The Doctoral Colloquium of SenSys 2018 seeks to provide a friendly, supportive, and constructive environment where Ph.D. students can present their research in progress for an open discussion guided by a panel of experienced researchers. The Doctoral Colloquium will be structured as a series of short presentations by the students followed by individual discussions, feedback, and advice. Students with the most inspiring topics will also be invited to present a poster during the main conference to leverage further interaction with SenSys attendees.

Current Ph.D. students in the early stages of their career are encouraged to submit a 2-pages research summary describing the work in progress and including a 100-word abstract. Things to consider for inclusion in the research summary might be: the expected contribution to the field; the original idea or thesis statement; the problem domain and the specific problem addressed; a brief overview of related work; the methodological approach; research carried out and results so far. The abstract shall also include a one-paragraph biography of the student, including the names and affiliations of the research advisor(s), and expected date of dissertation submission. The student should be the sole author, although contributions of the advisor and others should be acknowledged.

The Doctoral Colloquium committee will review submissions to ensure quality, relevance, and potential benefit from attendance. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to participate in person to the Doctoral Colloquium. There will be no separate registration fee for the Doctoral Colloquium.

****Location****

The Doctoral Colloquium is part of Sensys 2018. Details about the location and the rooms will be announced in due time.

****Submissions****

Research summaries will be reviewed by the chairs and panel members. If the work is accepted, a student may be expected to make clarifications and improvements to the research summary by the camera-ready deadline. Submissions must be received no later than September 29th via web submission form.

Submissions must be in PDF format, be written in English, of no more than two pages in length (all inclusive), and adhere to the Sensys formatting styles found here.

The abstract should include the author’s name, affiliation, and email address.

****Important Dates****

• Submission Deadline: September 29, 2018, AOE
• Notification of Acceptance: October 6, 2018
• Camera-Ready: October 16, 2018
• Colloquium: November 4, 2018

****Organizers****

• Doctoral Colloquium Panelists: 
  TBD
• Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs: 
  Polly Huang (National Taiwan University) 
  Yuhan Dong (Tsinghua University)
• Program Committee: 
  TBD