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Call for Position Papers DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM at AutomotiveUI 2015 Nottingham, UK # September 1-3, 2015

Submissions due: July 13th, 2015 ************************************************************************

After its inauguration in 2013 in Eindhoven, the doctoral colloquium has meanwhile become an inherent part of the AutomotiveUI conference series. The DC aims at bringing together PhD students working on topics related to the field of automotive user interfaces and interactive vehicular applications, offering them an opportunity to present and discuss their research to an audience of peers and senior faculty. PhD students will receive feedback from their peers about the appropriate- ness of their idea/topic/research approach, and will enjoy discussing their research with senior members of the community. The DC will take place on Tuesday, September 1st 2015, prior to the start of the main conference program.

The topics of the AutomotiveUI'15 doctoral colloquium are basically the ones of the main conference (full list: http://www.auto-ui.org/15/):

1) Devices & Interfaces for vehicle operation 2) Automated/cooperative driving & Instrumentation 3) Evaluation & Benchmarking (Simulation, FOT, Naturalistic Studies) 4) Driver Performance & Behavior (Emotions, Intention, Distraction,...)

*** ELIGIBILITY *** The AutomotiveUI 2015 doctoral colloquium welcomes contributions from doctoral students currently registered in a PhD program. Ideal candidates should have worked on their dissertation for some months; thus, they should have chosen a research topic and possibly have also selected theoretical and methodological approaches. Selection of participants will be based on the quality of the submission and its relevance to the conference topics of interest.

*** TRAVEL GRANTS *** We are planning to provide travel grants to allow more students to take part in the DC; however, at this early time we cannot guarantee at all that we will finally be able to provide travel grants. More information on request.

*** SUBMISSION FORMAT *** Submissions must be single-author, but the name of the supervisor should also be mentioned in the paper. The conversation language of the colloquium is English and all submitted materials must be also in English. Research students wishing to apply for the DC should submit up to 5 pages including figures, references, and a 100 word abstract using the format of the main conference. Each submitted paper will be reviewed by the members of the doctoral colloquium program committee.

The position statement should: + give a crisp introduction to the field/problem domain, + present key related work (current status of the problem domain and related solutions), + clearly formulate the research question/approach, + point out significance and innovation (expected contributions), + describe the research methodology that is applied or planned, + outline your contribution to the problem domain and highlight the uniqueness of your approach, + pose questions and issues (that you'd like to discuss at the DC)

In addition, a one page biographical sketch (CV) should be submitted, including a paragraph stating what you hope to get out of participating in the DC.

Please send applications (position statement, biographical sketch) as soon as possible but no later than July 13th, 2015 to Andreas Riener, Doctoral Colloquium Chair at doctoral@auto-ui.org. Should you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me any time (at the same Email address).