Subject: First Call for UMAP’22 Doctoral Consortium Papers

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30th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (ACM UMAP'22)
Barcelona, Spain, and Online
4 - 7 July 2022
https://www.um.org/umap2022/

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Important Dates:

Doctoral Consortium Submission: March 31, 2022;
Notification to authors: April 28, 2022;
Camera-ready submission: May 2, 2022;
Conference: July 4-7, 2022;
DC day: July TBD, 2022;
Note: All the deadlines must be intended at 11:59 PM AoE time (Anywhere on Earth)

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Background and Scope

The UMAP 2022 Doctoral Consortium (DC) will take place as part of the 30th International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization.

Doctoral students are invited to apply to present their research to experienced scholars who will provide constructive feedback and advice. Students should consider participating in the DC if they are at least fifteen months away from completing their dissertation at the time of the event, but after having settled on a research area or dissertation topic.
This forum will provide Ph.D. students an opportunity to:

Present and discuss their research ideas to experienced scholars in a supportive, formative, and yet critical environment;
Explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers and industry practitioners from the field who will provide constructive feedback and advice;
Explore career pathways available after completing their Ph.D. degree, and finally
Network and build collaborations with other members of the community.

Students are asked to submit a brief proposal outlining their doctoral research (see detailed requirements below), which will be evaluated by the consortium committee. Good quality applications will be selected for presentation at a DC Session as part of the conference. Each student with an accepted submission will be assigned a mentor who will provide feedback on the student’s work and will discuss the doctoral research with the student and the audience at the consortium.
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A Brief Review of The General Guidelines for a Doctoral Consortium Paper

Candidates must submit their DC proposals –aligning with topics pertaining to the ACM UMAP 2022 key areas– by the submission deadline. Each proposal should be a single PDF, with four required components: a six-page description of your Ph.D., an expected benefits statement, a recommendation letter, and a two-page curriculum vitae. If you are unable to obtain a letter of recommendation from your dissertation advisor, please include a short explanation. For more details please refer to the website: https://www.um.org/umap2022/call-for-doctoral-consortium-papers/
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Financial Support

ACM UMAP has a history of supporting students who want to attend the conference. Students of accepted DC proposals will have higher priority for UMAP grant applications.

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DC Chairs: umap2022-doctoral@um.org

- Rita Orji (Dalhousie University, Canada)
- Giovanni Stilo (University of L’Aquila, Italy)

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