Call for Participation
- Call for Participation
- Deadlines
- Papers
- Posters
- Demos
- Workshops
- Visions
- Doctoral Symposium
- Student Innovation Contest
- Student Volunteers
- Lasting Impact
Deadlines
| Papers (abstract) |
Thursday, March 30, 2023, 5pm PT
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| Papers (full submission) |
Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 5pm PT
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| Papers (video) |
Friday, April 7, 2023, 5pm PT
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| Posters | Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Demos | Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Workshops | Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Doctoral Symposium | Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Visions | Saturday, August 19, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Student Innovation Contest | Tuesday, August 22, 2023 |
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| Student Volunteers | Tuesday August 22, 2023, 5pm PT |
Access the UIST 2023 author guide
Papers
Papers are the main medium for conveying new research results at UIST and must describe original, unpublished work.
| Abstracts due (title, abstract, author list) | Thursday, March 30, 2023, 5pm PT |
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| Papers due (paper PDF) | Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Videos due | Friday, April 7, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Accessibility alt-text and video subtitles due | Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Initial reviews sent to authors. | Thursday, May 25, 2023 |
| Two-week rebuttal period starts (all papers have a rebuttal opportunity, no cut-off) | |
| Rebuttals due | Thursday, June 8, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Decisions sent to authors (conditional acceptance or rejection) | Saturday, June 24, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Final reviews sent to authors | Thursday, June 29, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Camera-ready versions due | Friday, July 28, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Final acceptance decision | Thursday, August 3, 2023 |
| Video preview due | Thursday, August 10, 2023, 5pm PT |
Submission Formatting Guidelines for UIST 2023
We strongly recommend submitting papers in the 2-column format, but will accept papers for review as either 1- or 2- column paper format if you are authoring in Word. The rationale for strongly recommending a 2-column format is that reviewers have generally expressed a strong preference for printing and reading PDFs in a two-column format. Additionally, the PDFs that appear in the digital library are ultimately two-column. However, as we do use the TAPS workflow, we understand that Word users may want to utilize the single-column template.
Revised Papers from Prior Submission: To ensure consistency of the review process, we encourage authors of previously rejected papers to upload the prior version of the paper, corresponding reviews, and summary of changes from the last round of submission as part of the UIST 2023 paper submission process.
Submission Information
- All materials must be submitted electronically to PCS 2.0 by the abstract and paper deadline.
- In PCS 2.0, first click “Submissions” at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for society, conference, and track select “SIGCHI”, “UIST 2023” and “UIST 2023 Papers”, respectively, and press “Go.”
- We will adopt the ACM TAPS Workflow.
- For LaTeX authors, submissions should be made using the double-column format (example PDF) using
\documentclass[sigconf,review,anonymous]{acmart}. - For Word authors, submissions should be made using either the double-column format (submission template, example PDF) or the single-column template (submission template, example PDF).
- UIST papers are of variable length. Paper length must be based on the weight of the contribution. A new idea presented in a compact format is more likely to be accepted than the same idea in a long format, and shorter, more focused papers are encouraged. As a guideline, please consider papers in the range of ~7,500-10,000 words.
- Optional, but highly encouraged
- Resolution of 1080p (1920 x 1080) or 4k (3840 x 2160 px), encoded as MP4 using the H.264 codec
- No more than five minutes long
- Size: < 200 MB
- Subtitles are required (3-day grace period) using a separate .srt or .sbv file
- Maximum total size for all files < 300 MB
- Anonymous, i.e. authors must remove their names and affiliations throughout all submission materials (paper, videos, supplementary material) [anonymity policy]
- Refereed, i.e. the program committee and two external reviewers will review submitted papers
- Archival, i.e. accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library and distributed in digital form to conference attendees
- As required by the TAPS workflow, camera-ready manuscripts of all papers that have been accepted must be submitted in the formats listed below for final publication in the ACM Digital Library.
- For LaTeX authors, your source files will be used to auto-generate 1) a double-column PDF (example PDF), and 2) an accessible and responsive webpage (example HTML) that will be placed in the Digital Library.
- For Word authors, you will need to submit your paper in single-column format to correctly auto-generate 1) a double-column PDF (example PDF), and 2) an accessible and responsive webpage (example HTML) in the Digital Library.
