Areas of Interest. HCOMP is unique in the diversity of disciplines it draws upon, and contributes to, ranging from human-centered qualitative studies and HCI design, to computer science and artificial intelligence, economics and the social sciences, all the way to cultural heritage, digital humanities, ethics, and policy. For more information about HCOMP areas of interest, please refer to the main conference's Call for Papers.
Mentors. Senior HCOMP researchers regularly participate as mentors each year. Past mentors include: Jeff Bigham, Laura Dabbish, Elizabeth Gerber, Brent Hecht, Eric Horvitz, Lilly Irani, Henry Kautz, Matthew Lease, Siddarth Suri, Loren Terveen, Haoqi Zhang. A list of HCOMP 2016 DC mentors is forthcoming.
Status in Program: Applicants must be currently enrolled in a full-time PhD program and have written, or be close to completing, a thesis proposal (or equivalent). We will give preference to students who have proposed or are about to propose but are far enough from completing their thesis that the feedback they receive at the event can impact their work. Before submitting, students should discuss this criterion with their advisor or supervisor.
Attendance: Those accepted are required to attend the DC in person, and to present a poster on their work during the poster session at the main conference.
Thanks to generous funding from the the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ), we expect to be able to support most expenses associated with attendance (e.g., airfare, one night of accommodation, conference registration, and meals on the day of the DC) for all accepted students. Additional details are forthcoming.
Applicants must submit a solely-authored paper in English containing: 1) a Doctoral Research Overview; and 2) a Supplemental Paragraph.
Formatting. Submissions must be formatted according to the conference's style guidelines. An Author Kit is available for getting started with LaTeX or Word. Please submit a single PDF file (embedding all required fonts). It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that their submissions uses no unusual formatting and are printable on a standard printer.
Submission. Papers should be submitted via EasyChair, selecting the Doctoral Consortium track.
The Doctoral Consortium will be held at the School of Information (rather than the conference hotel), on campus at the University of Texas at Austin. See location & directions.