HOTMOBILE 2009 - Doctoral Consortium: HotMobile 2009 The Tenth Workshop on Mobile Computing, Systems, and Applications

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Category HOTMOBILE 2009

Deadline: January 19, 2009 | Date: February 23, 2009

Venue/Country: California, U.S.A

Updated: 2010-06-04 19:32:22 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

HotMobile 2009. The deadline for submission is

Jan 19, 2009 5:00 PM PST.

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Doctoral Consortium: HotMobile 2009 The Tenth Workshop on Mobile Computing, Systems, and Applications

Hilton Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

http://www.hotmobile.org/2009/

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: 19 Jan 2009, 5:00 PM (1700) PST

Acceptance notification: TBA

The HotMobile 2009 Doctoral Consortium provides an opportunity for doctoral

students to explore and develop their research interests in a small workshop

format, under the guidance of a panel of distinguished researchers. We

invite students who feel they would benefit from this kind of feedback on

their dissertation work to apply for this unique opportunity to share their

work with students in a similar situation as well as senior researchers in

the field.

The website for the workshop is http://www.hotmobile.org/2009/

It is likely (but not guaranteed yet) that doctoral consortium participants

will get part (or all) of their workshop registration fees waived.

The Consortium has the following objectives:

* Provide a supportive setting for feedback on students' current

research and guidance on future research directions.

* Offer each student comments and fresh perspectives on their work from

faculty and students outside their own institution.

* Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a

spirit of collaborative research.

* Contribute to the workshop goals through interaction with other

researchers and conference events.

About three doctoral students and four faculty will be invited to

participate. Students will give a

presentation providing an overview of their work and results to date.

Student participants will have

their abstracts published in the HotMobile 2009 Proceedings and a poster of

their work exhibited at

the main workshop.

Applying to the Doctoral Consortium

Submissions are invited from current graduate students pursuing a PhD

project who would benefit from detailed workshop discussions of their

doctoral research by a panel of established researchers. Students are also

expected to share in scribing, writing up summaries of each talk and

subsequent discussion, which will be published in a relevant journal.

Submission materials consist of:

* an extended abstract (see below),

* a one-page biographical sketch,

* a one-paragraph statement of expected benefits of participation (see

below),

* a letter of recommendation from the student's primary dissertation

advisor (this can be sent separately, if desired)

All materials should be sent to Rajesh Balan

(as a single PDF file) with the subject "HotMobile 2009 - Doctoral

Consortium

Submission" by 19 January 2009, 5:00 PM (1700) PST. Your file should be

named lastname_dc.pdf, where lastname is your family name. The file must be

no larger than 5 Mbytes in size.

Extended Abstract

Prepare a two-page extended abstract of your thesis work, including: title,

author information, abstract, keywords, thesis research summary, and

references. This extended abstract, if accepted for the Doctoral

Consortium, will be published in the HotMobile 2009 Post-proceedings. Thus

it will be widely available to conference delegates and those with access to

ACM publications.

The extended abstract should clearly specify:

* the problem(s) that the research is addressing; the research

question(s) you are trying to answer.

* the expected contribution(s) of the research to mobility

* the proposed solution(s), including a brief description of the

methodology adopted (for example, with the scheme

Method-Results-Discussion for experimental studies), of the current

status, and of a tentative plan for future work.

Statement of Expected Benefits of Participation

Prepare one paragraph explaining what specific guidance or other help you

expect to gain from participating in the consortium. For example, are you

looking for specific guidance on methods and approaches, help in thinking

through design issues, a forum to discuss empirical phenomena, etc.

Review Criteria

Doctoral Consortium submissions will be judged on the following criteria:

* Originality of the work with respect to current concepts and

techniques.

* Importance of the work with respect to fundamental issues and themes

in mobility

* Rigour and validity of claims, argumentation, methodology, results,

and

interpretations.

* Clarity and persuasiveness of expression.

Participants in the consortium will be selected by the Doctoral Consortium

Committee. The review process will retain the anonymity of reviewers. Due

to the nature of the doctoral consortium, submissions from students in the

beginning and middle of their dissertation process will be weighed more

favourably than those finishing up.

Checklist

Well in advance of the deadline (19 January 2009, 5:00 PM (1700) PST):

* Create your submission materials:

o Write an extended abstract. The abstract must print to no more

than 2 pages.

o Write a one-page biographical sketch

o Write a one-paragraph statement of expected benefits of

participation

o Obtain a letter of recommendation from your primary dissertation

advisor

* Package the materials above into a single PDF file. Name it according

to the following convention: lastname_dc.pdf. You may submit the

letter of recommendation as a separate file, sent directly by your

advisor.

* Test that your PDF prints correctly and that is it no larger than 5

Mbytes.

* Send your submission to Rajesh Balan

with the subject "HotMobile 2009 - Doctoral Consortium Submission" no

later than 19 January 2009, 5:00 PM (1700) PST.