<div dir="ltr"><h1 id="gmail-ieee-vr-2018-call-for-vr-conference-papers" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:36px;margin:20px 0px 10px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51)">IEEE VR 2018 Call for VR Conference Papers</h1><h2 id="gmail-submission-deadlines" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px"><span style="font-size:14px">IEEE VR 2018 seeks original, high-quality</span><span style="font-size:14px"> </span><em style="font-size:14px;box-sizing:border-box">Conference Papers</em><span style="font-size:14px"> </span><span style="font-size:14px">in all areas related to virtual reality (VR), including augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and 3D user interfaces (3DUIs).</span></h2><h2 id="gmail-submission-deadlines" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px">Submission Deadlines<br></h2><h1 id="gmail-call-for-doctoral-consortium" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:36px;margin:20px 0px 10px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:14px">Each deadline is 23:59:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) == GMT/UTC-12:00 on the stated day, no matter where the submitter is located.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:14px">**The submission deadlines will be strictly enforced. Requests for extensions will not be considered**</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:14px">November 16, 2017: Paper abstract due</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:14px">November 22, 2017: Paper submissions due</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:14px">January 10, 2018: Author notification</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:14px">January 31, 2018: Camera-ready material due</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:14px"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-size:14px">For more information: <a href="http://ieeevr.org/2018/contribute/conferencepapers.html">http://ieeevr.org/2018/contribute/conferencepapers.html</a></p></h1><h1 id="gmail-call-for-doctoral-consortium" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:36px;margin:20px 0px 10px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Call for Doctoral Consortium</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">IEEE VR 2018: the 25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">March 18-22, 2018, Reutlingen, Germany</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="http://ieeevr.org/2018/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none">http://ieeevr.org/2018/</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Continuing the tradition started at the 2015 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, we are holding a Doctoral Consortium (DC) event associated with IEEE VR 2018.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The purpose of the DC is to provide a unique, interactive, supportive, and prestigious mentoring opportunity for select Ph.D. students at any level. This opportunity can make a significant difference by offering a valuable opportunity to get the independent perspectives of senior individuals with a collective breadth and depth of knowledge.</p><h2 id="gmail-doctoral-consortium-overview" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px">Doctoral Consortium Overview</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The DC is a concentrated full-day event that will be held on <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">March 18th</strong>, 2018, which will focus on presentations and discussions, followed by poster presentations and networking opportunities on <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">March 19th</strong>, 2018. Accepted students will be expected to give in-depth presentations of their position paper and receive constructive critiques from mentors. Information on format and length of presentations will be provided at a later time to accepted students. Accepted students will be expected to create a poster about their work, to allow attendees to quickly familiarize themselves with each other’s work, and to be shown during the conference poster session. Accepted students will also be expected to finalize the position paper, which should be revised based on feedback from the reviewers, into a two-page extended abstract (references included) to be included in the online IEEE VR program. The authors retain permission for future publication in other venues.</p><h2 id="gmail-dc-fellowships" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px">DC Fellowships</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Students are encouraged to seek funding from their institutions to participate in the DC. Students who are selected will be eligible to apply for funding through IEEE VR for complimentary full-conference registration (entire VR2018 conference), Lodging, and Travel funds. Funding is being worked out so we do not have more details as of yet. Students awarded this financial support will be deemed eligible based on the submitted application, funding constraints, and financial need.</p><h2 id="eligibility-and-topics" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px">Eligibility and Topics</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Students may be at any stage in their Ph.D. studies. The DC welcomes applicants from a broad range of disciplines including VR, AR, 3D user interfaces, human-computer interaction, wearable computing, social informatics, information technology, cognitive science, and related fields.</p><h2 id="gmail-position-paper-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px">Position Paper Content</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Applicants should submit a 1-2 page position paper detailing the progress that has been made so far towards a Ph.D. dissertation. The length of the position paper should reflect the progress that has been made. The DC position paper must clearly motivate, discuss, and summarize the proposed Ph.D. research, describe how the research fits into and advances research in VR and/or related fields, and report on the work done so far. The maximum length is two pages and formatting guidelines are described at <a href="http://ieeevr.org/2018/contribute/formatting.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none">http://ieeevr.org/2018/contribute/formatting.html</a>. References should be included but are not counted towards the two-page maximum.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Ph.D. students, which have only recently started their studies, should focus their discussion on research interests, research questions, and any ideas that they have for narrowing down their dissertation topic. More advanced Ph.D. students should discuss their dissertation topic in more depth which may include but is not limited to: data collected, results, shortfalls, proposed next steps, etc. Ph.D. students closer to graduation should discuss their dissertation topic in depth and proposed research for their career which may include but is not limited to focused research interests, proposed work they would include in a research statement, etc.</p><h2 id="gmail-important-dates" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px">Important Dates</h2><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Submission Deadline:<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">December 15th, 2018 23:59 AoE</li></ul></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Notification of acceptance:<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">January 8th, 2018 23:59 AoE</li></ul></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Camera-Ready:<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">February 2nd, 2018 23:59 AoE</li></ul></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Date of the event:<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">IEEE Virtual Reality 2018 - March 18-22, 2018</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id="gmail-submission" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px">Submission</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Please complete the following Doctoral Consortium Online Application form <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/Rdz0it6ADCNQAJru2" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none">https://goo.gl/forms/Rdz0it6ADCNQAJru2</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered</strong></p><h2 id="gmail-review-process" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px">Review Process</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">All submissions to the DC will undergo a thorough reviewing process with the goal to providing constructive feedback. The best suited submissions will be selected for presentation both at the DC and at the poster session. Submissions will be chosen with an emphasis on diversity of topics, participants, approaches, and institutions. Please contact the program chairs if any assistance is needed in preparing an application.</p><h2 id="gmail-best-presentation-award" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px">Best Presentation Award</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The best presentation at the DC will be honored with the prestigious DC Award. The award will be handed over during the IEEE VR 2018 Award Ceremony on March 22nd, 2018.</p><h2 id="gmail-questions" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:30px">Questions?</h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">For more information, please contact the DC Program Chairs:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Aleshia Hayes, <em style="box-sizing:border-box">Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne, USA</em></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Gerd Bruder, <em style="box-sizing:border-box">University of Central Florida, USA</em></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Pete Willemsen, <em style="box-sizing:border-box">University of Minnesota Duluth, USA</em></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Tonja Machulla, <em style="box-sizing:border-box">University of Stuttgart, Germany</em></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Materials and questions should be e-mailed to the DC co-chairs</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">doctoralconsortium2018 [at] <a href="http://ieeevr.org">ieeevr.org</a></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br> <table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de"> <tr> <td style="width:55px;padding-top:13px"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon" target="_blank"><img src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;"></a></td> <td style="width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:#41424e;font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link" target="_blank" style="color:#4453ea">www.avast.com</a> </td> </tr> </table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div>