- Talk at the conference by one or more authors of the paper
- Update: Due to a large increase in the number of submissions, we have less time for each submission than initially communicated. All papers will have 8 minutes for presentation, followed by 4 minutes for Q&A. An assigned session chair will help moderate.
- Video previews are mandatory.
- Recommended resolution: 1080p (1920 x 1080) or 4k (3840 x 2160 px), encoded as MP4 using the H.264 codec
- Length: 30 seconds
- Size: < 150 MB
- Subtitles are required using a separate .srt or .sbv file
- Please see the video guide for more information on producing a video preview.
- We strongly recommend that authors make their videos accessible through following the guidelines under Making Video Figures Accessible.
- Authors of accepted papers will be invited to participate in the UIST demo session.
Additional Notes
- We strongly recommend submitting papers in the 2-column format, but will accept papers for review as either 1- or 2- column paper format if you are authoring in Word. The rationale for strongly recommending a 2-column format is that reviewers have generally expressed a strong preference for printing and reading PDFs in a two-column format. Additionally, the PDFs that appear in the digital library are ultimately two-column. However, as we do use the TAPS workflow, we understand that Word users may want to utilize the single-column template.
- We will continue to put the papers up publicly on the ACM DL a week in advance of the conference.
- We will also use a two-week rebuttal period for papers (Thursday, May 25 to Thursday, June 8, 2023). Though the ACs may indicate if the rebuttal is likely to help (based on reviews and internal discussions), any author may choose to respond. A rebuttal response by Associate Chairs and external reviewers will be enforced by the Papers Co-chairs as much as possible.
- The video has traditionally been due the same day as paper submissions and this has always been stressful. We will allow for 2 more grace days after the paper submission deadline for uploading your optional video. The video is due on Friday, April 7, 2023.
- Accessibility is a key concern for the UIST 2023 Program Chairs. We ask authors to try to be as inclusive as possible and will allow 6 more grace days after the paper submission deadline to provide alt-text for all figures and tables and upload video subtitles for making your optional video accessible. Allowing additional time for your paper and video submissions to be accessible will overall help increase the quality of the conference and enable us to facilitate accessible reviewing. These additional materials are due on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. If the authors have difficulties with making their submission materials accessible, they are encouraged to contact the UIST 2023 Accessibility Chairs by emailing accessibility2023@uist.org and volunteers with questions or for assistance to ensure that all accessible materials are submitted by the April 11, 2023 deadline. We strongly recommend that authors read the SIGCHI Guidelines for an Accessible Submission which describes the process to make a paper submission accessible, as well as the SIGCHI Technical Requirements and Guidelines for Videos, which describes the process of accessible video creation and captioning.
View the 2023 program committee
Program Chairs
Posters
Posters provide an interactive forum in which authors can present their work to conference attendees during special poster sessions. Posters are an opportunity to describe new work or work that is still in progress, and work that is already presented in other venues but to share more with the UIST community.
Posters are non-archival, and will be more lightly reviewed (curated) than papers.
| Submission deadline | Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 5pm PT |
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| Acceptance notification | Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Camera-ready versions due | Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Video preview due (optional) | August 30, 2023, 5pm PT |
Submission Information
- All materials must be submitted electronically to PCS 2.0 before the submission deadline.
- In PCS 2.0, first click “Submissions” at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for society, conference, and track select “SIGCHI”, “UIST 2023” and “UIST 2023 Posters”, respectively, and press “Go.”
- Poster's Extended Abstract
- The extended abstract should not exceed 2 pages (excluding references).
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The double-column ACM paper template should be used for the submission process. For Overleaf/LaTeX, this means that the following command should be used:
\documentclass[sigconf, review]{acmart} - Accepted submissions will go through the ACM TAPS Workflow.
