AAMAS-05 will include a doctoral mentoring
program (similar to the one at AAMAS-04), intended
for PhD students in advanced stages of their
research. This program will provide an opportunity
for students to interact closely with established
researchers in their fields, to receive feedback on
their work and to get advice on managing their careers.
Specifically,
the goals of the program are:
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To match each student with an established researcher
in the community (who will act as a mentor). The
mentor will interact closely with the student, will
provide feedback on research, help form new contacts,
etc.
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To allow students an opportunity to present their
work to a friendly audience of other students as
well as mentors.
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To provide students with contacts and professional
networking opportunities.
The
doctoral mentoring program will consist of opportunities
for interactions between mentors and their mentorees
prior to the conference, as well as a one-day doctoral
symposium including a mentoring lunch.
submission
requirements
We
encourage submissions from PhD students at advanced
stages of their research within the Autonomous Agents
and Multi Agent Systems field. Based on the submissions,
the organizing committee will select a group of students
that will be invited to participate in the program.
Participants are expected to take active part in all
doctoral mentoring program activities.
Each
submission should include a set of documents from
the students, and a recommendation letter from the
advisor (see below). The submission package from the
students should include:
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A two-page extended abstract of the student's thesis
(in the AAMAS submission format)
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A personal research statement (one page)
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A list of estimated expenses (travel, accommodations,
etc.)
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A short (2-page) resume (CV)
Submissions
should be sent in electronic form (postscript or PDF),
to the doctoral mentoring chair (Juergen Dix, dix@tu-clausthal.de),
by February 25, 2005.
In
addition, the dissertation advisor should send a letter
of recommendation by e-mail to dix@tu-clausthal.de.
The letter should address the expected benefit of
attending (to the student), the significance of the
research, and the expected date for thesis submission.
This letter can be sent in either plain text, postscript
or PDF format. The student's name must be clearly
pointed out in the letter.
important dates
|
Submission package and recommendation letter
due |
February
25, 2005 |
| Acceptance
notifications |
April 1,
2005 |
| Camera-ready
copy due |
April 8,
2005 |
| Doctoral
Mentoring Symposium |
July 24,
2005 |
The
one-day symposium will be held on Sunday, prior to
the workshops, tutorials and the main technical program
of the conference. A limited number of travel grants
are available. Priority will be given to mentorees
who are presenting a paper at a workshop (or the main
conference) or have at least submitted a paper. Students
from under-represented regions are especially encouraged
to apply.
submissions
and inquiries
Jurgen
Dix, dix@tu-clausthal.de
Technical University of Clausthal, GERMANY
Doctoral Mentoring Chair, AAMAS-05
fax: +49 5323 72 7189
web: http://cig.in.tu-clausthal.de/
