[dcchairs2016] UbiComp/ISWC 2016 Doctoral School notification - #113

[dcchairs2016 at ubicomp.org]

Dear Donghyeon Kim -

We are sorry to inform you that we were not able to accept your application to the Ubicomp/ISWC 2016 Doctoral School. 

113: "Animal Scalp EEG Sensor System and Its Bio-signal Processing"


This year we had a record number of submissions and had to adhere strictly to our criteria. In order to improve the quality and the added value of the Doctoral School, the DC committee discussed the experience gained from previous Ubicomp Doctoral Schools and came to the conclusion that we should prefer sufficient time for each participant over a maximum of accepted participants. This way, we want to maximize the benefit that a participant can draw from the particular setup of a DC - as opposed to "just presenting another paper" which, in academic terms, would be of very limited value.

Given the limited time for the DC (one day), we could only accept a low number of papers. As a consequence, we had to imply very strict rules in light of the room for accepting papers. In particular, we considered not only the quality of the research presented, but also:

(a) the point in time in the course of a PhD - Late enough such that the PhD has taken shape and valuable feedback can be given, early enough such that the advice can still have a  major impact

(b) the topical fit with Ubicomp - DC papers had to be even closer to the core of UbiComp than main papers.

(c) the description of the overall research plan - Proposed research should have an impact that goes way beyond one or few individual papers, but accomplishes the goals of a high quality PhD thesis in Ubicomp.


This means that the rejection of your submission is by far not solely a reflection of
the quality of your work. We highly encourage you to follow the valuable advices that the committee member entered in their reviews towards improving on your doctoral work.

You will receive a separate email containing the reviews from the committee in the next couple of days.


Thank you for submitting to the UbiComp 2014 Doctoral School.


Max Mühlhäuser
Nadir Weibel
Rene Mayrhofer

UbiComp 2016 Doctoral School Chairs