{"id":2644,"date":"2025-01-06T11:33:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.um.org\/umap2025\/?page_id=2644"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:19:23","slug":"call-for-doctoral-consortium-applications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.um.org\/umap2026\/call-for-doctoral-consortium-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2644\" class=\"elementor elementor-2644\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281368a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"281368a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"umap-home-image\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-667ccbe5 e-con-full umap-title e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"667ccbe5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58cb84bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58cb84bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-208869ab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"208869ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc6ee27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2dc6ee27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c0d050 umap-ast-container e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24c0d050\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-018ac4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"018ac4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACM UMAP is 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.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the conference, the ACM UMAP 2026 Doctoral Consortium (DC) offers an enriching opportunity for doctoral students (that did not attend UMAP DC in the past) to refine their research with the guidance of renowned scholars and industry professionals. Participants will present their work, receive constructive feedback, and engage in meaningful discussions to advance their research.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doctoral students are encouraged to apply if they have defined their research area or dissertation topic but are still at least one year away from completing their dissertation by the time of the event.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This forum will provide doctoral students with an opportunity to:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Present and discuss their research ideas to experienced scholars in a supportive, formative, and yet critical environment.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers from the field, who will provide constructive feedback and advice.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore career pathways available after completing their doctoral degree.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Network and build collaborations with other members of the community.<\/span><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students are asked to submit a brief proposal outlining their doctoral research (see detailed requirements below), which will be evaluated by the doctoral consortium committee. Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a DC session as part of the conference. The quality of the applications will be judged according to the following criteria:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originality of the work in relation to existing concepts and methods (include appropriate references)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Significance of the work regarding core challenges in user modeling and adaptive interaction (explicitly state the problems being addressed).<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rigor and credibility of the claims, reasoning, methodology, results, and interpretations.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clarity and effectiveness of the presentation and argumentation.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each student with an accepted submission will be assigned two mentors who will provide feedback on the student\u2019s work. A mentoring session will take place during the conference, and the DC students are expected to attend.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee0837c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ee0837c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-959ae70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"959ae70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b6491b umap-ast-container e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b6491b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f44955 no-margin-paragraph e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2f44955\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c7e319 heading-bottom-margin elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c7e319\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Important Dates<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a65993 e-con-full e-grid no-margin-paragraph e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a65993\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-974ba8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"974ba8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>March 6, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-579bf91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"579bf91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paper submission<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02e49f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02e49f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>March 20, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4224dc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4224dc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Notification<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33dcf0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33dcf0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>April 2, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3bc070 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3bc070\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Camera-ready Submission<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a915060 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a915060\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>June 8, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0fa9c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0fa9c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>DC Day<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e20553a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e20553a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: the submission deadline is at 11:59 pm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/time\/zones\/aoe\">AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<\/a> time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57208548 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57208548\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-329027a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"329027a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b44644 umap-ast-container e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9b44644\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17775c7 no-margin-paragraph e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17775c7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-929b323 heading-bottom-margin elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"929b323\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Submission Instructions<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b53ce3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b53ce3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83e81f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83e81f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All submissions must be written in English. Papers should be submitted electronically, in PDF format, through the EasyChair submission system, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/easychair.org\/conferences\/?conf=umap2026\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/easychair.org\/conferences\/?conf=umap2026<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by selecting the \u201cDoctoral Consortium\u201d track.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-413c2d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"413c2d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb83dd3 heading-bottom-margin elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb83dd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Proposal Contents and Formatting<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d606375 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d606375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consult the ACM UMAP 2026 general call for full and short papers concerning relevant topics and formatting instructions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each proposal should be a single PDF document, containing:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research description: use the ACM template for formatting (see below for instructions; 4 pages plus references) and follow the content outline provided <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ZEGattjsZeuO0JYCJ3DuTM-s2gKYq5jb\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letter of Recommendation (from your primary dissertation advisor, in any format). Please note that the DC targets students who have a clear idea of their research plans and have started their research but have not yet executed a majority of their research. Please explain how the ACM UMAP 2026 doctoral consortium would benefit this student at this point in their doctoral program, as well as the contributions you expect the student to make to the group. Please explain the expected level of progress by June 2026. If you are unable to obtain a letter of recommendation from your dissertation advisor, please include a short explanation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curriculum vitae (2 pages at most, in any format): a concise summary of your current curriculum vitae, including research publications. Clearly separate published papers from those under review or in press.