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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Call for applications to the IVA 2016 Doctoral Consortium (</span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="http://iva2016.ict.usc.edu/doctoral-consortium/"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://iva2016.ict.usc.edu/doctoral-consortium/</span></a>)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) 2016 Doctoral Consortium occurs September 20, 2016, the day before the start of the main conference. </span></span><span class="s3"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">We
invite Ph.D. students working in the area of intelligent virtual agents to present their </span></span><span class="s4"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">research to peers and a panel of </span></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">distinguished
researchers, who </span></span><span class="s4"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">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></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">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></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">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><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Submissions consist of the following:</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="s1"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">A four-page extended abstract of the student’s thesis work (in the IVA submission format) submitted through the
IVA submission system. (Select the doctoral consortium track)</span></span><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="s1"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">A short (2-page) resume (Curriculum Vitae) of the student.</span></span><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="s1"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">A recommendation letter from the student’s advisor/supervisor.</span></span><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The last two items should be emailed to the Doctoral Consortium chair: Volkan Ustun <a href="mailto:ustun@ict.usc.edu"><span style="color:#C9382E;text-decoration:none">ustun@
ict.usc.edu</span></a>.</span></span><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
<span class="s1">The student’s advisor/supervisor should directly email their letter of recommendation to the consortium chair. 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 class="s5"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="s5"><span style="font-family:"inherit","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Submissions due: June 24, 2016</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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