[TYPES/announce] Call for Submissions: Doctoral Symposium at ECOOP/ISSTA 2018 (Amsterdam)

[Julia Belyakova]

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         ECOOP and ISSTA Doctoral Symposium 2018

              Wednesday, July 18th, 2018
                Amsterdam, Netherlands

             Joint Doctoral Symposium of
   European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming
International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
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Submission deadline: *April 15th, 2018, AOE*
DS website:
https://conf.researchr.org/track/ecoop-issta-2018/ecoop-issta-2018-doctoral-symposium

The Doctoral Symposium is a *forum for doctoral students* to present their
research topic and receive detailed feedback in a constructive and friendly
atmosphere. PhD students at any stage of the research are welcome, although
they are expected to already have an identified research topic.
Participants will obtain useful guidance that will help them complete their
research, prepare their thesis, and begin a research career.
The main objectives of the Doctoral Symposium are:
* to allow PhD students to practice effective writing and communication of
their research;
* to receive constructive feedback from the Program Committee, Academic
Panel, and other participants;
* to offer opportunities to form research collaborations and interact with
other researchers at the main conferences.

In 2018 the Doctoral Symposium will be a joint event between the ECOOP and
ISSTA conferences, so we welcome participation of students who pursue their
research in the areas of both *object-oriented programming and software
testing and analysis*. The event will take place on *Wednesday, July 18th,
2018*: between the ISSTA and ECOOP conferences (
https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecoop-issta-2018).

The Doctoral Symposium takes the form of a full-day event of interactive
presentations. The day will start with a series of lightning talks where
each PhD student will give an “elevator pitch” of their research. This will
be followed by formal presentations from each PhD student, with time
allocated for both the presentation as well as questions and discussions.
The program will also include at least one keynote talk on a topic related
to PhD studies, research, and life beyond the PhD.

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SUBMISSIONS
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We have two distinct submission categories: junior and senior submissions.
Junior students may not yet have fully developed a thesis topic, so they
will present their research ideas and any progress to date. Senior students
are expected to give an outline of their thesis research and will receive
feedback to help them successfully complete their thesis and defense/viva.

Submissions are due on **April 15th, 2018, AOE**.
Submissions website: https://ecoopissta18ds.hotcrp.com/

As participants of the Doctoral Symposium are not expected to submit
technical papers, but rather thesis proposals, participants can submit to
both the main conferences/workshops _and_ the Doctoral Symposium.
Nevertheless, self-plagiarism is not allowed, and related papers (including
papers accepted to the main conferences) are to be properly cited.

--- Junior PhD Students ---

Submit a 4–8 page research proposal in the Dagstuhl LIPIcs format with:
* a problem description;
* a detailed sketch of a proposed approach;
* related work.
It is not necessary to present concrete results. Instead, try to inform the
reader that you have a (well-motivated) problem and present a possible
solution. Attempt to provide a clear road map detailing future research
efforts.

--- Senior PhD Students ---

The experience for senior students is meant to mimic a “mini-defense”
interview. Aside from the actual feedback, this helps the student will gain
familiarity with the style and mechanics of such an interview (advisors of
student presenters will not be allowed in).
The students should be able to present:
* the importance of the problem;
* a clear research proposal;
* some preliminary work;
* an evaluation plan.

Please submit a 6–10 page abstract in the Dagstuhl LIPIcs format with the
following:
1. Problem Description
   * What is the problem?
   * What is the significance of this problem?
   * Why can the current state of the art not solve this problem?
2. Goal Statement
   * What is the goal of your research?
   * What artifacts (tools, theories, methods) will be produced,
   * How do they address the stated problem?
3. Method
   * What experiments, prototypes, or studies need to be produced/executed?
   * What is the validation strategy? How will it show the goal was reached?
This isn’t a technical paper, don’t focus on technical details, but rather
on the research method.

--- Participation ---

Accepted students will give two presentations:
1. A two-minute presentation stating key issues of the research (the
“elevator pitch”).
2. A 7–15 minute presentation followed by 7–15” of questions, feedback and
discussions. Concrete time slots will be determined later with regards to
the number of submissions and accepted papers.

Prior to the symposium, each student will be assigned submissions of two
other students. For each submission the student will prepare a short
summary, some feedback, and 2-3 questions on the submission. All
participants will also be expected to take active part in all discussions.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission deadline: Sunday, April 15th, 2018, AOE
Notification (tentative): Monday, May 21st, 2018
Doctoral Symposium: Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Julia Belyakova (Czech Technical University in Prague)
Cristian Cadar (Imperial College London)
Jasper Schulz (King's College London)

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Abdulmajeed Alameer (University of Southern California)
Mateus Borges (Imperial College London)
Benjamin Chung (Northeastern University)
Raimil Cruz (University of Chile)
Alex Gyori (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Darya Melicher (Carnegie Mellon University)
Manuel Rigger (Johannes Kepler University Linz)
Christopher Schuster (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Justin Smith (North Carolina State University)
Tyler Sorensen (Imperial College London)
Wei Sun (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
Vanya Yaneva (University of Edinburgh)
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