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<span style="font-weight: 700;">ICAPS 2026 Doctoral Consortium 每 Call for Applications to the Mentoring Program</span></div>
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The ICAPS 2026 Doctoral Consortium (DC) will provide PhD students with the opportunity to interact closely with established researchers at ICAPS 2026, which will be held in Dublin, Ireland, June 27 每 July 2, 2026. The consortium aims to (1) provide a setting
for students to get feedback on their research, (2) to develop a supportive community of scholars, (3) to support a new generation of researchers by offering advice about different career paths and (4) to contribute to the overall conference goals, through
interactions with other researchers and through participation in conference events.</div>
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As part of the Doctoral Consortium, ICAPS 2026 will offer a Mentoring Program. We encourage current doctoral students (students whose PhD is in progress) to apply to this program. We strongly encourage applications from students from all backgrounds to enrich
the ICAPS community with diverse perspectives.</div>
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*** <span style="font-weight: 700;">Mentoring Program ***</span></div>
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The Mentoring Program is designed to provide graduate students with an opportunity for in-depth advice from senior members of the field regarding careers and research skills.</div>
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We especially encourage students who are currently in the middle of their doctoral programs to apply, i.e.:</div>
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they have a clear thesis topic and research approach;</div>
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they have made some concrete progress;</div>
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they also have sufficient time remaining in their program to integrate suggestions and new ideas.</div>
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Each student accepted to the program will be matched with an established researcher in the field who will assist the student with:</div>
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research feedback and guidance,</div>
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career-management advice,</div>
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integration into the planning and scheduling research community.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">*** Application Procedure for the Mentoring Program ***</span></div>
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To participate in the Mentoring Program, an application is required. Applicants should submit a single PDF file containing the following items (in order):</div>
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Dissertation Abstract (≒ 4 pages, AAAI style)</div>
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Curriculum Vitae (CV, AAAI style)</div>
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Enrollment Letter in a PhD program</div>
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(Optional) Representative Publication</div>
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(Optional) List of Potential Mentors</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For complete details on the application procedure, formatting and review process please refer to the call website:<a originalsrc="https://icaps26.icaps-conference.org/calls/dc_call/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAae84a5e5-eb0c-172f-2883-9660d2f54332" href="https://icaps26.icaps-conference.org/calls/dc_call/">
</a></span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a title="https://icaps26.icaps-conference.org/calls/dc_call/" href="https://icaps26.icaps-conference.org/calls/dc_call/">https://icaps26.icaps-conference.org/calls/dc_call/</a></span></div>
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*** <span style="font-weight: 700;">Important Dates ***</span></div>
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All deadlines will use UTC-12 as the reference timezone (i.e., the deadline has not passed as long as there is still time anywhere in the world). Exact dates will be announced on the ICAPS 2026 website.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Application submission deadline:</span> March 2, 2026</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Notification date:</span> March 27, 2026</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Doctoral Consortium day at ICAPS 2026:</span> June 27, 2026</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">*** Student Support ***</span></div>
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We are exploring ways to provide student support, partly covering travel and/or registration costs for some DC participants. If such funding becomes available, the DC organizers will reach out directly to selected students with further details.</div>
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*** <span style="font-weight: 700;">Contact Information ***</span></div>
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For any questions or concerns about the ICAPS 2026 Doctoral Consortium or the Mentoring Program, please contact the DC organizers:</div>
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Malte Helmert 每 malte.helmert@unibas.ch</div>
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Jane Jean Kiam 每 jane.kiam@unibw.de</div>
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Ivan Serina 每 ivan.serina@unibs.it</div>
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Further updates will be posted on the ICAPS 2026 website: <u><a title="https://icaps26.icaps-conference.org/dc+launchpad/icaps_2026_dc_launchpad/" href="https://icaps26.icaps-conference.org/dc+launchpad/icaps_2026_dc_launchpad/">https://icaps26.icaps-conference.org/dc+launchpad/icaps_2026_dc_launchpad/</a></u></div>
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