GOALS & SCOPE
The Doctoral Consortium will take place in conjunction with MODELSWARD'2015. It will provide an opportunity for PhD candidates to discuss their research work in a constructive environment, under the guidance of a panel of established researchers. Candidates are eligible in all stages of their PhD work. Therefore we encourage them to submit their proposal statements from their earlier stages with potentially unfinished and not yet validated ideas, to nearly completed PhD proposals seeking a final feedback before delivery. More precisely, the Doctoral Consortium will provide students with an opportunity to:

• Present their research work in a relaxed and supportive environment;
• Receive feedback and suggestions from peers and experienced faculty members;
• Gain an overview of the breadth and depth of model driven engineering;
• Obtain insight into directions for model driven engineering research taken by other candidates;
• Discuss concerns about research, supervision, the job market, and other issues;
• Network with peers and future colleagues

Thus, the symposium will help shape ongoing and future research projects, promote networking among new researchers, and will expose the PhD candidates to the larger global community.


DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM PROGRAM
Tuesday 10
10.00-12.00 (in parallel with Session 3)

• Welcome address (Fernando Brito e Abreu, University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal)
• Presentation of PhD work 1 (Deniz Akdur)
• Discussion of PhD work 1 (advisory board vs candidate)
• Presentation of PhD work 2 (Zheng Cheng)
• Discussion of PhD work 2 (advisory board vs candidate)

12.00-14.30 – BREAK

14.30-16.00 (in parallel with Session 4)

• My top advices for a PhD student (Bran Selic, University of Toronto, Canada)
• My top advices for a PhD student (Mark van den Brand, Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, Netherlands)
• My top advices for a PhD student (Sébastien Gérard, CEA, France)
• My top advices for a PhD student (Marco Brambilla, Politecnico Di Milano, Italy)
• Wrap-up (Fernando Brito e Abreu)

TOPICS
Same as in the main conference (see http://www.modelsward.org/CallForPapers.aspx)


IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Doctoral Consortium Submission: November 27, 2014
Author Notification: December 11, 2014
Camera-Ready and Registration: December 23, 2014




ADVISORY BOARD
The Doctoral Consortium advisory board will comment each presentation and at the end of the consortium there will be a general discussion, including a reflection about current and future research topics in the area.

Fernando Brito e Abreu, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal (Chair)
Marco Brambilla, Politecnico Di Milano, Italy
Mark van den Brand, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Sébastien Gérard, CEA, France
Ana Moreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Bran Selic, University of Toronto, Canada

REQUIREMENTS AND RULES

• Candidates must submit a paper describing their PhD work;
• Submissions will be selected based on relevance, originality, technical quality and clarity;
• Each candidate with an accepted paper must register and attend MODELSWARD: a special student fee applies;
• Each paper must be presented by the candidate;
• Paper format and length: PDF with up to 8 pages, using the same template as the main conference;
• Paper organization should include the following sections: research problem, state of the art, outline of objectives / expected contributions, methodological approach (including proposed validation scheme), research schedule and current stage.

PROCEEDINGS
Registered papers will be included in the Doctoral Consortium proceedings, to be distributed in the same CD-ROM as MODELSWARD conference proceedings. Papers presented at the venue will be included in the SCITEPRESS Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/). Papers' copyright will remain with the candidates.


HOW TO APPLY
To apply for participation at the Doctoral Consortium, please submit your paper through the online submission platform PRIMORIS, adopting the instructions and templates that can be found under "Authors Kit / Guidelines and Templates". After a successful submission, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.


BEST PhD PROJECT AWARD
A "Best PhD project award" will be conferred to the best submission, selected by the Doctoral Consortium Advisory Board. The award will be announced and bestowed at the conference closing session. The author of an awarded paper will be entitled to:

• A signed and stamped official award certificate;
• The announcement of its achievement on a special conference web-page;
• A one year free membership of INSTICC (http://www.insticc.org), warranting full access to the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. If already an INSTICC member, then this offer adds one year to her/his current membership;
• A voucher for a free or reduced registration^* registration in one event sponsored by INSTICC, valid during a 12 months period, including all conference materials (without the printed proceedings). This voucher is only available if the presenter attends the closing session and receives the award.

^* Speakers are entitled to a 50% discount over the basic registration fee; non-speakers are entitled to a free registration.