Title of the Research Proposal for the AICCSA Doctoral Symposium

Title of the research proposal for the AICCSA Doctoral Symposium

Author

Address Author

e-mail Author

Abstract. Max 150 words. This file provides instructions for preparing the full research proposal to be submitted to Doctoral Symposium.

Keywords: KW1, KW2, KW3, …

There is a limit of 10 pages for the proposal

1 Guidelines

The research proposal should be prepared using the Times New Roman (10 pt., justified) font according to the format described in this template. The authors are strongly urged to follow these instructions to ensure the production of uniformly high-quality collection of full research proposals that will be presented during the Doctoral Symposium. Margins should be: top and bottom 5,2 cm each, left and right 4,4 cm each. Pages should be numbered in the page footer, including the first page, as is done here.

Research proposals should be organised in the following sequence:

─ Title of the research proposal, name of the author, affiliation, e-mail address

─ Abstract

─ Keywords

─ Main subject text (such as this)

─ Acknowledgments (when applicable)

─ References

The overall length of the research proposal, including illustrations, tables, and references, is limited to 10 pages.

1.1 What to Cover

The research proposal of the thesis is of course a working plan that still needs developments. However, it should address the following main points:

· Problem statement / Objective of the thesis

· Theoretical background and research gap

· Research questions

· Methodology and data

· Expected results (or achieved) and contribution to theory and practice

· Planning (Gantt) and structure of the work

2 Formatting

The formatting of items in the document should follow these guidelines.

2.1 Equations

Equations should be numbered consecutively with numbers in brackets on the right.

Equation 1 (1)

Equation 2 (2)

2.2 Figures and Tables

Figures and tables must be included in the main text and must be individually numbered and captioned. Place figures and tables centred. Captions should be placed below figures and tables. They are typed in Times New Roman 9, bold, and centred.

Table 1. Caption

Fig. 1. Caption

2.3 References

References to other publications should references numerically in the text. They should contain full bibliographical details. Journal titles should not be abbreviated. Electronic sources should include the URL of the web site at which they may be found along with the date of latest access.

References should be presented as follows:

1. Within the text: Use a numerical citation such as this one [1].

2. At the end of the research proposal, list all references in alphabetical order according to first author’s last name. In the reference list all authors should be included.

References

[1] Leslie Lamport. LATEX: A Document Preparation System. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 2nd edition, 1994.

[2] Wizard V. Oz, Mihalis Yannakakis, and John Smith, editors. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual STOC, number 17 in All ACM Conferences, Boston, March 1983. ACM, Academic Press.