Graduate Student Symposium
The goal of the Diagrams 2012 Graduate Symposium is twofold. Firstly, the Symposium will provide senior graduate students and recent graduates with the opportunity to present their research and receive feedback from established researchers who will provide comments on each of the presentations. Secondly, the Symposium will provide students with an opportunity to network with each other as future colleagues. There will be a faculty talk from the coordinator of the symposium on how to prepare for a successful academic career.
Graduate students who have papers accepted at the Symposium will be asked to give a presentation. Students attending the Symposium who have posters in the general conference will have a poster in the general conference and will also be asked to give a presentation at the Symposium. Students who present long or short papers in the main conference will not present at the Symposium, however all students who receive student funding from Diagrams 2012 will be required to attend the Symposium.
The symposium is commited to encouraging a diverse group of participants. Our diversity policy is: to invite submissions from students in groups underrepresented in science and engineering, including underrepresented minorities and women; to encourage participation from students at institutions which have not previously been represented at the diagrams conference.
Submissions should be no longer than 3 pages in LNCS format and submitted via EasyChair.
Financial Support
The Symposium is being financially supported by the National Science Foundation (United States) and students of any nationality can request funds to support their attendance by emailing lisa.best@unb.ca. The funds will cover conference registration and a partial contribution to other expenses. The email should include:
- name of applicant
- institution
- department
- supervisor(s)
- degree registered for and dates of registration
- Diagrams 2012 paper title (if an author), or if not "no conference paper"
- an estimate of costs
- gender
- ethnicity
* The last two points are for diversity monitoring. All applications will be treated as confidential.
Students and recent graduates with papers accepted to Diagrams 2012 may apply for this funding and will present their work only at the main conference. Those with posters accepted to Diagrams 2012 may apply for this funding and will present their research in both the poster session and the Graduate Symposium. Students and recent graduates who do not have papers accepted for Diagrams 2012 may apply for this funding, but must also submit a paper directly to the Symposium. All students who receive funding must attend the Symposium, main conference, conference tutorial, and two of the three scheduled workshops.
Important Dates
- The submission and notification dates have now passed.
- The graduate symposium will be on the afternoon of Thursday 5 July 2012
Contact
The Graduate Symposium Symposium Chair is Lisa Best.