{"id":4371,"date":"2016-12-29T19:59:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T19:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/meetings2-2\/?page_id=4371"},"modified":"2022-09-28T12:49:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T12:49:02","slug":"phd-colloquium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/wsc2022\/phd-colloquium\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. Colloquium"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4371\" data-postid=\"4371\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4371 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_yltt647 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_5noa648 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_yxbk160   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, 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 2024). Students close to graduation will be given an opportunity to showcase their work during 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.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_ln5m667 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_vgou625   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4>Ph.D. Colloquium Committee 2022<\/h4>\n<p><b>Chair<\/b><br><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anatoli Djanatliev, Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg<\/span><br><br><b>Members<br><\/b><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 0.95em;\">Jose Padilla, Old Dominion University<br><\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 0.95em;\">Siyang Gao, City University of Hong Kong<br><\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 0.95em;\">Chang-Han Rhee, Northwestern University<br><\/span><span style=\"background-color: initial; font-size: 0.95em;\">Cristina Ruiz Martin, Carleton University<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_87d5f37 tf_w hide-desktop hide-tablet hide-tablet_landscape hide-mobile\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_d97f709 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d83647  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Important Dates<\/h2>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\"><strong>October 10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Submit a 2-page extended abstract using the WSC 2021 submission system. <strong>The abstract should be <a href=\"\/wordpress\/wsc2022\/authorsubmission\/#author-kits\">formatted using the poster template in the WSC 2022 author\u2019s kit<\/a>.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>October 16<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Notification of acceptance to authors, including details about required revisions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>October 30<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Submit final version of the extended abstract.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>November 30<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Upload slides for the Ph.D. Colloquium presentation in PPT or PDF format. The presentations should be 5 minutes pitches followed by a brief Q&amp;A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>December 15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>PhD Colloquium will be conducted live through the GTR Conference platform, Time TBD via a Zoom link.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_7ca8454 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_a5779ea first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_b806966  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Keynote Speaker<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Wentong Cai, Nanyang Technological University<br><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><em><strong>Towards Data-Driven Agent-based Modeling and Simulation<br><\/strong><\/em><br>The importance of data analytics techniques in modeling and simulation (M&amp;S) and how they can be applied to various phases of M&amp;S have been addressed in various recent articles. In this talk, we will specifically explore the synergy between data analytics and agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) and discuss the challenges of applying data-driven techniques in ABMS. Traditional methods to create agent-based model require in-depth domain knowledge and involve a great deal of manual efforts. Our work has shown that it is possible to use analytics techniques to extract useful knowledge and insight from the data to facilitate model development for agent-based simulations. In this talk, you&#8217;ll see illustrated the data-driven modeling techniques using our recent work on agent-based crowd and traffic simulation. In addition, we have also developed a framework for \u201cjust-in-time\u201d analysis of the simulation data to infer the usefulness (or utility) of a simulation run. This technique can reduce overall resource utilization of an agent-based simulation study, which often involves a large number of simulation runs (i.e., an ensemble of simulations). The talk will end with some future directions of data-driven agent-based modeling and simulation.<\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_551fc95 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_b1d4d95 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2ec7984  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Ph.D. Colloquium Participation Options<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">There are three options to participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium with different benefits:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Poster Only<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Submit a <\/span><b>2-page extended abstract<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium poster session only. <br><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefit 1<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: If accepted, both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Poster and Presentation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Submit a presentation in addition to your 2-page extended abstract.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefit 1<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefit 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will reimburse the conference registration fee.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Poster, Presentation, and Full Paper<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 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.