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Call for Doctoral Mentoring Program
AAMAS 2011 will include a doctoral mentoring program, 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:
- To match each student with an establish 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.
- To allow students an opportunity to present their work to a friendly audience of other students as well as mentors.
- To provide students with contacts and professional networking opportunities.s
- 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, which will likely be held one day prior to the workshops.
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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 will be 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.
The submission package should include:
- A two-page extended abstract of the student’s thesis (in the AAMAS submission format).
- A personal research statement (one page).
- A short (2-page) resume (CV).
- A recommendation letter from the advisor.
Please also provide the following information:
- University and country in which you study.
- Gender.
- Whether you are a (co-) author of a paper accepted for the technical conference. Include title, number, and full author list (in order as appearing on paper).
- (For applicants from the U.S) State whether you are a member of an ethnic minority.
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Submissions should be sent in electronic form (PDF), Doctoral Mentoring Chairs: Kobi Gal (kobig@bgu.ac.il) and Adrian Pearce (adrianrp@unimelb.edu.au).
We expect that financial support will be made available to some consortium participants based on quality of proposal, distance to travel, and level of participation.
In addition, the dissertation advisor should send the last item (a letter of recommendation) by e-mail directly to the doctoral mentoring chairs. 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 or PDF format. The student’s name must be clearly pointed out in the letter.
Important Dates
- Submission of Applications Due:
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January 15, 2011 |
- Acceptance Notifications:
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February 15, 2011 |
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March 12, 2011 |
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May 3, 2011 |
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