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please ensure that your submission is complete and conforms to the format and content guidelines above. Submissions that do not meet these requirements will be desk-rejected.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Single-Blind Policy.\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proposals will be reviewed single-blind and, therefore, do not need to be anonymized before submission.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Template for the Research Description.<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/publications\/taps\/word-template-workflow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACM Publication Workflow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, all authors should submit manuscripts for review in the <\/span><b>ACM double-column format<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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Please see the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/portalparts.acm.org\/hippo\/latex_templates\/acmart.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LaTeX documentation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/publications\/taps\/latex-best-practices\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACM\u2019s LaTeX best practices guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for further instructions, ignoring the single-column instructions. Do not use the \u201cmanuscript\u201d option, otherwise, the document will not be compiled in double-column, as required. Check the sample-sigconf.tex file included in the template package for a formatting example. 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Please carefully follow the ACM\u2019s instructions for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/authors.acm.org\/proceedings\/production-information\/overleaf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preparing your article with Overleaf<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Word<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Please carefully follow the ACM\u2019s instructions for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/authors.acm.org\/proceedings\/production-information\/preparing-your-article-with-microsoft-word\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preparing your article with Microsoft Word<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ignoring the single-column instructions and the single-column submission template. Please use the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/binaries\/content\/assets\/publications\/word_style\/interim-template-style\/interim-layout.docx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">double-column Word template<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Plagiarism and use of AI policy. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plagiarized papers will not be accepted. Our committees will be checking the plagiarism level of all submitted papers to ensure content originality using an automated tool. If you reuse non-novel text from a prior publication (e.g., the description of an algorithm or dataset), please be sure to cite the prior publication as the source of that text. If you have questions about the reuse of text or simultaneous submission, please contact the program chairs at least one week prior to the submission deadline. Please refer to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/binaries\/content\/assets\/publications\/acm-publicenseagreement.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACM Publishing License Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/publications\/policies\/new-acm-policy-on-authorship\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorship Policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for further details.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authors must follow the ACM Policy on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/publications\/policies\/frequently-asked-questions#h-can-i-use-generative-ai-software-tools-to-prepare-my-manuscript?\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the use of generative AI software tools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If a paper includes material generated by GenAI tools (such as text produced by large language models like ChatGPT), it is essential to disclose the extent and nature of this use in a section titled \u201cAcknowledgments\u201d. This allows reviewers to evaluate the overall rigor of the research methodology. However, the use of AI tools for editing and refining authors\u2019 work\u2014meaning tasks like grammar checks, word autocorrect, and other light editing\u2014does not require disclosure. Authors who choose to utilize GenAI tools are fully responsible for any inaccuracies, biases, plagiarism, and other violations, just as if they had created the content themselves. Submissions that are primarily produced by GenAI without substantial contributions from the authors are prohibited and considered spam. Only humans are permitted to be authors of submitted papers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Papers violating any of the above guidelines are subject to rejection without review and cases may be referred to the ACM Publications Ethics and Plagiarism committee for further action where warranted.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Accessibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Authors are strongly encouraged to provide \u201calt text\u201d (alternative text) for floats (images, tables, etc.) in their content so that readers with disabilities can be given descriptive information for these floats that are important to the work. The descriptive text will be displayed in place of a float if the float cannot be loaded. This benefits the author and it broadens the reader base for the author\u2019s work. Moreover, the alt text provides in-depth float descriptions to search engine crawlers, which helps to properly index these floats. Additionally, authors should follow the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/authors.acm.org\/proceedings\/production-information\/describing-figures\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACM Accessibility Recommendations for Publishing in Color and SIG ACCESS guidelines on describing figures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Submission Policy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. All submissions and reviews will be handled electronically. ACM UMAP has a <\/span><b>no dual submission policy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is why submitted manuscripts should not be currently under review at another publication venue. Particularly, please consider the following ACM\u2019s publication policies:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBy submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/publications\/policies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACM Publications Policies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/publications\/policies\/research-involving-human-participants-and-subjects\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACM\u2019s Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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We are committed to improve author discoverability, ensure proper attribution and contribute to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c268fe0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c268fe0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aad8690 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"aad8690\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89f349a umap-ast-container e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89f349a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7173ab5 no-margin-paragraph e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7173ab5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa6a88a heading-bottom-margin elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa6a88a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Registration and Presentation Policy <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf232c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cf232c2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c065c14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c065c14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each accepted proposal in the doctoral consortium track must be accompanied by an author registration (student registration is valid). 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