<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>CIbSE 2015 will host a Doctoral Symposium for PhD students whose research area includes topics of Software Engineering, Requirements Engineering or Experimental Software Engineering (Note that you can look at the specific topics of the SET, WER and ESELAW Tracks).</div><div><br></div><div>The goals of the CIbSE 2015 Doctoral Symposium are:</div><div>- To provide PhD students in the early stages of their research with an opportunity to survey the field and get a feeling for what their colleagues are working on;</div><div>- To provide PhD students at a more advanced stage with an opportunity to present their plans and early results;</div><div>- To provide all participant students with advice and suggestions from a panel of senior researchers;</div><div>- To facilitate interaction among all the participants.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the time-honored tradition of CIbSE, the Symposium will revolve around structured presentations and matching discussions, with ample time devoted to comments from the floor. A number of senior researchers will attend the event. Authors of sufficiently advanced proposals will be invited to prepare a poster for the main conference. More information can be found in <a href="http://eventos.spc.org.pe/cibse2015">http://eventos.spc.org.pe/cibse2015</a></div><div><br></div><div>SUBMISSIONS INSTRUCTIONS</div><div><br></div><div>Presenters should have set on a dissertation topic in the general areas of CIbSE such as Software Engineering, Requirements Engineering or Experimental Software Engineering. Typically, you have progressed beyond your first year in the program, or are close to doing so, but have not submitted your thesis yet. To apply to the Doctoral Symposium, you will need to submit an application to EasyChair <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dscibse2015">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dscibse2015</a> consisting of:</div><div><br></div><div>- A Research Abstract (max. 6 pages + 1 for references in LNCS style) describing the problem you are addressing (what is unsatisfactory in the current state of the world?), its relevance (why would anyone care if the problem was solved?), your proposed solution (how do you plan to attack the problem?), the novelty of the problem, of the solution, or both (nobody identified the problem or provided the solution before you – i.e., what is your original contribution), the research method you are applying (which method are you following to get to the solution, and how do you prove it solves the problem?), and the progress in your research (where are you, how long to the final destination?). The Research Abstract should contain a short survey and pointers to relevant literature.</div><div>- A Letter of Recommendation from your primary supervisor or advisor. The letter need not discuss the research (which is already covered in your abstract) but should include a statement about your position as a PhD student, the starting and expected completion date of your PhD, and an assessment of the current state of your research (including expectations about the final delivery). If your research topic is not clearly in CIbSE main Tracks topics, the letter should briefly make a case for relevance.</div><div><br></div><div>Submissions will be evaluated based on the quality of the Research Abstract, and of the interest of the research described therein. Submissions can be presented in Spanish, Portuguese or English languages.</div><div><br></div><div>IMPORTANT DATES</div><div><br></div><div>Submission deadline (Research abstract+ Letter of recommendation): December 15, 2014 </div><div>Notification acceptance: February 11, 2015</div><div>Final Version: February 23, 2015</div><div><br></div><div>GENERAL CONFERENCE CHAIRS</div><div><br></div><div>Hugo Vega, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Peru</div><div>Ernesto Cuadros, Universidad Catolica San Pablo, Peru</div><div><br></div><div>GENERAL PROGRAM CHAIRS</div><div><br></div><div>Joao Araujo, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal</div><div>Nelly Condori-Fernandez, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands</div><div><br></div><div>DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS</div><div><br></div><div>Oscar Pastor, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain</div><div>Luis Olsina, Universidad Nacional de la Pampa, Argentina</div><div><br></div><div>SUBMISSIONS</div><div><br></div><div>Submissions will be evaluated based on the quality of the Research Abstract, and of the interest of the research described therein. Submissions can be presented in either Spanish, Portuguese or English languages.</div><div><span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><br></div><div>PROGRAMM COMMITTEE </div><div><br></div><div>Julio Leite, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil</div><div>Fabiano Ferrari, UFSCAR, Brasil</div><div>Luiz Marcio Cysneiros, York University, Canada</div><div>Juan Hernández, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain</div><div>Luca Cernuzzi, Universidad Catolica, Paraguay</div><div>Ghillerme Travassos, COPPE, Rio de Janeiro , UFRJ, Brasil</div><div>Ernest Teniente, Unversitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain</div><div>Miguel Katrib, Universidad de la Habana, Cuba </div><div>Daniel Berry, University of Waterloo, Canada</div><div>Gustavo Rossi, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina</div><div>Vicente Pelechano, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain</div><div>Jaelson Castro, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil</div><div>Tanja Vos, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain</div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»<br>» Carla Silva<br>» Centro de Informática - UFPE<br>» <a href="http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~ctlls" target="_blank">http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~ctlls</a><br>»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»<br>
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