The following papers have been awarded at UMAP 2015, the 23rd conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (Dublin, Ireland, 29 June - 3 July 2015):

The Mars and Venus Effect: The Influence of User Gender on the Effectiveness of Adaptive Task Support
Alexandria Katarina Vail, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Eric N. Wiebe, James C. Lester
(Springer Best Paper Award)

Counteracting Anchoring Effects in Group Decision Making
Martin Stettinger, Alexander Felfernig, Gerhard Leitner, Stefan Reiterer
(James Chen Best Student Paper Award)

Implicit Acquisition of User Personality for Augmenting Movie Recommendations
Wen Wu, Li Chen
(James Chen Best Student Paper Award)