%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% AAMAS 2011: Call for Doctoral Mentoring Program
10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems Taipei, Taiwan May 2-6, 2011 http://www.aamas2011.tw/index.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 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: o 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. o To allow students an opportunity to present their work to a friendly audience of other students as well as mentors. o To provide students with contacts and professional networking opportunities. o 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. 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: 1. A two-page extended abstract of the student's thesis (in the AAMAS submission format) 2. A personal research statement (one page) 3. A short (2-page) resume (CV) 4. A recommendation letter from the advisor. Submissions of the first three items should be sent in electronic form (PDF), to the doctoral mentoring chairs (Kobi Gal <ko...@bgu.ac.il> and Adrian Pearce <adria...@unimelb.edu.au>), by January 2nd, 2011. 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 o January 2, 2011: Submission package due o February 1: Acceptance notifications o March 12: Camera-ready copy due The exact date of the symposium will be announced shortly. _______________________________________________ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
