Consortia

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF CONSORTIA AND ORIENTATION TO PARTICIPANTS

Attention: For Scientific Initiation, Posters and Expanded Abstract see the specific section in this portal
The Consortia (Masters, Doctoral and Post Doctoral) are events that are part of the activities of CONTECSI USP and aim to promote the integration and exchange of ideas between doctoral and master’s students of any program whose research projects are directly or indirectly related to the study of information and the areas of information technology, information systems, information and communication technologies, information management and information science.
It is, therefore, a privileged space for the presentation of master’s thesis and doctoral and post-doctoral thesis projects with the aim of expanding the academic debate, discussion of research proposals and their future impacts, dissemination to the community of their possible results and other contacts that enable the improvement of works, master’s, doctoral and post-doctoral programs of the promoting institutions.
The Consortia are structured around project discussion activities. They are informal boards made up of researchers in the areas of projects submitted by doctoral students, aiming at the exchange of ideas and contributions to projects under development, discussing topics such as research questions, information sources, methodology, presentation of results, forms of publication, interested communities, among others.
CONTECSI is the pioneer event in Brazil to introduce the master and post-doctoral consortium, and also the first with the objective of addressing the entire scientific production chain, from undergraduate to post-doctoral level, namely:
Scientific Initiation (Graduate and Technical Courses) – Master Consortia – Doctoral and Post-Doctoral

DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND SIZE OF MASTER, DOCTORATE AND POST DOCTORATE  THESIS PROJECTS

MSC – Master Consortium
The Master’s Student Project is a text that clearly indicates the following aspects: Motivation for the theme/subject; bibliographical analysis indicating the texts and theories based on which the author develops his methodological and applied approach. See format instructions below.

DOC – Doctoral Consortium
The Doctoral Student Project is a text that clearly indicates the following aspects: Motivation for the theme/subject; in-depth bibliographical analysis indicating the texts in which the author developed his methodological approach and applied to the theme. It must show the theoretical construction as well as the outline of the research that will be or is being carried out and possible alternatives considered. See format instructions below.

PDC – Post Doctoral Consortium
The Postdoctoral Student Project is similar to the PhD Student Project in both content and format. The text must contain the same information as the doctoral project but indicate the scientific advances intended by the candidate.
See format instructions below.

INSTRUCTIONS for formatting and submitting master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral thesis projects (for Scientific Initiation
Submitted text must be in PDF. Word texts are not accepted.
It is a description of the Project (up to 20 pages), containing the following parts:
Cover page (cover), containing:
In the header: cut, paste and center the following:
18th CONTECSI USP – International Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management
Consortium: xxxxxxxxx (according to Master, Doctoral or Post Doctoral)
Project title; author’s name; email and contact phone numbers; Graduate Program to which it is linked; name and email of professor advisor; thematic area of ​​proposal submission;
Introduction, including: research problem, objectives and rationale;
Theories on which the project is based;
Methodological procedures (although synthetic as complete as possible);
References (use APA format);
Project Format: PDF file; A4 paper format; margins: top (3cm), bottom (2cm), left (3cm), right (2cm); font times new roman size 12; single spacing between characters, words and lines.
To participate in this category, the candidate must be a master’s or doctoral student regularly enrolled in a Graduate Program (Lato sensu or Stricto sensu). The advisor must be aware of and agree with the participation.

Project Submission
Enter Paper Submission, and follow the submission instructions.
Important : When filling in, in the submission, the personal data and identification of the work, the THESIS ADVISER MUST BE INCLUDED AS SECOND AUTHOR AND HAVE ALL YOUR DATA FILLED IN, INCLUDING the individual ORCID code. If you don’t have one, register at Orcid.org online. This registration is free.