--------------------- Doctoral Symposium of CISTI'2016 ------------------------- CISTI'2016 - 11th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies 15 - 18 june, 2016, Gran Canaria Island, Span http://www.aisti.eu/cisti2016/index.php/en/doctoral-symposium -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The purpose of CISTI'2016?s Doctoral Symposium is to provide graduate students a setting where they can, informally, expose and discuss their work, collecting valuable expert opinions and sharing new ideas, methods and applications. The Doctoral Symposium is an excellent opportunity for PhD students to present and discuss their work in a Workshop format. Each presentation will be evaluated by a panel composed by at least three Information Systems and Technologies experts. CONTRIBUTIONS SUBMISSION The Doctoral Symposium is opened to PhD students whose research area includes the themes proposed for this Conference. Submissions must include an extended abstract (maximum 4 pages), following the Conference style guide. All selected contributions will be handed out along with the Conference Proceedings, in CD with an ISBN. These contributions will be available in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library and will be sent for indexing in ISI, Scopus, EI-Compendex, INSPEC and Google Scholar. Submissions must include the field, the PhD institution and the number of months devoted to the development of the work. Additionally, they should include in a clear and succinct manner: ? The problem approached and its significance or relevance ? The research objectives and related investigation topics ? A brief display of what is already known ? A proposed solution methodology for the problem ? Expected results IMPORTANT DATES ? Proposal submission deadline: 14th of February 2016 ? Acceptance notification: 27th of March 2016 ? Final submission deadline: 10th of April 2016 ? Registration payment, to ensure the inclusion of the accepted contribution in the Conference Proceedings: 8th of April 2016 ORGANIZING & SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Manuel P?rez Cota, University of Vigo (Presidente) A. Augusto Sousa, FEUP, University of Porto Adolfo Lozano Tello, University of Extremadura Alberto J. Bugar?n Diz, University of Santiago de Compostela Alma Mar?a G?mez Rodr?guez, University of Vigo ?lvaro Rocha, University of Coimbra Ana Maria Correia, Nova IMS Ant?nio Lucas Soares, FEUP, University of Porto Arnaldo Martins, University of Aveiro Br?ulio Alturas, ISCTE-IUL Carlos Ferr?s Sexto, University of Santiago de Compostela David Fonseca, La Salle, University Ramon Llull Ernest Redondo, Polytechnic University of Catalonia Eug?nio Oliveira, FEUP, University of Porto Evelio Gonzalez, University of La Laguna Fernando Moreira, Portucalense University Gon?alo Paiva Dias, University of Aveiro Gonzalo Cuevas Agust?n, Technical University of Madrid Guilhermina Lobato Miranda, University of Lisbon Jo?o Costa, University of Coimbra Jose Antonio Calvo-Manzano Villal?n, Technical University of Madrid Jos? Borbinha, IST, University of Lisbon Lu?s Paulo Reis, University of Minho Marco Painho, Nova IMS Mar?a Jos? Lado Touri?o, University of Vigo M?rio Piattini, University of Castilla-La Mancha Miguel Ram?n Gonz?lez Castro, ENCE Paulo Rupino da Cunha, University of Coimbra Ramiro Gon?alves, University of Tr?s-os-Montes e Alto Douro Ricardo Machado, University of Minho Ruben Gonz?lez Crespo, International University de La Rioja Tom?s San Feliu, Technical University of Madrid Doctoral Symposium webpage: http://www.aisti.eu/cisti2016/index.php/en/doctoral-symposium Regards, Maria Lemos Secretariat of AISTI http://www.aisti.eu/