© AAMAS-05

 



doctoral mentoring program


AAMAS-05
will include a doctoral mentoring program (similar to the one at AAMAS-04), intended for PhD students in advanced stages of their research. This program will provide an opportunity for students to interact closely with established researchers in their fields, to receive feedback on their work and to get advice on managing their careers.

Specifically, the goals of the program are:

  • To match each student with an established researcher in the community (who will act as a mentor). The mentor will interact closely with the student, will provide feedback on research, help form new contacts, etc.
  • To allow students an opportunity to present their work to a friendly audience of other students as well as mentors.
  • To provide students with contacts and professional networking opportunities.
The doctoral mentoring program will consist of opportunities for interactions between mentors and their mentorees prior to the conference, as well as a one-day doctoral symposium including a mentoring lunch.


submission requirements

We encourage submissions from PhD students at advanced stages of their research within the Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems field. Based on the submissions, the organizing committee will select a group of students that will be invited to participate in the program. Participants are expected to take active part in all doctoral mentoring program activities.

Each submission should include a set of documents from the students, and a recommendation letter from the advisor (see below). The submission package from the students should include:

  1. A two-page extended abstract of the student's thesis (in the AAMAS submission format)
  2. A personal research statement (one page)
  3. A list of estimated expenses (travel, accommodations, etc.)
  4. A short (2-page) resume (CV)
Submissions should be sent in electronic form (postscript or PDF), to the doctoral mentoring chair (Juergen Dix, dix@tu-clausthal.de), by February 25, 2005.

In addition, the dissertation advisor should send a letter of recommendation by e-mail to dix@tu-clausthal.de. The letter should address the expected benefit of attending (to the student), the significance of the research, and the expected date for thesis submission. This letter can be sent in either plain text, postscript or PDF format. The student's name must be clearly pointed out in the letter.


important dates

Submission package and recommendation letter due February 25, 2005
Acceptance notifications April 1, 2005
Camera-ready copy due April 8, 2005
Doctoral Mentoring Symposium July 24, 2005

The one-day symposium will be held on Sunday, prior to the workshops, tutorials and the main technical program of the conference. A limited number of travel grants are available. Priority will be given to mentorees who are presenting a paper at a workshop (or the main conference) or have at least submitted a paper. Students from under-represented regions are especially encouraged to apply.


submissions and inquiries

Jurgen Dix, dix@tu-clausthal.de
Technical University of Clausthal, GERMANY
Doctoral Mentoring Chair, AAMAS-05
fax: +49 5323 72 7189
web: http://cig.in.tu-clausthal.de/