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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><b>*** Last Call for PhD Symposium Applications ***</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;">29th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;">(Euro-Par 2023)</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;">August 28 - September 1, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><a href="http://2023.euro-par.org">http://2023.euro-par.org</a></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>SCOPE</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">The Euro</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">-</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">Par PhD Symposium is a welcoming and supportive forum for PhD students to</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">present their work, meet and interact with peers, and to receive constructive feedback about </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">their work from experts in the Euro</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><b>-</b></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">Par community. The program will feature technical </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">presentations by PhD students, and discussions in panel and open formats.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">Contributions accepted to the PhD Symposium will appear in the Euro-Par companion </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">proceedings.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>CALL FOR APPLICATIONS</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">We invite submissions from PhD students at </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"><u>any</u></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"> stage of their doctoral studies. Applicants</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">must be officially enrolled in a PhD Program at the time of submission, and each submission </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"><b>MUST</b></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"> be backed by an endorsement from the official PhD adviser(s). Required submission files</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">are as follows:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"><b>1. Proposed Paper (in Springer LNCS format, no longer than 6 pages with </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"><b>references), including:
</b></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"> Title of work, author and affiliation; </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">necessary condition: the first author, corresponding</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">author and the person presenting (if the proposal is accepted) is a PhD student </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"> Abstract of the work
</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"> Brief description of work being/planned to be done, including the problem being addressed,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;">the research methodology, and preliminary results (if any)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"><b>2. Adviser Statement of Support on institutional letterhead (no longer than 1 page), </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"><b>including:
</b></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Name of advisor(s)/supervisor(s)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Declaration that the applicant is their PhD student</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Stage of PhD (date started and expected date of completion)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Confirmation of support for applicants participation</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>REGISTRATION STUDENTSHIPS</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">We are happy to announce that we can cover the registration fees of 15 student attendees; 15</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">awards will be funded by the Euro-Par Foundation. To qualify, you should be a PhD student </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">studying Informatics and Computing Science at the time of the event.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">On top of the above specific criteria for each studentship, the following criteria will be used:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Explicit recommendation by the advisor(s) is paramount, as awards will be given based on</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">the strength of the advisor(s) letter</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #262626;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Priority will be given to in-person attendees</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Successful applicants may be asked to undertake some tasks to assist the running of</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Euro-Par 2023.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>SUBMISSION GUIDELINES</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">The submission consists of:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>Proposal:</b></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> A manuscript that address item 1 of the call -- see above.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>Adviser letter:</b></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> A statement of support from the applicant's adviser(s) as described in the call.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Both elements are to be submitted together as a single PDF to EasyChair:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=europar2023">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=europar2023</a></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">The symposium committee members will review the submitted applications based on</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">originality, technical strength, quality of presentation, and relevance to the conference. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Submitted documents that do not meet the above requirements might be rejected without a </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">review. All submitted proposals will be checked for originality by Springer iThenticate</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">(proposals which show an insufficient originality might be rejected without a review).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">I</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>MPORTANT DATES</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Submission: May 20, 2023</span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"> (AoE)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Notification: July 1, 2023</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Camera-Ready: July 15, 2023</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>PHD SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Herodotos Herodotou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Demetris Thrihinas, University of Nicosia, Cyprus</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>PHD SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Marco Aldinucci, University of Torino, Italy</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Georgios Bouloukakis, Télécom SudParis, France</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Thaleia Dimitra Doudali, IMDEA Software Institute, Spain</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Yehia Elkhatib, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Harald Gjermundrød, University of Nicosia, Cyprus</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Vasileios Karakostas, University of Athens, Greece</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Thomas Ludwig, University of Hamburg, Germany</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Sameer Shende, University of Oregon, USA</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Henk Sips, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Lauritz Thamsen, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Zheng Wang, University of Leeds, United Kingdom</span></div>
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