[image 02440] Call for Papers: ACII 2017 Doctoral Consortium (Submission deadline: June 9, 2017)

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Call for Papers: ACII 2017 Doctoral Consortium
7th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent  
Interaction
October 23-26, 2017, San Antonio, Texas
http://acii2017.org/ or follow us @acii2017

Doctoral Consortium Overview
The ACII 2017 Doctoral Consortium (DC) serves as forum for PhD students  
to share ideas about the theories behind affective computing, its  
development, and its application. The goal is to provide PhD students  
with an opportunity to present their work to a group of mentors and  
peers from an international community, to receive feedback on their  
doctoral research plan and progress, and to build a cohort of young  
researchers interested in affective computing. We invite students from  
all PhD granting institutions who are in the process of forming or  
carrying out a plan for their PhD research in the area of affective  
computing.

Partial funding to support attendance may be available.

Who should apply?
Students from any PhD granting institution whose research falls within  
the Affective Computing field are encouraged to apply.  While we  
encourage applications from students at any stage of doctoral training,  
the DC will most benefit students who are in the process of forming or  
developing their doctoral research. These students will have passed  
their qualifiers or have completed the majority of their coursework,  
will be planning or developing their dissertation research proposal, and  
will not be very close to completing their dissertation research.

Submissions guidelines
PhD students in a field related to Affective Computing should submit the  
following materials:
1. Extended Abstract (4 pages + 1 page for references): A description of  
the PhD research plan and progress. The submissions should not be  
anonymous. In particular, it should cover:
a) The key research questions and motivation of the research
b) Background and related work that informs the research
c) A statement of hypotheses or a description of the scope of the  
technical problem
d) The methodology to achieve the objectives and the proposed solution(s),
e) A description of work done so far and a tentative plan for future work
f) A statement of research contributions to date (if any) and expected  
contributions of the PhD work to Affective Computing.
g) Reference list
2. CV: A curriculum vitae of the student.
3. Authorship and Statement from Advisor. Students are expected to be  
the sole authors on their submission. The application needs to be  
accompanied by a note from their PhD advisor confirming student status  
and endorsement of the submission. The note should clearly indicate the  
student's progress in the PhD program (e.g., qualifiers passed;  
pre-proposal stage, etc). The advisor can simply email the note to the  
DC chairs (see below for contact information).

Submission Topics, Instructions, and Proceedings
Paper topics should be related to the conference topics, which are given  
in the general call for papers (see  
www.acii2017.org<http://www.acii2017.org>). The Proceedings of the  
Doctoral Consortium will be published as part of the main Conference  
Proceedings. Papers should be submitted through the conference  
submission system.

Review Process
The Doctoral Consortium submissions will be evaluated on a number of  
factors including: (1) the quality of the submission, (2) the expected  
benefits of the DC towards the student's PhD research, and (3) the  
student's contribution to the diversity of topics, backgrounds, and  
institutions, in order of importance. More particularly, the quality of  
the submission will be evaluated based on the potential contributions of  
the research to the field of affective computing and its impact on the  
field and beyond. Finally, we hope to achieve a diversity of research  
topics, disciplinary backgrounds, methodological approaches, and home  
institutions in ACII 2017 Doctoral Consortium cohort.

Attendance
All authors of accepted submissions are expected to register, attend,  
and present at the Doctoral Consortium and at the associated poster  
session. They will also have to identify a mentor and schedule a meeting  
with the mentor during the conference. Information about this process  
will be provided in due course.

Important Dates
- Submission deadline: June 9, 2017
- Acceptance notifications: July 21, 2017
- Camera-ready deadline: August 18, 2017

Questions?
For more information and updates on the ACII 2017 Doctoral Consortium  
see www.acii2017.org<http://www.acii2017.org>

For further questions, contact the Doctoral Consortium co-chairs:
- Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze  
[n.berthouze ＠ ucl.ac.uk<mailto:n.berthouze ＠ ucl.ac.uk>]
- Sidney D'Mello [sdmello ＠ nd.edu<mailto:sdmello ＠ nd.edu>]
- Yelin Kim [yelinkim ＠ albany.edu<mailto:yelinkim ＠ albany.edu>]


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