{"id":551,"date":"2025-10-24T09:58:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diagrams-conference.org\/2026\/?page_id=551"},"modified":"2026-01-19T10:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T10:45:50","slug":"graduate-symposium-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/diagrams-conference.org\/2026\/calls-2\/graduate-symposium-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Diagrams conference provides a united forum for all researchers with an interest in the study of diagrams. The conference fosters multi-disciplinarity and allows researchers from areas such as computer science, mathematics, psychology, philosophy, history (of science, art, etc.), education research, and more to meet and share their perspectives on the theory and application of diagrams.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">The goal of the Diagrams 2026 Graduate Symposium is twofold.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Firstly, the Symposium will provide senior graduate students and recent Masters and Doctoral graduates with the opportunity to present their research. Established researchers will provide feedback and comments on each of the presentations. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Secondly, the Symposium will provide students with an opportunity to network with each other as future colleagues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">In previous Diagrams Graduate Symposiums, lively and useful discussions have enabled students to receive suggestions about their on-going research and allowed more experienced participants to hear some fresh ideas and view some of the new trends in the field.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submission<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Submissions that focus on any aspect of diagrams research are welcome. Topics of interest are the same as those given in the calls for papers for the three conference tracks:<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/diagrams-conference.org\/2026\/calls\/main-track\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"528\">Main Track<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/diagrams-conference.org\/2026\/calls\/philosophy-of-diagrams\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"542\">Philosophy of Diagrams<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/diagrams-conference.org\/2026\/calls\/psychology-and-education\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"544\">Psychology and Education<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Students who wish to present their work at the symposium must submit a 3-page report describing<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 their thesis topic,<br>\u2013 the approach being taken,<br>\u2013 the work that has been completed,<br>\u2013 the expected contributions of the research<br>\u2013 any necessary acknowledgements (for example, supervision team and source funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Students should be the sole author of their submission and the supervisor names should be included in the acknowledgements section.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>The report must be submitted in Springer LNCS format.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Submission should be made via EasyChair: https:\/\/easychair.org\/confer-ences\/?conf=diagrams2026<\/p>\n<p>Grad Symposium Due Date: <strong>May 1, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Supervisor Report Due Date: <strong>May 8, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notifications Sent: <strong>May 15, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For questions, please contact the Graduate Symposium Chair, Nathan Haydon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:nhaydon@uwaterloo.ca\">Email: nhaydon@uwaterloo.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supervisor Support<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Students who submit to the graduate symposium must ask their main or lead supervisor to submit a short supporting statement.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The supporting statement should confirm that the supervisor supports the student\u2019s participation in the symposium and briefly explain why the student will benefit.<\/p>\n<p>It is the student\u2019s responsibility to ensure that their supervisor submits the supporting statement.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0supervisor report should be sent to the <strong>Graduate Symposium Chair, Nathan Haydon<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:nhaydon@uwaterloo.ca\">nhaydon@uwaterloo.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Track Chair<\/strong><br \/>Nathan Haydon, University of Waterloo, Canada<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programm Committee<\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pawel Sobocinski (Tallinn University of Technology)<\/li>\n<li>Amirouche Moktefi (Tallinn University of Technology)<\/li>\n<li>Francesco Bellucci (University of Bologna)<\/li>\n<li>Atsushi Shimojima (Doshisha University)<\/li>\n<li>Dave Beisecker (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)<\/li>\n<li>Erica De Vries (Universit\u00e9 Grenoble Alpes)<\/li>\n<li>Reetu Bhattacharjee (Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnster)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Diagrams conference provides a united forum for all researchers with an interest in the study of diagrams. 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