As part of the Constraint Programming Conference for 2009, we are inviting PhD students to apply for the Doctoral Program. This program provides an opportunity for current PhD students to meet each other as well as researchers in the field. Participants will also present their work via both a poster and a talk.

Participation in the Doctoral Program will involve:

1. •Talks from researchers in the field about career opportunities
   

2. •Presentation of talks and posters
   

3. •Discussions with a mentor with similar research interests
   

4. •Entry to the CP 2009 conference
   

Eligibility and Applications

The program is open to all PhD students involved in Constraint Programming or related fields at any level. Applicants are required to submit a short paper (no more than 6 pages) in the Springer LNCS Style and the author list should specify who is the student and who is/are the supervisor/s. Submissions are required to be in either PostScript or PDF format. Papers should be submitted at: https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=cpdp09

The paper should contain original unpublished work which is at least in part the work of the student. It can either be completed or in progress. The papers will be available on the conference webpage after the conference.

Any students with full papers accepted in the CP conference do not need to submit a paper to the Doctoral Program, but are automatically eligible for entry. Such students should email both Doctoral Program chairs expressing their interest. This email should also include the paper title, abstract and author list.

All students applying for the Doctoral Program need their supervisor/s to send a letter of recommendation to CP.09.DP@gmail.com detailing:

1. •the student's area of work.
   

2. •the supervisor's support of the student's application.
   

3. •the expected completion date for the student.
   

4. •the reason for wanting to attend the doctoral program.
   

5. •whether or not the student has been to the doctoral program and/or received financial assistance previously and how many times.
   

6. •if the student has a full paper accepted in the main CP conference.
   

Financial Support

There are funds available to support students by providing accomodation and free conference registration. If there are insufficient funds to provide this for all doctoral program participants, preference will be given to students who have not previously benefited.

People

The doctoral program chairs are

Karen Petrie

Computer Science

University of Dundee, UK

karenpetrie@computing.dundee.ac.uk

Olivia Smith

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Melbourne University, Australia

omadill@ms.unimelb.edu.au

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact both Karen and Olivia via the CP 09 Doctoral Program email address: CP.09.DP@gmail.com

Program Committee

Peter Nightingale, University of St Andrews

Chris Jefferson, University of St Andrews

Neil Yorke-Smith, SRI International

Zeynep Kiziltan, University of Bologna

Sebastian Brand, University of Melbourne,

Hubie Chen, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Claude-Guy Quimper, University of Waterloo

Standa Zivny, University of Oxford

Justin Pearson, Uppsala University

Roland Yap, National University of Singapore