The second ACM SIGSPATIAL PhD workshop report Seattle, Washington, USA: November 3, 2015

The ACM SIGSPATIAL Ph.D. Workshop is a forum where Ph.D. students present, discuss, and receive feedback on their research in a constructive atmosphere. The Workshop will be attended by professors, researchers and practitioners in the ACM SIGSPATIAL community, who will participate actively and contribute to the discussions. The workshop provided an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests in the broad areas addressed by the ACM SIGSPATIAL community. We invited PhD students to submit a summary of their dissertation work to share their work with students in a similar situation as well as senior researchers in the field. Submissions provided a clear problem definition, explain why it is important, survey related work, and summarize the new solutions that are pursued. Submissions also focused on describing the contribution they made in their doctoral dissertation. The strongest candidates were those who have a clear topic and research approach, and have made some progress, but who are not so far along that they can no longer make changes.