[Infovis] Call for Submissions: Graduate Symposium at Diagrams 2018

[Atsushi Shimojima]

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Call for Submissions: Graduate Symposium
Diagrams 2018
10th International Conference on the Theory and Application of 
Diagrams
http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/
Conference dates: 18th - 22nd June 2018
Location: Edinburgh, UK

Co-located event:
International Conference on Conceptual Structures 2018
http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/iccs/
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Diagrams 2018 is the tenth conference in the biennial series that 
started in 2000, which provides a united forum for all areas concerned 
with the study of diagrams.

The goal of the Diagrams 2018 Graduate Symposium is twofold. Firstly, the 
Symposium will provide senior graduate students and recent Masters and 
Doctoral graduates with the opportunity to present their research. 
Established researchers will provide feedback and comments on each of the 
presentations. Secondly, the Symposium will provide students with an 
opportunity to network with each other as future colleagues.

In previous Diagrams Graduate Symposiums, lively and useful discussions have 
enabled students to receive suggestions about their on-going research and 
allowed more experienced participants to hear some fresh ideas and view some 
of the new trends in the field.

Participants will be selected for the Graduate Symposium based on the 
submission of a 3-page report describing their research (see the Submission 
section). Submissions will be peer reviewed. Summaries of accepted 
submissions will be available online on the conference website (as an 
example, see Diagrams 2016 Graduate Symposium proceedings: http://www.
diagrams-conference.org/2016/gradsymp.html).

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Submission

Submissions that focus on any aspect of diagrams research are welcome. 
Topics of interest are the same as those given in the calls for papers for 
the three conference tracks: 
http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/cfp/.

Students who wish to present their work at the symposium must submit a 
3-page report describing

- the thesis topic,
- the approach being taken,
- the work that has been completed,
- the expected contributions of the research, and
- aspects of the work on which advice is desired.

The report must be submitted in Springer LNCS format via the EasyChair system by

31st January 2018

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=diagrams2018

The submission should be prepared following the LNCS style guidelines, 
http://www.springer.com/lncs, and each student can only submit one report.

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Participation Expectations

Graduate students whose Graduate Symposium submission is accepted are 
expected to participate in the Graduate Symposium as follows.

Students who are not giving a presentation of a long or short paper, or an 
abstract, in the main conference will be expected to give a presentation at 
the Symposium and present a poster in the main conference.

Students who are presenting a long or short paper, or an abstract, in the 
main conference, including either of the special tracks, will be expected to 
attend the Symposium and present a poster in the main conference.

Students who are presenting a poster at the main conference, including 
either of the special tracks, will be expected to give a presentation at the 
Symposium. They do not need to prepare an additional poster for the main 
conference.

All students who receive student funding from Diagrams 2018 will be required 
to attend the Graduate Symposium.

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Supervisor Support

Students who submit to the graduate symposium must ask their main or lead 
supervisor to submit a short supporting statement, by email to Andrew Blake, 
a.l.blake at brighton.ac.uk. The supporting statement should confirm that the 
supervisor supports the student’s participation in the symposium and 
briefly explain why the student will benefit.

It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that their supervisor submits 
the supporting statement.

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Financial Support

The organisers may be able to provide financial support for students 
attending the conference.  If support is available then those eligible to 
apply for are expected to include:

- students whose Graduate Symposium submission is accepted,
- students presenting a paper, abstract or poster at the main conference 
 who submit a Graduate Symposium report by the symposium submission 
 deadline.

Support is expected to range from free registration to additional travel 
support.

All students who obtain funding from the Diagrams conference must 
participate in the Graduate Symposium as explained in the Participation 
Expectations.

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Important Dates

For all submissions to the Graduate Symposium the following dates apply

Submission deadline: 31st January 2018
Supervisor supporting statement: 7th February 2018
Notification of acceptance: 28th February 2018
Camera ready deadline: 21st March 2018