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IEEE FG 2015 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
May 4, 2015
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Read more: http://www.fg2015.org/participate/doctoral-consortium/
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** Overview **
The aim of the IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition 
Doctoral Consortium (FG 2015 DC) is to provide a forum for Ph.D. students to discuss their 
research and career objectives with other students and senior researchers working in 
relevant fields, and get effective and timely feedback from the international research 
community. FG15 Doctoral Consortium also aims to:

- provide a networking environment that will enable the doctoral students establish new 
contacts and collaborations with other international junior and senior researchers;
- equip the new generation of bright researchers with career options and inform them 
about the possibilities in academia and industry.

The Doctoral Consortium will be a half-day event, and will start with a catered lunch 
combined with an informal introduction by the senior researchers followed by Q&A and 
discussions with attendees. Attendance will be by invitation only.
There will be three oral sessions following the lunch. During each session, the accepted 
student participants will present their research work and will receive feedback from the 
invited committee. The committee members will discuss the work with the student and provide 
constructive comments and guidance on his/her research. The students will also present their 
work during a poster session in the main conference, receiving feedback from the rest of the 
community. Student participants accepted in the Doctoral Consortium are eligible for 
consideration for some level of financial support on their travel.

** Eligibility **
We encourage submissions from Ph.D. students who are already working on their dissertations 
with some results already published or close to publication. Preference will be given to 
students who are far enough along to have formulated their dissertation topics. We encourage 
diversity and equality, both in terms of research topics as well as participating institutions 
and individuals. We do not expect more than two students to be invited from each institution 
to represent a diverse sample. Women are especially encouraged to apply. It is not necessary 
to have a paper appearing in FG 2015 in order to apply to participate.

** Submission **
Each student is expected to submit:
- A research statement to summarize the research topic, the working plan, and the progress to 
date. (Max 2 pages)
- A CV. (Max 1 page)
- Title and abstract of paper accepted by FG 2015 or the workshops in conjunction with FG 2015, 
if applicable. This is not a mandatory material for application.
- Applicants who did not submit a paper to FG 2015 or the workshops in conjunction with FG 2015 
should submit an extended abstract (Max 4 pages) following the FG 2015 paper format. It should 
describe original work that is part of the doctoral work of the student applicant. We encourage 
the submission of work that is still in progress.
- A supporting letter from the thesis advisor that endorses the student?s application to this 
Doctoral Consortium and briefly describes the progress or status of the student?s thesis work.
- All materials should be prepared in PDF format and submitted through the FG submission 
system https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/FG2015 in the "Doctoral Consortium track".

** Selection and Review Process **
All submissions will be peer-reviewed by both senior and junior TPC members. Paper topics should 
be related to the conference topics, which are given in the general call for papers 
http://www.fg2015.org/participate/.

  1.  Submissions will be evaluated by the following factors:
      - Quality of the submission
      - Expected benefits of the consortium for the student?s PhD research
      - Student's contribution to the diversity of topics, backgrounds, methodology, etc.
      - All authors of accepted submissions are expected to attend the Doctoral Consortium and 
    the main conference poster session.

  2.  The accepted papers will be included in conference proceedings.

Successful applicants are expected to actively participate in the whole program.