Doctoral Consortium

Call for Applications

Students are invited to apply for admission to the doctoral consortium to be held at the ICICT conference, Karachi, Pakistan, November 15-16, 2019.

The ICICT 2019 Doctoral Consortium will provide an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of distinguished researchers. We invite students who feel they would benefit from this kind of feedback on their dissertation work to apply for this unique opportunity to share their work with students as well as senior researchers in the field. The strongest candidates will be those who have a clear topic and research approach and have made some progress, but who are not so far along that they can no longer make changes. We encourage you to submit your proposal to one of the following tracks:

  • Internet of Things
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Blockchain, FinTech and Entrepreneurship

What is the Doctoral Consortium

The Consortium has the following objectives:

  • Provide a setting where students can present their work and meet other students
  • Provide feedback on students' current research and guidance on future research directions
  • Offer each student comments and fresh perspectives on their work from researchers and students outside their own institution
  • Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research
  • Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other re searchers and conference events

The Doctoral Consortium will be held as a workshop in parallel with the ICICT conference. Student participants in the Doctoral Consortium will have to register for the conference and will be provided full access to all the sessions of ICICT 2019.

Important Dates

  • Deadline for applications: September 15, 2019
  • Notification of acceptance: October 1, 2019
  • Registration deadline: October 20, 2019

Submission Guidelines

Students that meet the eligibility requirements should submit the following:

1. The applicant's CV.

2. A 3-5 page (including references) research description covering central aspects of your PhD work. Key points include:

     a) Context and motivation that drives your dissertation research
     b) Research objectives/goals/questions
     c) Background/literature review of key works that frames your research
     d) Hypothesis/thesis and/or problem statement
     e) Your research approach and methods including relevant rationale
     f) Results to date and their validity
     g) Dissertation status and next steps
     h) Current and expected contributions

3. List of up to 5 keywords to help us select reviewers for your application.

4. A letter of nomination from your primary dissertation advisor.

Registration Fee
PKR 2500/-

Formatting Guidelines
Submission should follow standard IEEE two column paper style.

Submission Site
Send your consortium papers and/or related inquiries at icict@iba.edu.pk