Message from the EDOC 2019 Doctoral Consortium Chairs

Abstract

The Doctoral Consortium (DC) is an important satellite event of the EDOC conference. The DC is a forum of exchange organized to encourage Ph.D. students to present their early work, exchange with other researchers in their fields. A panel of senior researchers provides feedback and guidance on the work and advice on managing research projects. Submissions from Ph.D. students at an early stage of their research project, i.e., typically in their first or second year, are encouraged. A submission to the DC should clearly describe motivation, goal, expected results, and the research approach taken. Participants will be expected to actively discuss and argue about their work by reading each other’s work prior to the DC, giving a presentation and debating together, and listening to senior researchers’ feedback. This year the EDOC DC program consists of seven submissions. These submissions have been selected based on their fit with the topics of the EDOC conference and based on the results of the reviewing. Each submission was reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. The following criteria were applied: technical quality, clarity, adequacy of the problem statement, related work, self-contained and feasible method description, realistic expected results, and sensible evaluation plan. We hope that we have created an exciting Doctoral Consortium program and that it will be an engaging and fruitful experience for all participants.