Call for Submissions: ICSE 2010 Doctoral Symposium

Call for Submissions: ICSE 2010 Doctoral Symposium http://www.sbs.co.za/ICSE2010/3-EVENTS/_SYMPOSIA/ICSE2010_DOCTORAL.html Deadline: 26 November 2009 Goal The goal of the Doctoral Symposium is to provide a supportive yet questioning setting in which PhD students can present their work, to provide an opportunity for students to attend ICSE, and to support the ICSE mission as a world-leading venue for software engineering research. Students will be able to discuss their goals, methods, and results at an early stage in their research. The Symposium aims to provide students with useful guidance and feedback on various aspects of their research from established researchers and the other student attendees. Scope The technical scope of the Symposium is that of ICSE. The Symposium enables Ph.D. students to interact with their peers at a similar stage in their careers and with established researchers in the broader software engineering community. Students should consider participating in the Doctoral Symposium after they have settled on a dissertation topic with some initial research results. Students should be at least a year from completion of their dissertation (at the time of the Symposium), to obtain maximum benefit from participation. We invite students at different stages to submit to the Doctoral Symposium · Students at an initial stage should show evidence that they are concretizing their research question and approach. These students will be asked to participate into exercises and discussions that enable them to think critically about their ideas. _The abstract of this category is limited to two (2) pages._ · Students at a mature stage (third or fourth year) should have (or are going to) publish their first paper on a concrete research question and approach. These students will be asked to present a talk about their work and will get feedback. _The abstract of this category is limited to four (4) pages._ Please refer to http://www.sbs.co.za/ICSE2010/3-EVENTS/_SYMPOSIA/ICSE2010_DOCTORAL.html for submission details. Student Support Doctoral consortium attendees will have preferential access to the student support and student volunteer schemes of ICSE 2010. Looking forward to seeing you in South Africa! Shing-chi and Matthew Doctoral Symposium Co-chairs (ICSE'10) **