The 2006 AAAI/SIGART Doctoral Consortium

Another popular event at the DC was the student-mentor dinner, held this year at Elephant Walk, which provided an opportunity for students and researchers to interact in an informal setting. We report on the eleventh annual SIGART/AAAI Doctoral Consortium, held in conjunction with the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-06). We discuss highlights and innovations of this year's consortium and include pointers to the consortium website. At the DC, Ph.D. students in artificial intelligence presented their proposed research and received feedback from a panel of researchers and other students. The primary goal of the DC is to give students feedback on their proposed dissertation research at a critical time, by independent, knowledgeable reviewers external to their institutions.