October 4th, Vienna, Austria
Update: The submission deadline has been extended by one week to April 16. Due to our intense shepherding process, a longer extension is not possible. Please note that the workshop’s submission deadline is now different from the main conference.
The submission can be done via EasyChair
Co-located with the DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics, the 14th doctoral workshop Energy Informatics discusses the role of ICT and computer science in future energy systems. The energy transition (Energiewende) – a politically supervised and accelerated shift in direction from nuclear and fossil fuels to sustainable sources of energy – yields drastic changes in the operation of existing energy supply and demand systems and requires a paradigm shift in both their planning and operation. The technological aspects as well as the involvement of consumers play a crucial role in the necessary transformation process. Hence, not only the development, evaluation and application of new technologies and methods but also the complex interactions between them and with their users must be investigated. These challenges are not limited to the domain of electric power and include electricity, mobility, gas, and heat supply systems.
The doctoral workshop Energy Informatics 2023 invites doctoral students whose research focuses on the intersection of informatics, power engineering, and energy economics. This workshop presents an opportunity for doctoral students to discuss their current work – ranging from preliminary ideas to project/thesis results – with researchers from within the same community. Hence, long papers, doctoral project descriptions, and progress reports in the form of short papers are welcome. Former participants of the workshop may be accepted for presentation of significant progress in their doctoral project and should state clearly the progress compared to earlier submissions.
The aim of this workshop is to support doctoral students in their research and in creating a basis for a high-quality submission to a signature conference or journal. The topics of interest are within the scope of the DAH+ conference on Energy Informatics.
English language papers describing the doctoral research topic are to be submitted in PDF format. The submissions should detail the research questions and the methodology for answering them. Long papers (including results) with a maximum of 12 pages and short papers with a maximum of 6 pages will be accepted. Contributions exceeding this limit will not be accepted. The required template is the Springer “SVJour3” template in a 2-column-layout. Submissions must reflect the following structure:
1. Status of the PhD-project (including a reference to a former presentation at the workshop – if applicable)
2. Motivation
3. Research questions
4. Related work (including own publications – if applicable)
5. Methodology
6. First results (only long paper)
7. Conclusion and outlook
Information about the format of the workshop
Numbers of authors: Single-authorship of doctoral students is expected. A mention of the supervising professor(s) is required to avoid conflicts in the reviewing process.
Shepherding process: An intensive and interactive reviewing process begins with the acceptance of a paper to the shepherding process. The process is designed to support the submitter in clearly defining her/his doctoral project. The accepted papers will be assigned to an individual member of the program committee called “shepherd” who supports the author in an iterative process sharpening the presentation of the project and ending up in a high-quality publication. By submitting a contribution to the doctoral workshop, the author agrees to participate in this process.
Language and length of presentation: English language contributions are mandatory; the presentations and discussions of the work are also typically in English, depending on the audience. This is to ensure that all invited domain experts (authors and committee members) can participate in constructive discussions which are not open to the public. The time slot for presentation is 30 minutes for long papers and 15 min for short contributions followed by 30 min for intensive discussions. Guidelines for the presentations will be provided.
Publication format: The aim of the workshop is to support participants in their progress towards a doctoral degree and creating a quality submission. All accepted contributions will be presented within a poster session at the conference DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics (see below) and included in the conference proceedings published at the SpringerOpen Journal Energy Informatics as poster abstracts (no fee). A subsequent publication as a journal paper in the same journal is highly appreciated and supported.
Cooperation with DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics: The workshop is organized in cooperation with the DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics (http://www.energy-informatics.eu/).
All presenters at the doctoral workshop are automatically registered for this conference. A joint poster session provides the opportunity to present and discuss the work with a broader audience.
Important dates
Apr 16, 2023: Submission of papers (Apr 09)
May 16, 2023: Decision acceptance (assignment of shepherds) / rejection
May – Aug Incremental revision process between author and shepherd
Jul 02, 2023: Camera-ready deadline for poster abstracts for accepted contributions
Oct 04 2023: 14th Doctoral Workshop Energy Informatics
Oct 05-06, 2023: 12th DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics
Organizing committee
- Astrid Nieße, University of Oldenburg, Germany, astrid.niesse@uni-oldenburg.de
- Thomas Wolgast, University of Oldenburg, Germany
- Friederich Kupzog, AIT, Vienna, Austria
This workshop is organized by the German Informatics Society’s (Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)) Special Interest Group “Energy Informatics (Energieinformatik)“ (GI WI-EINS & GI TI-EI) in cooperation with OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology and AIT, Vienna.
For further questions please contact us at: doct-ws-eninf@offis.de
Program Committee
The workshop’s program committee is updated regularly based on active trends in energy informatics. It currently consists of about 30 experts and scientists from Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, mainly overlapping with the main conference. The final list of scientists joining the program committee will be published on the workshop website.