- Accompanying Poster
- Full-size poster design in PDF to be displayed on the web
- Recommended physical size is less than 30 X 40 inches (76 X 101 cm)
- Either portrait or landscape
- Optional, but highly encouraged
- Videos will be displayed through appropriate web access (example gallery view from UIST’20)
- Resolution of 1080p (1920 x 1080) or 4k (3840 x 2160 px), encoded as MP4 using the H.264 codec
- No more than five minutes long
- Size: < 150 MB
- Subtitles are required (3-day grace period) using a separate .srt or .sbv file
- Maximum total size for all files < 150 MB
- Not anonymous, include author names and institutions on extended abstract, poster, and the optional video
- Juried
- Less rigorous than paper review and does not include an author’s response or conditional acceptance, i.e., authors may expect to only receive light feedback
- Juried content is generally not required to make the same level of lasting and significant contribution as refereed content
- Non-archival, ideas described in UIST posters can be resubmitted as an extended full paper in subsequent years and ideas already presented in previous years or other venues are also welcomed
- The 2-page extended abstracts will be included in the ACM Digital Library as adjunct proceedings and distributed in digital form to conference attendees, the Poster design will not be included in the ACM Digital Library
- At least one author is requested to register and stand by their poster during the poster session to speak with conference attendees
- The same work cannot be submitted to both the UIST demo and poster tracks. Double submissions will only be considered as a demo submission and will be rejected from the poster track
- Resubmission of posters previously shown at other venues is allowed
- Please state previous poster venues and differences to previous posters in the appropriate box in PCS
View the 2023 posters program committee
Posters Chairs
Demos
Demos are one of the highlights of the UIST conference. Accepted authors show implementations of novel and compelling interaction concepts, techniques, devices and systems. We particularly encourage highly interactive demos— from novel web systems and prototype devices, to new materials, fabrication methods, XR and large interactive installations.
All demo submissions go through a rigorous curation process. The demo chairs will announce recommendations for presentation formats, logistics and provide early access for technical setup before the conference.
| Submission deadline | Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 5pm PT |
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| Acceptance notification | Wednesday, August 9, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Camera-ready versions due | Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Video preview due | Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 5pm PT |
Submission Information
- All materials must be submitted electronically to PCS 2.0 before the submission deadline.
- In PCS 2.0, first click “Submissions” at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for society, conference, and track select “SIGCHI”, “UIST 2023” and “UIST 2023 Demos, respectively, and press “Go.”
- Demo Abstract
- We will adopt the ACM TAPS Workflow.
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For LaTeX authors, submissions should be made using the double-column format (example PDF) using
\documentclass[sigconf,review]{acmart}. - For Word authors, submissions should be made using either the double-column format (submission template, example PDF) or the single-column template (submission template, example PDF).
- We do not have a strong page limit, but we recommend that authors prepare a manuscript of ~1,500-2,000 words to equate to the double column 2-page length, often 4-5 pages in the single column (plus references). Submissions could be both single-column or double-column format in PDF. We strongly encourage to use the double-column format.
- Floor Plan
- The demo submission should include a PDF document describing the envisioned setup and interaction (demo hardware components, tables, chairs, lights, and other equipment) so that organizers get a good understanding of your setup.
- This will also allow the organizers to better consider your requirements when organizing the demonstration space at the venue.
- Demo Video
- This video should be a standalone demonstration of the work
- It shows the working demo in appropriate detail
- It will be published ahead of time (~2 weeks before the conference) on the conference website
- Length: up to 5 min
- Resolution of 1080p (1920 x 1080) or 4k (3840 x 2160 px), encoded as MP4 using the H.264 codec
- Subtitles are required using a separate .srt or .sbv file
- Video previews are mandatory (7 days grace period after camera-ready deadline)
- Resolution of 1080p (1920 x 1080) or 4k (3840 x 2160 px), encoded as MP4 using the H.264 codec
- Size: < 150 MB
- Length: 30 seconds
- Subtitles are required using a separate .srt or .sbv file
- Demo submissions are not anonymous. Author names and institutions will be visible to the reviewing committee throughout the submission process.
- Demos are juried by the UIST demo chairs, and there is no rebuttal phase
- Due to the nature of the juried process, authors will not receive review feedback and will only be informed about the decision
- Non-archival, ideas presented as a UIST demo can be resubmitted as an extended full paper in subsequent years
- Demo abstracts will be included in the ACM digital library as adjunct proceedings and distributed in digital form to conference attendees
- At least one author is required to be physically present at the conference and present their demo during demo sessions
- If the authors have multiple demo submissions from the same lab/company, we can group these demos together at the venue. Please indicate the submission IDs of all demos from the same lab on the PCS submission page.
