PhD students working in the area of process mining are invited to submit their proposals for participation in a Doctoral Consortium, which will be held in conjunction with the 8th International Conference on Process Mining (ICPM 2027) in University of Calabria, Italy.
Objectives & Target Audience
The Doctoral Consortium has the following objectives:
- To provide valuable feedback on students’ research topics, directions, methods, and plans;
- To help students pitch their research ideas to peers in the research community;
- To promote the development of a community of scholars that will help students in their future careers;
- To introduce new scholars to the process mining research community and provide opportunities to meet and interact with experienced researchers.
The PhD candidates of the accepted proposals are expected to present their PhD project at the Doctoral Consortium. During the event, there will be interactive sessions to discuss diverse aspects of the presented project with experts in the field.
We welcome submissions representing a broad spectrum of research topics related to process mining. Participants will benefit from the advice of senior researchers in the field and from interaction with peers at a similar stage of their careers. Also, they will receive valuable feedback on how to shape their thesis from experts in the area.
Submission
PhD students interested in engaging in detailed discussions on their research at the Doctoral Consortium are invited to submit an extended abstract, which describes their thesis work and elaborates on the following discussion points in particular:
- The main research question guiding the envisaged research;
- The motivation of the research questions (what is new about the research question and why is this important to be investigated?);
- The initial ideas on the solution being proposed and its validity;
- The planned research methodology and possible techniques being applied, with specific attention on how the results are going to be validated;
- The relation of the work to the state of the art, especially (but not only) in process mining research.
The points above will be considered by the jury to evaluate the contribution (see “Review process” below for further details).
The extended abstract should be discussed with the respective PhD supervisor before submission. The manuscript must be written in English and should adhere to CEURART submission formatting guidelines (https://ceurws.wordpress.com/2020/03/31/ceurws-publishes-ceurart-paper-style/). The paper page limit is 5 pages (excluding the bibliography).
The manuscript should be submitted as a single PDF file via the ICPM 2027 submission website on EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icpm2027) by selecting the “Doctoral Consortium” track. Proceedings will be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication.
Review Process
Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the Doctoral Consortium Committee. The review of the reported research work in each proposal will consider its originality, its potential for advancing the process mining field, and whether the work is at a stage where the PhD candidate can benefit from participating in the consortium. Also, the presence, clarity and depth of the aforementioned discussion points will determine the judgment of the reviewers.
Experimental results for the proposed research are not required. However, a concrete plan for the PhD project is a must. Rejected submissions will receive written feedback. Confidentiality of submissions will be maintained throughout the review process.
Notification
Accepted doctoral candidates will receive instructions on how to submit a camera-ready copy of their proposal and will receive information on the preparation of the presentation (see “At the conference” next).
Authors of accepted proposals to the Doctoral Consortium are expected to fully commit themselves to the success of the consortium by being open to new ideas and suggestions as well as to provide ideas and suggestions to other participants. All accepted contributions will be circulated among the participants about one week before the consortium.
We strongly recommend PhD candidates of accepted proposals to attend the entire conference and will set up additional activities during this time for them (see below).
Doctoral Consortium Chairs
Marco Montali, University of Bozen, Italy
Iris Beerepoot, University of Utrecht, Netherlands