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*** Covid-19 announcement ***
The HCOMP organisers are monitoring the ongoing situation around
Covid-19 closely. We plan to hold the conference at the same
dates, either online, or, if it‘s safe and the restrictions allow
it, at the planned venue in the Netherlands. We aim to disclose
further details in a few months. In the meantime, we’re looking
forward to your submissions!
*** HCOMP 2020: Second round of applications for Doctoral
Consortium ***
• Hilversum, the Netherlands
• October 26-28 2020
• Website:
https://www.humancomputation.com
<https://www.humancomputation.com/>
• Twitter: @hcomp_conf
IMPORTANT DATES (Deadline extension) - ALL TIMES ARE MIDNIGHT CEST
(AMSTERDAM TIME)
• August 11: Second round of Doctoral Consortium applications due
• September 8: Second round of Doctoral Consortium notifications
sent
HCOMP’s annual Doctoral Consortium provides doctoral students with
a unique opportunity to meet each other and experienced
researchers in the field. Students will be mentored by a group of
faculty who are leaders in the diverse specialties that make up
the HCOMP field. The objectives of the Doctoral Consortium are to
provide students with an opportunity:
• To present and discuss their research with experienced
researchers: the Doctoral Consortium Mentors;
• To establish a supportive community, including other doctoral
students at a similar stage of their dissertation research;
• To provide a platform for broader exposure for their research,
both in general and in support of future a job search.
AREAS OF INTEREST
HCOMP is unique in the diversity of disciplines it draws upon, and
contributes to, ranging from computer science, artificial
intelligence, and human-computer interaction, to economics and the
social sciences, all the way to digital humanities, policy, and
ethics. This year, we especially encourage works that generate new
insights into the quality (or qualities) of human-annotated
datasets, including elements such as reliability and replicability
of human computation and crowdsourcing experiments, novel metrics
for aggregation of results, and holistic approaches to deal with
bias, fairness, and interpretability.
ELIGIBILITY
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 present their work at the Doctoral
Consortium. Participants will also likely be required to present a
poster on their work during the poster session at the main
conference.
SELECTION
Submissions will be reviewed by a Program Committee of Doctoral
Committee Mentors, with selection based upon the expected
potential of both the student and their proposed work, as well as
the expected benefit to the student from participation. Priority
will be given to students whose research goes beyond locally
available expertise at their home institutions.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
More information about financial support coming soon.
APPLICATION
Applicants must submit a solely-authored paper in English
containing: 1) a Doctoral Research Overview; and 2) a Supplemental
Paragraph.
DOCTORAL RESEARCH OVERVIEW.
Please summarize your doctoral research, including the following
sections:
• Motivation for the proposed research;
• Background and related work (including key references);
• Description of the proposed research, including key research
questions and planned methodology to be used for investigating
these research questions;
• Proposed experiments if appropriate; Any preliminary evaluation
and findings are welcomed, but this is not required.;
• Specific research issues and/or challenges (do not skip these;
the consortium is about helping you solve issues, not boasting
about the issues you already solved!).
SUPPLEMENTAL PARAGRAPH.
Please write a paragraph explaining:
• Why you want to participate in the consortium at this point in
your doctoral studies and how you expect to benefit from the
consortium;
• The status of your dissertation proposal (writing, submitted,
presented, or approved);
• Your expected (approximate) defense date.
LENGTH AND ORGANIZATION.
Your paper should be no more than 4 pages in total: 3 pages for
the Doctoral Research Overview (including all figures and
references), and the 4th page being the Supplemental Paragraph.
The first page must contain the title of the paper, full author
name, affiliation and contact details, an abstract of up to 250
words, and up to 3 keywords describing the research topic areas.
FORMATTING.
Papers must be formatted in AAAI two-column, camera-ready style;
please refer to the AAAI 2019 Author Kit for details. Papers must
be in trouble-free, high-resolution PDF format, formatted for US
Letter (8.5” x 11”) paper, using Type 1 or TrueType fonts. It is
the responsibility of the student to ensure that their submission
uses no unusual formatting and is printable on a standard printer.
The AAAI copyright block is not required for works-in-progress or
demo submissions, as they are not included in the formal
proceedings. Please see below for information regarding
dissemination.
SUBMISSION.
Electronic submission through the HCOMP-20 EasyChair
(
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hcomp2020
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hcomp2020>) paper
submission site is required on or before the deadline listed
above. We cannot accept submissions by e-mail or fax. Authors will
receive confirmation of receipt of their submissions, including an
ID number, shortly after submission. HCOMP will contact authors
again only if problems are encountered with papers.
DISSEMINATION.
Submissions will be distributed only to mentors and other
attendees of the doctoral consortium. Proceedings of the Doctoral
Consortium will NOT be archived. As such, students may freely
submit their research contributions for official publication in
other venues. Participant names and university affiliations, as
well as paper titles and abstracts, will be publicized on the
conference website and in the conference program for the poster
session.
QUESTIONS?
Please contact the Doctoral Consortium Chairs.
Maribel Acosta, at
maribel.acosta@kit.edu
<mailto:maribel.acosta@kit.edu> Markus Krause, at
public.markus.krause@gmail.com
<mailto:public.markus.krause@gmail.com>
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