Call for Applications: ICAPS-06 Doctoral Consortium

["Huhns, Michael" <huhns@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN ICAPS-06 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

The 16th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling
(ICAPS'06) invites Ph.D. students to apply for the Doctoral
Consortium. The aims of the Doctoral Consortium are:

- to provide a forum for students to present their current research
  and receive feedback from other students and senior researchers;
- to facilitate networking among Ph.D. students and senior researchers
  working in the same area; and
- to support students with information on academic, research and
  industrial careers.

The Doctoral Consortium is a graduate student mentoring program that
will introduce students to senior researchers with similar interests.
To give the Doctoral Consortium participants an opportunity to meet
each other, a lunchtime panel on effective research strategies will be
held on the first day of the conference (June 8).  A poster session
for the Doctoral Consortium will be held that evening, in conjunction
with software demonstrations and a poster session for the main
conference.

Each student will be matched to a senior researcher and will meet
their mentor in a relatively informal setting (lunch).  Students
accepted in the Doctoral Program will receive a scholarship that
covers conference registration and part of their travel expenses.

We encourage submissions from Ph.D. students at any stage and from any
topic area within Planning and Scheduling.  Preference will be given
to students who are far enough along to have formulated their
dissertation topic. =20

Applicants should submit an extended abstract of three (3) pages
maximum by email to both Doctoral Consortium chairs.  The submission
should be in AAAI style format and sent either as a PostScript or as a
PDF file.  It should describe original, unpublished work, completed or
in progress, that is part of the doctoral work of the student.  If an
extended version of the paper is also submitted to the technical
consortium, please indicate this in the submission.

In addition, the dissertation advisor should send a letter of
recommendation by e-mail to both Doctoral Consortium chairs.  It
should indicate when the student is expected to complete his/her
dissertation and explain how the student would benefit from
participation in the Doctoral Consortium.

Important dates:
March 10, 2006: Deadline for application
March 31, 2006: Acceptance notification
June 8, 2006:  ICAPS 06 Doctoral Consortium panel and poster session

Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs
* Marie desJardins, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
  mariedj@xxxxxxxxxxx
* Jeremy Frank, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
  frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx