7th Annual Postgraduate Conference

in

Computer Science

27-28 March 2008
Department of Computer Science
Queen Mary
Physics 602

Schedule | Goals | What's required? | Peer review | Prizes | Who else can attend? | Deadlines

The 7th Annual Postgraduate Conference will take the form of an informal 2-day workshop of talks with a poster session and discussion panels. This year the format of the conference is changed to give different options to the students according to their stage of research.

This year we are introducing the following:

More feedback

All submissions will be peer reviewed by two people (on top of on the day feedback)

Poster session

For MSc and early stage PhD students (should they desire)

Panels

Given by late stage PhDs to share their experience and to be interspersed with the talk sessions

Official prizes!

For best submission (paper/poster) and presentation.

Publication

Of the best ten extended abstracts in a DCS technical report

Goal

The goal of these conferences is to strengthen links within our research community and to keep abreast on the interesting work going on in other groups within the department. Furthermore, it is an excellent opportunity to practice the skills involved in preparing and giving a talk in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

What's required

All registered MPhil and PhD students are expected to submit a two-page extended abstract of their work and present it in a 10 minute talk. Presentations will serve as an overview of PhD work up to date without going into technical detail. You will also need to peer review 2-3 other submissions.

Early stage or MSc?

Students in the very early stages of their research, will have the option to do a poster and will submit one-page abstract of the poster. Poster session will include "boaster session" so be prepared to say a few words.

Late stage?

Students in late stages have the option to organise a panel to share experience but they should submit a panel proposal including other panel members and a topic.

Peer review

All submissions will be peer reviewed by two others - one from the same group, one from another group. All presentations will also be reviewed by five other people. Forms will be provided for each set of reviews. This is to ensure that each person gets the maximum out of participating.

Prizes

This year, we will be presenting the following prizes:

Best abstract

to be determined by the peer review process.

Best poster

to be voted on by all.

Best presentation

to be voted on by all.

Best reviewer

based on feedback from reviewers.

Who else can attend?

All Queen Mary Computer science postgraduate students and research assistants are invited to come along if they can, and MSc students and research staff may also give talks if they wish. Students from other University of London sites and QM departments will be invited to attend although presentations will be limited to Queen Mary Computer Science students. Faculty members and supervisors will not be attending, to keep the atmosphere as relaxed as possible.

Coffee and a small buffet lunch will be provided for all presenters.

Deadlines

Please submit a title and extended abstract to: pg-conference@dcs.qmul.ac.uk by the following dates:

8th of Feb

Abstract/Poster/Panel Title

22nd of Feb

Extended abstract

Submissions should be in PDF format and using the LNCS template. Moreover, the source file (Word or Latex) is required (we will need it for the technical report).

The submitted paper should include the following information: