• Submission Deadline: February 10, 2025
• Acceptance Notification: February 28, 2025
• Submission of Camera Version: March 25, 2025

*All deadlines are 23:59 Pacific Time

Eligibility

Any current PhD student is welcome to apply, but we will prioritize applications of those from underrepresented groups.

Template

https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

All the manuscripts must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the above format. Usage of other formats may lead to disqualification of paper for the conference.

Submission Materials

1. Cover Sheet

   A one-page information sheet that includes the following:

   • Your full name
   • Contact details (mailing address, email address, daytime phone number)
   • Affiliation: department, university, country
   • Personal home page (URL), if available
   • (Optional) Your gender
   • Country of Citizenship
   • (Optional) Are you a member of an underrepresented minority ethnic group? If so, please specify.
   • Expected graduation date
   • Your thesis advisor's full name
   • Your thesis advisor's contact details (title, department, affiliation, mailing address and email address)
   • List of up to 5 keywords to help us select reviewers for your application
2. Thesis Summary

   A two-page extended abstract that summarizes the research questions being investigated, highlights important related work, describes the proposed research plan and anticipated thesis contribution, and includes a brief timeline.

   Describe your progress as of the date of submission and the planned work in your dissertation study.

   Include a title for your thesis.

   Remember that the audience for your thesis summary includes people who are knowledgeable about data science, but are not necessarily experts in the specific topic of your thesis. Introduce the content at a high level so that the general data science researchers can understand, but also include sufficient low-level details so that the experts will appreciate your unique contribution.

   The thesis summary limited to two pages, in Springer format, including references. Remember that the audience for your thesis summary includes people who are knowledgeable about data mining, but are not necessarily experts in the specific topic of your thesis. Introduce the content at a high level so that the general data mining researchers can understand, but also include sufficient low-level details so that the experts will appreciate your unique contribution.

3. Curriculum Vita

   Include a CV (at most two pages) that describes your background, relevant experience (research, education, employment), and a list of your publications (including under review and planned to be submitted) if you have any.

4. Personal Statement

   A short (one page or less) statement of what you expect to gain from presenting and participating in the DC and what specific questions you may have.

5. Advisor's Support Letter

   The letter should describe the status of your thesis research and progress through your graduate program.

Please combine the documents into one PDF document with at most seven pages in total (1-page cover sheet, 2-page thesis summary, at most 2-page CV, 1-page personal statement, and 1-page support letter from advisor).

Note that DC thesis summaries will not be included in the conference proceedings but are available on the PAKDD2025 webpage. All participants selected to present their work at the Doctoral Consortium are expected to be present throughout the consortium.

All doctoral consortium applications should be submitted to PAKDD2025.doctoral@gmail.com by Feb 10, 2025 at 11:59PM (Pacific Standard Time).

• Jun Shen (University of Wollongong, Australia)
• Krishna Reddy (IIIT Hyderabad, India)
• Juhua Hu (University of Washington, USA)

PAKDD2025.doctoral@gmail.com