- The same work cannot be submitted to both the UIST demo and poster tracks. Double submissions will only be considered as a demo submission and will be rejected from the poster track
- Resubmission of demos previously shown at other venues is allowed
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Authors of accepted full papers who also want to present a demo have to submit an entry into the demos track. They have two choices:
(1) Regular demo submission : authors are welcome to submit a demo abstract (approx. 2 pages), which will result in the abstract being included in the ACM digital library adjunct proceedings. This is sometimes relevant to reflect differences between paper and demo, e.g., changes in the list or order of authors.
(2) Fast track : Paper authors can indicate in their demo submission that they want to submit a fast track demo. In that case, no demo abstract is required. However, authors are still required to submit a video preview and other relevant data (e.g., title, abstract, floorplan).
- Please make sure that all authors and their affiliation are correct before submitting in PCS
- It is not possible to add or remove any author from a demo abstract after submission
- It is not possible to change the affiliation of any author after the submission
Demos Chairs
Workshops
Workshops provide an interactive forum in which organizers can discuss a designated area of interest with fellow conference attendees during special workshop sessions the day before the paper track begins (i.e., workshops will happen on Sunday). Workshops should reflect the nature of UIST: engaging, interactive and cutting-edge. Consider activities such as discussions, demonstrations, brainstormings, and prototyping, in combination with talks and keynotes. Workshops activities should target an audience of approximately 20 participants. All workshop participants will be required to register for the main conference, and there will be an additional fee to attend workshops to cover the additional logistical expenses.
Given space limitations, participants will need to apply by, e.g., answering a few open-ended questions with short answers, to participate; workshop organizers cannot require a position paper or similar longer submission. Similarly, there should be no expectation that workshop participants will submit their own previously published works to attend a workshop. Workshop descriptions should include a clear scope, a proposed format, a preliminary agenda, and intended audience, and how you will facilitate audience interaction with organizers and each other. These workshop descriptions are non-archival but can be included in the ACM DL adjunct proceedings in the same way posters’ extended abstracts are, if the organizers wish. Submissions will be more lightly reviewed than papers by an external jury.
| Submission deadline | Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 5pm PT |
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| Acceptance notification, at which point workshop organizers can begin advertising | Tuesday, August 1, 2023, 5pm PT |
| [optional] Workshop description camera-ready version due | Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 5pm PT |
Submission Information
- All materials must be submitted electronically to PCS 2.0 by the abstract and paper deadline.
- In PCS 2.0, first click “Submissions” at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for society, conference, and track select “SIGCHI”, “UIST 2023” and “UIST 2023 Workshops”, respectively, and press “Go.”
- Workshop Extended Abstract
- The extended abstract should not exceed 2 pages (excluding references).
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The double-column ACM paper template should be used for the submission process. For Overleaf/LaTeX, this means that the following command should be used:
\documentclass[sigconf, review]{acmart} - Accepted submissions will go through the ACM TAPS Workflow.
- Not anonymous, include author names and institutions on submission
- Juried
- Less rigorous than paper review and does not include an author’s response or conditional acceptance, i.e., authors may expect to only receive light feedback
- Juried content is generally not required to make the same level of lasting and significant contribution as refereed content
- Workshop organizers can choose whether their 2-page extended abstract is included in the ACM Digital Library as adjunct proceedings and distributed in digital form to conference attendees.
- Workshops will be full-day events happening the day before the main conference (i.e. Sunday)
- Workshops activities should target an audience of approximately 20 participants.
- At least one workshop organizer is requested to register and facilitate the workshop.
- Workshops should reflect the nature of UIST: engaging, interactive and cutting-edge. Consider activities such as demonstrations, brainstormings, and prototyping, in combination with talks and keynotes.
Workshops Chairs
Visions
Back for its sixth year, UIST Visions is a venue for forward-thinking ideas to inspire the community and to project the UIST community as thought leaders in technical HCI. The goal is thus to propose new research directions rather than to report on existing research. Proposals will be reviewed based on novelty and relevance, and how provocative the ideas are. The author should aim to start a meaningful and well-informed discussion about future directions for computer-human interfaces and interaction techniques. Appropriate issues might be: future trends, foundational technologies that we need to make progress on, significant, compelling problems that the community might address, something that is missing, or an alternative perspective on what we do.
| Submission deadline | Saturday, August 19, 2023, 5pm PT |
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| Acceptance notification | TBD |
| Slide submission | TBD |
Submission Information
- Single Author
- All submission materials must be submitted electronically to PCS 2.0 http://new.precisionconference.com/~sigchi before the submission deadline.
