Calling all PhD students who study wikis and open collaboration! The deadline for theWikiSym 2012 <http://www.wikisym.org/ws2012/bin/view/Main/> doctoral symposium is Friday, April 27. As a prior participant, this is a great venue to get feedback on your research design, theories, and methods from some outstanding scholars while networking with other Wiki and open collaboration researchers.Bernie Hogan<http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=140> (Oxford Internet Institute) will be leading the doctoral symposium this year. Details on applying are below or are available at: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2012/bin/view/Main/ ======= The WikiSym 2012 Doctoral Symposium is a forum in which Ph.D. students can meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced researchers and practitioners. The symposium will be held on August 26 in Linz, Austria to coincide with Ars Electronica. *Important dates:* Apr 23, 2012 Application materials dueMay 21, 2012Notification of acceptanceJuly 23, 2012Final versions of abstracts and research overviews dueAugust 23, 2012Doctoral Symposium We encourage participation from all doctoral students doing work related to open collaboration, regardless of their academic discipline. Relevant disciplines include (but are not limited to) computer science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, information science, cognitive science, rhetoric, communications, and economics. Applicants should be PhD students with a clear focus or programme of research. This workshop will help to strengthen and sharpen the research focus and implementation, rather than generate specific ideas for research. Preference will be given to students who already have begun their dissertations and are within two years of graduation. The Symposium committee will select 8-10 participants. Participants will present their work at the Symposium; each student presentation will be followed by feedback from a faculty mentor and extensive group discussion. *How to Apply:* Applicants should submit the following items through the (EasyChair Conference System<https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=wikisym12> ) A two-page overview of your doctoral research that describes your research question, any work in progress, and expected contributions of the dissertation as well as expectations for this doctoral symposium. This overview should begin with an abstract of no more than 100 words. Please submit in the CHI Extended Abstract Format (Word Template<http://www.sigchi.org/chi2010/authors/chi2010extendedabstracts.doc>from CHI 2010, please remove copyright notice) - A half page biographical sketch, and a short paragraph about your current supervisor including contact information. *An up-to-date curriculum vita. *Optionally, one publication as an indicator of your progress in your research. All submissions must be submitted by April 23, 2012. Use the same application system as the original submissions, which will be open after April 13th for Doctoral Symposium submissions, and include all relevant material in a single contiguous document. *Doctoral Symposium Chair*: Bernie Hogan, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford (bernie.hogan@oii.ox.ac.uk) *Additional Faculty Mentors will be announced within two months of the event, and students will be notified who is their Symposium mentor. * Feel free to email the Chair with any questions. -- Brian C. Keegan Ph.D. Student - Media, Technology, & Society School of Communication, Northwestern University Science of Networks in Communities, Laboratory for Collaborative Technology