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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">feedback on their doctoral research plan and progress, and to build </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">a cohort of young researchers interested in designing and developing </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">While we encourage applications from students at any stage of doctoral training, </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">or developing their dissertation research, and will not be very close to completing </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">The DC provides an opportunity to build a social network that includes the cohort of DC students, </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">senior students, recent graduates, and senior mentors. Not only is this an opportunity </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">the process and to understand what comes next. We aim to connect you with a mentor </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> 09:00 - 09:30: Invited talk</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> 14:30 - 15:15: Panel discussion (senior PhD students and recent graduates)</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">Graduate students pursuing a PhD degree in a field related to designing multimodal interfaces should submit the following materials:</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> 1. Extended Abstract: A four-page description of your PhD research plan and progress in the ACM SigConf format. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> Your extended abstract should follow the same outline, details, and format of the ICMI short papers. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - The key research questions and motivation of your research;</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - Background and related work that informs your research;</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - A statement of hypotheses or a description of the scope of the technical problem;</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - Your research plan, outlining stages of system development or series of studies;</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - The research approach and methodology;</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - Your results to date (if any) and a description of remaining work;</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - A statement of research contributions to date (if any) and expected contributions of your PhD work;</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> 2. Advisor Letter: A one-page letter of nomination from the student's PhD advisor. This letter is not a letter of support. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - Submission format: Four-page extended abstract using the ACM format (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template#aL2)</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - Submission system: https://new.precisionconference.com/sigchi</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - Selection process: Peer-Reviewed</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - Presentation format: Talk on consortium day and participation in the conference poster session</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - Proceedings: Included in conference proceedings and ACM Digital Library</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - Doctoral Consortium Co-chairs: Iolanda Leite (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) and Alessandro Vinciarelli (University of Glasgow).</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">Submission deadline July 2nd, 2021</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">Camera-ready August 16th, 2021 </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">For more information and updates on the ICMI 2021 Doctoral Consortium, visit the Doctoral Consortium page of the main conference website (https://icmi.acm.org/2021)</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;">For further questions, contact the Doctoral Consortium co-chairs:</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - Iolanda Leite (<a data-auto-link="1" href="mailto:iolanda@kth.se">iolanda@kth.se</a>)</span></span>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif';"><span style="font-size:12px;"> - Alessandro Vinciarelli (<a data-auto-link="1" href="mailto:Alessandro.Vinciarelli@glasgow.ac.uk">Alessandro.Vinciarelli@glasgow.ac.uk</a>)</span></span>
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