CFP: Doctoral Consortium - ICEIS 2006 (DCEIS 2006)

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

       http://www.iceis.org/doctoral_consortium.htm

The Doctoral Consortium will take place in conjunction with the 8th
International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS,
http://www.iceis.org/), to be held May 23-27 in Paphos, Cyprus. The
ICEIS'06 doctoral consortium will provide an opportunity for graduate
students to explore their research interests in an interdisciplinary
workshop, under the guidance of a panel of distinguished experts in the
field.

The Doctoral Consortium on Enterprise Systems Engineering is intended to
bring together Ph.D. students within the enterprise systems engineering
field to discuss their research in an international forum. The Doctoral
Consortium will provide students with an opportunity to:

. Present their research work in a relaxed and supportive environment
. Receive feedback and suggestions from peers and experienced faculty
. Gain an overview of the breadth and depth of enterprise systems
research
. Obtain insight into directions for enterprise systems research taken
by other doctoral candidates
. Discuss concerns about research, supervision, the job market, and
other issues
. Network with peers and future colleagues

In addition the faculty panel will give some talks helping students to
deal with topics such as how to write a Ph.D. thesis and how to make
good presentations. Thus, the symposium will help shape ongoing and
future research projects aimed at enterprise systems, will promote
scholarship and networking among new researchers in this emerging
interdisciplinary area, and will expose these promising young
researchers to the larger global community.

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM REQUIREMENTS AND RULES
The Doctoral Consortium is based on the following requirements and
rules:

- Doctoral Consortium is open only to Doctoral Students who have started
their research;
- Each student with an accepted paper for the Doctoral Consortium must
register and attend the ICEIS Conference;
- The Doctoral Consortium Proceedings may be included in the conference
proceedings; (this depends on the date we receive the final versions of
the papers)
- Each paper must be presented by the Doctoral Student;
- Submissions will be judged on originality, significance and clarity. 
- Paper length: 4 to 12 pages
- Papers must be written in MS-Word or Latex including the following
information:
   - stage of the research,
   - outline of objectives,
   - research problem,
   - state of the art,
   - methodology and
   - expected outcome.

HOW TO APPLY TO THE DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM
To apply for participation at Doctoral Consortium, please submit the
following materials by e-mail (to the Doctoral Consortium Chair):

- Cover page with your name, title of your thesis, institution, full
postal address, phone number and e-mail address;
- The paper (formatted as described in the previous section)

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Doctoral Consortium Submission: 20th March 2006
Author Notification: 27th March 2006
Final Camera-Ready Submission and Registration: 5th April 2006
Doctoral Consortium date: 23rd of May 2006

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIRS
George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
(george@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Joaquim Filipe, INSTICC/EST-Set=FAbal, Portugal

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM PANEL
Dr. J. K. Aggarwal, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Dr. Georges Gardarin, Universit=E9 de Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines,
PRiSM, France
Dr. Anil K. Jain, Michigan State University, USA
Dr. Matthias Jarke, Rwth Aachen University, Germany
Dr. Timos Sellis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Dr. John B. Oommen, Carleton University, Canada

Best regards
Vitor Pedrosa
ICEIS Secretariat
Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and
Communication
Av. D.Manuel I, 27A 2=BA esq
2910-595 Set=FAbal
Portugal