The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026): First Call for Doctoral Consortium
George Angelos Papadopoulos
*** First Call for Doctoral Consortium ***
The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026)
March 23-26, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus
https://iui.hosting.acm.org/2026/
The ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) is the leading annual venue
for researchers and practitioners to explore advancements at the intersection of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
IUI 2026 attracted a record number of submissions for the main conference (561 full
paper submissions after an initial submission of 697 abstracts).
The IUI 2026 Doctoral Consortium (DC) provides students an opportunity to present their
research and receive feedback from a panel of mentors comprising senior researchers in
the field. We invite students who want to benefit from the guidance given by the
experienced mentors for planning the future steps in their research project. The ideal
participant is a doctoral student about two years from finishing their Ph.D. However, we
will also consider advanced Master students and junior Ph.D students provided their
research plan is sufficiently developed to benefit from the discussion at the DC.
The IUI Doctoral Consortium will provide students with an opportunity to:
• present and discuss the status of their research with experienced scholars in a
supportive, formative, and yet critical environment;
• explore and further develop their research ideas through constructive feedback
provided by the mentors and other DC students;
• network and build collaborations with other members of the community;
• discuss various professional aspects and career opportunities.
Submission and Participation
Submissions will be reviewed and selected by the DC committee and DC mentors. DC
candidates should have developed a clear topic and research approach and have made
some progress, but are not too far along in their research so that they can still reshape
their research topic or approach.
The final version of accepted Doctoral Consortium submissions will be included in the
IUI companion proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library. DC participants are
expected to attend in person the Doctoral Consortium workshop that will take place as a
separate session during the conference (date to be announced). DC participants will also
have the opportunity to present their research in the poster session during the main
program.
Complimentary/reduced conference registration will be available for DC participants
under the precondition that they agree to assist as student volunteers in the organization
of the conference. They will also be given priority when applying for the student travel
awards (for details, see the Travel Funding page on the conference website).
Submission Instructions
If you are unsure about eligibility or submission requirements, please do not hesitate to
email us at dc2...@iui.acm.org!
To apply for the Doctoral Consortium, two steps are required:
• Please submit a single PDF containing your technical submission (for details see below)
via PCS by December 17, 2025.
• In addition, your doctoral or thesis advisor should send a separate, brief letter of
recommendation to the DC chairs at dc2...@iui.acm.org by December 17, 2025.
For the technical submission, please upload a single PDF containing the following four
items to https://new.precisionconference.com/~sigchi .
1. Cover Letter (1 page max):
Please include your full name, contact details, affiliation, web page, expected graduation
date and target degree, the name of your thesis advisor, gender (optional), home country
(optional), and whether you are a member of an underrepresented minority group
(optional).
2. DC Submission (4 pages max including references):
A document describing your thesis/dissertation topic and research plan and your
progress thus far. Key points the submission should include:
• motivation for your dissertation research
• goal and research questions
• related work that frames your research
• methods/approach to reach the goal
• results, if any
• next steps for your research
3. Questions to mentors and co-students (1 page max):
List the main questions and discussion points regarding your thesis/dissertation topic
for which you expect to receive feedback from the Doctoral Consortium mentors/
participants.
4. Your CV (3 pages max):
Provide an academic curriculum vitae (CV) document.
How to Format and Submit
Prepare your submission for review in a single column format, using the latest templates:
Word Submission Template, or the LaTeX template using
\documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for the LaTeX template.
All materials must be submitted electronically to PCS 2.0
https://new.precisionconference.com/~sigchi by the Doctoral Consortium deadline.
In PCS 2.0, first click "Submissions" at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for
society, conference, and track select "SIGCHI", "IUI 2026" and "IUI 2026 DC", respectively,
and press "Go".
Notifications and Possible SIGCHI Funding
Acceptance notifications will be sent by January 6, 2026.
Note that SIGCHI offers travel funding via the Gary Marsden Travel Awards.
The application deadline for this is Jan 9th. More information can be find at
https://iui.acm.org/2026/travel-funding/ .
Important Dates
• Paper Submission: December 17, 2025
• Acceptance Notification: January 6, 2026
All dates are 23:59h AoE (anywhere on Earth).
Organisation
General Chairs
• Tsvi Kuflik, The University of Haifa, Israel
• Styliani Kleanthous, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Local Organising Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Doctoral Consortium Chairs
• Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University, USA
• Osnat (Ossi) Mokryn, University of Haifa, Israel
• Martijn Willemsen, Eindhoven University of Technology & JADS, The Netherlands