{"id":1986,"date":"2026-03-16T18:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portale2.unime.it\/smartcomp2026\/?page_id=1986"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:03:00","slug":"call-phd-forum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portale2.unime.it\/smartcomp2026\/call-phd-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL FOR PHD FORUM"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1986\" class=\"elementor elementor-1986\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b4c893 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b4c893\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1c2313\" data-id=\"e1c2313\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5a752 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d5a752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br><br>   Call for PhD Forum<br><br><br><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-339a131 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"339a131\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91a52f8 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"91a52f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deb1df3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"deb1df3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><b>Call for Contributions: SmartComp 2026 PhD Forum<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ph.D. Forum at SmartComp 2026 provides an excellent opportunity for Ph.D. students to present their work in progress to the scientific community and obtain individual feedback from leading researchers in the field. This forum is intended to provide doctoral students with a platform to interact with established researchers from both academia and industry and get useful guidance on the broader impacts of their research.<\/span><\/p><h3><b>PhD Forum Format<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Forum will be organized as a workshop co-located with SmartComp. In addition, the Forum will be supplemented by a one-minute-madness session plus a poster session during the main conference, to facilitate extended interaction opportunities between Ph.D. student participants and researchers from academia, industry, and government.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the workshop, senior members of the community will be present to provide constructive technical comments to each attendee. The Forum will provide a working environment for students to refine and practice their presentations, helping them improve communication skills, and to collaboratively develop research ideas for the PhD research and beyond. Special recognition will be given to the most innovative and\/or most promising research project(s) presented at the Ph.D. Forum based on the pitch talk, the presented poster, and the discussion with the participants during the poster session.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Current Ph.D. students at any stage of their career are encouraged to submit a 3-page extended abstract about their research. Submissions are expected to include motivation of the importance and challenges to the particular problem, and initial results that support either the importance of the research problem or viability of solutions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The abstract should include the author\u2019s name, affiliation and email address. The name of the supervisor should be marked (\u201csupervised by \u2026\u201d) on the paper, under the author\u2019s name. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to participate in-person. The proceedings of the Forum will be included in the proceedings of the main conference.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><b>Submission Guidelines<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Submissions must be in PDF format, be no more than three pages in length (all included) and adhere to the IEEE two-column conference format (the same format used for paper submissions to SmartComp2026).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All manuscripts must be registered and submitted through the <a href=\"https:\/\/edas.info\/N34458\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>EDAS Submission Site.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><b>Participation<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Authors of accepted submissions are expected to participate in the Ph.D. Forum (a half-day workshop immediately prior to the main conference), and to deliver an elevator pitch and A1 poster presentation for their work during the main program of the SmartComp2026 conference.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Participants who are current full-time students are eligible for the student registration fee. However, please note that any other publication in SmartComp\u2014including main conference papers, posters, demos, workshop papers, or work-in-progress submissions\u2014requires at least one author to register at the full rate. If a student planning to attend the PhD Forum is also a co-author of any such publication, and no other co-author is registering at the full rate, the student must register at the full rate and is not eligible for the student rate.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some students will also be able to apply for travel grants (when details are available, they will be published on the SmartComp website).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><b>Important Dates<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Submission:\u00a0<\/span><del><b>15th April 2026<\/b><\/del><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><b> 24th April 2026<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Acceptance notification:\u00a0<\/span><b><del>20th April 2026<\/del> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">3rd May 2026<\/span><\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Camera ready:\u00a0<\/span><b><del>30th April 2026<\/del> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">6th May 2026<\/span><\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><b>SMARTCOMP 2026 PhD Forum Chairs<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"mailto:franca.delmastro@iit.cnr.it\">Franca Delmastro<\/a><\/span>, IIT-CNR, Italy<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"mailto:Simone.Silvestri@uky.edu\">Simone Silvestri<\/a><\/span>, University of Kentucky, USA<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call for PhD Forum Call for Contributions: SmartComp 2026 PhD Forum The Ph.D. Forum at SmartComp 2026 provides an excellent opportunity for Ph.D. students to present their work in progress to the scientific community and obtain individual feedback from leading researchers in the field. 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