[TYPES/announce] Second-round CfS: 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

                           and

International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis

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Second-round submission deadline: May 18th, 2018, AOE

DS website:
https://conf.researchr.org/track/ecoop-issta-2018/ecoop-issta-2018-doctoral-symposium

Submissions website: https://ecoopissta18ds.hotcrp.com

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ABOUT

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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:

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   to allow PhD students to practise effective writing and communication of
   their research;


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   to receive constructive feedback from the Program Committee, Academic
   Panel, and other participants;
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   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 <https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecoop-issta-2018>, 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.

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 three distinct submission categories: **junior submissions** or
**extended abstracts**, 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.

Late submission deadline (strict) is on **May 18th, 2018, AOE**.
Late-deadline submissions will be reviewed independently of the early
submissions, and priority will be given to submissions received by the
first deadline.

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. There
will be no proceedings for the Doctoral Symposium. Submissions are not
double blind.

--- Junior PhD Students ---

---- Extended Abstract ----

Submit an extended abstract of a research proposal (max 3 pages) in the
Dagstuhl LIPIcs format with a problem description, and, optionally, sketch
of a proposed approach and/or related work.

---- Research Proposal ----

Submit a research proposal (max 8 pages) in the
<http://drops.dagstuhl.de/styles/lipics/lipics-authors.tgz>Dagstuhl LIPIcs
format with:

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   a problem description;
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   a detailed sketch of a proposed approach;
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   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:

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   the importance of the problem;
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   a clear research proposal;
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   some preliminary work;
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   an evaluation plan.

Please submit a 6–10 page abstract in the Dagstuhl LIPIcs format with the
following:

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   Problem Description
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      What is the problem?
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      What is the significance of this problem?
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      Why can the current state of the art not solve this problem?
      2.

   Goal Statement
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      What is the goal of your research?
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      What artifacts (tools, theories, methods) will be produced,
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      How do they address the stated problem?
      3.

   Method
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      What experiments, prototypes, or studies need to be produced/executed?
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      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”).
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   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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First-round submission deadline: Wednesday, April 25th, 2018, AOE

Second-round submission deadline: **Friday, May 18th, 2018, AOE**

First-round notification: Monday, May 21st, 2018
Second-round notification (tentative): Monday, June 11th, 2018

Doctoral Symposium: Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

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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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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

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Julia Belyakova (Czech Technical University in Prague)

Cristian Cadar (Imperial College London)

Jasper Schulz (King's College London)

Feel free to contact Julia at julbinb at gmail.com if you have any questions.
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