INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS (INCoS 2010) NOVEMBER 24-26, 2010 THESSALONIKI, GREECE http://incos2010.web.auth.gr/ *--------------------------* *------PhD Forum Call------* *--------------------------* *Intro The PhD Forum is an opportunity for PhD students to present their ongoing dissertation and to discuss their research with experts in academia and industry. The PhD Forum will provide a friendly and supportive environment for doctoral students to present and discuss their dissertation research both with their peers and with a panel of experienced researchers. In addition to providing feedback and advice, the forum will provide an opportunity for students to network as well as to practice presenting their research clearly and concisely. The PhD Forum will be held in the form of a workshop session which will start by short oral presentation of each student’s proposal (10 minutes) followed by a short discussion for identifying issues and prospects (10 minutes). The event will conclude with a roundtable discussion, in which panelists will have another opportunity to provide general suggestions and advice to the entire group. *Eligibility This meeting is best suited to students who are far enough into their PhD research to have a dissertation proposal outlining the key challenges they plan to solve as well as the strategies and methodologies that are applicable (students within 1-2 years of dissertation completion and students who have completed their dissertation during 2009-2010). Dissertation topics must be relevant to the INCoS-2010 topics. *Benefits Proceedings by IEEE CSP Communicate to professionals from industry and academia Possibility to distribute flyers summarizing the PhD work *Submission Requirements Submit a four-page extended abstract by June 28, 2010 describing the novelties and advantages of your dissertation work. Please include (all or some of the following): - a statement of the technical or theoretical problem addressed and its importance; - the specific research hypotheses or questions; - an overview of the research methodology and proposed solution; - the results obtained so far; - the expected contributions of your PhD research; Please use the IEEE 2 column template which can be found with the URL: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting The authors should submit their papers in PDF format only using the EasyChair conference submission system available at: https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?a=s01a4a10540b;iid=21515 *Selection Submissions will be selected based on the technical merit, innovation and potential impact of the research as well as their potential to stimulate interesting discussions and exchange of ideas at the conference. The aim is to include presentations from researchers with diverse backgrounds and on a variety of research topics. *Dates New Submission deadline: July 31th, 2010 Notification of acceptance: August 10th, 2010 Final Submission: August 20th, 2010 *Contact In case of further questions, please contact: Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, Greece; Open University of Catalonia, Spain, adaradoumis@uoc.edu. George Palaigeorgiou, Computer Science Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, gpalegeo@gmail.com.