PhD students,
The WikiSym 2010 Doctoral Symposium is accepting applications from PhD
students until April 5. Events like this are unparalleled
opportunities. The 2010 symposium is especially notable because
accepted students will get to work closely with and get feedback on
their work from Kevin Crowston, Cliff Lampe, and Nicolas Jullien, who
are all world-class researchers. I will also be a faculty mentor. I
cannot stress enough how valuable my own doctoral consortium
experiences were as I defined my dissertation work. If you are a PhD
student, consider applying. If you are a faculty member, please
forward to your best and brightest! :)
Directions for applying can be found below,
Andrea
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:: Andrea Forte
:: Assistant Professor
:: College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University
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http://www.andreaforte.net
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The WikiSym 2010 Doctoral Consortium will be held immediately after
WikiSym, from 10:30-17:00 on Saturday 10 July 2010, at the conference
location in Gdansk, Poland. The consortium is open to all doctoral
students (at the time of the consortium). Students beginning their
research are especially invited to submit. The consortium is aimed in
particular at students who have defined a dissertation topic but are
still approximately one year from finishing at the time of
application. However, students closer to completion can submit their
work for discussion in the forum.
Important dates
* April 5: Submission deadline for Doctoral Symposium proposals.
* May 4: Notification of acceptance for research papers and
Doctoral Symposium proposals.
Session Goals
The WikiSym 2010 Doctoral Symposium aims to offer PhD. students an
unparalleled opportunity to present their ongoing working lines on
wikis and open collaboration research and to receive supportive
feedback from their peers and a panel of faculty mentors. The main
goal of the consortium is to offer students valuable feedback from
scholars and other attendees to the session, so that students can
envision new, added-value contributions to their current research. In
the same way, it also offers a perfect environment for the exchange of
information, methodologies, practical experiences and advice that may
help PhD. students on their way, unleashing potential interactions and
opportunities for collaboration.
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Session structure
Accepted students will have an opportunity to present their research
and receive feedback from the faculty and other students. The
consortium will also include a faculty and peer panel on topics of
relevance to PhD students studying wikis and open collaboration.
Finally, the session will include opportunities for students to
interact with each other and with the faculty, thus contributing to
the development of their professional networks.
Faculty
The faculty for the consortium include:
* Kevin Crowston (external link), Syracuse University
* Andrea Forte (external link), Drexel University
* Nicolas Jullien (external link), Institut Telecom Bretagne & UEB
* Cliff Lampe (external link), Michigan State University
Application instructions
Submitters should submit an application to the doctoral consortium on
the main Wikisym submission system, following the conference
submission instructions. Submissions should be made by the deadline (5
April 2010) for best consideration, though submissions after this date
will be considered if space is available. Evaluation of submissions
will be based on fit of the student's topic to the conference, stage
in the thesis research and quality of the proposal. Students will be
advised of acceptance of their applications no later than 4 May 2010.
The submission should be a PDF manuscript that summarizes in about 5
pages the student's current/prospective research line. The structure
and content of this manuscript will vary depending on the background
level of the submitter but should state:
* Introduction: summarizing the main objective(s) of their PhD.
work, or a brief recap of the main goals targeted in their
dissertation.
* Central topic of the dissertation/research work, and area of
interest (e.g.: wikis, industrial application, open communities, open
publishing, FLOSS development, etc.).
* Methodology/working area: a brief description of the proposed
methodology to carry out these research objectives (in case this has
been already identified/developed), or a sketch of possible
alternatives to pursue these goals.
* A list of previous publications (alternatively, submitted works
under review or planned works to be carried out next up).
* Interesting feedback/collaboration opportunities that would
offer significant improvement for their ongoing research work.
In addition to the application, your adviser must send a letter of
recommendation that includes a brief description of your dissertation
progress to date and your expected date of completion to the Doctoral
Symposium chair (this letter may be submitted as an email message).
A student may submit both a regular research paper and a doctoral
consortium application based on their thesis research.
Inquiries
Further requests for clarifications can be send to Dr. Kevin Crowston,
chair of the Doc. Symposium, who can be reached at the following email
address:
Doc. Symposium chair: crowston(a)syr.edu