14th Collaboration Researchers’

International Workshop on Groupware

OMAHA, NEBRASKA—SEPTEMBER 14-18 2008

CRIWG 08

Doctoral Colloquium

CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

For those PhD students interested in a more in-depth discussion about their research, we would like to invite participation at the CRIWG doctoral consortium

IMPORTANT DATES:

Notify the organizers if you are interested in participation a.s.a.p.

Submission: September 1st, 2008

Notification of Acceptance : September 5th, 2008

Doctoral Consortium: September 14th 2008

GOAL

The CRIWG Doctoral Consortium is intended to bring together PhD students working on groupware and give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive and international atmosphere. The goals of the Doctoral Consortium event are:

· To provide fruitful feedback and advice to the selected Ph.D. students on their research thesis.

· To interact with other PhD students and stimulate an exchange of ideas and suggestions among participants.

Due to the late deadlines, participation will only be possible for PhD students who will also participate in the CRIWG conference.

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM TOPICS 

See the theme and topics of the CRIWG conference.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

To apply for participation at the Doctoral Consortium, please send a short paper or research proposal describing your doctoral work to:

Gwendolyn Kolfschoten (g.l.kolfschoten@tudelft.nl) and Stephan Lukosch (stephan.lukosch@FernUni-Hagen.de)

The paper/research proposal must:

· clearly describe the motivation for the research,

· clearly formulate the research question & objective,

· describe the proposed approach & research methodology,

· describe the results achieved so far,

· point out the intended contribution to science,

· point out the intended contribution to practice.

We encourage you to use not more than 3000 words.

You will be notified about acceptance.

For the consortium, prepare a 15 minute presentation of your work, using a maximum of 15 Power-point slides.

PROGRAM

Click here for the doctoral consortium program.