[Students-l] Doctoral Consortium at CHIIR 2018: Deadline 11/1

Wed Oct 25 10:59:59 EDT 2017

The deadline for applications to the CHIIR 2018 doctoral consortium is on Wednesday, November 1 - the last day of the ASIST Annual Meeting. 

I strongly encourage you to apply if your work focuses on user-centered information interaction or information retrieval. This year’s mentors and organizers are Dr. Pia Borlund, Dr. Katriina Byström, Dr. Rob Capra, Dr. Luanne Freund, Dr. Diane Kelly, Dr. Heather O'Brien, Dr. Ian Ruthven, Dr. Max Wilson, Dr. Jacek Gwizdka, and Dr. Vivek Singh.

On a personal note, I participated in the doctoral consortium for the CHIIR predecessor, and the many thought-provoking questions and suggestions I received have influenced my research. Participating in the DC also helped me to feel part of the community. 

Student travel support is available to help defray costs. The full call for participation is below and online (http://sigir.org/chiir2018/call.php).

Anita

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Anita Crescenzi
PhD Student
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

On 10/16/17, 4:50 PM, "Asis-l on behalf of Jacek Gwizdka" <asis-l-bounces at asist.org on behalf of asis at gwizdka.com> wrote:

    *Call for Doctoral Consortium Participation*    
    *Less than two weeks left to the submission deadline.*

    *Nov. 1, 2017*                 *Deadline for research proposals*

    The 3rd annual ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and
    Retrieval (CHIIR 2018) (pronounced “cheer”), which will take place during
    March 11-15, 2018 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, is a forum for the
    dissemination and discussion of research on the user-centered aspects of
    information interaction and information retrieval. CHIIR focuses on
    elements such as human involvement in search activities, and information
    seeking and use in context.

    The CHIIR Doctoral consortium, held in conjunction with the main
    conference, provides an opportunity for doctoral students to present and
    discuss their research with senior researchers and other doctoral students
    in a seminar format. The Doctoral consortium focuses on 1) advising
    students regarding current critical issues in their research, and 2) making
    students aware of the strengths and weaknesses of their research as viewed
    from different perspectives. Doctoral consortium is generally targeted at
    students in their second or third year of a year PhD program. At minimum,
    students ought to have formulated their research problem, theoretical
    framework and suggested methods, and at maximum, students will have just
    submitted some of the early PhD work for publication.

    *Mentors*

    On our list of mentors are so far: Dr. Pia Borlund, Dr. Katriina Byström,
    Dr. Rob Capra, Dr. Luanne Freund, Dr. Diane Kelly, Dr. Heather O'Brien, Dr.
    Ian Ruthven, Dr. Max Wilson.

    *Fees*

    Participation to the Doctoral consortium is included in the conference
    registration fee.

    *Funding*

    Students participating in the Doctoral Consortium (DC) may apply for a
    limited number of travel grants. Information on how to apply for travel
    grants will made available to DC student participants.

    *Important Dates*

           *Nov. 1, 2017*                 *Deadline for research proposals*
           *Dec. 15, 2017*               Notification of acceptance
           *Dec. 15, 2017-Jan 3, 2018 - *Application period for SIGIR sponsored travel grants
           *March 11, 2018          **Doctoral Consortium*

    *Topics*

    All topics within the main CHIIR submission call are acceptable as topics
    for the Doctoral consortium.

    *Format*

    Proposals must be written in English and formatted using the ACM Conference
    style (for LaTeX or Word)
    <http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template>. Submissions should
    be made in PDF. The final version of accepted proposals will be included in
    the CHIIR proceedings. The proposal must be no longer than 3 pages and
    contain the following contents:

            Title of research proposal, Name of student, Stage of degree (e.g.,
    2nd year PhD), Affiliation, Name of supervisor(s)

            Abstract

            Motivation

            Research questions

             (Planned or ongoing) Methodology

            Progress made so far

            Future plan

            References

    *Submission*

    Applications should be submitted electronically via the conference
    submission system <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=chiir2018>.

    *Credit, certificate and grants*

    It is recommended that students participating in the Doctoral consortium
    will be awarded 2 credits, ECTS or equivalent, by their home department.
    Students will be presented with a certificate upon completed participation
    in the Doctoralconsortium.

    *Contact*

    If you have any enquiries regarding the Doctoral consortium, please contact
    the chairs, Jacek Gwizdka (chiir2018 at gwizdka.com) and Vivek Singh (
    v.singh at rutgers.edu).

    http://sigir.org/chiir2018/call.php

    Best regards,
    - Jacek

    Jacek Gwizdka, PhD(Toronto) MASc(Toronto) MEng(TULodz)
    NeuroIR.org <http://www.neuroir.org/>  <http://www.neuroir.org/> |
    http://gwizdka.com/research | Google Scholar
    <http://bit.ly/google_scholar_jacekg>
    JASIST <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2330-1643>
    *Special
    Issue on Neuro-Information Science* - CFP
    <http://bit.ly/CFP_JASIST_SI_NeuroIS_Wiley>
    Assistant Professor at School of Information, University of Texas at Austin
    1616 Guadalupe St,  Austin, TX 78701, USA |  Office 5.532 (5th floor)
    Information eXperience (IX) lab Co-Director   |  ACM Senior Member
    Distinguished Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation Collegium of Eminent
    Scientists
    <http://jsg.tel/>