WHAT IS A Ph.D. COMPETITION ON INNOVATION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR 2011?
The Ph.D. COMPETITION ON INNOVATION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR 2011 is a competition for postgraduate students in a Ph.D. programme. The competition gives the students an opportunity to showcase their work to experts within the field of Innovation in the automotive sector.
Students are asked to submit a paper or poster online and then a paper or a poster under one of the Ph.D. COMPETITION 2011 interesting topics:
- MANAGEMENT,
- INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING,
- PRODUCTION QUALITY
with focus on "INNOVATION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR".
The competition is intended for postgraduate students in a Ph.D. programme. Eligibility is restricted to students in the AUTOCLUSTER project partners research institutions as listed below:
- Slovakia: MTF STU Trnava
- Italy: CREATE - NET TRENTO
- Romania: TU Iasi
- Bulgaria: TU - Gabrovo
- Slovenia: Automotive Cluster Slovenia
- Italy: Comunimprese Scarl
COMPETITION FORMULA
- All papers or posters must be written in English.
- Maximum 2 students per a paper or a poster.
- Students are required to submit a paper or a poster in PDF format.
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All papers shall be formatted for an A4 size page, the bottom and top margins shall be 25 mm, the left margins shall be 35 mm and the right margin shall be 20 mm.
- All papers must be max. 10 pages, min 3 pages.
Please refer to the templates for full guidelines.
SUBMISSION
Submissions will be accepted only through ASSYST.
How to apply?
Please make sure you complete all the following steps to successfully submit a paper or a poster:
- Write your paper or poster according to the guidelines outlined on the website EAI.
- Enter ASSYST and login-in
- Then enter the specific competition "ACSEE-Master/PhD-country"
- Enter information and upload documents.
WHERE AND HOW THE COMPETITION IS RUN:
Each submission will happen per country:
- Each specific Country Evaluation Committee will select 1 winner.
- Every Country Evaluation Committee is composed by two experts.
PRIZES
All applicants:
- will get CDs with all papers and posters.
The country specific finalists:
- will be announced online (EAI / AUTOCLUSTERS website),
- will be published in the journal "Managers Forum "
- will have the poster displayed during the international event.
The winner:
- will have a chance to present their work at an international event,
- will have a chance to participate in a one month paid internship at either of these centres (or their subsites): EAI Trento - Italy, STU MTF - Slovakia, TU Iasi - Romania.
DEADLINES
Paper or Poster Submission Deadline |
30. September 2011 |
EVALUATION Period |
01. October - 10. October |
Notification Date WINNERS |
11. October 2011 |
International EVENT |
17.
November 2011 |
Further Information
If you have any further queries of questions please contact the Ph.D. COMPETITION 2011 organizers:
For Slovakia, please contact: Martina Jakabova, Petra Markova and Dagmar Caganova
For support regarding Assyst.org please contact: Elena Jane Ferrardi
For more information about Ph.D. Competition 2011 visit the link ACSEE and EAI.