Ann Dunkin
ann.dunkin@gmail.com
WSC'09 General Chair

Ricki Ingalls
wsc09@rgingalls.com
WSC'09 Program Chair

Ph.D. Colloquium and Poster Session

Sponsored by the ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim societies

Best Ph.D. Student Paper Awards

The Ph.D. Colloquium & Poster Session at WSC'09 is an exciting opportunity for Ph.D. students to present their work to the public.

Professor Alexander Verbraeck, Delft University of Technology and University of Maryland, will start the afternoon off with a discussion over lunch. Students close to graduation (planning to graduate by Dec. 2010) will be given an opportunity to showcase their work during a short presentation session. All Colloquium students will then participate in the Poster Session.

Both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership for all students participating in the colloquium.

For students close to graduation participating in both the presentation session, and the poster session, ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will reimburse their conference registration fee, and their lunch at the Ph.D. Colloquium. Moreover, ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will each award a Best Ph.D. Student Paper Prize among those final year students making a presentation at the Ph.D. Colloquium.

Abstract Submission Deadline (Ph.D. Poster Session): September 14

Abstract Submission (Ph.D. Poster Session):
Submit your application online at
http://www-infosys.tx.ncsu.edu/wsc09/submitfullauthorpres.asp?whichform=Presentation.
During submission, please select the "PhD Colloquium" track.

Detailed Schedule (on December 13, Sunday)

1:00PM~2:00PM: Luncheon

2:30PM~4:00PM: Selected Colloquium Presentations

4:00PM~7:00PM: Ph.D. Poster Session

Presentation session

Students close to graduation should have their thesis advisor should send an email confirmation of the expected graduation date to the colloquium chair (before September 14).

Poster preparation guidelines

You will be provided a 4 feet high and 8 feet wide bulletin board. We recommend that you use approximately 4 feet X 6 feet of space for your display. There is no requirement that you fill the board. There is also no requirement that you print a "real" poster - printed PowerPoint slides are perfectly acceptable. Your poster should cover the main points of your work and be as self-explanatory as possible. You can set up your posters at 2:00PM~2:30PM before the Ph.D. Colloquium on Sunday.

More information

Please contact WSC 2009 Ph.D. Colloquium Chair Durk-Jouke van der Zee at d.j.van.der.zee@rug.nl