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<div>ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS) 2016 </div>
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<div>November 6-9, 2016</div>
<div>Niagara Falls, Canada</div>
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<div>http://iss2016.acm.org/</div>
<div>http://iss2016.acm.org/authors/doctoral/</div>
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<div>Call for Participation: Doctoral Symposium</div>
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<div>ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ACM ISS 2016), formerly known as</div>
<div>the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and</div>
<div>Surfaces (ITS) is being held in Niagara Falls, Canada from November</div>
<div>6-9, 2016. </div>
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<div>The ISS Doctoral Symposium is a forum in which Ph.D. students can meet</div>
<div>and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced</div>
<div>Interactive Surface researchers in an informal and interactive</div>
<div>setting. The panel will provide advice about completing a doctorate</div>
<div>degree, and about the job search which follows, both in academia and</div>
<div>in industry.</div>
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<div>Students should submit a paper that describes: </div>
<div>- the problem that the thesis aims to address; </div>
<div>- the broad approach and how it builds upon and goes beyond the most</div>
<div>central of relevant previous work; </div>
<div>- the work completed and </div>
<div>- the plan for the full dissertation work. </div>
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<div>Completed work may be presented as an overview or highlighting a</div>
<div>particularly important part in depth. Doctoral Symposium papers will</div>
<div>be published in the ISS conference companion distributed at the</div>
<div>conference. Each submission will be reviewed by both DS chairs to</div>
<div>assess its suitability for the DS, as well as additional expert</div>
<div>reviewers when necessary. This will be based on whether the work is</div>
<div>sufficiently mature to present but still early enough for the student</div>
<div>to benefit from the feedback and experience.</div>
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<div>Accepted students will present their work to the DS chairs and expert</div>
<div>reviewers and participate in an intensive, all-day workshop around</div>
<div>ISS research. Accepted students will also present a research Poster</div>
<div>during the main ISS poster session to share their work with the</div>
<div>larger ISS community. They will also have free ISS 2016 conference</div>
<div>registration. The Doctoral Symposium will take place at the</div>
<div>conference venue on Sunday, November 6, 2016 (for accepted students</div>
<div>and invited experts only!).</div>
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<div>Important Dates:</div>
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<div>August 26, 2016 (extended to September 2, 2016): Deadline for submissions</div>
<div>September 9, 2016: Author Notifications</div>
<div>September 16, 2016: Camera-Ready Deadline</div>
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<div>Submissions:</div>
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<div>Every submission should include both an extended abstract (no more</div>
<div>than six pages in ACM landscape format) and a draft poster</div>
<div>design. You may also submit a video and you are encouraged to do so</div>
<div>if this clarifies the work, as is often the case in ISS interfaces. </div>
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<div>For further details on completing a Doctoral Symposium submission,</div>
<div>please see the DS website: http://iss2016.acm.org/authors/doctoral/</div>
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<div>Doctoral Symposium Co-Chairs:</div>
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<div>Stacey Scott, University of Waterloo, Canada</div>
<div>Bongshin Lee, Microsoft Research, USA</div>
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<div>Contact: doctoral@iss2016.acm.org</div>
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