- In PCS 2.0, first click “Submissions” at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for society, conference, and track select “SIGCHI”, “UIST 2023” and “UIST 2023 Visions", respectively, and press “Go”.
- We will adopt the ACM TAPS Workflow: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow. The abstract should be up to 1000 words (excluding references), which is roughly equivalent to a 1-page limit.
- Optional, up to 3 mins
- Maximum total size for all files < 50 MB
- Not anonymous, include the author's name and institution(s) on the 1 page submission
- Curated by the UIST vision chair
- Less rigorous than paper review and does not include an author’s response or conditional acceptance, i.e. authors will not receive any formal feedback other than the selection decision
- Up to two speakers will be selected
- Non-archival, ideas presented as a UIST vision can be resubmitted as a full paper in subsequent years
- Vision abstracts (the 1 pager) will be included in the ACM digital library as adjunct proceedings and distributed in digital form to conference attendees, the slides will not be included in the ACM digital library
- Talk at the conference
- 15 minute presentation + 15 minute Q&A
- Two 30-minute sessions scheduled during the conference
- Accepted speakers will be required to sign the approval form to record and publish the talk
- Slides will be reviewed ahead of the conference to ensure a great, engaging presentation
Visions Chair
Doctoral Symposium
The UIST Doctoral Symposium provides a unique opportunity for Ph.D. students to interact with established academic and industry researchers in the UIST community. Students can receive both feedback on technical aspects of their research as well as mentoring about different career options. The range of topics appropriate for the Doctoral Symposium is the same as the topics covered in the UIST Technical Papers program. Participants will be selected based on their anticipated contributions to the breadth and depth of the intellectual discussions at the Symposium. The Doctoral Symposium will be held in-person on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at the conference venue. There will also be a dinner for all panelists and student attendees of the Symposium.
| Submission deadline | Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 5pm PT |
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| Acceptance notification | Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Camera-ready versions due | Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 5pm PT |
| Doctoral Symposium date | Sunday, October 29, 2023 (plus dinner the evening of Saturday, October 28) |
Submission Information
- Current Ph.D. student studying within the full range of disciplines and approaches that contribute to the UIST community.
- It is strongly recommended that students be at least entering the third year of the doctoral program, i.e., at the stage of having a concrete dissertation proposal to discuss.
- Single-author.
- All submission materials must be submitted electronically to PCS 2.0 http://new.precisionconference.com/~sigchi before the submission deadline
- In PCS 2.0, first click "Submissions" at the top of the page, from the dropdown menus for society, conference, and track select "SIGCHI," "UIST 2023," and "UIST 2023 Doctoral Symposium", respectively, and press "Go."
- We will adopt the ACM TAPS Workflow: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow
- We recommend submitting papers in the 2-column format, but will accept papers for review as either 1- or 2- column paper format if you are authoring in Word.
- For 2-column submissions: 4 pages maximum + references.
- For 1-column submissions: 6 pages maximum + references (equivalent of the 2-column limit).
- Optional, but highly encouraged.
- Resolution of 1080p (1920 x 1080) or 4k (3840 x 2160 px), encoded as MP4 using the H.264 codec.
- Size: under 150 MB.
- No more than 3 minutes long.
- Subtitles are required using a separate .srt or .sbv file.
- Maximum total size for all files must be under 150 MB.
- Not anonymous, include the single author's name and institution(s) on the submission.
- Juried by the UIST Doctoral Symposium chairs and invited panelists.
- Maximum 8 students will be selected.
- Criteria: anticipated contributions to the breadth and depth of the intellectual discussions of the symposium.
- Preference will be given to applicants beyond the proposal stage and well into their dissertation research.
- Does not include an author’s response or conditional acceptance, i.e. authors will only receive feedback along with the final decision.
- Non-archival. Ideas presented at the UIST Doctoral Symposium can be resubmitted.
- Doctoral Symposium abstracts (max 4 pager + references in 2-column format) will be included in the ACM digital library as adjunct proceedings and distributed in digital form to conference attendees.
