Introduction of The 16th Postgraduate Research Symposium
The 16th Postgraduate Research Symposium of the Department of Computer Science (PG Day), Hong Kong Baptist University, will be held on June 6, 18th, 2013. The main program contains sessions of
presentations from our PhD and MPhil students,
covering the following research topics but not limited to:
- Pattern Recognition
- Computer Vision
- Web Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Data Mining
- Mobile Positioning Systems
- Wireless Data Broadcast
- Sensor Data Management
- Social Computing
Call of Participation
The 16th Postgraduate Research Symposium of the Department of Computer Science (PG Day), Hong Kong Baptist University, will be held on June 18th, 2013. This symposium provides an excellent platform for sharing research ideas among students and practicing presentation skills.
The program consists of sessions covering a broad range of scopes of computer science. Each postgraduate student (either MPhil or PhD) in the 2nd year of his/her program or after must present a research paper at the Symposium. For 1st year postgraduate students, supervisors will decide whether the students should give presentations.
Submitted paper must be of high quality, demonstrated by acceptance to reputable journals/conferences. The templates for preparing manuscript both by word and latex versions can be downloaded from here. EEach paper will be reviewed by members of his/her research committee, and then comments are sent to the student for his/her further revision. With regard to the presentation, each participant has at most 30 minutesincluding Q & A; and the performance will be evaluated by members of his/her research committee.
Best Paper Award and Distinguished Paper Awards will be given to students whose submitted papers are judged to have the highest overall quality. The CS Department will present the recipients of the awards with the following prizes:
Best Paper Award (1 paper): HK$2000 + a Certificate
Distinguished Paper Award (maximum 2 papers): HK$1000 + a Certificate
The cash prize can be used to support their research activities.
Best Presentation Award and Distinguished Presentation Awards will be given to students judged to have best performance in presentation. The CS Department will present the recipients of the awards with the following prizes:
Best Presentation Award (1 presenter): HK$2000 + a Certificate
Distinguished Presentation Award (maximum 2 presenters): HK$1000 + a Certificate
The cash prize can be used to support their research activities.
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submission system!
Students who fail to participate in the Symposium, submit research papers late, or submit research papers judged to be of unacceptable quality will receive penalties such as warning, reduction of studentship, and dismissal (in the most serious case).
Important Dates
16th PG Research Symposium |
Submission of draft paper
(by students, online submission ) |
23:59pm,
May. 18, 2013 |
Review comments from reviewers
(supervisors, students) and students |
23:59pm,
June. 1, 2013 |
Submission of revised paper
(by students, online submission) |
23:59pm,
June. 8, 2013 |
PG Research Symposium |
June. 18, 2013 |
Contact
For more details, please visit http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~pgday.
Should you have any enquiries, please contact us at pgday@comp.hkbu.edu.hk.
* Note: If the commencement of a student's graduate study
is within three months of the Symposium date or the thesis oral examination is
scheduled within three months of the Symposium date, the presentation can be
waived.
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