[Eurchap] Invitation to Doctoral Forum at the IIiX symposium October 17, 2006 in Copenhagen

[Birger Larsen]

[Apologies for cross postings]

 

The Doctoral Forum at the first Information Interaction in Context
symposium (IIiX) is an invitation to doctoral students to present their
research projects, and in return receive constructive feedback.  The
primary objective of the Doctoral Forum is to provide doctoral students
with a forum to present and discuss their research projects with senior
researchers and fellow students and to develop their relationships with
other scientists. 

 

We invite all doctoral students investigating aspects in, e.g.,
information retrieval, information seeking or human-computer interaction
related areas to apply for the forum.  We especially welcome projects
where contextual features are being considered as part of the research
design. 

 

The Doctoral Forum is a one-day event that takes place prior (October
17) to the IIiX symposium (www.db.dk/iiix).  Students are to give a
15-20 minute presentation of their research project.  Each presentation
is followed by 15 to 20 minutes of discussion with senior researchers,
which are experts in one or more of the general IIiX symposium themes
(www.db.dk/iiix/themes.htm):

 

* Case studies, field experiments, simulations of context-sensitive
Information Seeking & Retrieval;

* Contextual Information Interaction theory; 

* Evaluation and research methodologies for IIiX; 

* Platforms and frameworks for doing research on IIiX. 

 

Due to the time consuming form of the Doctoral Forum, the number of
participants is restricted. 

 

Doctoral Forum Chairs:

Assistant professor, Birger Larsen, Royal School of Library &
Information Science, Copenhagen - Denmark.

Assistant professor, Jesper W. Schneider, Royal School of Library &
Information Science, Aalborg - Denmark.

 

Doctoral Forum Senior Researchers:

Dr. Andrew MacFarlane, City University, UK

Dr. Diane Kelly, University of North Carolina, US

Dr. Jaap Kamps, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Dr. Joemon Jose, University of Glasgow, UK

Dr. Monica Landoni, University of Strathclyde, UK

 

Time:

October 17, 2006

>From 9.00 to 17.00

 

Location (same as the symposium):

Royal School of Library & Information Science

Birketinget 6

DK-2300 Copenhagen S

Denmark

 

Applications:

To apply to the workshop, please submit an application of 1500 words
containing: 

 

* Description of doctoral research project that includes research
questions; and 

* a motivation for student participation at the Doctoral Forum. 

 

The first page of the application must contain the name, affiliation and
full address of the doctoral student including phone and fax numbers and
email address.  Proof of student status will be demanded from successful
applicants.

 

The application should be submitted electronically through the
conference submission software no later than June 1, 2006 in Word, RTF
or PDF format. 

 

We recommend that student participation and presentation of the research
project at the Doctoral Forum are credited 2 ECTS by their home
department. 

 

We also recommend that doctoral students register for the main IIiX
symposium, and submit full papers or research in progress papers related
to their projects.

 

For further information, see www.db.dk/iiix/docforum.htm, and contact
Birger Larsen or Jesper W. Schneider (Contact information available from
the web site)

 

Kind regards

 

Birger Larsen and Jesper W. Schneider

 

 

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