http://www-dse.doc.ic.ac.uk/~jnm/doctoral.html

Tuesday, 6 June 2000, 9:00 - 17:30

This one-day workshop is a forum for graduate students to present and discuss their doctoral research objectives, approaches, and preliminary results. The workshop aims to broaden the perspectives and improve the research skills of new entrants to the software engineering community. Students will receive guidance and feedback on all aspects of their research from established researchers and the other graduate student attendees.

Wednesday, 7 June 2000

S11.5 Panel: Who needs doctors? Reporting from the doctoral workshop (17:00 – 18:30)

Discussants: J. Magee (Imperial College, UK) M. Pezzè (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

This panel will discuss the role of doctoral research in academia and industry. The doctoral workshop participants will summarize the discussion that took place at the doctoral workshop, and open the floor to a wider discussion on the role and relevance of doctoral studies in the information society. The panel will question the relationship between academia and industry, and its impact on doctoral research. Among the questions to be addressed: To what extent does industry need and support doctoral research? What is the impact of doctoral study on employability of graduates? How can industry contribute to doctoral research?

Doctoral Workshop Committee:

L. Dillon (Michigan State University, USA)

A. Finkelstein (University College London, UK)

A. Fuggetta (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

J. Kramer (Imperial College, UK)

D. Le Metayer (INRIA/IRISA, France)

J. Magee (Imperial College, UK) (Co-chair)

L. Osterweil (University of Massacchussetts, USA)

M. Pezzè, (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) (Co-chair)

D. Rosenblum (University of California Irvine, USA)

T. Tamai (University of Tokyo, Japan)