Doctoral Symposium

 

The Semantic Computing Doctoral Symposium will be held in person and fully integrated into ICSC 2027 in Laguna Hills. The Symposium provides a forum for PhD students working in Semantic Computing and related areas of Artificial Intelligence, including Robotics and Data & Knowledge Engineering.

 

The main objectives of the Symposium are to:

• Build a shared knowledge base among PhD students working in Semantic Computing and related AI research areas.

• Provide doctoral students with the opportunity to present their research and receive constructive feedback from their peers and academics.

• Encourage the development of an interdisciplinary community of early-career researchers, creating opportunities for future collaboration, networking, and exchange of ideas.

 

We invite PhD students to apply for one of the limited available places. Ideally, applicants should have completed at least one year of doctoral study or have progressed sufficiently in their research to discuss their research ideas and, where applicable, preliminary findings.

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Participants will be selected based on the relevance of their research to one or more of the three co-located conferences — ICSC, AIxDKE, or RoboticsCC — as well as the quality of their submitted abstract.

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Participants in the Doctoral Symposium will receive access to all three co-located conferences: ICSC, AIxDKE, and RoboticsCC.

 

Application Process

Applicants must:

1. Complete and submit the online application form via (Link to Google Forms).

2. Upload a poster abstract to one of the three conferences via EasyChair. Please see the submission website https://www.semanticcomputing.org/submission for further details on the abstract/paper submission and publication process. The first author and presenter of both the paper and the poster must be the same PhD student.

 

Important Dates

Applications and all supporting documents must be submitted by one of the following deadlines:

• First deadline: 12 November
  Notification: 18 November

• Second deadline: 15 December
  Notification: 19 December

• Third deadline: 27 December
  Notification: 29 December

 

Registration Options

There are two registration options for the Doctoral Symposium:

 

(1) Poster Only

Please select the Co-author/General Attendant/Poster rate.
This option includes a poster submission, access to the Doctoral Symposium, and access to the three co-located conferences, including meals as specified on the registration page.

 

(2) Poster and Paper

Please select either the IEEE Member Author or Non-IEEE Member Author rate.
This option includes both one paper and one poster submission, access to the Doctoral Symposium, and access to the three co-located conferences, including meals as specified on the registration page.

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Accepted papers/posters will be presented and published as part of the main conferences. The offer of a free poster submission with each accepted paper applies only to current PhD students. Proof of PhD status will be required.