In Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) 2023, ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will once again sponsor the Ph.D. Colloquium for Ph.D. students that are within two years of graduation (planning to graduate by December 2025). Students close to graduation will be given an opportunity to showcase their work in a short presentation session during the Colloquium (apart from the regular tracks). Presenting your Ph.D. work to your peers and the larger simulation community will give you the opportunity to receive valuable feedback and ideas, as well as introduce you to a network that can be very helpful with your career once you graduate.
The keynote talk of this year's colloquium will be given by Dr. Stephen Chick, INSEAD. WSC 2023 will be held from December 10 to 13 at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, TX.
There are three options to participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium with different benefits:
- Poster Only: Submit a 2-page extended abstract and participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium poster session only. Benefit 1: If accepted, both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership.
- Poster and Presentation: Submit a presentation in addition to your 2-page extended abstract. Benefit 1: Both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership. Benefit 2: ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will reimburse the conference registration fee.
- Poster, Presentation, and Full Paper: Submit a 2-page extended abstract and a presentation for the Ph.D. Colloquium. In addition, you have submitted a full paper to a regular track (a contributed paper, not an invited paper) and it has been accepted. Benefit 1: Both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership. Benefit 2: ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will reimburse the conference registration fee. Benefit 3: You will be eligible to compete for a best paper award, provided that your full paper is accepted in a regular track.
Those students who have a contributed paper in a regular track will be eligible for the Best Paper awards. ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will each award a paper prize. Note that invited papers cannot be considered for the Best Paper awards.
Important Dates
Sep 1, 2023: Submission deadline
Sep 15, 2023: Notification of acceptance to authors (including details about submitting slides, and formats of the posters)
Sep 29, 2023: Final extended abstracts due
WSC 2023 Ph.D. Colloquium Committee
Siyang Gao, City University of Hong Kong (chair)
Anatoli Djanatliev, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Cristina Ruiz Martin, Carleton University
Eunhye Song, Georgia Institute of Technology
For more information about WSC 2023 Ph.D. Colloquium, please visit https://meetings.informs.org/wordpress/wsc2023/phd-colloquium/. We look forward to seeing you in San Antonio!