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Call for Position Papers
DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM at AutomotiveUI 2014
Seattle, WA, USA # September 17-19, 2014
(the days right after UBICOMP and ISWC!)
Submissions due: August 8th, 2014
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After its inauguration in 2013, the AutomotiveUI'14 Doctoral Colloquium
aims at bringing together again PhD students working on topics related
to the field of automotive user interfaces and interactive vehicular
applications, offering them an opportunity to present and discuss their
research to an audience of peers and senior faculty. PhD students will
receive feedback from their peers about the appropriateness of their
idea/topic/research approach, and will enjoy discussing their research
with senior members of the community. The DC is scheduled prior to the
main conference program on Wedneyday, September 17th, 2014.
The topics of the AutomotiveUI'14 doctoral colloquium are basically
the ones of the main conference (full list: http://www.auto-ui.org/14/):
1) Devices & Interfaces for vehicle operation
2) Automated/cooperative driving & Instrumentation
3) Evaluation & Benchmarking (Simulation, FOT, Naturalistic Studies)
4) Driver Performance & Behavior (Emotions, Intention, Distraction,...)
*** ELIGIBILITY ***
The AutomotiveUI 2014 doctoral colloquium welcomes contributions from
doctoral students currently registered in a PhD program. Ideal
candidates should have worked on their dissertation for some months;
thus, they should have chosen a research topic and possibly have also
selected theoretical and methodological approaches. Selection of
participants will be based on the quality of the submission and its
relevance to the conference topics of interest.
*** TRAVEL GRANTS ***
We intend to provide travel grants to allow more students to take part
in the DC; however, at this time we are still negotiating with
potential sponsors so that we cannot guarantee at all to offer travel
grants. If you think you are eligible for receiving a travel grant and
want to apply in case we have grants, please mention this in your
application. We will come back to you and request the required
information timely.
*** SUBMISSION FORMAT ***
Submissions must be single-author, but the name of the supervisor
should also be mentioned in the paper. The conversation language of the
colloquium is English and all submitted materials must be also in
English. Research students wishing to apply for the DC should submit up
to 5 pages including figures, references, and a 100 word abstract using
the format of the main conference (ACM SIGCHI two column page layout).
Templates for LaTeX and MS Word are available for download at the AutoUI
website, http://www.auto-ui.org/14/submit.php#doctoralcolloquium. Please
stick to the templates to foster consistent submissions. Each submitted
paper will be reviewed by the members of the doctoral colloquium program
committee.
The position statement should:
+ give a crisp introduction to the field/problem domain,
+ present key related work (current status of the problem domain and
related solutions),
+ clearly formulate the research question/approach,
+ point out significance and innovation (expected contributions),
+ describe the research methodology that is applied or planned,
+ outline your contribution to the problem domain and highlight the
uniqueness of your approach,
+ pose questions and issues (that you'd like to discuss at the DC)
In addition, a one page biographical sketch (CV) should be submitted,
including a paragraph stating what you hope to get out of participating
in the DC.
Please send applications (position statement, biographical sketch) as
soon as possible but no later than August 8th, 2014 to Andreas Riener,
Doctoral Colloquium Chair at <[log in to unmask]>. Should you have
any questions don't hesitate to contact me any time (at the same
address).
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