015: Acceptance notification
- 25-29 April 2015: Doctoral consortium
For further information, please contact the Doctoral Consortium chairs:
Meghyn Bienvenu, CNRS (meghyn.bienv...@lirmm.fr)
Joohyung Lee, Arizona State University (joo...@asu.edu)
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Ivan Varzinczak - http://member.acm.org/~ijv
Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Lens
Université d’Artois, France
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