{"id":2326,"date":"2023-04-19T05:56:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T05:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/?page_id=2326"},"modified":"2023-04-21T05:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T05:35:44","slug":"asset","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/attending\/asset\/","title":{"rendered":"ASSET Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" id=\"content-start\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color: #c83273; font-size: 28px !important;\">UbiComp \/ ISWC 2023<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 62.64px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">ASSET <\/span><span style=\"color: #c83273; line-height: 62.64px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Symposium<\/span><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.4%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2341\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix elementor-active\" role=\"tabpanel\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2341\">\n<h2 class=\"\" style=\"--fontsize: 40; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\">Submission Deadlines:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1st round: <strong>May 15th<\/strong>, Notification <strong>June 1st<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n2nd round: <strong>July 1st<\/strong>, Notification <strong>July 15th<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"tabpanel\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2341\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix elementor-active\" role=\"tabpanel\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2341\">UbiComp\/ISWC 2023 is featuring a special program called ASSET (<u>A<\/u>mericas <u>S<\/u>tudent <u>S<\/u>ymposium on <u>E<\/u>merging <u>T<\/u>echnologies) as part of SIGMOBILE\u2019s student outreach program. Student participating to ASSET will be divided into small groups and each group will be provided with an excellent and dynamic research mentor who will help them hone their research skills.<\/div>\n<p><u>Students accepted into the ASSET program will participate to the pre-conference ASSET Symposium, and will receive full financial support to attend UbiComp\/ISWC 2023.<\/u><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">Goals<\/h3>\n<p>In particular, ASSET is designed to help students improve their research skills in four ways:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Improve students&#8217; ability to present their ideas in written form by working on and continuously improving a 1-page summary of their research plan \u21d2 This will improve their ability to write research papers<\/li>\n<li>Improve students&#8217; ability to present their ideas by offering each participant the opportunity to present their research ideas in the form of a poster at the main conference poster presentation session \u21d2 This will improve their ability to raise other researchers&#8217; interest in their research work when they are given time to present the details<\/li>\n<li>Improve students&#8217; ability to present a quick 30s summary (aka &#8220;elevator pitch&#8221;) of their research by asking each participant to summarize their research to their research mentor every day \u21d2 This will improve their ability to convince people that their research ideas are worth listening to!<\/li>\n<li>Improve students&#8217; ability to understand and appreciate world class research by attending the talks and presentations at UbiComp\/ISWC and interacting with the UbiComp\/ISWC attendees (a &#8220;who\u2019s who&#8221; of Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing researchers from around the world!) \u21d2 This will spark new ideas and collaborations with students, faculty, and industry researchers from top universities and companies located around the world. It will also energize students&#8217; desire to conduct world class research while being immersed in a world class research environment for the entire ASSET stay.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">Venue<\/h3>\n<p>We are co-locating ASSET with UbiComp\/ISWC as it is the <em>premier<\/em> research conference for Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing research. As such, world-class researchers from all the top universities and industry research labs (e.g. Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.) will attend. In addition, many graduate students from around the world will also attend making this a perfect venue to start collaborative research with like-minded research individuals.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">Previous Runs<\/h3>\n<p>This will be the 4th incarnation of ASSET with the first two being in Asia, and the last two in Latin America.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sigmobile.org\/mobisys\/2016\/symposium\/Asset\/\">ASSET 2016 co-located with MobiSys in Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comsnets.org\/archive\/2018\/asset.html\">ASSET 2018 co-located with COMSNETS in Bengalaru, India<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sigmobile.org\/mobicom\/2019\/asset.php\">ASSET 2019 co-located with MobiCom in Los Cabos, Mexico<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/\">ASSET 2023 co-located with UbiComp\/ISWC in Cancun, Mexico<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The huge success of previous versions has given us the drive to continue running ASSET and UbiComp\/ISWC being held in Mexico was a perfect opportunity to do so.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">How to attend ASSET?<\/h3>\n<p>Slots are limited to just <b>20 graduate student participants <\/b>(preference given to Ph.D. students) &#8212; preferably from Mexico, Central, and South America. Interested graduate students should submit their request via <b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #c83273;\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/iXGt5LrkmmpyyrKz5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this online form<\/a> <\/span><\/b>by the deadline. <span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">We ask students to provide:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 page CV<\/li>\n<li>1 page research statement<\/li>\n<li>A short explanation (a few sentences) for why you want to attend ASSET and how it will benefit you (please note the selection criteria below and provide answers accordingly)<\/li>\n<li>A support letter from your advisor explaining why they think you will benefit from ASSET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Deadline to submit ASSET applications is May 15th and July 1st. Notification of acceptance and travel support is June 1st and July 15th.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">Selection Criteria<\/h3>\n<p>We anticipate that ASSET will be in high demand and our priority is to ensure that travel grants can help us broaden participation of the historically underrepresented community in the conference. In particular, our primary goal is to provide opportunities to students who have never attended a top-tier research conference before and are from underrepresented universities and communities. <\/p>\n<p><u>We highly encourage participation from local universities as well as any institution within South American region.<\/u><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">ASSET Scholarships<\/h3>\n<p>Every student participant selected for ASSET will be provided a special scholarship, courtesy of ACM SIGMOBILE, to attend.<\/p>\n<p><em>What is covered:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 nights stay at a UbiComp\/ISWC 2023 conference hotel<\/li>\n<li>Double sharing single-sex rooms most likely<\/li>\n<li>All food and beverages provide by the conference will be included<\/li>\n<li>All conference and workshop fees for UbiComp\/ISWC 2023. This allows entry to both workshop days and the entire conference and all events<\/li>\n<li>There will also be a transportation allowance provided. The exact amount will be announced later<\/li>\n<li>The total value of the support provided to each student is slightly more than USD $1,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>What is not covered:<\/em><br \/>\nAny other costs that are not included as part of the conference package<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">Contact<\/h3>\n<p>Rajesh Krishna Balan, Singapore Management University, <a href=\"mailto:asset-2023@ubicomp.org\">asset-2023@ubicomp.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e2e2e2;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">CONTACT<\/h4><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e2e2e2;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><a href=\"mailto:asset-2023@ubicomp.org\">asset-2023@ubicomp.org<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 24; line-height: 1.36;\" data-fontsize=\"24\" data-lineheight=\"32.64px\">Apply Here<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/iXGt5LrkmmpyyrKz5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ASSET Scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:50px;--awb-padding-bottom:50px;--awb-padding-left:50px;--awb-background-color:#37408b;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:40px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.25 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">UbiComp \/ ISWC<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h4><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Past Conferences<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The ACM international joint conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (<b>UbiComp<\/b>) is the result of a merger of the two most renowned conferences in the field: Pervasive and UbiComp. While it retains the name of the latter in recognition of the visionary work of Mark Weiser, its long name reflects the dual history of the new event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing (<b>ISWC<\/b>) discusses novel results in all aspects of wearable computing, and has been colocated with UbiComp and Pervasive since 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">A complete list of UbiComp, Pervasive, and ISWC past conferences is provided below.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#105378;--button_accent_hover_color:#105378;--button_border_hover_color:#105378;--button-border-radius-top-left:0;--button-border-radius-top-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-right:0;--button-border-radius-bottom-left:0;--button_gradient_top_color:#e5e6e8;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#e5e6e8;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#999a9b;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#999a9b;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubicomp.org\/ubicomp-iswc-2023\/past-conferences\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">View all<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/footer>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":227,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387,"href":"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2326\/revisions\/2387"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubicomp.hosting.acm.org\/ubicompiswc2023_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}