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Dear colleagues,<br>
I hope to see NORSLIS' doctoral students at this event!<br><br>
Regards,<br>
Ingeborg T. Sølvberg<br>
IDI, NTNU<br><br>
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*** Apologies for cross-posting***<br><br>
<b>ECDL 2008, September 14-19, 2008, Aarhus, Denmark<br>
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ECDL2008<br>
12th European Conference on<br>
Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries<br>
September 14-19, 2008<br>
Aarhus, Denmark<br>
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<b>ECDL 2008 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM<br>
</b>September 14, 2008, Aarhus, Denmark<br>
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS <br>
Conference website:
<a href="http://www.ecdl2008.org/">http://www.ecdl2008.org<br>
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The ECDL Doctoral Consortium aims to bring together PhD students working
on the topics related to ECDL 2008 conference.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
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
(<a href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html" eudora="autourl">
www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
<http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html></a>). The extended
abstract should not exceed ten pages and must cover the following
aspects:<br>
- a clear formulation of the research topic<br>
- an outline of the significant problems in the field and their current
solutions<br>
- a description of the proposed approach and its expected
contributions<br>
- a discussion of preliminary results<br>
- evaluation (-plan) of the research<br><br>
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@ecdl2008.org <br>
<<a href="mailto:doctoral_consortium@ecdl2008.org"> mailto:
</a>doctoral_consortium<a href="mailto:doctoral_consortium@ecdl2008.org">@ecdl2008.org</a>>.<br><br>
Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, correctness, and
clarity. Workshop participation is limited to 15 PhD students.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
Important Dates<br>
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Deadline for submission of abstracts: June 1, 2008<br>
Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2008<br>
Camera ready papers due: August 10, 2008<br>
ECDL 2008: September 14-19, 2008<br>
Doctoral Consortium: September 14, 2008<br>
*Contact address**:* requests for information should be sent to
doctoral_consortium@ecdl2008.org
<<a href="mailto:doctoral_consortium@ecdl2008.org" eudora="autourl">
mailto:doctoral_consortium@ecdl2008.org</a>>.<br><br>
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