DoCEIS 2021 are challenged to identify in which ways their research topics can contribute to or benefit from the conference theme and are encouraged to participate in this conference.

Among other activities, it includes:

• Presentation of research results by PhD students (co-authored by their supervisors);

• Tutorials by invited experts on scientific, methodological, or soft skills topics;

• Presentation and discussion of the base ideas of the thesis plans;

• Discussion of the scientific and technical challenges in the several Electrical and Computer Engineering specialization areas;

• Sharing of experiences among PhD students from different geographical regions;

• Forum on practical aspects (e.g. Publications, job markets, careers, etc);

• Creation of collaboration (social) networks.

Prospective authors are invited to submit their manuscripts reporting original work, in any of the scientific areas of the conference. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Nevertheless, each paper must make a clear link to the main theme of the conference, including a section describing that link. Proceedings are expected to be published by Springer, IFIP AICT series (indexed in Web of Science, SCOPUS and DBLP). Best papers will be considered for possible inclusion in a special journal issue. There will also be poster discussion sessions regarding thesis plans, which will provide early feedback to PhD candidates in the initial phase of their studies.

Regular papers on ongoing PhD thesis (8 pages):

• Clear formulation of the research question and its motivation;

• Relate the PhD work to the conference theme (1 page);

• State of the art / related literature;

• Research contribution and innovation.

• Discussion of results and critical view.

• Conclusions and further work.

• References.

Finished thesis overview papers (16 pages):

• Extended overview of of a PhD thesis finished during the last year, including research question, hypothesis, approach and main findings;

• Also include a section relating the PhD work to the conference theme (at least 1 page).

For further details, please check the pdf version Here.

Note:

research paper selection will be based on full text, double blind review. However, prospective authors should submit a short abstract in advance, in order to check if the proposed topic fits within the conference scope.