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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Call for Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) 2016 Doctoral Consortium
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Important Dates</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Submissions
Due: June 24, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Consortium
Notifications: July 5, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) 2016 Doctoral Consortium occurs September, 20, 2016, the day before the start of the main conference.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background:white">We
invite Ph.D. students working in the area of intelligent virtual agents to present their<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>research to peers and a panel of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>distinguished researchers, who<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background:white">will
then provide students with valuable feedback, additional ideas, and suggestions about parallel ongoing work. The Doctoral Consortium will also introduce the students to a network that can be very helpful with their career once they graduate.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>We
particularly encourage applications from Ph.D. candidates who have made some progress on a clear topic and research approach, but are not too far advanced to benefit from feedback and guidance. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";background:white">Based on the student applications, the organizing committee will select a group of students that will be invited to participate. The students selected
are expected to attend and to give an oral presentation at the Doctoral Consortium. Students will also be given the possibility to present a poster during the poster session of the main conference.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Submissions consist of the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">A four-page extended abstract of the student's thesis work (in the IVA submission format) submitted through the IVA submission system.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">A short (2-page) resume (Curriculum Vitae) of the student.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">A recommendation letter from the student’s advisor/supervisor.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The last two items should be emailed to the Doctoral Consortium chair: Volkan Ustun (ustun (at)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ict.usc.edu/"><span style="color:windowtext">ict.usc.edu</span></a>).
The student’s advisor/supervisor should directly email their letter of recommendation to the consortium chair.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background:white">The letter should address the expected benefit of the student attending,
the significance of the research, and the anticipated graduation date of the student.</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Gill Sans","serif";background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The registration details for the doctoral consortium will be announced later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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