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefit 1<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefit 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will reimburse the conference registration fee.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefit 3<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: You will be eligible to compete for a best paper award, provided your full paper is accepted in a regular track. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will each award a Best Ph.D. Student Paper prize among those students making a presentation at both the Ph.D. Colloquium and in a regular track at the conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those students who have a contributed paper in a regular track will be eligible for the Best Paper awards. Note that invited papers cannot be considered for the Best Paper awards. <\/span><b>Students interested in competing for a Best Paper award should include their contributed paper ID when completing the Ph.D. Colloquium submission. An email should also be sent to the chair of the Ph.D. Colloquium that includes the contributed paper ID and indicates intent to participate in the Best Paper competition.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ph.D. Colloquium participants have to be present at all events (colloquium and poster sessions, WSC opening session, ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim meetings) in order to be eligible for all benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: Students who showcase their work as a poster in the regular WSC poster session are not eligible to participate in the Colloquium (and vice versa). Hence, one should select to participate in either the regular poster session or the Colloquium (not both).<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_cfb7f7c tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_a4fb547 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3280697  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Submission Requirements<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students interested in participating in the colloquium should submit a 2-page extended abstract by <strong>September 30<\/strong>\u00a0using the WSC submission system. Extended abstracts are used for designing the tracks and are included in the proceedings distributed to conference attendees, but they are not included in the archival version of the proceedings in IEEE and ACM repositories. The extended abstract is required for all three Colloquium participation options. The abstract should have a single author (the student) and must be <a href=\"\/wordpress\/wsc2022\/authorsubmission\/#author-kits\">formatted using the poster template in the WSC Author\u2019s Kit<\/a>. In addition,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the advisor needs to send an email to the <\/span><b>chair of the Ph.D. Colloquium Committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by October 10, 2022 that states:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That the Ph.D. student is within two years of graduation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That the Ph.D. student is the main author of the submission<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That the Ph.D. student will attend 2022 WSC and participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students are only allowed to participate in a WSC Ph.D. Colloquium one time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_11ef5d1 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_a2440c6 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_9f8a621   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Additional Information about the Colloquium<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Presentations:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you submit a student paper for the conference, you can use your presentation for the Ph.D. colloquium as well as for the track presentation. You may need to edit the slides, as we may have more time constraints. <\/span><b>This year, presentations will be around 5 minute pitches followed by a brief Q&amp;A.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You do not have to present something special in the Ph.D. colloquium that cannot be used in the regular sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Student Papers:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student papers are part of the regular conference and fall under the submission and review guidelines as documented on this WSC website. A full paper is not required to participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium. However, if you have an accepted paper at WSC 2022 and participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium, then you are also eligible to compete for a Best Paper award.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2022, 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 2024). Students close to graduation will be given an opportunity to showcase their work during a short presentation session during the Colloquium (apart from the regular tracks). 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Students close to graduation will be given an opportunity to showcase their work during 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.<\/p>\n<h4>Ph.D. Colloquium Committee 2022<\/h4> <p><b>Chair<\/b><br>Anatoli Djanatliev, Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg<br><br><b>Members<br><\/b>Jose Padilla, Old Dominion University<br>Siyang Gao, City University of Hong Kong<br>Chang-Han Rhee, Northwestern University<br>Cristina Ruiz Martin, Carleton University<\/p>\n<h2>Important Dates<\/h2> <table width=\"100%\"> <tbody> <tr> <td width=\"20%\"><strong>October 10<\/strong><\/td> <td>Submit a 2-page extended abstract using the WSC 2021 submission system. <strong>The abstract should be <a href=\"\/wordpress\/wsc2022\/authorsubmission\/#author-kits\">formatted using the poster template in the WSC 2022 author\u2019s kit<\/a>.<\/strong><\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td><strong>October 16<\/strong><\/td> <td>Notification of acceptance to authors, including details about required revisions.<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td><strong>October 30<\/strong><\/td> <td>Submit final version of the extended abstract.