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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Call for Best Process Mining PhD Dissertation Award 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://icpmconference.org/2022/call-for-best-phd-thesis/">https://icpmconference.org/2022/call-for-best-phd-thesis/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The IEEE Task Force for Process Mining is happy to announce the 2022 edition of the Best Process Mining PhD Dissertation Award. The award will be delivered during the 4<sup>th</sup> International Conference on
Process Mining (ICPM 2022).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Eligibility<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Eligible candidates are those who officially obtained a PhD degree defended in 2020 or 2021, with a dissertation focused on process mining. Those who applied for the 2021 edition of the prize, can reapply for
the 2022 edition as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">We welcome thesis that contributed to advancing the state of the art in the foundations, engineering, and on-field application of process mining techniques. In this context, the term “process mining” has to be
understood in a broad sense: using event data produced during the execution of business, software, or system processes, in order to extract fact-based knowledge and insights on such processes and manage future processes in innovative ways.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">For a thesis to be eligible, we also require that thesis-related results have been published in at least one flagship conference/journal for process mining, for example ICPM, BPM, CAiSE, EDOC, Petri Nets, ICDM,
Information Systems, IEEE TKDE, DKE, ACM TOSEM, IEEE TSC, IEEE TSE, ToPNoC, Decision Support Systems, BISE.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">We remark that applications to other dissertation award initiatives are permitted.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Prize<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The winner will receive the award at the ICPM 2022 Conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The award comes with a free registration to the ICPM conference, and with the option of publishing the thesis with Springer, in the LNBIP series. There may also be a monetary prize.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Nomination and Submission<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Candidates are nominated by their primary supervisor via a nomination letter. Each supervisor is only allowed to nominate one candidate. The candidate is responsible for submitting the application via Easychair
(selecting the “Best Process Mining PhD Dissertation Award” track).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The application consists of the following parts, which have all to be concatenated in a single PDF file (respecting the order):<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
An extended abstract of the thesis, positioning the work in the state of the art and highlighting its main results, novelty, and (potential) impact [3-5 pages]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
A nomination letter by the supervisor [1-2 pages]<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
The PhD evaluation report, including the reviews of the dissertation<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Full CV of the candidate, including the list of publications<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
The dissertation itself<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Selection Process<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The selection process consists of two steps:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
The jury evaluates the applications and identifies a shortlist of three candidates.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
The three candidates are invited to give a presentation to the jury in an online session. The jury then selects the winner.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The selection is based on the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
originality and depth of contribution;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
methodological soundness;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
form and quality of presentation;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
significance and potential impact for the research field;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
implemented techniques and software availability in case of algorithmic nature of the contribution.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Key Dates<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Application submission deadline<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>July 15, 2022<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Notification of short-listing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>September 16, 2022<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Online presentations by shortlisted candidates<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>End of September – beginning of October 2022<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Evaluation Panel<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Moe Wynn, Queensland University of Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wil van der Aalst, RWTH Aachen University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hajo Reijers, Utrecht University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Boudewijn van Dongen, Eindhoven University of Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chiara Di Francescomarino, Fondazione Bruno Kessler<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pnina Soffer, University of Haifa<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Arik Senderovich, York University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tijs Slaats, University of Copenhagen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Agnes Koschmider, University of Kiel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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