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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><b>*** Last Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers *** </b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;">UMAP 23: 31st ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;">Personalization</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;">June 26 - 29, 2023, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-doctoral-consortium-papers/">https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-doctoral-consortium-papers/</a></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;">Submissions due: March 31, 2023</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;">Submission site: </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 18px; color: #000000;"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap23</a></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">ACM UMAP 2023 is the premier international conference on systems that adapt to</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">users and user models for adaptation. The UMAP 2023 Doctoral Consortium (DC) will</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">take place as part of the 31st International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">and Personalization. The DC provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished researchers</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">and industry practitioners from the field.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Doctoral students are invited to apply to present their research to experienced </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">scholars who will provide constructive feedback and advice. Students should</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">consider participating in the DC if they are at least one year away from completing</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">their dissertation at the time of the event, but after having settled on a research</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">area or dissertation topic.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">This forum will provide Ph.D. students with an opportunity to</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Present and discuss their research ideas to experienced scholars in a supportive,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">formative, and yet critical environment</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Explore and develop their research interests under the guidance of distinguished</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">researchers from the field who will provide constructive feedback and advice;</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Explore career pathways available after completing their Ph.D. degree</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> Network and build collaborations with other members of the community</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Students are asked to submit a brief proposal outlining their doctoral research,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">which will be evaluated by the consortium committee. Good quality applications will </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">be selected for presentation at a DC Session as part of the conference. Each student </span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">with an accepted submission will be assigned a mentor who will provide feedback on</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">the students work and will discuss the doctoral research with the student and the</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">audience at the consortium.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR A DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM PAPER AND SUBMISSION</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>INSTRUCTIONS</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Please refer to the conference web site for more detailed information regarding the</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">preparation and submission of DC contributions:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-doctoral-consortium-papers/">https://www.um.org/umap2023/call-for-doctoral-consortium-papers/</a></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>IMPORTANT DATES</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">● </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Submission of papers: March 31, 2023</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">● </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Notification of acceptance: April 28, 2023</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">● </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Camera-ready versions of accepted papers: May 2, 2023</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">● </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Conference: June 26-29, 2023 </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><u>Note</u></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">: The submission times are 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth)</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"><b>DC CHAIRS</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">● </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Antonija Mitrovic, Canterbury University, New Zealand</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">● </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Michel Desmarais, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">● </span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">Martijn Willemsen, Eindhoven University of Technology and JADS, Netherlands</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;">● Contact: umap2023-doctoral@um.org</span></div>
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