General Information

NEW: Some limited funding available for student volunteers, who are authors of DC papers

Continuing a tradition that started in 1994, the UM Doctoral Consortium aims to provide qualified Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present their on-going research to the UM community. The Doctoral Consortium is a great forum to receive useful feedback from a knowledgeable audience, to exchange ideas, compare approaches and meet fellow researchers in the field. Submissions should describe Ph.D. research that is at a stage where feedback from the broader UM community might be of value. Thus, we expect students to be close to make their research proposal, or to have made it but have at least a year of work remaining before completion of their thesis. Submissions must be a maximum of three pages (including references) and should clearly specify:

• the problem(s) that the proposed research is addressing
• the main contribution(s) of the research to the UM field
• the proposed solution(s), including a brief description of work already done and a tentative plan for future work.

Submission format:

• Maximum of 3 pages (including references)
• Please stay as close as possible to the formatting instructions available at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html In particular, papers must adhere to the following:
  • The printing area of each page should be 122mm by 193mm.
  • Use 10 point type for the names of authors, and 9 point type for their addresses and the abstract.
  • Use 10 point type and single line spacing for the main body of the paper. Computer Modern Roman or Times fonts are preferred.

Submission instructions:

• Papers should be submitted as electronic pdf files. If electronic submission in pdf form will be problematic, please contact Kalina Bontcheva (_kalina (at) dcs.shef.ac.uk_) to discuss alternatives, including hardcopy.
• Please send the submission on or before February 10, 2005 as an attachment to an email message to both UM05 doctoral consortium chairs: _Kalina Bontcheva (kalina (at) dcs.shef.ac.uk_) and Jon Oberlander (_J.Oberlander (at) ed.ac.uk_). Please use subject line: UM05 Doctoral Consortium Paper Submission.
• You will receive a response within three days confirming that we received your submission and were able to print it.

If you have any questions regarding submissions, please send email to _kalina (at) dcs.shef.ac.uk_.

Important dates:

DC Programme Committee

• Lora Aroyo (The Netherlands)
• Mathias Bauer (Germany)
• Kalina Bontcheva (UK)
• Peter Brusilovsky (USA)
• Noelle Carbonell (France)
• Alison Cawsey (UK)
• Paul De Bra (The Netherlands)
• Nadja De Carolis (Italy)
• Fiorella de Rosis (Italy)
• Vania Dimitrova (UK)
• Peter Dolog (Germany)
• Elena Gaudioso (Spain)
• Brad Goodman (USA)
• Antonio Krueger (Germany)
• Daniel Kudenko (UK)
• Franklyn Linton (USA)
• Gordon McCalla (Canada)
• Kathleen McCoy (USA)
• Eva Millan (Spain)
• Jon Oberlander (UK)
• Helen Pain (UK)
• Cecile Paris (Australia)
• Daniela Petrelli (UK)
• Barry Smith (Ireland)
• Marcus Specht (Germany)
• Sarah Spiekermann (Germany)
• Julita Vassileva (Canada)
• Gerhard Weber (Germany)
• Ingrid Zuckerman (Australia)