A submission to the AutomotiveUI SRT should describe recently completed or ongoing student research (either a student alone or a group of students+supervisor) in any of the topic areas covered by the AutomotiveUI conference (→ see conference topics at the bottom of https://www.auto-ui.org/25/authors/). Submissions should be original work that is neither in submission elsewhere nor already published in AutomotiveUI nor another conference or journal. The paper abstract (200 words max.) should contain/describe: 

• The research problem/motivation for the work 
• Background and related work 
• Novelty of the research 
• Research approach 
• Results 
• Contributions to the field of HCI

The SRT Submission 

The submission contains the following parts:

• The paper using the ACM Master Article Submission Templates (single column, maximum of 4 pages excluding references)
• A video describing and showing your project in 2-3 min. The video should be submitted as a .mp4 file in 16:9 format.
• Submit proof of student status, including a stamp of the university. This could be submitted by:
  • uploading a note during submission signed by your academic supervisor verifying your status, stating the name of university/college, whether you were a graduate (i.e., Masters) or undergraduate (i.e., Bachelor level) when the work was done, and confirming that you are either currently registered in an academic program full-time, or will return to be a student in the upcoming 180 days (starting submission deadline). 
  • any form of official document from university (e.g., transcript of records, semester certificate, etc.) clearly showing that you were enrolled at the time of submission.

Formatting and Rules

• All submissions must have a clear connection to the AutomotiveUI conference. Submissions outside the scope of the conference cannot be considered.
• Submissions should be in English language (as the conference language is also English) and stay consistent for all submission forms (pdf, video, etc.).  
• The initial submission for this venue is *not* anonymised. Please include the name of the author(s) and the acknowledgment section as they will appear in the camera-ready version of the abstract.
• Student(s) must be enrolled in a university or college *at the time of the initial submission* deadline.  
• Submission can be made by undergraduate (Bachelor), graduate (Masters) or first-year PhD students. Prior research experience of the author(s) will be taken into account when reviewing the papers. 
• Students can submit a single or team project with one designated presenter. At least the designated presenter has to register to and attend the conference. 
• Supervisors are allowed as co-authors, but a student needs to present the work at the conference in case of acceptance. Contributions should be submitted online via PCS.

Submission Procedure

Submissions are facilitated via the Student Research Track category in PCS. Authors may submit and edit their materials until the submission deadline. Should you encounter any difficulties, technical problems, or questions about this process, please contact the AutomotiveUI SRT chairs via srt(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)auto-ui.org.

Accessibility

Authors are expected to follow SIGCHI’s Guide to an Accessible Submission. Video submissions should follow the SIGCHI’s Guide to an Accessible Video. If you have questions or concerns about creating accessible submissions, please contact the AutomotiveUI Accessibility chairs via accessibility(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)auto-ui.org early in the writing process (the closer to the deadline, the less time the team will have to respond to individual requests). Papers flagged as inaccessible by a reviewer will have to be reassigned. Note that while we strive to match the best reviewer to each paper – the best reviewers for the work may not be able to review an inaccessible submission.

Inclusivity

Submissions should be prepared with an active consideration towards the respectful use of language, particularly towards marginalised groups, particularly around gender and disability.

Research Involving Human Participants

As a researcher, you have an overriding obligation to protect participants’ welfare and safety and to ensure they are treated fairly and with respect. All researchers involving participants must meet appropriate ethical and legal standards as outlined in the following document: ACM Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects.

Use of Generative Tools

All authors should be aware of the ACM Policy on Authorship, which articulates the authorized use of generative AI in submitted works. Text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM) such as ChatGPT must be clearly marked where such tools are used for purposes beyond editing the author’s text. All authors are responsible for the content created by these tools, the use of the tools must be disclosed (e.g., in the acknowledgements), and the tool cannot be listed as an author. As such, authors are responsible for plagiarism, misrepresentation, fabrication, or falsification of content and/or references generated through the use of generative AI tools, and could be sanctioned with penalties, such as a publication ban. We will investigate submissions brought to our attention and will reject papers where LLM use is not clearly marked.