Call for submissions
The SIGMOD/PODS
2012 PhD Symposium will be a forum where PhD students will
have an opportunity of presenting their research ideas,
receiving feedback from and interacting with senior members
of the community. The focus of the Symposium this year will
be on mentorship and providing constructive feedback to the
students. The members of the Program Committee have agreed
to attend the Symposium, which will provide ample
opportunity for discussions and feedback. Students whose
submissions are accepted for presentation will be paired by
a member of the PC for mentorship and one-on-one
discussions. The workshop is co-located with SIGMOD/PODS
2012 and will take place on Sunday May 20th, 2012.
We welcome submissions
(5 pages in SIGMOD/PODS format) from PhD students at any
stage of their PhD work. Since the focus of the Symposium is
to provide feedback on the research, authors should not have
received their Ph.D. degree nor submitted their thesis
before the Symposium. Students who are in the very early
stages of their studies should clearly specify the problem
they plan to focus on, the thesis that they plan to
investigate, and the outline of the methodology that they
plan to follow. Students who are more advanced in their
research should also specify the contributions they have
made so far and what remains to be accomplished.
SIGMOD Executive has
committed a certain amount of funds to support student
participation, including financial support for traveling and
free conference registrations. The distribution of these
funds will be adjudicated after the acceptance decisions are
made. In addition, this year's SIGMOD conference itself has
additional funds from NSF that US-based students can apply
for, which will only be available for students who attend
the Ph.D. symposium or SIGMOD's mentoring workshop.
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions must be
single-authored by the student and should specify (a) the
expected graduation date, and (b) the name of the supervisor
under the author's name. Authors should prepare their
submissions in PDF format typeset in SIGMOD/PODS style
(maximum 5 pages) and upload it to the conference management
system (https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/PHD2012).
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline:
February 23, 2012 (11:59pm PDT)
February 16, 2012 (11:59pm PDT)
Notification: March 18, 2012
Financial support decisions: March 30, 2012