**************************************************************************** Call for Submissions: Graduate Symposium Diagrams 2018 10th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/ Conference dates: 18th - 22nd June 2018 Location: Edinburgh, UK Co-located event: International Conference on Conceptual Structures 2018 http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/iccs/ **************************************************************************** Diagrams 2018 is the tenth conference in the biennial series that started in 2000, which provides a united forum for all areas concerned with the study of diagrams. The goal of the Diagrams 2018 Graduate Symposium is twofold. Firstly, the Symposium will provide senior graduate students and recent Masters and Doctoral graduates with the opportunity to present their research. Established researchers will provide feedback and comments on each of the presentations. Secondly, the Symposium will provide students with an opportunity to network with each other as future colleagues. In previous Diagrams Graduate Symposiums, lively and useful discussions have enabled students to receive suggestions about their on-going research and allowed more experienced participants to hear some fresh ideas and view some of the new trends in the field. Participants will be selected for the Graduate Symposium based on the submission of a 3-page report describing their research (see the Submission section). Submissions will be peer reviewed. Summaries of accepted submissions will be available online on the conference website (as an example, see Diagrams 2016 Graduate Symposium proceedings: http://www. diagrams-conference.org/2016/gradsymp.html). **************************************************************************** Submission Submissions that focus on any aspect of diagrams research are welcome. Topics of interest are the same as those given in the calls for papers for the three conference tracks: http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2018/home/cfp/. Students who wish to present their work at the symposium must submit a 3-page report describing - the thesis topic, - the approach being taken, - the work that has been completed, - the expected contributions of the research, and - aspects of the work on which advice is desired. The report must be submitted in Springer LNCS format via the EasyChair system by 31st January 2018 https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=diagrams2018 The submission should be prepared following the LNCS style guidelines, http://www.springer.com/lncs, and each student can only submit one report. **************************************************************************** Participation Expectations Graduate students whose Graduate Symposium submission is accepted are expected to participate in the Graduate Symposium as follows. Students who are not giving a presentation of a long or short paper, or an abstract, in the main conference will be expected to give a presentation at the Symposium and present a poster in the main conference. Students who are presenting a long or short paper, or an abstract, in the main conference, including either of the special tracks, will be expected to attend the Symposium and present a poster in the main conference. Students who are presenting a poster at the main conference, including either of the special tracks, will be expected to give a presentation at the Symposium. They do not need to prepare an additional poster for the main conference. All students who receive student funding from Diagrams 2018 will be required to attend the Graduate Symposium. **************************************************************************** Supervisor Support Students who submit to the graduate symposium must ask their main or lead supervisor to submit a short supporting statement, by email to Andrew Blake, a.l.blake@brighton.ac.uk. The supporting statement should confirm that the supervisor supports the student’s participation in the symposium and briefly explain why the student will benefit. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that their supervisor submits the supporting statement. **************************************************************************** Financial Support The organisers may be able to provide financial support for students attending the conference. If support is available then those eligible to apply for are expected to include: - students whose Graduate Symposium submission is accepted, - students presenting a paper, abstract or poster at the main conference who submit a Graduate Symposium report by the symposium submission deadline. Support is expected to range from free registration to additional travel support. All students who obtain funding from the Diagrams conference must participate in the Graduate Symposium as explained in the Participation Expectations. **************************************************************************** Important Dates For all submissions to the Graduate Symposium the following dates apply Submission deadline: 31st January 2018 Supervisor supporting statement: 7th February 2018 Notification of acceptance: 28th February 2018 Camera ready deadline: 21st March 2018