Connectionists: ACII2025: Call for Doctoral Consortium

[Dongmei Jiang]

Call for Doctoral Consortium

We invite students from all Ph.D. granting institutions who are in the
process of forming or carrying out a plan for their Ph.D. research in the
area of Affective Computing to apply for participation in the Doctoral
Consortium (DC) of the Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction
Conference (ACII 2025). DC is a forum for Ph.D. students to share ideas
about their research, developments, and applications in affective
computing. The students will be able to present their work to a group of
mentors and peers from an international community, receive feedback on
their doctoral research plan and progress, and build a cohort of young
researchers interested in Affective Computing.

Who Should Apply?

Students from any Ph.D.-granting institution whose research falls within
Affective Computing are encouraged to apply. Although we encourage
applications from students at any stage of doctoral training, the DC will
most benefit students forming or developing their doctoral research. These
students will have passed their qualifiers or have completed most of their
coursework, will be planning or developing their dissertation research
proposal, and will not be very close to completing their dissertation
research.

Submission Guidelines

Ph.D. students in an area related to Affective Computing are invited to
submit the following materials:

   1. Extended Abstract (4 pages + 1 page for references; please find the
   IEEE templates under the ‘Instructions for Authors’ section here
   <https://acii-conf.net/2025/submission-guidelines/>): A description of
   the PhD research plan and progress. The submissions should *not be
   anonymous*. In particular, it should contain:
      - An abstract (120 words max)
      - The key research questions and motivation of the research
      - Background and related work that informs the research
      - A statement of hypotheses or a description of the scope of the
      technical problem
      - The methodology to achieve the objectives and the proposed
      solution(s)
      - A description of the work done so far and a tentative plan for
      future work
      - A statement of research contributions to date (if any) and expected
      contributions of the Ph.D. work to Affective Computing
      - Reference list
   2. CV: The student’s curriculum vitae (1 or 2 pages).
   3. Authorship and Statement from Advisor: Students are expected to be
   the sole authors of their submission. The application must be accompanied
   by a separate note from the student’s Ph.D. advisor confirming their
   student status and endorsing the submission. The note should clearly
   indicate the student’s progress in the Ph.D. program (e.g., qualifiers
   passed, pre-proposal stage, etc.). The advisor should email the note to the
   DC Chairs at dc-chairs at acii-conf.net (see below for further information
   about the DC Chairs).

Please note that the Extended Abstract and the CV should be prepared in PDF
format and submitted through the ACII submission system
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acii2025>. The Advisor Statement
should be submitted via email to the DC chairs.

Submission Topics, Instructions, and Proceedings

DC papers should be related to the conference topics. The theme of ACII
2025 is Socially Responsible Affective Computing. With its ability to
recognise and respond to human emotions, affective computing holds great
potential for enhancing user experiences and fostering more natural
interactions between humans and machines. However, this also raises
concerns regarding the responsible and transparent use of the technology.
ACII 2025 especially welcomes research that explores how best to ensure an
ethically responsible and transparent use of affective technology. Topics
of interest are provided in the general call for papers
<https://acii-conf.net/2025/call-for-papers/>. The Proceedings of the
Doctoral Consortium will be published as part of the ACIIW 2025 Conference
Proceedings. Papers should be submitted through the conference submission
system.

Review Process

The Doctoral Consortium submissions will be evaluated on several factors,
including (1) the quality of the submission, (2) the expected benefits of
the DC towards the student’s Ph.D. research, and (3) the student’s
contribution to the diversity of topics, backgrounds, and institutions, in
order of importance. More particularly, the quality of the submission will
be evaluated based on the potential contributions of the research to the
field of affective computing and its impact on the field and beyond.
Finally, we hope to achieve a diversity of research topics, disciplinary
backgrounds, methodological approaches, and home institutions in the ACII
2025 Doctoral Consortium cohort.

Attendance

All authors of accepted submissions are expected to register, attend, and
present at the Doctoral Consortium and the associated poster session.

Important Dates

*All deadlines are in the Anywhere on Earth timezone.*

   - Submission deadline: 30 June 2025
   - Acceptance notifications: 28 July 2025
   - Camera-ready deadline: 20 August 2025

Questions

For further questions, please contact the Doctoral Consortium Chairs:

Sharifa Alghowinem, Raiyan Abdul Baten, and Shiro Kumano,
dc-chairs at acii-conf.net
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu/pipermail/connectionists/attachments/20250605/e4ab0e60/attachment.html>