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Dear (young) Intelligent Virtual Agents and Socially Interactive Agents enthusiasts,</div>
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The Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) 2025 Doctoral Consortium occurs on September 16, 2025, the day before the start of the main conference. We invite Ph.D. students working in the area of intelligent virtual agents to present their research to peers and a
panel of distinguished researchers, who will provide students with valuable feedback, additional ideas, and suggestions regarding parallel ongoing work. We will also pair each attendee with an expert mentor to provide individualized feedback and guidance.
The Doctoral Consortium will also introduce students to a network that can be very helpful with their career once they graduate. We particularly encourage applications from Ph.D. students who have made some progress on a clear topic and research approach but
are not too advanced to benefit from feedback and guidance. </div>
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Based on student applications, the organizing committee will select a group of students that will be invited to participate. Attendees will present their work in three formats to give them practice addressing audiences in a couple of different venues: A 20-minute
oral presentation and a brief flash talk to go with a poster presentation.</div>
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Submissions consist of the following:</div>
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1. A four-page extended abstract of the student’s thesis work (in the IVA submission format) </div>
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2. A short (2-page) resume (Curriculum Vitae) of the student.</div>
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3. A recommendation letter from the student’s advisor/supervisor.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The student should email the abstract and resume to the consortium chairs Brian Ravenet and Jonathan Gratch at
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:doctoralconsortiumchairs@iva.acm.org" id="OWA08a62e4e-4c73-f341-ffa8-5228f49a6e9e" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:doctoralconsortiumchairs@iva.acm.org" data-linkindex="0" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">doctoralconsortiumchairs@iva.acm.org</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> by
the submission deadline. Please note that reviews are not anonymous. </span></div>
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The student’s advisor/supervisor should directly email their letter of recommendation to the consortium chairs by the same deadline. The letter should address the expected benefit of the student attending, the significance of the research, and the anticipated
graduation date of the student. </div>
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<b>Important dates</b></div>
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Submission Deadline: June 23 (anywhere on earth (UTC−12))</div>
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Notification: July 7<br>
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Doctoral Consortium attendance confirmation: August 22</div>
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Doctoral Consortium: September 16</div>
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Registration details for the doctoral consortium will be announced later.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>© 2025 </b></span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://iva.acm.org/2025/" target="_blank" id="OWA35a4ceaf-418b-b30c-413e-9847a7775b09" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://iva.acm.org/2025/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">25th
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