Dear BeSafe Master Students,
- I am pleased to announce the 1th BeSafe Young Researchers Seminar 2016 which will be held from 28-29 September 2016 26-27 October 2016 in Minsk hosted by the Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU)
and supported by,
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- - Belarus State Economic University (BSEU)
- Belarusian State University of Transport (BelSUT)
- Brest State Technical University (BrSTU)
- Sapienza University of Rome (CTL)
- Loughborough University (TSRC)
- National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
What is the Young Researcher Seminar?
An event organized within the BeSafe Project, supported by the European Commission.
The common vision for the Young Researchers Seminar is the preparation of a new generation of transport scientists and science based professionals in the area of transport and road safety.
The objectives are:
- To enable the networking of young transport researchers belonging to the supporting Universities.
- To train young researchers, by tutorial means through a retroactive manner, to elaborate, prepare papers and present oral scientific communications.
- Therefore, this Seminar is not only aimed at scientific excellence, but also at presentation skills and the ability to put science into practice.
What are the topics of the Seminar?
The research domains covered during this seminar are basically those covered by the Master Students in their thesis. Students are, anyway, free to choose other research topics, if they prefer.
English is the official language of the Seminar.
Who is invited to participate?
The Seminar is open to all students of the two editions of the Master Courses held within the BeSafe Project.
The participation is free of charge. Travel expenses are not covered by the Seminar.
Who are and what Tutors do?
The Tutors are Senior Researchers from the 3 EU Universities (Sapienza, Loughborough, NTUA) involved in the Project. The aim is to favor interaction of people from different Countries. Their role:
The tutors are reviewers of the papers, which means they have to:
a. read the papers of the young researchers composing their session,
b. make written comments before the Seminar,
c. have exchanges with the young researchers composing their session before and during the Seminar, in order to help them to improve their papers and presentation.
The tutors are traditional session chairpersons. As chairpersons, they have to:
a. chair a session,
b. introduce their session,
c. take care of the respect of time allocated to each young researcher.
During the cross cutting sessions, tutors have to moderate a sort of lesson‐learned debriefings. These debriefings are a way to identify, analyse, and capture experiences, what worked well and what needs improvement, so that the young researchers can learn from those experiences. The analysis of the presentations will be done in order to make comments, not only on the scientific perspective, but also on the form of the presentation.
The aim is to advise the young researchers on the way to improve their written and oral presentations.
What is offered?
The format of the seminar is:
- content oriented through technical sessions with oral presentations of 15 minutes and 5 minutes Questions/Answers.
- cross cutting oriented sessions of two types:
- small key note session on specific subjects
- scientific methods on tools and research process sessions.
Selected papers will be inserted in a dedicated publication.
Moreover, the four best papers and presentations will be selected for awards by the Steering Committee based on the tutors’ recommendations and announced at the closing session of the Seminar. The awards will be one-month stages at the Sapienza University of Rome.
YRS 2016 Key Dates
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17 May 2016: Launch of call for abstracts
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3 June 2016 30 June 2016: Deadline for submission of abstracts
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8 July 2016 15 August 2016: Deadline for draft paper submission
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8 July to 9 September 2016 15 August to 12 October 2016: Exchange between tutors and young researchers
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9 September 2016 12 October 2016: Deadline for submission of final paper
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16 September 2016 19 October 2016: Deadline for submission of PowerPoint presentation
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28-29 September 2016 26-27 October 2016: Holding of the Young Researchers Seminar
Abstracts and full papers must be submitted at yrs2016@be-safe-project.eu
Guideline for paper formatting: guidelines for papers.pdf
(NEW - 7 September 2016)
Abstracts and sessions: Abstracts and sessions.pdf
(NEW - 7 September 2016)
YRS VG 2016 Announcement: YRS VG 2016 Announcement.pdf
(NEW - 7 September 2016)
More information?
For more information on the seminar:
Prof. Luca Persia
luca.persia@uniroma1.it
+39 342 7191763
Dr. Davide Shingo Usami
davideshingo.usami@uniroma1.it
+39 320 6768483
I look forward to seeing you in Minsk!
Luca Persia
BeSafe Project Coordinator