Doctoral Consortium on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods http://www.icpram.org/DoctoralConsortium.aspx March 6 - 8, 2014 Angers, Loire Valley, France Doctoral Consortium Chair: Daniel Schang, ESEO, France Important Deadlines: Doctoral Consortium Submission: December 10, 2013 Author Notification: January 10, 2014 Camera-Ready and Registration: January 22, 2014 ------------------------------------------ The 3rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods - ICPRAM 2014 (http://www.icpram.org) will hold a Doctoral Consortium on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods providing 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 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; - Gain an overview of the breadth and depth of biomedical engineering systems and technologies; - Obtain insight into directions for biomedical engineering research taken by other doctoral candidates; - Discuss concerns about research, supervision, the job market, and other issues; - Network with peers and future colleagues The paper that a PhD student can submit until December 10 needs to be written in a specific format, appropriate for facilitating the aforementioned discussion, therefore it is expected to be a much simpler paper and definitely not a regular paper. There will be a review and selection process and the accepted papers will be included in the CD-ROM that also includes the proceedings of the conference. Additionally, the papers of the Doctoral Consortium 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 and the registration will be a "student registration". Should you have any question or suggestions please don't hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Vera Coelho ICPRAM Secretariat Av. D. Manuel I, 27A 2.Esq. 2910-595 Setubal, Portugal Tel.: +351 265 100 033 Fax: +44 203 014 8813 Email: icpram.secretariat@insticc.org