Important dates (AoE)
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Doctoral Consortium Contributions
Jan 13, 2025 -
Support letter by Doctoral thesis advisor
Jan 17, 2025 -
Notification
Feb 7, 2025 -
Camera-ready papers
TBA
Consortium Chairs email
Goals
The IUI 2025 Doctoral Consortium (DC) provides students an opportunity to present their research and receive feedback from a panel of mentors comprising senior researchers in the field. We invite students who want to benefit from the guidance given by the experienced mentors for planning the future steps in their research project. The ideal participant is a doctoral student about two years from finishing their Ph.D. However, we will also consider advanced Master students and junior Ph.D students provided their research plan is sufficiently developed to benefit from the discussion at the DC.
The IUI Doctoral Consortium will provide students with an opportunity to:
- present and discuss the status of their research with experienced scholars in a supportive, formative, and yet critical environment
- explore and further develop their research ideas through constructive feedback provided by the mentors and other DC students
- network and build collaborations with other members of the community
- discuss various professional aspects and career opportunities
Submission and Participation
Submissions will be reviewed and selected by the DC committee. DC candidates should have developed a clear topic and research approach and have made some progress, but are not too far along in their research so that they can still reshape their research topic or approach.
The final version of accepted Doctoral Consortium submissions will be included in the IUI companion proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library. DC participants are expected to attend in person the Doctoral Consortium workshop that will take place as a separate session during the conference (date to be announced). DC participants will also have the opportunity to present their research in the poster session during the main program.
Complimentary/reduced conference registration will be available for DC participants under the precondition that they agree to assist as student volunteers in the organization of the conference. They will also be given priority when applying for the student travel awards (for details, see the Student Grants page)
Submission Instructions
If you are unsure about eligibility or submission requirements, please do not hesitate to email us at dc2025@iui.acm.org!
To apply for the Doctoral Consortium, two steps are required:
- Please submit a single PDF containing your technical submission (for details see below) via PCS by January 13.
- In addition, your doctoral or thesis advisor should send a separate, brief letter of recommendation to the DC chairs at dc2025@iui.acm.org by January 17.
For the technical submission, please upload a single PDF containing the following four items to https://new.precisionconference.com/~sigchi
1. Cover Letter (1 page max):
Please include your full name, contact details, affiliation, web page, expected graduation date and target degree, the name of your thesis advisor, gender (optional), home country (optional), and whether you are a member of an underrepresented minority group (optional).
2. DC Submission (4 pages max including references)
A document describing your thesis/dissertation topic and research plan and your progress thus far. Key points the submission should include:
- motivation for your dissertation research
- goal and research questions
- related work that frames your research
- methods/approach to reach the goal
- results, if any
- next steps for your research
3. Questions to mentors and co-students (1 page max):
List the main questions and discussion points regarding your thesis/dissertation topic for which you expect to receive feedback from the Doctoral Consortium mentors/participants.
4. Your CV (3 pages max)
Provide an academic curriculum vitae (CV) document.
How to format and submit
Prepare your submission for review in a single column format, using the latest templates: Word
Submission Template, or the LaTeX template using
\documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for the LaTeX template.
All materials must be submitted electronically to PCS 2.0 https://new.precisionconference.com/~sigchi by the Doctoral Consortium deadline.
In PCS 2.0, first click "Submissions" at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for society, conference, and track select "SIGCHI", "IUI 2025" and "IUI 2025 DC", respectively, and press "Go".