The Work-in-Progress (WiP) track is a great opportunity to share novel ideas and emerging results. WiP papers are expected to report on early or ongoing research activities, presenting current and emerging work that has not been fully realized or developed, for which full empirical data may not yet be available, or that has not yet reached a level of maturity expected for other types of submissions. It is open to late breaking work (i.e. from a study very recently completed) and work-in-progress (i.e. further studies/ developments are planned).

Work-in-Progress papers will be peer-reviewed and accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library. Publication of an accepted paper in the proceedings requires that at least one author of the paper registers for and participates in the conference. 

Important Dates (Midnight AoE)

• 1 April, 2025: Submissions due
• 15 April, 2025: Author notifications
• 29 April, 2025: Camera ready submissions due

Submission Format

All Work-in-Progress papers will be peer-reviewed. Submissions should include the author(s)  name and affiliation – in other words, they are not anonymous.

• Work-in-Progress papers should not exceed 6 pages in length, excluding references. 
• Submissions to IDC 2025 should use the single column ACM SIGCHI Paper Format. Templates are available for Microsoft Word, LaTeX, and LaTeX Overleaf. In LaTeX or LaTeX Overleaf, use the “manuscript” call to create a single column format.

Submit your paper via the Precision Conference System (PCS).

ACM Guidelines

By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM’s new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.

Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper.  ACM has been involved in ORCID from the start and we have recently made a commitment to collect ORCID IDs from all of our published authors. We are committed to improve author discoverability, ensure proper attribution and contribute to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID ID will help in these efforts.