Up to 4 pages in ACM Journals Primary Article Template, single-column manuscript style
IMPORTANT DATES
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The CHI PLAY 2024 Doctoral Consortium provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests in games/play and HCI in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of distinguished researchers. We invite PhD students who feel they will benefit from feedback from experts in the field on their dissertation work to apply for this unique opportunity. Participants will share their work with other doctoral students as well as senior researchers in the field. Participants will present their work to the entire conference during a special conference session. The Doctoral Consortium accepts students from any stage in their candidature, but will prioritize candidates who have a clear topic and research approach and have made some progress, but are not so far along that they can no longer make changes. In addition to stating how you will benefit from participation, both you and your advisor should be clear on what you can contribute to the Doctoral Consortium.
Doctoral Consortium papers and videos are archived in the ACM Digital Library in the CHI PLAY 2024 Extended Abstracts.
SUBMISSION FORMAT
- 4 pages in ACM Journals Primary Article Template, single-column manuscript style (excluding references, and specific required appendices described in the Additional Submission Guidelines below)
- Submissions are NOT anonymous; detailed instructions on formatting and submission can be found at Companion Proceedings Submission Guidelines.
- In content and structure, submissions must additionally follow the Additional Submission Guidelines for this track, see below
- Upon Acceptance: A 3-min video submission; videos should follow the technical requirements found at the Video Guidelines.
ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Current graduate students pursuing a PhD project who would benefit from workshop discussions of their doctoral research should submit a document and a video as described below.
Document
The document should consist of a single PDF file that includes the following elements and is formatted appropriately. Submissions are up to 4 pages in the new ACM Journals Primary Article Template. Detailed instructions on formatting and submission can be found at Companion Proceedings Submission Guidelines. Please submit a single PDF file that includes the following:
Extended Abstract. A max. 4-page research description (excluding references) covering central aspects of your PhD work, which speaks to the following key points:
- Title
- Abstract (150 words max)
- Introduction: detailing the motivation that drives your dissertation research
- Related work: Background of key works that helped you answer your research question(s) (at least partially), but also explain why your work is still needed
- Research gap: What is the research gap that your research aims to fill?
- Research question(s)/objective(s)/goal(s) or hypothesis (keep it short, more is not necessarily better)
- Method: Your research approach and methods, including relevant rationale
- Results: to date and their validity
- Discussion: What do the results mean (in relation to prior theory/data)?
- Limitations: What are the limitations of your work?
- Future Work: What should other PhD candidates research to continue your work?
- Conclusion
- References (these do not count towards the page limit)
Appended to the Extended Abstract, i.e., in the same PDF file, you should provide:
- Appendix 1. A one-paragraph statement of expected benefits of participation for both yourself and the other consortium participants (i.e., what will you contribute as well as gain) (max. 1 page).
- Appendix 2. A letter of nomination from your primary PhD advisor (max. 1 page).
- Appendix 3. Academic Webpage: Please submit the URL for your academic/professional webpage. (Consider this the first piece of doctoral symposium advice – having an academic webpage is valuable for your career!) Our career advice to you is that a professional webpage should include your name, contact information, a current version of your CV, and most importantly a list of your publications with links to download them. Even better would be to also include a brief academic bio/statement of research interests, and descriptions of projects (including images and videos). Submitting your webpage URL is not required, but is strongly recommended, as it can be a valuable tool to help DC committee members get deeper insight into your academic background.
REVIEW PROCESS
The proposals will be evaluated by the DC chairs.
Review and acceptance decisions will balance several factors. These will depend on the quality of the proposal, and where you are within your PhD program. The group will be selected to exhibit a diversity of backgrounds and topics. To attend a second CHI PLAY DC, participants should make it clear how the second DC would benefit them in a different way.
Besides the selection criteria above, kindly note that even if your submission is excellent, we might not be able to accept you because of our goals of having attendees across many institutions. For example, we probably cannot accept more than two students from the same institution, and definitely cannot accept more than one student with the same advisor.
Confidentiality of submissions is maintained during the review process. All rejected submissions will be kept confidential in perpetuity. All submitted materials for accepted submissions will be kept confidential until the start of the conference.
UPON ACCEPTANCE
Authors of accepted submissions will receive instructions on how to submit a publication-ready copy, information about attending the Doctoral Consortium events before and during the conference, and about preparing their video.
Video
Upon acceptance, DC attendees are required to also submit a lightning talk in video format. The video should cover your PhD research as in the extended abstract described above. Since this is a visual medium, excellent submissions will find ways of showing important points rather than simply explaining them verbally.
Excellent guidance on how to present your PhD research in 3 minutes can be found here: https://www.threeminutethesis.org
However, unlike the three-minute thesis rules, for the DC you can use more than one slide, animations, sound, videos, etc.
The only rule is that the video must be no longer than 3 minutes. Please see the Video Guidelines for technical requirements.
DC Structure
The DC is structured in sessions before and during the conference to maximize the amount of feedback that students will receive on their work.
Session 1: Mentor Meetings
Senior mentors (professors in the field) will be assigned such that each mentor will have two students to mentor. Senior mentors will be selected by the DC Chairs based on their expertise of the student topics in question.
Through this session, students will meet with their mentors to receive feedback on their work. This meeting will be scheduled sometime prior to the conference (for remote participants) or during the main conference (for on-site participants).
DURING THE CONFERENCE
Session 2: DC Session During the Conference
The doctoral consortium will take place on October 14, before the main conference. Students will also have an opportunity to present their work and engage in Q&A at the main conference. Information on format etc. will be sent after acceptance.
AFTER THE CONFERENCE
DC papers (excluding appendices) and the pre-recorded videos will be archived in the ACM Digital Library in the CHI PLAY 2024 Companion Proceedings.
QUESTIONS
Please contact the DC Chairs at doctoral@chiplay.acm.org
