Call for Doctoral Consortium

COMPASS 2025 Doctoral Consortium

Call for Participation

The COMPASS 2025 Doctoral Consortium (DC) provides a platform for doctoral students to present and discuss their research, exchange ideas, and receive constructive feedback from experienced mentors and peers. The DC will take place in person in Toronto on July 22nd, 2025. Submission topics – Doctoral research should cover themes from this list, if research topic is related but not an exact fit feel free to still apply. Mirror broad COMPASS submission tracks:
  • Systems and IoT for Sustainable Societies
  • HCI, Design and Critical Perspectives
  • AI, ML and Data Science for Sustainable Societies
  • Development, Economics and Policy
  • Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change
  • Technology, Media, and Social Practice
If you would like to participate, please submit a research statement via the google form linked below in the Submission Instructions, with the following information:
  • The academic stage you are currently at (e.g. PhD, Master’s, Bachelor’s)
  • Your research topic and research methods
  • What you hope to gain from participating in  this Consortium
  • The main questions you would like to address in this Consortium

Important Dates

  • Round 1 Submission deadline: January 12, 2025 January 20, 2025
  • Round 1 Decision notification: January 31, 2025
  • Round 2 Submission deadline: March 7, 2025 March 21, 2025
  • Round 2 Decision notification:  April  7, 2025
  • Doctoral Consortium: July 22, 2025

Submission Instructions

  • Submission via Google Form : https://forms.gle/Faa2UANf9kZcaoGz5
  • Up to 4-page research statement (plus 1 page for references). See formatting details below. Shorter submissions are welcome.
  • A two-page curriculum vitae (CV).
  • A short letter of support from their advisor that addresses how the DC would benefit  the applicant’s career and confirms that the student can attend.

Formatting

Please format submissions using single-column format, 10 pt text, and 1.15 spacing. You are encouraged to use the following templates:
  • Word authors can use the old interim ACM Small template available at  https://dl.acm.org/journal/pacmhci/submission-templates.
  • LaTeX authors can use the template available at https://www.acm.org/publications/authors/submissions, and insert the acmsmall call.
  • Overleaf authors can use the template at https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-journals-new-master-template/vgtfrcvmrvxf, and use the acmsmall call.

Funding

Limited funding is available for accepted participants, please indicate if you need support in the application. We also encourage applying to the Gary Marsden Travel Awards for funding support: https://sigchi.org/resources/gary-marsden-travel-awards/.

COMPASS 2025 Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs

  • Sabine Loos, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
  • Sachin Pendse, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
  • Samar Sabie, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Please direct questions to dc-chair-2025@compass.acm.org.