LASI Spain 2021 Doctoral Consortium

The LASI Doctoral Consortium is a half-day event that will bring together Ph.D. candidates working on topics related to learning analytics with experts in the area that will act as mentors to provide feedback. The participants in the DC will have the opportunity to present, discuss and receive feedback about their research, both through the review process and during the celebration of the DC at LASI Spain 2021. They will be also invited to contribute to the discussion that will take place during the event.

Proposal Format & Submission Process

To apply to the Doctoral Consortium, student applicants should submit the following documents as one single PDF file to the Easy Chair system: a paper (6 pages maximum) following the workshop proceedings format with the following content:

• An abstract (150 words) Brief background and identification of the significant problem(s) in the field that it addresses
• Goals of the research and a clear formulation of the research question(s)
• An outline of the current knowledge of the problem domain and state of existing solutions
• A sketch of the research methodology
• A description of the expected contribution and how it is better than existing approaches to the problem.
• Current state of the work, results achieved so far (e.g literature review, submitted or accepted papers, prototypes designed or built, experiments carried out, etc.), and an outline of future research plan.
• A letter of recommendation from your supervisor/advisor with an assessment of the current status of your work and an expected date for dissertation completion will be provided with the submission.

Submissions will be reviewed after acceptance by at least two senior researchers and by one of the other accepted doctoral candidates. Additionally, one discussant will be appointed to discuss the paper in situ, during the celebration of the DC in June, 2021.

Accepted candidates should prepare a 15-20 minute presentation, including an introductory pitch about themselves and their Ph.D. project and its main issues during the small group sessions. A subset of the accepted submissions to the Doctoral Consortium will be invited to publish their paper in the CEUR workshop proceedings of LASI Spain 2021.

Important dates

• 10 May 2021 - PhD candidate application deadline
• 31 May 2021 - Doctoral Consortium acceptance notification
• 14 June 2021 - Doctoral Consortium reviews
• TBD 2021 - Doctoral Consortium at LASI Spain 2021

The Doctoral Consortium will take place during LASI Spain 2021. The format will interleave research presentations and small-group discussion, so students have opportunities for in-depth conversation about their work.