2nd Call for Papers
SoCS 2025 Doctoral Consortium
https://socs25.search-conference.org/doctoral-consortium
Submission deadline for SoCS DC: May 7, 2025
The 18th International Symposium on Combinatorial Search
August 12-15, 2025
University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
co-located with CP 2025 and SAT 2025
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Dear all,
We invite students working in the broad area of combinatorial search to
apply to the Doctoral Consortium (DC) of the International
Symposium on Combinatorial Search (SoCS 2025), which will be held in
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from August 12–15, 2025, co-located with
CP 2025 and SAT 2025.
The Doctoral Consortium welcomes submissions on a wide range of research
topics related to heuristic search and other forms of combinatorial search
and optimization, as applied to domains such as artificial intelligence,
robotics, planning, constraint programming, meta-reasoning, navigation,
bioinformatics, computer science, and operations research. The goal is to
bring together students conducting research in these or related areas to
receive feedback, engage in discussion, and build connections with peers
and senior researchers.
Please find the full call and application details below.
More information is also available here:
https://socs25.search-conference.org/doctoral-consortium
The Doctoral Consortium (DC) aims to provide students with the opportunity
to engage with established researchers closely, get feedback on their
research, gain advice on career possibilities, foster networking, and
present their work during the conference. Nonetheless, the submission to
the DC is open to all students, including master's students and
undergraduates who work on combinatorial search. Submissions are welcomed
from the area of heuristic search and other forms of combinatorial search
and optimization related to the research in artificial intelligence,
robotics, planning, constraint programming, meta-reasoning, navigation,
bioinformatics, and other areas of computer science and operations research.
As part of the Doctoral Consortium, SoCS will provide graduate students
with an opportunity to get in-depth advice from senior members regarding
careers and research skills. Each student accepted to the DC (see below for
the acceptance procedure) will be matched with an established researcher in
the field, who will assist the student with research and career management
advice.
We invite all students to apply.
STUDENT SUPPORT
SoCS will aim to provide student support, partly covering registration or/
and travel costs through a separate scholarship application process.
Participation in the DC, however, is a requirement for students
receiving travel
assistance.
TIMELINE
- May 7, 2025: submission deadline (May 17 for applicants with
accepted paper/extended abstract to SoCS 2025).
- May 23, 2025: notification of accept/reject.
- May 30, 2025: confirmation of participation deadline by the student.
- May 30, 2025: camera-ready deadline (only for abstracts).
All times are 23:59 Anywhere On Earth, UTC-12.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR THE DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM
To participate in the Doctoral Consortium, an application must be submitted
at <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socs25>
the Doctoral Consortium Track.
Applicants for the Doctoral Consortium should submit:
One of the following:
1. Either an extended abstract or a long/short paper accepted to SoCS
2025 with the student as the first author.
2. Another conference paper (such as AAAI, IJCAI, ECAI, ICAPS, CP, SAT,
CPAIOR) or journal paper (such as JAIR, AIJ, JAAMAS) accepted in 2024 or
2025, where the student is the first author. The research topic of the
abstract or paper must fall into the topics of interest of SoCS-25. It is
necessary to submit the paper to the submission system.
3. Student Abstract. An abstract outlining the student's research. The
abstract should not exceed 2 pages, including references, and must adhere
to the AAAI two-column, camera-ready style <https://aaai.org/authorkit25/> .
It is essential to designate "(Student Abstract)" at the end of the title.
Papers that surpass the specified length and formatting guidelines will be
rejected. Student abstracts won't be published in the proceedings. See the author kit <https://aaai.org/authorkit25/> .
Proof of being a student. Applicants must provide documentation confirming
their current student status. Acceptable documents include a student ID
(with graduation date), an enrollment letter, or a letter from the
candidate's advisor, program coordinator, or school administration
verifying the applicant's enrollment.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.
We look forward to receiving your applications and seeing you at SoCS 2025!
Best regards,
Lukáš Chrpa & Francesco Percassi
chrpaluk@cvut.cz, f.percassi@hud.ac.uk
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