Foreword to the doctoral symposium
Abstract
The Doctoral Symposium of ESCE/FSE aims at creating a forum for PhD students working in the area of software engineering to present and discuss their research goals, methods, and preliminary results with senior researchers from the software engineering community, in a constructive and friendly atmosphere. Besides providing a setting whereby students receive feedback on their research and guidance on future directions from the doctoral symposium panel, the creation of a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research, also through interaction of the participants with other researchers at the main conference.