Call for Presentations at the PhD ForumThe Ph.D. Forum at SMARTCOMP 2024 provides an opportunity for Ph.D. students
to present their work in progress to the scientific community and obtain individual
feedback from leading researchers in the field. This forum is intended to provide
doctoral students with a platform to interact with established researchers from bothacademia and industry and get useful guidance on the broader impacts of theirresearch.
The Forum will be structured as a poster presentation session by the students,
followed by collective discussions. The student poster presentations will be interleavedwith speeches by leading researchers, who will provide their own perspectives oncurrent and future research in the field, as well as on how to best pursue a Ph.D. inthis context.
Current Ph.D. students at any stage of their career are encouraged to submit a 2-pageextended abstract about their research to be considered for the Ph.D. Forum. The
student should be the sole author, although the contributions of the advisor and others
should be acknowledged. Submissions will be reviewed by the Ph.D. Forum programcommittee to ensure quality, relevance, and potential benefit from attendance at theForum. Submissions are expected to include motivation of the importance andchallenges to the particular problem, and some initial results that support either theimportance of the research problem or viability of possible research solutions. There
will be no separate registration fee for the Forum. Participating students will only needto register for the main SMARTCOMP conference. Authors of accepted submissions
are expected to participate in the Forum. The proceedings of the Forum will beincluded in the proceedings of the main conference.
Note: Student travel grants are currently under definition. All the information on
available funding and grant application will be published on the Travel Grant Page assoon as possible.

Submission Guidelines
Abstract: should be no more than 2 pages in length, including figures, tables, andreferences.
Letter of support: the Ph.D. advisor of the author should email a letter of support
directly to the PhD Forum chairs, as a PDF attachment.
Candidate’s CV: should be no more than 2 pages in length.

Authors are requested to submit manuscripts in standard IEEE proceedings format inPDF. All submissions must be typeset in double-column IEEE format using 10pt fonts
on US letter paper, with all fonts embedded. Submitted abstracts must include thecontact information of the authors. Please make sure you use the latest version of thetemplates to prepare your submissions.
IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE proceedings template.
Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF file on US Letter size paper(not A4), with all fonts embedded (the PDF-A standard complies with that), through
EDAS at https://edas.info/N31646.

Important Dates
Paper submission: April 15, 2024
Letter of support: April 15, 2024
Acceptance notification: May 1, 2024
Camera ready: May 10, 2024

SMARTCOMP 2024 PhD Forum Chairs
Debashri Roy (debashri.roy@uta.edu), The University of Texas Arlington
Shameek Bhattacharjee (shameek.bhattacharjee@wmich.edu), WesternMichigan University