This could be helpful for PhD students: a FREE doctoral symposium, offering a chance to present your PhD work, and get a mentor:

** Call for Abstracts - please circulate this CFA to your colleagues and networks **

************************************************************ ********************* *** MIR Labs, USA, 2021 - Doctoral Symposium: December 16, 2021 *** ************************************************************ *********************

-- Free Registration for presenting your PhD related research --

In conjunction with:

-- The 21st International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA’21) –- -- The 21st International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'21) -- -- 13th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2021) -- -- The 12th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA'21) -- -- 17th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2021) -- -- The 11th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT'21) -- -- 13th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2021) --

*16 December, 2021 *

on the world wide web

http://mirlabs.org/ds2021/ http://mirlabs.net/ds2021/

** Important Dates ** ------------------------------------------------------------ *Abstract submission due: October 15, 2021* Notification of acceptance: November 07, 2021 Final abstract due: November 22, 2021 Doctoral Symposium: December 16, 2021 - GMT 09:00-13:00 hrs

** About MIR Labs Doctoral Symposium 2021** ------------------------------------------------------------

Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs) provides an international forum to share the latest research results, ideas and experiences in intelligent systems design and applications; soft computing; information assurance and security; nature-inspired computing, pattern recognition; and information and communication technologies by bringing together the leading communities in this research space.

MIR Labs doctoral symposium is built on a solid history, through ISDA to WICT, connecting young researchers with highly experienced peers to forge connections, which can last for many years. The main goal of this doctoral symposium is to provide a supportive environment in which PhD students at different stages in their research will present and discuss their problem statement, objectives, methods, and results to a diverse audience of leading experts in the field. They gain insightful feedback and discussion points around their research and the invaluable experience of presenting new findings to an international audience. The forum seeks to offer students helpful guidance on various aspects of their study from established researchers and other PhD students working in research areas related to their field. Additionally, the international forum aims to enable PhD students to interact with other participants to stimulate an exchange of ideas, suggestions and experiences.

The symposium welcomes submissions by PhD students with a two-page abstract and another page for references, which should use the below format to describe the fundamental motivation of their research, the significant contribution (either actual or expected, depending on the research stage), discuss their methodology and present the current status of the study. Accepted submissions will lead to a presentation during the doctoral symposium. They may additionally provide an opportunity to present a poster at the leading conference, offering a vast audience for their research.

Students at any stage of their PhD are welcome to submit. Reviews, feedback, and expectations will be adapted appropriately to the relative phase of each submission.

** Mentoring Program ** -------------------------------------------------------------

The Doctoral Symposium will also employ a mentoring program, in which every author of an accepted paper will be paired with an experienced mentor from the community. Mentors will help introduce the student to the community, offer extended discussion of their research objectives and career opportunities, and will host their students throughout the event to help gain the best experience from an international conference.

** Topics (not limited to) ** -------------------------------------------------------------- Cloud Computing Intelligent Systems and Applications Hybrid Intelligent Systems Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications Information and Assurance Security Innovations in Information and Communication Technologies Wireless and Internet Communications

** Submission Guidelines ** ---------------------------------------------------------------

Submission of an abstract should be made through the submission page from the symposium web page. Abstract format will be available on the website. Please refer to the symposium web page for guidelines to prepare your manuscript.

**Symposium Organisers** -------------------------------------------------------------- Chair Dr. Giovanna Castellano, University of Bari, Italy

Co-Chairs Dr. Katarzyna Kaczmarek-Majer, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Dr. Gennaro Vessio, University of Bari, Italy

-------------------------------------------------------------- Informal Enquiries about the Symposium may be directed to:

Dr. Anu Bajaj Email: anu.bajaj@mirlabs.org