-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Kuvs-l] Call for Participation @ NetSys 2021 PhD Forum - The hidden secrets when doing your PhD - Deadline July 23 Datum: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:22:14 +0200 Von: Oliver Hohlfeld oliver.hohlfeld@b-tu.de An: kuvs-l@lists.gi.de Kopie (CC): Blenk, Andreas andreas.blenk@tum.de

Please not that Netsys recently changed its format to a virtual conference.

Call for NetSys 2021 PhD Forum The hidden secrets when doing your PhD

Thursday, September 16, 2021 - virtually via video conference

https://netsys2021.org/phd-forum/

The PhD Forum at the Networked Systems 2021 follows the tradition and format of similar events at international conferences such as ICNP, PerCom, or UbiComp. It should provide PhD students in any phase of their career with an opportunity to discuss the hidden secrets behind doing a PhD and general career advice – topics that are rarely openly discussed (e.g., finding research problems, managing your supervisor, …) - during the PhD Forum on Thursday.

*What can I Expect?*

*PhD Forum: The hidden secrets when doing your PhD*

This is a dedicated meeting on Thursday after the main conference, full of discussions and fun with your direct peers and us. The aim of the PhD Forum is the discussion of meta aspects and experiences regarding a PhD – the hidden secrets when doing your PhD and general career advice.

Potential topics will be:

- Deep PhD study in the time of digital distraction - Having a family + doing a PhD – are you crazy? - Continuously improving my skills: e.g., speed reading and ultra learning - Doctoral supervision: being supervised and being a supervisor - Best paper stories: targeting high and being rejected - Academic peer review: what are factors that determine paper acceptance / rejection and why are some of them random? - How dare you to steal my contributions?! Working in teams and writing a PhD thesis - Working internationally - Becoming a team leader and how to find good students - Hints on writing papers and making presentations – please don’t overload

To tailor the discussion of meta aspects to your interest, attendance requires the submission of input in advance (e.g., questions on which we will organize the day) mentioned in the call below.

As done at NetSys 2019, we will also invite keynote speakers who will report about their research journey from a PhD student to a leading expert.

*Call PhD Forum attendance:*

This concerns discussing meta aspects concerning the PhD process (e.g., research, publication strategies, time management, …).

*What to submit:* Prospective participants should prepare an application that includes the following information:

- Curriculum Vitae: a brief CV that lists the education and research interests of the PhD student.

- A motivational letter (~1 page): the motivational letter should discuss the following aspects in the following order: - Motivation: why do do want to attend the PhD Forum and what do you expect from it? (1 paragraph) - Your research area and the specific problem that you would think to work on. (1 paragraph) - Questions you would like to discuss at the PhD Forum (e.g., how to find a good research problem, how to manage time, how to manage your supervisor, …). We will structure the PhD Forum on Monday around discussing your questions (>3 questions)

Submission should be done electronically as PDF, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=netsys2021 Please select the *PhD Forum Track* in Easychair.

We will limit the number of participants to be able to discuss interactively with you. The selection criteria for participation will, among others, also include the upload time (first come, first serve :)

*Important Dates:*

*Call PhD Forum submissions*

Registration & submission: *Friday, July 23, 2021* Notification of acceptance: Friday, July 30, 2021 PhD Forum: Thursday, September 16, 2021

*PhD Forum Chairs* - Andreas Blenk – Technical University of Munich, Germany/University of Vienna, Faculty of Computer Science, Austria - Oliver Hohlfeld – Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU), Germany