The Doctoral Consortium will take place in conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES), to be held January 10 – 12 in Lisbon, Portugal. The ICORES 2015 doctoral consortium will provide an opportunity for graduate students to explore their research interests in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of distinguished experts in the field.

The Doctoral Consortium on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems is intended to bring together Ph.D. students within the operations research field to discuss their research in an international forum. More precisely, the Doctoral Consortium will provide students with an opportunity to:

– Present their research work in a relaxed and supportive environment;
– Receive feedback and suggestions from peers and experienced faculty members;
– Gain an overview of the breadth and depth of operations research and enterprise systems;
– Obtain insight into directions for pattern recognition taken by other doctoral candidates;
– Discuss concerns about research, supervision, the job market, and other issues;
– Network with peers and future colleagues


Thus, the symposium will help shape ongoing and future research projects aimed at operations research and enterprise systems, will promote scholarship and networking among new researchers in this emerging interdisciplinary area, and will expose these promising young researchers to the larger global community.


TOPICS
Same as in the main conference (http://www.icores.org/CallForPapers.aspx)


IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Doctoral Consortium Submission: November 5, 2014
Author Notification: November 18, 2014
Camera-Ready and Registration: November 28, 2014


ADVISORY BOARD
The Doctoral Consortium advisory board will comment each presentation and at the end of the consortium there will be a general discussion, including a reflection about current and future research topics in the area.


DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM REQUIREMENTS AND RULES
The Doctoral Consortium is based on the following requirements and rules:

– It is open only to Doctoral Students who have started their research;
– Each student with an accepted paper at the Doctoral Consortium must register and attend ICORES: a special student fee applies;
– Each paper must be presented by the student
– Submissions will be judged mainly on relevance, originality, technical quality and clarity;
– Paper length: 4 to 12 pages;
– Papers must be written in MS-Word or Latex including the following information:
       – research problem;
       – outline of objectives;
       – state of the art;
       – methodology and
       – expected outcome;
       – stage of the research.


PROCEEDINGS
Registered papers will be included in the CD-ROM that includes the proceedings of the conference and the papers presented at the venue will also be included in the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. However, they will not be included in the book of proceedings as archival publications therefore they will remain free of copyright.


BEST PhD PROJECT AWARD
A “Best PhD Project Award” will be conferred to the student of a paper presented at the conference doctoral consortium, selected by the Doctoral Chair based on the combination of paper reviewing marks and the feedback of the Advisory Board. The award will be announced and bestowed at the conference closing session.

Should you have any question or suggestions please don’t hesitate to contact me. Please check further information at http://www.icores.org/DoctoralConsortium.aspx