Australasian Computing Doctoral Consortium (ACDC'09), Jan 19th 2009

This workshop is being run as part of ACSW 2009, hosted by MSCS.

Introduction

The ACDC provides an opportunity for doctoral students to present their research topics and early results and receive advice and constructive commentary from research experts. Submissions are invited from current PhD students in computing who would benefit from feedback on their research by a panel of established researchers. The consortium will operate in a workshop format to provide guidance for each student’s future progress. It will contain at least 2 presentations by distinguished academic/supervisors on the challenges and approaches to succeed on a PhD program. Up to ten applicants will be invited to present their work during ACSW 2009, and experts will be invited to attend the presentation and discuss each student’s work. These selected applicants will receive complimentary ACSW 2009 student conference registration, accommodation and meals for Monday the 19th of January 2009. Note, however, that ACDC will not provide travel costs, but possible support from CORE may be available, so applicants are requested to indicate if such support is absolutely necessary for participation. It is also recommended that other PhD students attend the workshop in order to become aware of the different aspects that constitute the strategies and approaches to successfully complete the research agenda of a doctoral program

Invited Presenters

Professor John Hosking (New Zealand)

Location

The ACDC Workshop will be taking place in the conference room at Weir House, which is located near Victoria University of Wellington. This is approximately a 15 minute walk from Te Papa, which is the main venue used for ACSW:

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If you are arriving to Weir House outside of normal business hours (e.g. early morning flight), then please let me know beforehand (if you have not already done so). in such a case, you will need to dial 33700 from the phone located outside Weir House to reach the main desk as the doors will be locked.

Program

9am	Learning Qualitative Action Models in Complex Virtual Worlds, Adam Clarke (PDF)
9:40am	Functional Gene Network Discovery by Integrating Biological Knowlledge and Hybrid Evolutionarry Techniques from Microarray Data, Armita Zarnegar (PDF)
10:20am	Break
10:40am	Limiting Privacy Disclosure in Relational Databases, Min Ll (PDF)
11:20am	Towards Visual Software Analytics, Craig Anslow (PDF)
12pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Invited Talk (John Hosking) Powerpoint:
2:30pm	Break
2:50pm	A Framework for the Application of Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning, Carl Schultz (PDF)
3:30pm	Towards Privacy preserving Data Publishing, Xiaoxun Sun (PDF)
4:10pm	Exploring the Role of the Manager in Agile Projects, Rashina Hoda (PDF)

Eligibility

Students wishing to participate in ACDC should have been enrolled in a PhD program in any area of computing in any CORE university in Australia or New Zealand for between one and 2.5 years by the time of submission.

A Letter of Nomination from either the Head of Department or School or Faculty, detailing the students they are nominating, must be available upon request.

Submission

Each submission should be no longer than FOUR pages including the text, references, figures, and tables. All initial submissions must be in PDF format (paper size: A4), although there are no other style requirements. The submission should clearly specify:

• Student’s full name, affiliation, address, email address, and phone number.
• Student’s PhD enrolment date.
• Title of thesis.
• Keywords.
• Key references.
• Research problem.
• Methodology.
• Preliminary results.
• Area in which expert advice is sought.

Submissions should be emailed to acdc09@mcs.vuw.ac.nz !!!

Selection Criteria

The selection will be based on the quality of the four-page submission by a panel.

Important Dates

Closing Date: 31 October 2008, 24:00 UTC Time