Zsolt Haag & Leysia Palen ECSCW'97 Doctoral Colloquium A StudentParticipantReport The Doctoral Colloquium event at the 5th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW'97) brought together an international array of doctoral students and researchers with a range of interests in CSCW. Yvonne Rogers of the University of Sussex (UK) organised the event; Lucy Suchman from Xerox PARC (USA), Richard Bentley from Xerox Research Centre Europe, (UK) and Steve Benford from University of Nottingham (UK) rounded out the senior panel. In the tradition of Doctoral Colloquia, this full day event was an opportunity for students to present work-in-progress to peers and senior researchers, field questions about the framing and execution of one's research, explore current concerns about the research, and receive advice and guidance from the participants. Additionally, the benefits of this cooperative effort extended beyond the formal feedback each student received. Because the Doctoral Colloquium was a pre-conference event, students found that they had the opportunity to talk with members of the senior panel throughout the remainder of the conference, elaborating on the initial feedback in more detail. Another important outcome of the Doctoral Colloquium was that students had an opportunity to form new connections with their peers
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