- Talk at the Doctoral Symposium event, followed by extensive discussion with the panel and the other student participants.
- The student author is requested to attend.
- The exact times of sessions will be announced after the acceptance notification date.
- Additionally, each student is encouraged to present a poster describing their work to the full conference within the UIST poster sessions.
- The Doctoral Symposium abstract should describe ongoing work and might summarize the student's full dissertation work, or highlight a particular part in depth.
- Each student is encouraged to present a poster describing their work to the full conference.
- Posters will be presented within the UIST poster session.
Doctoral Symposium Chairs
doctoralsymposium2023@uist.org
Student Innovation Contest
In the UIST Student Innovation Contest (aka the “SIC”), we explore how novel input, interaction, actuation, and output technologies can augment interactive experiences! This year, in partnership with Anthropic AI, we seek students who will push the boundaries of human-computer interaction with large language models (LLMs). Join the UIST SIC team and turn your ideas into reality! Meet amazing people! Win fabulous prizes!
| CFP Release | Tuesday, August 1, 2023 |
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| Submission Deadline | Tuesday, August 22, 2023 |
| Announcing Selected Teams | Tuesday, August 29, 2023 |
| Submission of Project Video | October 25, 2023 11:59pm AoE |
| Presentation of Final Demo | At the in-person UIST conference in SF, Oct 29 - November 1, 2022 |
You can apply with this link: https://forms.gle/Xb7Xmb64yTaaQ4HQA
Submission Information
- Current undergraduate and/or graduate students (Master or PhD)
- Team size is 2 students
- All submission materials must be submitted electronically to Google Forms before the submission deadline.
- 2-column 2 pages maximum without references
- The authors can use Official ACM LaTeX template or Overleaf template or 2-Column Word template.
- Not anonymous, include the author’s name and institution(s) on the submission
- Juried by the UIST Student Innovation Contest chairs and invited panelists.
- Maximum 10 teams will be selected.
- At least one author is requested to present their demo during SIC sessions and to speak with conference attendees.
The UIST SIC is your opportunity to shine and impress the world with your creative ideas! Participants will demo their work during the conference program, and contest winners will be announced during the conference. A jury composed of senior UIST community members will select one team to receive the SIC jury award. On top of that, conference attendees will get a chance to vote for their favorite teams in the People’s Choice category. Each selected team will have access to LLM API usage, which is made possible through our generous sponsor Anthropic AI.
UIST 2023 SIC Challenge: Beyond Words
Your goal is to design and implement a novel interactive system, utilizing the LLM API provided to you. This system should leverage LLMs, and you may incorporate any other prototyping resources available. This year, we encourage participants to be innovative and think outside the box when integrating LLMs into interactive systems. Specifically, we encourage teams to explore novel use cases or applications of LLMs, such as those that incorporate different input/output modalities—exploring how LLMs can interact with audio, images, videos, etc., and broadening design possibilities.
To successfully address this challenge, you need to figure out what task(s) you want your system to support, and what interaction(s) you want your system to enable. Your system should motivate the use case and articulate a clear set of assumptions on how it will benefit users. Finally, your system does not have to be limited to one user— ideas that involve well-executed, multi-user, simultaneous interactions are often crowd favorites at UIST! We favor radical ideas that showcase fresh angles and novel uses of LLMs in interactive systems. We also encourage you to think about how you can connect LLMs to your own research. You will submit a video of your project demo by October 25th, and demonstrate your idea live at the in-person UIST event on October 29th - November 1st. Your video will be uploaded and shared on the official ACM SIGCHI YouTube channel (e.g., see UIST 2022 SIC videos).
Anthropic Claude API
This year, we’ll provide selected teams with access to the Anthropic Console. The Anthropic’s console provides access to LLM models with unique features.
- One of the strongest LLM models: strong performance in code understanding/generation and quantitative reasoning (e.g., solving math problems) and scores well in exams such as the GRE and Bar
- Long context support of up to 100,000 tokens - useful for processing very long documents (e.g., hundreds of pages, books)
- Claude API includes Instant versions of the model designed for very fast responses
Logging into the Anthropic console provides access to the web-based chat GUI which allows for fast and easy experimentation. The console also allows for the creation of API keys for integration into external systems and applications. API keys support unlimited queries but may be subject to a rate limit. Use of the Anthropic must adhere to the Acceptable Use Policy (https://console.anthropic.com/legal).
