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ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Workshop Proposals

ACM UMAP 2024: The 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy

July 1-4, 2024

 

 

The 32nd International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2024) is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP 2024 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The workshops will provide a venue to discuss and explore key emerging areas of user modeling, recommender systems and adaptive hypermedia research, among others, with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. Please consult the ACM UMAP 2024 general call for full and short papers concerning the key topics of this call as well.

 

In this edition, our goal is to have a balanced workshop program, comprising different workshop formats and combining newly emerging, currently evolving, and established research topics. Workshops are encouraged to be as dynamic and interactive as possible. Different full-day and half-day workshop schemas are possible, such as:

  • Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic where participants are asked to submit a white paper or position statement.
  • Traditional mini-conferences on key, emerging, specialized topics, having their own paper submission and review processes.
  • Mini-competitions or research challenges around selected topics, with either individual or team participation and their own evaluation processes
  • Interactive discussion meetings focusing on subtopics of the main conference general tracks, with interactivity and engagement in mind.
  • Joint panels aiming to synthesize insights from diverse perspectives by bringing together experts from different workshops or sessions.

 

** Important Dates **

  • Workshop Proposal Submission: January 11, 2024
  • Notification: February 1, 2024
  • Workshop Description & Website URL Submission: February 24, 2024
  • Workshop Summary Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 16, 2024
  • Workshop Day: July TBD, 2024 (it will happen in one of the conference days)

 

We strongly encourage the organizers of accepted workshops to diligently follow the suggested deadlines in the schedule for the authors of workshop papers:

  • (Suggested) 1st Call for Workshop Papers: February 28, 2024
  • (Suggested) 2nd Call for Workshop Papers: April 13, 2024
  • (Suggested) Workshop Paper Submission: April 24, 2024
  • (Suggested) Notification: May 8, 2024
  • (Mandatory) Workshop Papers Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 16, 2024

 

These dates are synchronized with the notification of paper acceptance in the main conference track, and the availability of early registration for the authors of accepted workshop papers.

 

Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time.

 

** Submission **

 

All workshop proposals must be written in English. Proposals should be submitted electronically, in a PDF format, through the EasyChair submission system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap24, by selecting the “UMAP24 Workshop and Tutorial Proposals” track.

 

** Length and Formatting **

 

*Format*: Each proposal should be arranged into a single PDF document, not exceeding 5 pages (references included). 

 

*Template*: Following the ACM Publication Workflow, the proposal should be arranged based on the new ACM single-column format. Instructions for the organizers are given below:

 

 

Should you have any questions or issues going through the instructions above, please contact support at acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com for LaTeX and Microsoft Word inquiries.

 

*Structure*: Each proposal is expected to include the following information:

  • Workshop title and acronym.
  • Workshop chair(s), including, for each organizer, their affiliation, main email address, website link, and experiences in organizing such events. Note that organizers are expected to attend the workshop and be actively involved in its organization.
  • Abstract (up to 300 words) and topics of interest.
  • Keywords (at least 3).
  • Motivation on why the workshop is of particular interest at this time and how it complements (rather than duplicates) the topics of the main conference.
  • Workshop format, particularly discussing the mix of expected events, such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussions.
  • Short description of the intended audience and the expected number of participants, including how they will be selected.
  • List of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have to be confirmed at the time of the proposal). The program committee is mandatory.
  • Requested duration (half day or full day).
  • When available, past editions of the workshop, including their website URLs, a brief statement on the development of the workshop series, e.g., in terms of topics, number of paper submissions and participants, post-workshop publications over the years and acceptance statistics.
  • If this would be the first edition of the workshop, a description of how this workshop differs from others on the same or similar topics (include conference name and year).
  • Any other relevant information to support your proposal.

 

** Instructions **

 

*Support*: 

We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a workshop proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for workshop proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas.

*Diversity*:

We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing their different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that may attract various types of participants and may ensure rich interactions.

*Expectations*: 

The organizers of accepted workshops are expected to set up a webpage for the workshop including detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline, disseminate a call for papers, a call for participation, select reviewers, and gather reviews before selecting the final program. They will be responsible for their own publicity and reviewing processes.

*Proceedings*:

There will be conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM, and available via the ACM Digital Library. A camera-ready summary of the workshop should be written by the organizers to be included in these adjunct proceedings. Moreover, all workshop papers will be published in the same proceedings. Hence, the workshop organizers will need to make sure that the authors of workshop papers adhere to the adjunct proceedings publication timeline.

*Camera-ready Information*:

Accepted summaries/papers will require a further revision in order to meet the requirements and the page limits of the camera-ready format required by ACM. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of the summaries/papers will be provided after acceptance. We strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX/Overleaf for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting. Users of the Word template must use either the version for Microsoft Word for Windows, Macintosh Office 2011, or Macintosh Office 2016 (other formats such as Open Office, etc., are not admitted) for the camera-ready submission to avoid incompatibility issues.

 

** Registration and Presentation Policy **

 

Each accepted workshop summary must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the early registration date cut-off. Each workshop has to be run by all organizers. Therefore, each workshop organizer must be registered (at least 25% in person, the remaining online). Each accepted workshop summary will be included in the conference adjunct proceedings. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of UMAP 2024. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.

 

Each accepted workshop paper must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the early registration date cut-off. Each accepted workshop paper can be presented either in person or online and will be included in the conference adjunct proceedings. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of UMAP 2024. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.

 

** Workshop Chairs ** 

  • Amra Delic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Eelco Herder, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Noemi Mauro, University of Turin, Italy

 

Contact information: umap2024-wt at um.org