We invite the submission of short papers and works-in-progress from a broad range of disciplines, including human-computer interaction, computer science, engineering, speech technology, linguistics, psychology, cognitive sciences, sociology, and other cognate disciplines in the field of Conversational User Interfaces.

Submissions include short papers that present early-stage research and late-breaking work. This track is suitable for shorter, original contributions that do not require the length of submission or depth of detail and discussion that would be necessary for a publication in the Papers track. Submissions can include:

  • Preliminary results of a short qualitative or quantitative study.
  • Short prequels to or follow-ups of larger studies.
  • Early student research.
  • Other research that is better suited to an interactive discussion format.

For the submission and review process, you should write an extended abstract. If accepted, we will invite you to present your work as a poster at CUI 2025, with your extended abstract published in the conference proceedings.

Submissions will be reviewed on their contribution to CUI, significance, originality, validity, and clarity.

Examples of previously successful poster submissions at CUI can be found in the ACM Digital Library. Last year’s posters were published as “work in progress” in the posters and demos session.

Key dates

Submissions due: 10th April 2025
Notifications: 9th May 2025
Camera ready/TAPS due: 23rd May 2025

All deadlines are at 23:59 Anywhere on Earth

The process

All submissions will proceed through the following process. Please contact the Short and WIP Papers Chairs if you have any questions.

1. Prepare your extended abstract

Submissions of extended abstracts for posters must be in English, in PDF format, anonymised using the CHI anonymization policy, and approximately 3,000 words words (including figures, tables, proofs, appendixes, and any other content excluding references and acknowledgments).

You must use the ACM LaTeX or Word templates to prepare your submission. We encourage the use of LaTeX and the official ACM template on Overleaf. LaTeX users must employ the following document class for submission: \documentclass[manuscript,screen,review,anonymous]{acmart} for submission.

Word users must use the one-column submission template and should be prepared to submit to TAPS approximately one week earlier than the stated camera-ready deadline.

ACM’s CCS concepts and keywords are not required for submission and peer review but are required if your paper is accepted and published by the ACM.

2. Submit your extended abstract

You should submit your extended abstract to the conference submission system. You must include your title, abstract, author details, and extended abstract as a PDF. Your extended abstract must be anonymised, or it may be desk rejected. Please follow the SIGCHI Guide to an Accessible Submission to make your submission accessible for all users. Submitting your article to an ACM Publication acknowledges that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies.

3. Await reviews

Each submission will be peer reviewed by three expert reviewers under a refereed process under a double-anonymous process (i.e., authors will not be revealed to reviewers, and all reviewers will be hidden from each other and authors). Extended abstracts for which there is a very high agreement among reviewers regarding recommendations for inclusion in the proceedings will receive early acceptance decisions and will be conditionally accepted, pending the integration of any changes requested through the review process.

4. Prepare your paper for publication

If your extended abstract is accepted, you should de-anonymise it. You must include CCS concepts and keywords for publication. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference. Otherwise, we cannot guarantee the publication of your paper. Accepted demo extended abstracts will be archived in the ACM Digital Library.

You will receive an email from ACM to assign the rights for your paper, following which you will receive an email from “The ACM Publishing System” (TAPS), which will handle the generation of the final version of your paper. Accepted papers will be produced from LaTeX or Word source files into a single column HTML document and a two-column PDF for publication. We recommend all authors read ACM’s guidance for TAPS Best Practice.

Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID to complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. Your paper will be published in the ACM CUI Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. SIGCHI participates in the ACM Open Table of Contents (OpenTOC) service, which means papers will be freely available from this website for the first year after publication. Publications are Green Open Access by default but can be upgraded to Gold Open Access for a fee.

5. Present your work

Authors will be given the opportunity to present their posters at CUI 2025. The specific details of this presentation will be provided closer to the conference.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact the Short and WIP Papers Chairs, Donald McMillan, Smit Desai, and Mahla Alizadeh, for support.