The API can be queried with standard REST requests, and documentation and API reference are available online (https://docs.anthropic.com/claude/docs). Anthropic provides example code for Python and Typescript (https://github.com/anthropics) and example applications to illustrate API usage.
We highly suggest incorporating any other software or hardware available at your disposal, to make more innovative and compelling projects:
- Any additional APIs you want to integrate (object detection, OCR, speech recognition)
- Any additional devices you want to use (gesture control, camera, robotic arm).
If you consider integrating various I/O modalities with LLMs, you can use tools to transform these modalities into text or generate them based on texts. For instance, you could employ image captioning and object recognition to convert images or videos into text that LLMs can understand. Additionally, there are a growing number of open-sourced AI models that combine various modalities, which you can consider using in your system. For example, the BLIP-2 and LLaVA models for image-to-text processing; CLIP and CLAP for joint embedding spaces of text-image and text-audio, respectively.
To assist the students in developing their applications, we (the SIC chairs) will provide technical support if they have any questions.
Application Areas and Design Space
You can build and design your system in many configurations, which affords the exploration of numerous design primitives. The primary requirements are to utilize the provided Claude API and to ensure that users can interact with the system in a meaningful way. With these requirements in mind, you may focus on one or more application areas. Below, we have listed some example application areas and corresponding existing works for inspiration.
(From top-left: SayCan, TaleBrush, LLM4UI, Generative Agents, Opal, Visual Captions)
- LLM + Robotics (E.g. SayCan, Stargazer)
- LLM + Visual Generation (E.g. Opal, Promptify, 3DALL-E)
- LLM + Agent/Gaming (E.g. Generative Agents)
- LLM + Direct Manipulation (E.g. TaleBrush)
- LLM + Visual Communication (E.g. Visual Captions)
- LLM + UI/Code (E.g., LLM4UI, Stylette, PromptInfuser)
- LLM + Audio/Music/Podcast (E.g. Podly.ai)
- LLM + Learning/Education (E.g. Khanmingo)
- Novel Interface for LLM (E.g. Graphologue, Sensecape)
- LLM + Sensor/Activity Detection
- LLM + Accessibility
- LLM + Fabrication
- Many Others!
Logistics
Team members from selected proposals will be given an Anthropic account that allows access to a chat interface and API keys, which can be integrated into custom applications. Anthropic’s website and GitHub repositories contain documentation and example code that could be useful for development. Teams are encouraged to open source their efforts, and even build on each other’s work. To get you moving fast, we will also provide a list of tutorials and mentoring sessions to ensure you have everything you need to make your vision a reality!
Ethics and Broader Impact Statement
In our commitment to responsible innovation, all proposals must include an Ethics and Broader Impact statement. Authors submitting proposals must follow the NeurIPS Ethics Guidelines. In particular, “whenever there are risks associated with the proposed methods, methodology, application or data collection and data usage, authors are expected to elaborate on the rationale of their decision and potential mitigations.” We ask the authors to reflect on the potential ethical dimensions of their project at its inception. This statement should be a concise exploration of potential ethical concerns, biases, and societal implications that the project could raise. Additionally, authors should describe how they plan to mitigate any potential negative outcomes. For detailed writing guide, please read A Guide to Writing the NeurIPS Impact Statement. Should you have an questions, please reach out to the SIC co-chairs at sic2023@uist.org.
Registration
To participate, follow the instructions on this form: https://forms.gle/Xb7Xmb64yTaaQ4HQA
To complete your submission, you’ll need:
- A description of your idea, in about 100-words.
- Document with sketches or images to illustrate your idea. The document needs to be ACM Template with 2-Column Paper Format — the same as the full paper publication, but 2-page max without references. You can use Official ACM LaTeX template or Overleaf template or 2-Column Word template.
- Acknowledgement that you have read the NeurIPS Ethics Guidelines.
- The Ethics and Broader Impact statement.
- Link to any additional supporting materials (video, sketches, images, etc.)
- Complete other items in the registration page (contact info, etc.)
- Decisions will be emailed to each team.
For accepted teams, one of your team members MUST register for the UIST conference and pay the registration fee. If you’ve been accepted as a student volunteer, you can let us know as well.
