CP2002 Doctoral Programme September 7-13, 2002 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA www.math.unipd.it/~frossi/cp2002-doctoral.html

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Description and objectives:

In addition to the technical presentations, a special programme for PhD students will be held alongside the CP 2002 conference. Students will be able to present their work and receive feedback from more senior members of the community. In addition, there will be tutorials about research skills and career issues.

The CP 2002 doctoral programme has the following objectives: to provide a setting for mutual feedback on participants' current research and guidance on future research directions; to develop a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research; to support a new generation of researchers with information and advice on academic, research, industrial, and non-traditional career paths; to contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other researchers and participation in conference events.

Selection and benefits for accepted students :

On the basis of the submissions, the Organizing Committee has selected a group of students that have been invited to present their work during the Doctoral Programme, and also to present a poster at the CP-2002 poster session. We expect a commitment from all participating students to attend the entire doctoral programme. Students accepted for participation in the Doctoral Programme will receive complimentary conference registration and a fixed allowance for travel/housing. The students' abstracts are available on this web site. Moreover, a short version of the abstract (1 page) will be published in the conference proceedings, that will be published by Springer Verlag.

Activities:

• Two doctoral tutorials are scheduled during the CP 2002 week:
  • To Advise and To Be Advised, Manuela M. Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University, Friday, Sept. 13, 14:45 -- 15:30.
  • Ethical constraints, Toby Walsh, 4C, Cork, Monday, Sept. 9, 15:45 -- 17:00.
• Mentoring scheme: each student will be assigned to a mentor, that is, a senior member of the community who will meet the student and advise him/her about his/her work during the CP 2002 week. Here is the list of students and their mentors:
  • Georg Ringwelski ==> Christian Schulte
  • Karen Petrie ==> Michela Milano
  • Peter Vilim ==> Jean Charles Regin
  • Tomas Muller ==> John Hooker
  • Neil Yorke-Smith ==> Thomas Schiex
  • Andrea Roli ==> Bart Selman
  • Miguel A. Salido ==> Manolis Koubarakis
  • Ines Lynce ===> Stephen Prestwich
  • Yuan Zhan ==> Bart Selman
  • Markus Bohlin ==> Michela Milano
  • Gerrit Renker ==> Barbara Smith
  • Linda van Norden ==> John Hooker
  • Luis Quesada ==> Francesca Rossi
  • Mattias Gronkvist ==> Jesan-Charles Regin
  • Kristen B. Venable ==> Rina Dechter
  • Frank Seelisch ==> Pascal Van Hentenryck
  • Iain McDonald ==> Pedro Meseguer
  • Lyndon Drake ==> Fahiem Bacchus
  • Carlos Ansotegni ==> Bart Selman
  • Ioannis Vetsikas ==> Makoto Yokoo
  • Zeynep Kiziltan ==> Michela Milano
  • Nicoleta Neagu ==> Gene Freuder
  • Lucas Bordeaux ==> Toby Walsh
  • David Larkin ==> Peter Van Beek
  • Magnus Agren ==> Toby Walsh
• Students who don't have a paper at CP 2002 will present their work in one of the three doctoral sessions scheduled during the CP 2002 week, from 11:30 to 13:00 on Sept. 10, 11, and 12.
• A doctoral student dinner is scheduled on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

1. Georg Ringwelski, Fraunhofer institute FIRST, Berlin
2. Hans Schlenker, Fraunhofer-FIRST, Berlin
3. Karen Petrie, University of Huddersfield, UK
4. Peter Vilim , Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
5. Tomas Muller, Charles University, Praha 1, Czech Republic
6. Neil Yorke-Smith, IC-Parc, Imperial College, London
7. Andrea Roli, Universita' degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
8. Miguel A. Salido, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
9. Ines Lynce, Technical University of Lisbon
10. Yuan Zhan, York University, UK
11. Markus Bohlin, SICS
12. Gerrit Renker, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
13. Linda van Norden , TU Delft, the Netherlands
14. Luis Quesada, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
15. Mattias Gronkvist, Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden
16. Robert Glaubius, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
17. K. B. Venable, University of Padova, Italy
18. Frank Seelisch, TU Vienna
19. Brahim Hnich, Uppsala University
20. Iain McDonald, University of St. Andrews, UK
21. Lyndon Drake, York University, UK
22. Carlos Ansotegni, Universitat de Lleida, Spain
23. Ioannis Vetsikas, Cornell University
24. Zeynep Kiziltan, Uppsala University
25. Nicoleta Neagu, EPFL, Switzerland
26. Lucas Bordeaux, University of Nantes, France.
27. David Larkin, University of California at Irvine, USA.
28. Magnus Agren, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Organizing Committee:

• Carla Gomes (CP 2002 conference chair), Cornell University, USA
• Eugene C. Freuder, University of New Hampshire, USA
• Michela Milano, University of Bologna, Italy
• Francesca Rossi (CP 2002 doctoral programme chair), University of Padova, Italy
• Pascal Van Hentenryck (CP 2002 program chair), Brown University, USA
• Toby Walsh, University of York, UK

Inquiries: Additional information will be posted at the URL www.math.unipd.it/~frossi/cp2002-doctoral.html and may be obtained by contacting the chair of the organizing committee at frossi@math.unipd.it.

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