Abstract
The VLDB 2014 PhD Workshop is an one-day event to be held in Hangzhou, China on September 1st, 2014, in conjunction with VLDB 2014. The aim of this workshop is to provide helpful feedback, useful information and networking opportunities that can benefit the students' dissertation work as well as their long-term career. The selection process and the workshop program were carefully designed with this specific goal in mind. The accepted submissions are included in the online proceedings for the Workshop at http://www.vldb.org/2014/phd_workshop_proceedings.html. © 2014 VLDB Endowment 2150-8097/14/08.