Call for Papers

The CSBPS 2021 Doctoral Symposium is a one-day event to be held on Thursday 8th July, 2021 either online or at Brunel University London, UK. The symposium will bring together doctoral students working on foundations, techniques, tools, and applications in computer science and give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive atmosphere.

Scope

The aim of the Doctoral Symposium is to provide a supportive environment in which Ph.D. students can present and receive feedback on their research as well as useful guidance from colleagues and experts in the field. The symposium is also a forum for discussions and interactions between Ph.D. students and other participants in order to stimulate an exchange of ideas, suggestions and experiences.

The Doctoral Symposium will take place on Thursday 8th July 2021 and will consist of plenary sessions and short invited talks from experts.

Who can submit?

The symposium is open to all Ph.D. students in Computer Science at Brunel University, at any level of their Ph.D.

Key Dates

  • Paper Submission Opening - Monday 26 April 2021
  • Paper Submission Closing (Extended) - Sunday 6th June 2021
  • Notification of acceptance - Friday 25 June 2021
  • Symposium - Thursday 8 July 2021

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should follow the structure below:

  1. Problem description and motivationDescribe the core problem of the Ph.D. and motivate its relevance.
  2. State of the artState of the art Describe relevant related work.
  3. Proposed approachDescribe your approach to solving the problem, methodology and any novel aspects compared to existing work.
  4. Preliminary results (if any)Describe the current status of your research and any relevant results obtained so far.
  5. Conclusions and future workConclude and mention any future work directions.

Submissions must be no longer than 4 pages and must the 2-column IEEE Conferences template (either Word or Latex) and submitted as a .pdf via EasyChair - https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=phdcs2021.

Submissions must be single-author, without mentioning the name of the supervisor.

Each submission will be reviewed by two academics from the department. Accepted submissions will lead to an oral presentation during the doctoral symposium.

Review process

Submissions will be reviewed by members of the Doctoral Symposium Programme Committee. Participants will be selected on the basis of their anticipated contribution to the Doctoral Symposium goals as well as the potential benefit to the participants.

Attendance

Authors of submissions selected for participation will have the opportunity to present their work during the Doctoral Symposium.

Participants will receive feedback both from a panel of experts and from other Doctoral Symposium participants. The participants will also have the opportunity to seek advice on various aspects of completing a PhD.