Contest Rules, Details, and Suggestions
- Pre-Selection Criteria: organizers will select up to 10 teams, judged based on usefulness, creativity, complexity, feasibility, and time/resource constraints.
- Maximum team size is 2, and you can’t be part of multiple teams!
- Eligibility: you MUST be a student to participate in this contest. Students of all levels (high school, bachelor’s, master’s, PhD) are encouraged to participate.
- Registration Requirement: If your team is accepted, at least one of your team members MUST register for the conference (or be accepted as a student volunteer). This is for three reasons: 1) you have to demo your idea at the in-person UIST event, 2) you have to claim your prizes, and 3) UIST is an awesome conference!
- Demo Ideas: during the contest voting period, teams will be allowed to demo one idea. Different demos of the same idea are permitted.
- Demo Code: We encourage you to open-source your code. The organizers will create a github organization where all teams will be able to post their code (don’t worry, we will not judge you on your code!).
- Demo Safety: Safety is our utmost priority. Make sure your demos follow reasonable safety guidelines (i.e., don’t light anything on fire!)
Awards
Innovation comes in many forms. At UIST, we provide Student Innovation Contest awards for the following categories: Jury Award and People’s Choice (Attendee Votes).
Student Innovation Contest Chairs
Student Volunteers
Application Instructions
To apply to be an SV go to this page and submit the questionnaire. The deadline and notification dates are listed below.
| Lottery application due | Tuesday, August 22, 2023 |
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| Acceptance notification | Saturday, September 9, 2023 |
Benefits
Being an SV will give you a chance to attend the premier forum for innovations in human-computer interfaces and network with the leaders in the field! At its core, the student volunteer experience is about making connections, both with your fellow volunteers and with more senior researchers. Whether it’s helping out with Q&A after a talk for a researcher you look up to, working on a task directly with members of the organizing committee, or even helping someone check-in while working at the registration desk, there are so many opportunities to make connections that can have a true impact on your career. Not to mention the free conference registration and SV T-shirt! We are happy to report that we plan on continuing the “rockstar” Q&A sessions with senior researchers; these will most likely be held virtually the week following the conference.
If you are a UIST Student Volunteer, you get:
- Free conference registration
- Exclusive SV “rockstar” Q&A sessions with senior faculty and researchers
- Access to a tight SV community
- A free UIST 2023 SV T-shirt
- The chance to closely work together with both presenters and the conference organizing committee
Logistics and Duties
Our goal is to make sure SVs can attend the sessions that they are interested in. In 2023, we expect to have around 35 SVs who will work approximately 14 hours before or during the conference.
SVs will do a mix of tasks before and during the conference. Any hours spent doing pre-conference tasks will count towards your total SV hours. Some pre-conference tasks may need to be done several weeks before the conference begins; please indicate your availability to do pre-conference tasks on the lottery questionnaire and we will try to accommodate everyone’s preferences as best as possible.
UIST 2023 is intended to be a fully in-person conference (see Attending). Most SV tasks will be in person and we expect all SVs to attend the conference in person.
Thanks so much for applying! We look forward to seeing you at UIST 2023!!
Student Volunteer Chairs
Lasting Impact
| Award nomination deadline | Monday August 28, 2023 |
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The UIST Lasting Impact Award was established in 2003 to recognize UIST papers that have had a long-lasting influence on the field of user interface software and technology. The impact can be in terms of new research directions, wide acceptance in industry, or large societal impact. The list of previous recipients is available at this link.
This year, for the first time, we are issuing an open call to the community for nominations to this award. To nominate a paper, send an email to lastingimpact2023@uist.org with:
- The name, email address and position of the nominator
- The reference of the nominated paper (with the link to the ACM Digital Library)
- One sentence that describes the paper’s lasting impact (15 words max)
- A nomination letter explaining why this paper should receive the award (250 words max)
Nominated papers must have been published at UIST 2013 or earlier. A person can nominate at most one paper per year. Authors cannot nominate their own papers. The committee will consider nominated papers along with other eligible papers identified by the committee.
The deadline for nomination is Monday, August 28 at midnight Anywhere-on-Earth (AOE) time.
The winning paper will be announced at the UIST 2023 conference in San Francisco this fall.