The Doctoral Consortium (DC) is a half-day workshop on June 26, 2018, designed to nurture PhD students by providing them with opportunities to explore the field of computational creativity, receive feedback on their emerging work, and connect with researchers and other students.
We invite submissions from students at all stages of study, from just starting out to finishing up. Students will have the option of writing a one-page abstract on their work and delivering a lightning talk (3 minutes) on the main themes of their in-progress research, or of submitting a short paper (3 pages) and giving a longer (8 minute) talk. We expect to accept 5 short papers for presentations and reserve the right to accept submitted papers at the lightning talk level. The consortium will close with a panel of those researchers discussing issues pertaining to how to conduct computational creativity research and uses of a PhD in the field.
Application procedure
To apply, please submit the following materials, as a single PDF, via email to Dan Brown (dan.brown@uwaterloo.ca), by May 18, 2018.
- A cover page (containing your PhD topic and area, your institution, when you started your doctoral study, and your supervisory team).
- A CV (max 2 pages) listing your education, background, experience, and (if you have them) publications.
- ONE of the following two options:
- (if the student wishes to give a 3-minute lightning talk on their research) An extended abstract (max 1 page) describing their research and situating it within the field of computational creativity.
- (if the student's research is advanced enough that they wish to give an 8-minute talk on their output): A short paper in ICCC format with a max length of 3 pages, describing their research, situating it within the field of computational creativity, and presenting any preliminary results.
- A letter of recommendation (max 1 page) from your supervisor including an assessment of the status of your research and (if necessary) a justification of how it relates to computational creativity.
