Tuesday, May 9, 2023

[DMANET] 29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2023): Last Call for PhD Symposium Applications

*** Last Call for PhD Symposium Applications ***

29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing
(Euro-Par 2023)

August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus

http://2023.euro-par.org


SCOPE

The Euro-Par PhD Symposium is a welcoming and supportive forum for PhD students to
present their work, meet and interact with peers, and to receive constructive feedback about
their work from experts in the Euro-Par community. The program will feature technical
presentations by PhD students, and discussions in panel and open formats.
Contributions accepted to the PhD Symposium will appear in the Euro-Par companion
proceedings.


CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

We invite submissions from PhD students at any stage of their doctoral studies. Applicants
must be officially enrolled in a PhD Program at the time of submission, and each submission
MUST be backed by an endorsement from the official PhD adviser(s). Required submission files
are as follows:
1. Proposed Paper (in Springer LNCS format, no longer than 6 pages with
references), including:
• Title of work, author and affiliation; necessary condition: the first author, corresponding
author and the person presenting (if the proposal is accepted) is a PhD student 
• Abstract of the work
• Brief description of work being/planned to be done, including the problem being addressed,
the research methodology, and preliminary results (if any)
2. Adviser Statement of Support on institutional letterhead (no longer than 1 page),
including:
• Name of advisor(s)/supervisor(s)
• Declaration that the applicant is their PhD student
• Stage of PhD (date started and expected date of completion)
• Confirmation of support for applicant's participation


REGISTRATION STUDENTSHIPS

We are happy to announce that we can cover the registration fees of 15 student attendees; 15
awards will be funded by the Euro-Par Foundation. To qualify, you should be a PhD student
studying Informatics and Computing Science at the time of the event.

On top of the above specific criteria for each studentship, the following criteria will be used:
• Explicit recommendation by the advisor(s) is paramount, as awards will be given based on
the strength of the advisor(s) letter
• Priority will be given to in-person attendees

Successful applicants may be asked to undertake some tasks to assist the running of
Euro-Par 2023.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The submission consists of:
• Proposal: A manuscript that address item 1 of the call -- see above.
• Adviser letter: A statement of support from the applicant's adviser(s) as described in the call.

Both elements are to be submitted together as a single PDF to EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=europar2023


REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS

The symposium committee members will review the submitted applications based on
originality, technical strength, quality of presentation, and relevance to the conference.
Submitted documents that do not meet the above requirements might be rejected without a
review. All submitted proposals will be checked for originality by Springer iThenticate
(proposals which show an insufficient originality might be rejected without a review).


IMPORTANT DATES

• Submission: May 20, 2023 (AoE)
• Notification: July 1, 2023
• Camera-Ready: July 15, 2023


PHD SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS

• Herodotos Herodotou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
• Demetris Thrihinas, University of Nicosia, Cyprus


PHD SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

• Marco Aldinucci, University of Torino, Italy
• Georgios Bouloukakis, Télécom SudParis, France
• Thaleia Dimitra Doudali, IMDEA Software Institute, Spain
• Yehia Elkhatib, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Harald Gjermundrød, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• Vasileios Karakostas, University of Athens, Greece
• Thomas Ludwig, University of Hamburg, Germany
• Sameer Shende, University of Oregon, USA
• Henk Sips, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
• Lauritz Thamsen, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Zheng Wang, University of Leeds, United Kingdom


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