[Apologies for multiple postings] ======================================= CHITALY 2019 - DESIGNING THE NEXT INTERACTION The Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter 23 September - 25 September 2019 Palazzo Bò, Giardino delle Biodiversità and Orto Botanico - Padova, Italy www.chitaly2019.org <http://www.chitaly2019.org/> Organized by the University of Padova and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice In cooperation with ACM-SIGCHI and SIGCHI Italy ======================================= Doctoral Consortium at CHITALY 2019 ======================================= The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to provide a setting in which PhD students can present and receive feedback on their work. The Doctoral Consortium also aims to provide students with useful guidance on various aspects of their research from established researchers and the other student attendees. Finally, the Doctoral Consortium seeks to motivate students in the development of their scientific curiosity and facilitate their networking within the research community. The topics of the Doctoral Consortium are the same as CHItaly’s. The main goal of the consortium is to enables PhD students to interact with their peers, as well as with more senior researchers, on a wide range of Human-Computer Interaction related topics. The consortium is open to PhD students worldwide at any stage in their research. Students at an initial stage should be able to challenge their ideas and current research directions. Students at a more mature stage should be able to present their thesis and get advice on ways to further improve and better communicate their contributions and findings. ======================================= Important dates for Doctoral Consortium ======================================= June 1: Submission deadline July 1: Notification to authors July 15: Submission deadline for the camera ready of accepted contributions July 30: Early Registration deadline Sept 23: Doctoral Consortium Sept 24-25: Main conference ======================================== Paper Format, Submission and Proceedings ======================================== Submissions must be single-author, but the name of the supervisor could be mentioned within the paper. The language of the consortium is English. All submitted materials must be in English. DC papers must be 2-page word abstracts in the ACM template and pdf format, references included. Submissions must: - identify a significant problem in the field of research - outline the current status of the problem domain and related solutions - describe the contribution of the applicant’s work by presenting the proposed approach and the results achieved so far Papers must be sent to chitaly2019@gmail.com <mailto:chitaly2019@gmail.com> with 'DC proposal' in the e-mail subject. Accepted papers will be included in the adjunct proceedings volume (not published by ACM). Each author of an accepted paper will present orally his/her research problem and contribution the first day of the conference (Sept 23, 2019). Participants will also be requested to attend the presentation of the other authors of a paper accepted at the DC. ======================================= Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs ======================================= Francesco Di Nocera, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Emmanuel Dubois, University of Toulouse, France Daniela Fogli, University of Brescia, Italy For any further information, please write an email to the co-chairs: dinocera@uniroma1.it <mailto:dinocera@uniroma1.it>, emmanuel.dubois@irit.fr <mailto:emmanuel.dubois@irit.fr>, daniela.fogli@unibs.it <mailto:daniela.fogli@unibs.it> ———————————————————— Daniela Fogli Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione Università degli Studi di Brescia Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia Tel. +39 030 3715666 Email: daniela.fogli@unibs.it <mailto:daniela.fogli@unibs.it> -- Informativa sulla Privacy: http://www.unibs.it/node/8155 <http://www.unibs.it/node/8155>