The 5th edition of the MAP-i Doctoral Symposium takes place at the University of Aveiro, Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, from September 17th till 18th, 2012.

The program is still subject to minor changes. Please keep checking. It consists of three main parts: the opening session, the pre-theses discussions, and the progress reports presentations. All the sessions are public and anyone interested is invited to be present.

Opening session for the 2012/2013 edition

Monday 17:00/18:00
Participants:

• Vice-rectors
• Department directors
• MAP-i Scientific Committee
• New students for the 2012/2013 edition
• Students of the previous editions
• Supervisors, teachers, external advisors.

The session is devoted to the opening addresses of the 2012/2013 edition. It includes an invited talk by Prof. Esgalhado Valença on Alan Turing and Bletchley Park in the spirit of the 100 anniversary of Alan Turing, one of the founders of Computer Science.

Pre-theses discussions

Monday 9:30/16:30 (also Tuesday)
Participants:

• Student presenting the pre-thesis
• Advisory Group: supervisors, external advisor,scientific committee representative
• Other students.

Approval in the pre-thesis is required to start the thesis work.
Each session is chaired by the Scientific Committee representative and starts with until 30 min for the student presentation, followed by until 20 min of discussion with the Advisory Group, and ending with until 10 min for deliberation of the grade (0-20) of the pre-thesis.

Progress reports presentations

Tuesday 9:30/16:30
Participants:

• Students presenting the progress reports
• Supervisors, scientific committee representative
• Other students.

The yearly progress report is required for the student to be able to register for the next year, subject to a positive assessment by the Advisory Group. This assessment may be orally stated by the supervisor in the progress report session or otherwise be sent in written form.
Each session is chaired by the Scientific Committee representative and is composed by 10 min (max) presentations by each of the four or five students in the session, followed by a short global discussion.