PhD Graduation Requirements

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The UCL PhD is a four-year programme. Below is what I expect from students in my group before they graduate.

Publication requirement

A student may graduate with any one of the following combinations:

1. 3 SE CCF-A papers
2. 2 SE CCF-A papers + 2 AI top-tier papers
3. 1 SE CCF-A paper + 3 AI top-tier papers
4. 4 AI top-tier papers

Which venues count

• SE CCF-A (research track only, or the corresponding journal): ICSE, ASE, FSE, ISSTA, TSE, TOSEM — see the CCF SE venue ranking.
• AI top-tier: ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS, ACL Main, CVPR, etc. — see the CCF AI venue ranking.

Track the submission deadlines for all of these at CCF Deadlines.

Authorship rule

A paper only counts towards graduation if both hold:

• the student is the first author, in first position, and
• I am the last author and the corresponding author.