Call for Tutorial Proposals

The 34th International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2026) will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden, from June 8 to 11, 2026. ACM UMAP 2026 will be a fully in-person, on-site conference. 

ACM UMAP 2026 remains the premier international conference bringing together research in AI and HCI to support effective human-AI collaboration via interactive systems that can model, adapt, and personalize to their users.

We warmly invite proposals for 90-minute tutorials to be held in conjunction with ACM UMAP 2026. Tutorials are an opportunity to take the community on a deeper dive into a topic, guided by experts in the field. They may be introductory or advanced, research-focused or practice-oriented. They can cover both established and emerging topics related to interactive systems that can model, adapt, and personalize to their users. The most successful tutorials actively engage participants by incorporating hands-on and/or interactive elements. We welcome proposals from both academia and industry.

Example Topics of Interest ​

Below, we list some example topics to inspire possible proposals. Please note that this list is not exhaustive:

  • Generative AI and personalization: Opportunities and challenges of using large language models or multimodal models for personalized systems.
  • Generative AI and adaptation: Leveraging generative models to build adaptive, context-aware systems.
  • Domain-specific challenges of user modeling: Building and evaluating user profiles in domains such as e-commerce, news, education, and streaming media.
  • Evaluation of personalized/adaptive technologies: Methods and best practices for evaluating personalized and adaptive technologies. 
  • Knowledge representation and reasoning for modeling user preferences, goals, and contexts.
  • Practical tools and frameworks: Hands-on introduction to open-source libraries or platforms for personalization, adaptation, or user modeling. 
  • Conversational agents and interactive personalization: Design and evaluation of dialogue-based and conversational agents.
  • Responsible personalization in practice: Implementing fairness, accountability, transparency, and privacy-preserving approaches in deployed systems.
  • User control and agency: Designing methods or prototypes that allow users to shape interactive systems. 
  • Cross-domain and multi-stakeholder personalization: Balancing the needs of different stakeholders (e.g., users, providers, platforms) in real-world applications.
  • Human-AI collaboration: Personalization and adaptation strategies to support productivity, creativity, or decision-making alongside AI systems.

Why Submit a Tutorial?

Presenting a tutorial at UMAP is a chance to share your expertise with a diverse and global community. Tutorials are often attended by junior researchers, students, and practitioners who are eager to learn, offering you the opportunity to inspire and shape the next generation of our field.

Beyond teaching, tutorials help presenters build visibility and foster new collaborations. They are also a valuable space to test ideas, exchange perspectives, and create lasting impact within and beyond the UMAP community.

Selection Criteria

All proposals will be reviewed by the UMAP 2026 Tutorial Chairs. Proposals will be evaluated on:

  • Relevance of the topic to the UMAP community
  • Interactivity, including practical or hands-on elements
  • Clarity and accessibility of the description
  • Cohesion of the proposal
  • Feasibility of the planned content within the time frame
  • Demonstrated expertise of the instructor(s)
  • Demonstrated commitment of the instructor(s) to attend in-person

To ensure a well-rounded tutorial program, the chairs will make an editorial selection that balances diversity of topics, perspectives, and formats. We aim to include a mix of introductory and advanced sessions, practice-oriented and research-focused tutorials, and a broad range of application domains. This will help ensure the program is engaging and accessible to participants with varied backgrounds and interests.

Important Dates

January 22, 2026

Tutorial Proposal Submission

February 6, 2026

Notification

February 26, 2026

Tutorial Description & Website URL Submission

April 30, 2026

Tutorial Summary Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system)

June TBD, 2026

Tutorial Date

Note: the submission deadline is at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time.

Submission Instructions

Submission. Proposals should be submitted electronically through the EasyChair submission system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2026, by selecting the “Tutorials” track.

Format. All tutorial proposals must be written in English. The maximum length is 3 pages (excluding references) in the ACM SIG Proceedings double-column format. More information and links to the ACM SIG Proceedings template can be found below.

Structure. The proposal should include the following information, in the stated order:

  • Title and abstract of the tutorial (200 words maximum). Please note that this title and abstract will be used as your short tutorial description on the website upon acceptance.
  • Tutorial description, including at least:
    • Learning objectives of the tutorial and relevance to ACM UMAP 2026
    • Targeted audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and prerequisite knowledge or skills
    • Outline of the tutorial structure and topics covered
    • Required materials
  • Other venues at which the tutorial (or part thereof) has been or will be presented, if applicable. Please explain how the current tutorial differs from earlier or upcoming editions, as well as from other tutorials on the same or similar topics (include conference name and year, so that we can estimate overlap in attendance).
  • Name, email address, affiliation and brief professional biography of each tutorial organizer, indicating previous training and speaking experience.

Template. We strongly recommend you use the LaTeX template to prepare your article. Articles should be prepared in the ACM SIG Proceedings double-column format, using \documentclass[review,sigconf]{acmart}. These settings ensure line numbers, which aid in the review process. Below are direct links to the latest ACM templates:

Should you have any questions or issues going through the instructions above, please contact support at acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com for LaTeX and Microsoft Word inquiries.

 

Expectations for Accepted Tutorials

Materials. Organizers are expected to make an outline of the tutorial and any required materials (e.g., notebooks, slides) available to participants ahead of time via a dedicated URL, which will be listed on the conference website. This may be hosted, for example, on a public GitHub repository, a dedicated tutorial website, or the organizers’ personal websites.

Proceedings. Organizers are expected to provide a camera-ready summary of their tutorial for inclusion in the main conference proceedings. Detailed camera-ready instructions will be shared after acceptance. Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. This results in some changes to how UMAP 2026 will publish tutorial summaries. Please see “Impact of ACM Open Publishing Model” below for details. 

Publicity. The conference’s publicity chairs will promote the conference as a whole. Tutorial organizers are responsible for promoting their own tutorial. Please note that all attendees are required to register for the UMAP2026 conference.

Registration and Participation Policy

UMAP 2026 will require each accepted paper or other type of submission to have at least one registered author attending the conference. However, authors presenting multiple accepted papers will only need to pay a single registration fee, regardless of the number of papers they are presenting. This is in contrast with UMAP 2025, where each submitted paper required a separate registration fee to be paid.

Impact of ACM Open Publishing Model

Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. This results in some changes to how UMAP 2026 will publish tutorial summaries. 

Tutorial Summaries

Tutorial summaries will be included in the main UMAP 2026 ACM proceedings. As per ACM Open Policy, tutorial summaries are APC non-eligible as they are not peer-reviewed research articles. In other words, tutorial summaries are exempt from paying the Open Access fees. 

Contact

For questions related to this call for tutorials, please reach out to the UMAP 2026 workshop and tutorial chairs

  • Lien Michiels, imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel & University of Antwerp
  • Sole Pera, TU Delft, The Netherlands

Contact information:  umap2026-workshop-tutorial@um.org

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