Ph.D. Colloquium
Special Track Coordinators: Mamadou Seck, Old Dominion University;
Esfandyar Mazhari, FedEx Services Corporation;
Andrea D'Ambrogio, University of Roma Tor Vergata; Emily Lada, SAS Institute
In 2015, ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will once again sponsor the Ph.D. Colloquium. The Ph.D. Colloquium addresses Ph.D. students that are within one year of their graduation (planning to graduate by Dec. 2016). Students close to graduation will be given an opportunity to showcase their work during a short presentation session in the Colloquium (apart from the regular tracks). All Colloquium students will then participate in the Colloquium Poster Session. Presenting your Ph.D. efforts to your peers and supporting society members will give you valuable feedback, support your research with additional ideas and parallel ongoing work, and introduce you to a network that can be very helpful with your career once you graduate. The Ph.D. Colloquium will be conducted on Sunday, December 6th 2015, starting with lunch. The keynote speaker (to be announced) will join us for a discussion over lunch.
Deadlines are extended until August 17th, 2015.
Aug 17, 2015 |
Submit 2-page extended abstracts here |
Sep 21, 2015 |
Notification of acceptance to authors - including details about submitting slides and formats of the posters |
Oct 05, 2015 |
Final extended abstracts due |
Oct 26, 2015 |
Presentation slides for the Ph.D. Colloquium due |
Dec 06, 2015 |
Bring your poster to the WSC 2015 Ph.D. Colloquium |
Ph.D. Colloquium Participation Options:
There are three options to participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium with different benefits:
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Poster Only: Submit your work as a poster with a 2-page extended abstract, get accepted, and you will have a good reason to come to the WSC 2015. Note: Students who showcase their work as a poster in regular WSC poster sessions are not eligible to participate in Colloquium (and vice versa). Hence, one should select to participate in either the regular poster session or the Colloquium (not both).
Benefit 1: Both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership. |
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Poster and Presentation: Submit a presentation in addition to your poster; get accepted, then
Benefit 1: Both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership.
Benefit 2: ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will reimburse conference registration fee.
Benefit 3: You will be eligible to participate in the Ph.D. colloquium lunch. |
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Poster, Presentation, and Full Paper: Submit a full paper to a regular track in addition to the poster and presentation; get accepted, then
Benefit 1: Both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership.
Benefit 2: ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will reimburse conference registration fee.
Benefit 3: You will be eligible to participate in the Ph.D. colloquium lunch.
Benefit 4: ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will each award a Best Ph.D. Student Paper prize among those final year students making a presentation at both the Ph.D. Colloquium and the conference. Those who have a full paper on a regular track will be eligible for these awards. ACM-SIGSIM will award a prize for the best Ph.D. Student Paper in the “Computational and Model Representation Techniques in Modelling and Simulation”. INFORMS-Sim will award a prize for the best Ph.D. Student Paper in the “Advanced Applications of Simulation and Optimization”. |
Submission Requirements:
Students have to submit papers and posters using the regular submission system of WSC following the standard deadlines. In addition, for all students attending the Ph.D., advisor needs to send an email to the chair of the Ph.D. Colloquium Committee (emazhari@email.arizona.edu) not later than August 17th , 2015, that states:
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That the Ph.D. student is within one year of graduation
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That the Ph.D. student is the main author of the submission
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That the Ph.D. student will participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium
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The e-mail should also indicate the award for which the Ph.D. student is applying (ACM-SIGSIM or INFORMS-Sim)
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Ph.D. Colloquium Committee 2015:
Chair:
Esfandyar Mazhari, FedEx Services Corporation, INFORMS-Sim
Members:
Mamadou Seck, Old Dominion University, ACM SIGSIM
Andrea D'Ambrogio, University of Roma Tor Vergata, ACM SIGSIM
Emily Lada, SAS institute, INFORMS-Sim |
Additional Information about the Colloquium:
Poster preparation guidelines:
You will be provided a 4 feet high and 8 feet wide bulletin board. We recommend that you use approximately 4 feet X 6 feet of space for your display. There is no requirement that you fill the board. Your poster should cover the main points of your work and be as self-explanatory as possible. However, you should participate in the evening event when the posters are presented, as peers and society members will have additional questions. Even when you gave a presentation, the poster session is always a great opportunity to talk about details, discuss relevant related research, and bond with fellow Ph.D. students.
Presentations:
If you submit a student paper for the conference you can use your presentation for the Ph.D. colloquium as well as for the track presentation. You may need to edit the slides, as we may have more time constraints. You do not have to present something special in the Ph.D. colloquium that cannot be used in the regular sessions.
Student Papers:
Student papers are part of the regular conference and fall under the submission and review guidelines as documented on the WSC website http://www.wintersim.org. If you have an accepted paper at the WSC 2015 and would like to participate in the Ph.D. colloquium as well, please send a short note with the details of the accepted paper to the Colloquium chair before August 17th , 2015. |
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