The GROUP 2022/23 Doctoral Consortium provides an opportunity for doctoral students to discuss their research in an international forum under the guidance of a panel of experienced HCI and CSCW researchers. The Doctoral Consortium will be held on 23 January as part of the ACM 2022/23 Conference on Supporting Group Work in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA. Selected applicants will be asked to give short, informal presentations during the Consortium. These will be followed by extensive group discussion in a friendly and constructive workshop. Participants will also present their research in an interactive poster session during the main technical program of the conference.
We welcome applicants from a broad range of disciplines and approaches that inform human-centered computing, including anthropology, sociology, information science, computer science, cognitive science, organizational studies, design and related fields. We are particularly interested in applications from institutions and groups that have not traditionally been well-represented at past GROUP conferences.
Applicants should be Ph.D. students with an already established direction of research relevant to HCI and CSCW, but whose research would benefit from guidance provided by peers and senior colleagues at the Doctoral Consortium. Preference will be given to students who have a defined topic and program of work, i.e., who have proposed their topics and are within 2 years of graduation within a 5-year program or are half way through a 3 (or 4) year program.
GROUP 2022 is using the Precision Conference System (PCS) 2.0. To submit, log in to PCS, click on “Submissions”, and then make a new submission to Group -> Group 2022/23 -> Group2022/23 Doctoral Consortium.
You will be asked to provide: A FOUR-page overview (including references) of your doctoral research that describes your research question(s), work in progress, and expected contributions. This overview should also include (1) a paragraph that articulates what you hope to gain from attending the GROUP Doctoral Consortium, and (2) an abstract of no more than 100 words.
The writeup should be in the single-column ACM Master Article Submission Template. Authors can use their preferred platform to prepare their document, though LaTeX/Overleaf tends to generate the fewest errors. Authors can use the following links to find their preferred template file:
The writeup should include all organizer names and affiliations - these are not anonymous submissions. Authors of accepted doctoral research overview will have their extended abstract published as part of the conference companion which will be available in the ACM Digital Library.
The deadline for submitting is Saturday 1 October 2022, 11:59 pm, 11:59 pm ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. After this date, the system will be closed.
All questions should be directed to [email protected]
We are currently working to secure funding for additional participants. All United States (US) based participants who were accepted into the 2022 cohort and who indicated they would like to participate in 2023 will be offered financial support to attend the Doctoral Consortium through the National Science Foundation (NSF). Due to NSF rules, this funding can only be used on US-based Doctoral students. We will do our best to secure financial support from SIGCHI for accepted international students to attend. We also encourage accepted participants to investigate other opportunities for support.
Myriam Lewkowicz, Troyes University of Technology
Bryan Semaan, University of Colorado Boulder
[email protected]