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CHItaly 2021 - Frontiers of HCI
CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM PAPERS
The International Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter
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11–13 July 2021
https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/
Location: From Bozen-Bolzano through the Internet to the World
In cooperation with SIGCHI Italy and ACM-SIGCHI
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THEME
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The theme for the 14th Edition of the Biannual Conference (https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it) of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter (http://sigchitaly.eu/en/general-info/) was defined in summer 2019 as “Frontiers of HCI”. At that time, we were thinking about disciplinary and national boundaries. Little did we know of the many frontiers this hybrid conference would have to overcome to create a safe space for HCI related discussions. To overcome this challenge, CHItaly combines physical and digital events while providing synchronous and asynchronous spaces for dialogue.

So far, CHItaly has physically hosted HCI scholars working in the Mediterranean and other European countries. The aim of CHItaly 2021 is to connect research and geographical areas, so as to explore frontiers and cross-fertilise HCI research in practice. From this perspective, a hybrid conference can become an incredible experimentation space which you are all invited to shape.
To reach its aims, the conference
1.     solicits contributions from diverse research communities relevant to HCI, such as Science and Technology Studies, Technology Enhanced Learning, Interaction Design and Digital Fabrication, Design and the Arts, besides traditional fields such as computer science, engineering and psychology
2.     opens its physical and digital doors to industry, civic societies and citizens.
Join CHItaly either virtually or physically to expand the frontiers of HCI.
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DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM: SPECIFICATIONS
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The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to provide a setting in which PhD students can present and receive feedback on their work. Students at different stages of their research will be able to articulate and discuss their problem statement, goals, methods, and results. 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 scope of the consortium is to enable PhD students to interact with their peers, as well as with more senior researchers, on a wide range of Human-Computer Interaction related topics, and related to the conference theme.

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. Participation is particularly encouraged from PhD students who are close to proposing a thesis.
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PAPER FORMAT AND PROCEEDINGS
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Submitted papers must be in English and single-author, but the name of the supervisor could be mentioned within the paper. Papers must be 5-page long using the 1-column CEUR template available at http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. An Overleaf page for LaTeX users is also available at https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt.
Papers 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 student by presenting the proposed approach and the results achieved so far

Accepted papers will be collected and published in CEUR-WS proceedings.

Each author of an accepted paper will present orally his/her contribution the first day of the conference.
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IMPORTANT DATES
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Submissions: April 23th
Notifications to contributors: May 14th
Camera-ready/final version deadline: May 24th
Doctoral consortium: July 12th
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SUBMISSIONS: HOW TO
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DC papers must be sent via mail to dc.chitaly2021@unibz.it with 'DC submission' in the e-mail subject.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
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If you have any question, please write an email to the Doctoral Consortium co-chairs:

    Daniela Fogli, University of Brescia, Italy, email: daniela.fogli@unibs.it
    Fabio Paternò, CNR-ISTI, Italy, email: fabio.paterno@isti.cnr.it

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CHITALY 2021 TRACKS
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This year, CHItaly 2021 has several tracks, besides the track for doctoral consortium papers:
long and short research papers, https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/cfp.html
workshops,  https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/workshops.html
interactive experience,  https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/interactive_experiences.html