<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td><b>November 30<\/b><\/td> <td>Upload slides for the Ph.D. Colloquium presentation in PPT or PDF format. The presentations should be 5 minutes pitches followed by a brief Q&amp;A.<\/td> <\/tr> <tr> <td><strong>December 15<\/strong><\/td> <td>PhD Colloquium will be conducted live through the GTR Conference platform, Time TBD via a Zoom link.<\/td> <\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table>\n<h2>Keynote Speaker<\/h2> <h3><strong>Wentong Cai, Nanyang Technological University<br><\/strong><\/h3> <h4><em><strong>Towards Data-Driven Agent-based Modeling and Simulation<br><\/strong><\/em><br>The importance of data analytics techniques in modeling and simulation (M&amp;S) and how they can be applied to various phases of M&amp;S have been addressed in various recent articles. In this talk, we will specifically explore the synergy between data analytics and agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) and discuss the challenges of applying data-driven techniques in ABMS. Traditional methods to create agent-based model require in-depth domain knowledge and involve a great deal of manual efforts. Our work has shown that it is possible to use analytics techniques to extract useful knowledge and insight from the data to facilitate model development for agent-based simulations. In this talk, you'll see illustrated the data-driven modeling techniques using our recent work on agent-based crowd and traffic simulation. In addition, we have also developed a framework for \u201cjust-in-time\u201d analysis of the simulation data to infer the usefulness (or utility) of a simulation run. This technique can reduce overall resource utilization of an agent-based simulation study, which often involves a large number of simulation runs (i.e., an ensemble of simulations). The talk will end with some future directions of data-driven agent-based modeling and simulation.<\/h4>\n<h2>Ph.D. Colloquium Participation Options<\/h2> <p>There are three options to participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium with different benefits:<\/p> <ol> <li><b>Poster Only<\/b>: Submit a <b>2-page extended abstract<\/b> and participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium poster session only. <br><i>Benefit 1<\/i>: If accepted, both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership.<\/li> <li><b>Poster and Presentation<\/b>: Submit a presentation in addition to your 2-page extended abstract.<br><i>Benefit 1<\/i>: Both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership.<br><i>Benefit 2<\/i>: ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will reimburse the conference registration fee.<\/li> <li><b>Poster, Presentation, and Full Paper<\/b>: 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.<br><i>Benefit 1<\/i>: Both ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim provide a complimentary one-year membership.<br><i>Benefit 2<\/i>: ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will reimburse the conference registration fee.<br><i>Benefit 3<\/i>: You will be eligible to compete for a best paper award, provided your full paper is accepted in a regular track. <\/li> <\/ol> <p>ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim will each award a Best Ph.D. Student Paper prize among those students making a presentation at both the Ph.D. Colloquium and in a regular track at the conference.<\/p> <p>Those students who have a contributed paper in a regular track will be eligible for the Best Paper awards. Note that invited papers cannot be considered for the Best Paper awards. <b>Students interested in competing for a Best Paper award should include their contributed paper ID when completing the Ph.D. Colloquium submission. An email should also be sent to the chair of the Ph.D. Colloquium that includes the contributed paper ID and indicates intent to participate in the Best Paper competition.\u00a0<\/b><\/p> <p>Ph.D. Colloquium participants have to be present at all events (colloquium and poster sessions, WSC opening session, ACM-SIGSIM and INFORMS-Sim meetings) in order to be eligible for all benefits.<\/p> <p>Note: Students who showcase their work as a poster in the regular WSC poster session are not eligible to participate in the Colloquium (and vice versa). Hence, one should select to participate in either the regular poster session or the Colloquium (not both).<\/p>\n<h2>Submission Requirements<\/h2> <p>Students interested in participating in the colloquium should submit a 2-page extended abstract by <strong>September 30<\/strong>\u00a0using the WSC submission system. Extended abstracts are used for designing the tracks and are included in the proceedings distributed to conference attendees, but they are not included in the archival version of the proceedings in IEEE and ACM repositories. The extended abstract is required for all three Colloquium participation options. The abstract should have a single author (the student) and must be <a href=\"\/wordpress\/wsc2022\/authorsubmission\/#author-kits\">formatted using the poster template in the WSC Author\u2019s Kit<\/a>. In addition, the advisor needs to send an email to the <b>chair of the Ph.D. Colloquium Committee<\/b> by October 10, 2022 that states:<\/p> <ol> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">That the Ph.D. student is within two years of graduation<\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">That the Ph.D. student is the main author of the submission<\/li> <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">That the Ph.D. student will attend 2022 WSC and participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium<\/li> <\/ol> <p>Students are only allowed to participate in a WSC Ph.D. Colloquium one time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Information about the Colloquium<\/h2> <h3>Presentations:<\/h3> <p>If you submit a student paper for the conference, you can use your presentation for the Ph.D. colloquium as well as for the track presentation. You may need to edit the slides, as we may have more time constraints. <b>This year, presentations will be around 5 minute pitches followed by a brief Q&amp;A.<\/b> You do not have to present something special in the Ph.D. colloquium that cannot be used in the regular sessions.<\/p> <h3>Student Papers:<\/h3> <p>Student papers are part of the regular conference and fall under the submission and review guidelines as documented on this WSC website. A full paper is not required to participate in the Ph.D. Colloquium. 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