[NORSLIS] Doctoral Consortium, ECDL2008, Århus, September

[Ingeborg Solvberg]

Dear colleagues,
I hope to see NORSLIS' doctoral students at this event!

Regards,
Ingeborg T. Sølvberg
IDI, NTNU


*** Apologies for cross-posting***

ECDL 2008, September 14-19, 2008, Aarhus, Denmark
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ECDL2008
12th European Conference on
Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
September 14-19, 2008
Aarhus, Denmark

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ECDL 2008 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM
September 14, 2008, Aarhus, Denmark
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Conference website: <http://www.ecdl2008.org/>http://www.ecdl2008.org
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The ECDL Doctoral Consortium aims to bring together PhD students working on 
the topics related to ECDL 2008 conference.

he workshop will offer PhD students the opportunity to present, discuss, 
and receive feedback on their research in a constructive and collegial 
atmosphere. The consortium will be led by research experts in the field of 
Digital Libraries.

he Doctoral Consortium is intended for students who have already settled on 
a specific research proposal and have some preliminary results, but still 
have enough time remaining before submitting their dissertation so that 
they can benefit from workshop feedback. The consortium language is English.

PhD students who want to attend the Doctoral Consortium should provide an 
extended abstract of the doctoral work. The contribution should be prepared 
in accordance with the guidelines for the LNCS format provided by Springer 
( www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html 
<http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html>). The extended abstract 
should not exceed ten pages and must cover the following aspects:
- a clear formulation of the research topic
- an outline of the significant problems in the field and their current 
solutions
- a description of the proposed approach and its expected contributions
- a discussion of preliminary results
- evaluation (-plan) of the research

All contributions must be sent by email, specifying "ECDL 2008 DC Extended 
Abstract" in the subject field, by the Doctoral Consortium submission 
deadline to doctoral_consortium at ecdl2008.org
<<mailto:doctoral_consortium at ecdl2008.org> mailto: 
doctoral_consortium<mailto:doctoral_consortium at ecdl2008.org>@ecdl2008.org>.

Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, correctness, and 
clarity. Workshop participation is limited to 15 PhD students.

Accepted abstracts will be distributed to participants and made available 
on the web. The consortium participants are in addition invited to present 
their research as a poster to the whole ECDL community during the ECDL 
conference poster session.

Important Dates
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Deadline for submission of abstracts: June 1, 2008
Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2008
Camera ready papers due: August 10, 2008
ECDL 2008: September 14-19, 2008
Doctoral Consortium: September 14, 2008
*Contact address**:* requests for information should be sent to 
doctoral_consortium at ecdl2008.org < mailto:doctoral_consortium at ecdl2008.org>.



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