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Department of Computing

Macquarie Computing Mini-Conference (MCMC)

Overview

The Macquarie Computing Mini-Conference is an annual departmental event held by the Department of Computing, Macquarie University. The primary purpose of this conference is to provide research training to the research students in the department.

  • Students who are expected to have sufficiently developed their research plans (but are not too close to submit their theses) are required to submit a short abstract of their proposed thesis.
  • The submissions get reviewed by at least three program committe members consisting of academics as well as research students, and suggestions are provided back to the authors.
  • Students revise the abstracts in light of the comments received, and present at the MCMC.
  • Additionally, students are encouraged to submit their presentation slides as well, which often receive suggestions from the reviewers.
  • Students get an opportunity to listen to eminent keynote speakers from the local area.
  • There are three student awards -- for best submission, best presentation, and best review -- that are awarded at the conclusion of MCMC.
Thus, the MCMC provides the research students opportunity to get training in academic writing, presentation, as well as in peer reviewing, each an integral part of research training. The MCMC is also a prelude to the Annual Progress Review of the research students in the department which is held soon after the MCMC. Best effort is made to ensure that the interview panel for different students include academics who have reviewed the student submission and/or attended the student presentation.

The Macquarie Computing Mini-Conference was conceived of in 2002 as a part of the annual departmental review of post-graduate students' research progress, and as a means to strengthen the post-graduate research in the department. The first mini-conference was held later that year. Since then, this forum has been an important annual event in the department.

The 8th Computing Mini-Conference (MCMC-09) will be held in the second week of June, 2009. Please go to the home page of MCMC-09 for details.

Current and Past Miniconferences

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