Call for PhD Forum papers

The PhD Forum gives doctoral students the chance to present their research in progress to the community and to receive individual feedback from established researchers. It is a place to meet researchers from academia and industry and to get guidance on the wider impact of your research.

The Forum is held on Monday, June 14, 2027, in parallel with the workshops and before the main conference. Senior members of the community give each participant constructive technical comments, and help students refine their presentations and develop their research ideas.

During the main conference, participants also present their work as posters, for longer conversations with researchers from academia, industry and government; see the presenter instructions.

Current PhD students at any stage of their doctoral studies. Submit an extended abstract about your own dissertation research that:

• motivates the problem, and explains why it is important and challenging;
• presents initial results that support the importance of the problem or the viability of your approach;
• gives your name, affiliation and email address, with your supervisor marked under your name (“supervised by …”).

Submit an extended abstract of up to 3 pages, everything included, in the IEEE two-column conference template (the same format as Main Research Track papers), as one PDF on EDAS by the deadline in the At a glance box, 11:59 PM Anywhere on Earth (AoE).

Submissions must be original work not previously published and not under review elsewhere. Papers may be checked for similarity with IEEE CrossCheck.

Any use of AI-generated content must be disclosed as described in the IEEE Author Center guidelines.

Accepted and presented papers will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore, subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.

PhD Forum papers are included in the proceedings of the main conference.

SMARTCOMP 2027 is an in-person conference. Each accepted PhD Forum paper must be presented in Boca Raton by its author, who must register for the conference; a student registration covers it. Papers that are not presented in person will not be included in the proceedings or submitted to IEEE Xplore.

The author registration deadline is Friday, May 7, 2027. Fees, rates and policies are on the registration page.

Authors requiring a visa to enter the United States are strongly encouraged to begin the application process as early as possible, and to request an invitation letter as soon as their paper is accepted. See visa and invitation letters.

The student rate is for participants who are full-time students. Every other SMARTCOMP 2027 paper (research, industry, workshop, poster or demo) must be covered by a full registration: if a PhD Forum participant is a co-author of such a paper and no other co-author registers at the full rate, the student must register at the full rate.

Some students may be able to apply for student travel grants.